Getting a little crafty!

Here are the layouts I did for May for Picture Me Perfect. I LOVE the Cosmo Cricket line and used it twice. So nice to be expressive through my pages!

Last Friday was the WGE Mother/Son event at Golfland. We had a good time. I offered to make the photo frames (they were magnetic on back). I was telling my friend Sylvia that I was going to try and find astro turf paper for the frame and she said "Why don't you just use real astro turf!" What a great idea! I thought it came together great and I think all the moms liked them!

I got to chaperone one of Timmy's class field trips on Friday. This one was to the Santa Clara Country wetlands. The kids LOVED bird watching and there were a lot to see! Timmy's teacher, Mrs. Dean has had some great field trips this year. Mostly ones that involve nature so I am always up to chaperone those!
On Saturday I took the boys to the Seymour Marine Lab in Santa Cruz. Timmy's class had won 2nd place in a group art contest. Again it was another project Timmy's teacher did with the kids - give this teacher an award or something!! I had never been there before and I would highly recommend it. Especially if you have small kids. Sometimes the Monterey Bay Aquarium can be overwhelming especially when it is crowded and you are trying not to lose your kids. The lab has great learning centers - we looked at marine snow for a good 5 minutes! It is also cheaper and smaller so it can easily be done before little ones have melt downs! Tyler grabbed the camera and this was one of his shots! I love the perspective of it!
Someone get this kid a haircut! And this kid!
Timmy proudly in front of the art panel he and his classmates did. When I asked him what the favorite part of the day was - he said it was when they announced his name and he got to go up in front of the crowd at the reception!

Had a fun day scrapping with Laarnie and Sylvia at Suzy's! I worked on the boys school albums which are not all that exciting creativity wise but I was glad I could catch up somewhat. I know this will be something later the boys will appreciate having!

Here are my March Layout for Picture Me Perfect

Look what I found!



Ever wonder where companies and tv stations get their songs for commercials and episodes? I do all the time. Matt and I comment sometimes on what song would go with what scene or we get excited when some unknown band gets a song on a show and then they are everywhere. Happened for Lifehouse I belive when they were played on the Smallville several times. Anyway - look what I found ! It's a guy that lists the songs and artists for all those recent commericials out there that you wonder - who sings that song.



One of my favs right now is the new Apple Notebook commercial! I find myself humming the little tune so I wanted to know who sings it!

Wow - March has been a busy month. Not only did we move which was the most major thing but we also had a lot of fun thrown in. Here are some of the highlights of the month. I taught a scrapbook class for my neice Michaela's girl scout troop on March 4th. I also posted the sample but all the girls took off on their own and made each one unique! That is great! Then we celebrated my MIL's 70th birthday on March 16th at Lisa's Tea Treasures. The boys had a FULL weekend of their play (4 shows). They both had fun and enjoyed the part's they had in the Napoleon's Mustache play. Then we had Easter yesterday!! I just posted a few shots I took (I took almost 60 pictures that day because I love the light that at my SIL house). Enjoy all the pics!!

Tagged! Okay - I got tagged by Laurie
Here are the rules…Link to your tagger and post these 3 rules on your blog.
*Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
*Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
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Here are my 7 random facts

1. Uh - I have a boy's name and get asked about it almost everyday. Sometimes very annoying say when I am at the bank and they don't think it is me making the transaction even though I have banked there 5 freakin' years. Hello? Customer service?

2.I grew up on the East Coast/South so try to visit my family as much as I can. Love the South and will always stick up for it!

3. My family is in a serious phase of watching The Office. We love it and watch a couple of episodes every day.

4. I knit.

5. In highschool I wanted to be a Marine Biologist.

6.I got a college degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies.

7. I am a jeans and t-shirt kind of girl and I am really trying to change it up!

:DI'm tagging:

Stephanie
Hilary
Shannon M.
Michelle
My neice Hannah
Shannon S.
My SIL Vikkee

Wow - moving is horrendous!! It SUCKS!! We have literally been moving since Wednesday and we have about a couple of more days left. We had lived at our old place for 8 years so that is a lot of stuff accumulated plus our garage was packed with Matt's antiques (that he buys and sells) and my grandmother's stuff he had driven back in December. It feels like we are moving 3 households and not one. But I had to take a break from unpacking and post an update!!

But we spent last night in or new place and getting used to living in an apartment again. Not sure how long we will still stay here. But I know the next move won't be as bad as the last!!

My advice again to you all would be - hook up with the fly lady (www.flylady.com) !! I guess that is my new theme for the year. She promotes getting rid of things all the time and I wish I had been doing that a long time before we moved. I think it is too easy to throw something in the garage and think - I'll make a run to Goodwill later and you never do! She does not let you procrastinate and that's a good thing!!