Boys Have That, Too?

Since I have abandoned my faithful readers for so long I will make a confession. OK so it's more like a public humiliation type thing, but entertaining. My family was at the public pool about a month ago. We were standing in line waiting to get in. One of my sons, ever so innocently asked, "boys have that thing too?" I was like, "Huh? What are you talking about?" He pointed down at the man's feet. His heels were cracked. I am pretty certain I turned several shades of red. Don't worry, I didn't take a picture of my feet for you.


I did, however, take some pictures from the awesome weekend our family had. Here is just one.



Can you forgive me for not being crafty? I will have something creative on Monday for you.

Have a fabulous weekend!
Sheri

The Proof Is In The Picture!

So I went to upload some pictures from my camera a few days ago and there was like 78 pictures. I knew I had only taken about 10, and as far as I knew nobody else had touched my camera. I guess I need to tell my four year old if he is going to take pictures without asking he might not want to include self portraits. There were several pictures of himself and a picture of a picture of himself that I had in a frame on a table. There were many angles of my couch, TV, his toys and the entry way. I was cracking up the whole time I watched the slide show.

These other pictures are of my six year old on Mommy Make Over day. The Friday before Mother's day his class invited the mom's for makeovers. There were several stations that included make-up applied, fingernails painted, toenails painted, hair styled, presents presented, and snack time. It was fun, and didn't he make my hair fabulous? I can't wait to show him when he is a teenager.

I have a group of helpers for VBS. We have put in many hours this week and have made lots of progress. I keep forgetting my camera. I have it packed and ready for tomorrow, so look for some new pictures tomorrow night or Saturday morning.

Tell someone you love how much you love them today!
Sheri

Row, Row, Row Your Boat...

Here are few pictures of the boat Hubby and I built for VBS. I will hopefully, get them painted by Monday. I will post pictures when it is finished. I put my kids in the pics so you can see the size. Of course, you can't be in a picture without props. I am not sure what they are holding, but they were very insistent that their toys were needed.

Do you see that leaf on the boat? That was already there. I got the cardboard from Michael's. It was used to cover their fake trees. One less feature I have to add;) Oh, did you also notice the perfect placement of the "prop"? OK, Mom, now we're ready!

In other news, about 3:30 yesterday my oldest informed me he had an orchestra concert that night, and he had to be there by 6:00. UMMM, Honey, did you just find out about this? Yeah, a couple days ago. And I thought I was a last minute person! Anyway...you can see that the 4 year old is less than thrilled to be there and be quiet.

I am not so sure the performer is all that thrilled either. He actually does enjoy playing and music. He inherited that from his dad. Although, I enjoy music, I was not gifted with singing or playing abilities. I am proud of him because he was selected for Honors Orchestra and All-State Orchestra this year. I have learned that only a couple pictures are needed at concerts because they all pretty much look the same...dark, hard to find the child (sometimes), etc.

Have great day!

Sheri

Catching Up...

on pictures I promised to share. The first two are the backside of the purse I shared the other day. The top view isn't a great picture, but it lets you see the depth of the pocket for the note. The one oversight I had was, how in the world is she going to get the note out? That thought came to mind as I adhered the pocket. Well, I tied a ribbon on it so it could pull out, kind of like the ribbon used to get batteries out of toys, games, etc.

Today I am working on a scrapbook and gift card holder. I will share them over the next couple days. Oddly enough, I feel like I can predict the future. I envision lots of recipes coming your way over the next month and a half. Vacation Bible School is sneaking up on me and I play a large part in directing/planning and decorating for the week long event. It is a ton of work, but so worth it. I am about two months behind where I usually am so I need to light a flame. I have some awesome volunteers so I need to take advantage of them!

Now onto the Botanical Gardens. There was some really cool glass sculptures. I am not sure if that was a special event or if it is something they always have. I do know they were working on new ones. I am only going to post one picture of the sculptures because there are kiddos in the others and I don't have permission to post them. This blue sculpture is so cool. The kids said it looked like flames or birds. Check out that striped flower. I can see it turning into inspiration for a card! I have lots of pictures of different butterflies, but I am not going get too carried away. I love this Zebra Longwing picture. Are you impressed that I knew the name? Well, don't be, I have a butterfly identification guide. The cool thing about the last picture is that it is the food chain in motion. These two fish jumped out of the water to catch and eat that butterfly. I am such a boy mom. I thought it was cool while others weren't so impressed. We saw another science lesson when another butterfly got caught in a web. The rather large spider patiently drooled over it's lunch waiting for it to get completely stuck. Have a creative day!

Sheri

Nature Does It Best!

We went to the Desert Botanical Gardens yesterday. It was a school fieldtrip. The best part was the butterfly pavillion. I am giving you two pictures to enjoy and I will be back this afternoon or this evening with more details and pictures. I have a crazy busy day today. Enjoy yours!
Sheri

Out Of The Mouth Of Babes!

My kids make me laugh on a regular basis, however, yesterday was a little extra funny. Of course, I can't always let them know that I am laughing at them. My four year old is so stinkin' funny. What makes him even funnier is that he so matter of fact. Let me give you a little background. He could be sitting there playing a game (electronic), and I would be fussing at one of the other boys. He would be very nonchalant and quietly say something like, "it sounds like (insert brother here) needs to go to his room." Thankfully, the fussee usually doesn't hear his brother or it would most definitely exacerbate the situation. He is always trying to start something with his dad too. It's quite humorous. Anyway, he answered the door and I didn't want him to because I had just gotten out of the shower and because I hadn't looked to see who it was yet. So after the company left I was explaining to him why he couldn't answer the door and asked him what would happen if someone he didn't know was there and tried to hurt him. He replied very confidently that he would kill him. Intrigued, I asked him how. Without hesitation he replied, "with my moves". The situation of course is serious, but the answer made me laugh (not in front of him).

There were two other funnies that happened that I want to share. We were working on writing his name and I asked him if he was excited to start kindergarten. He said, "yes, and now you can go shopping by yourself!" He doesn't miss a thing! Whenever people ask me what I'm going to do when all the kids are in school my generic response is grocery shop without kids. I better make sure I throw in how much I'm going to miss him since I know he is intently listening. Then I was making dinner and he is my big helper so he was on his chair "helping" and I was fussing at my oldest because although he had just washed his hands they didn't meet my standards with the gray hue and smell of dirt lingering. My four year old pipes in, "he's getting the business and I'm not!" It was so funny! I wish you all could hear his inflection and tone.

Then, right before bed look what else came out of the mouth of one of my babes. No, not the toy, the front tooth. He has been working on that one for quite a while. The one next to it will be gone soon as well.

I will should have something creative to share tomorrow. Have the kind of day that makes you smile!

Sheri

Happy 2nd Birthday Keyan!

Today is my nephew's 2nd birthday. We were lucky enough to get to celebrate with him yesterday. He is so cute, and he cracks me up. For about the last year or so he has been carrying around a little blue car. He does everything with this car...eats, plays catch (using a ball), golfs, plays baseball, sleeps, the list goes on. The funny thing is that the car never leaves his hand and goes mostly unnoticed. We like to joke around about it being an extra appendage since he functions so well with it in his hand.

Since he so into cars I was going to make him a car card, but whenever he is at our house he becomes buddies with our dog. This card was fun to make. I put crystal effects on the dog's nose. There is glitter on the package and on his collar. There is lots of dimension as you can see on the side view piture. I love the look of using the bottle caps as an embellishment, but the question is always in the back of my mind "is that appropriate for a kid"? I am sure it's OK because they are unused and unlabeled bottle caps.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy birthday, Keyan. I hope all your wishes come true!
Sheri

Happy Birthday, Sweet Nathan!

Today my second born son, Nathan, turns 9. Wow! Time flies. He is such a sweet and sensitive boy. He always thinks of others before himself, even if it means giving up something he really wants. Here are a few pictures of him. The first one is of all of our boys. I had a friend tell me when they stand in a line they look like the bars on the verizon phones. Too funny!

He was being a little silly, but I think he is a cutie anyway. Happy birthday, I love you!

Now onto the card I made for him. I don't think I will be able to get away with "cute" cards for him much longer. The picture is a little dark. I was in a hurry because Nathan was around and I didn't want to get busted taking the picture. There is lots of dimension. The only stamp I used was the birthday greeting. It is one of the clear stamps from Michael's dollar section. I used Stampin' Up! bayou blue ink. I used designer paper from JoAnn's. It is the 70% recycled paper. I am lovin' that paper! I may *need* to get some more.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Sheri