A Play Date...

Angel, Cori and I were able to run away for 2 days last week for some scrapbook "therapy". Including alchohol and plenty of laughs! I didn't get as much done as usual, but I got a few layouts done, caught up on all "the talk" and even watched 4 movies to boot - pretty good for 2 days!

First is Parker at the hospital...

Then M&A meeting Parker

Keeping Hannah entertained while new brother is getting the attention...

If you read about my outdoor "adventure" with Morgan, here is the layout - amazingly - no one looks miserably hot! And the easiest part was taking the journaling straight off of the blog...

Lastly, Scrapbook and Co. got these fabulous new transparencies from PRIMA in. I used paint and stickles to decorate the transparency, then used the Cricut to cut out the letters. Here's to Denise for convincing me to try it!

Remember to laugh out loud this weekend. I will be at Beau Rivage in Biloxi celebrating Ashley's 30th birthday (all expense paid by her hubby - thanks Collin!) I'm sure with this group of girls, we might be making quite a commotion!

Tears Today...

For Morgan's second day in K, we had tears getting on the bus. I almost cried too, but I bit my bottom lip and gave her the best send off I could. It's now 5 hours later and I can't stop thinking about how my little girl is doing today. Motherhood really does take over your entire life :)

REAL school for Morgan...

If you read the post on Graduation, you can pretty much see the writing on the wall... But, I must report that Morgan did really well, and if I had that same adreneline running through me everyday, I might actually be in shape!

We had two meltdowns while getting dressed. Naturally, she wanted no part of me - but Daddy was able to bribe her with the promise of new Polly Pockets if she went to school. School told us to wait outside for the bus at 7:20 - we were ready by 7 - of course. So to kill time and keep the tears at bay, we drove around the neighborhood looking for other students waiting for the bus and then we went to a fellow Kindergartener's house to wait for the bus. Finally at 7:40, the bus came. Morgan ran on with her friends, and only had the deer in headlights look for a minute after getting on the bus.

I wasn't going to be "that mom" and meet the bus at school, but the other 3 moms were hopping in their cars - so what was I to do - well follow that bus!!!!

After a little confusion, Morgan made it to her classroom and only had minimal tears when I left, but her teacher put her arm around Morgan and reassured her that it was going to be a great day!

Coming home from school - with Mommy, Daddy, Nanny and Parker waiting for her!

Outdoors vs. Indoors

There are two members of our family who would prefer to be inside scrapbooking, cooking, laundry - just about anything besides being outside in the hot sticky humid scalding weather. The other two members of the family like fishing, the pool, the beach, crabbing, camping, etc. If you know me, you know I fit into the indoor category and so does Morgan. As luck would have it, Morgan and I found ourselves at a "Wilderness" birthday party. Chocked full of hiking, scavenger hunt, horseback riding, tepees and a hayride. Morgan was a trooper and got right up on the horse for a ride with the birthday girl. She was even OK petting the horse. But when it came to the hayride that ended with a scavenger hunt, she came to me crying. Her belly hurt and she was too hot - I hear ya sista!!! I gently asked if she wanted to leave - she said no - damn!!! Instead, worse than going on the hayride, we had to walk behind the hayride so that we could be there for the scavenger hunt - through the woods - where we "found" real frogs - and I put on the bravest face and touched it - yuck! Then all through the woods we collected more "treasures". But they all had to be left behind for the "indian children". This was just plain ridiculous! The birthday girl opened presents and cut the cake under a tin roof lean-to - not exactly the Four Seasons... I was proud of Morgan for trying most of the "adventures" - she even rode the hayride back to the tin roof structure for the presents (I walked while manuvering through horse poo). Here are a few pictures of MY little girl -as Shane calls her, and after today, I guarantee while Shane and Avery go camping, Morgan and I will be in New York City.

Guaranteed - her favorite part was the cake and pink lemonade! Too funny, but she just came and asked me if her cheeks were still red. I told her that they weren't red anymore, and she said, "you mean they are finally back to skin color? it was hot outside mommy"... that's my girl!

Just a few layouts from yesterday...

the cousins

Since Collin went back to work, we have been picking Hannah up from school. How many people can fit on one sofa??? And Nick just smiles and takes it all in. Parker is too little to come out and play - but he'll be in the mix soon - 5 cousins under 5 - Who thought this was a good idea???

Another RubOn PSA...

I have said this before, but after using rubons twice this weekend on different projects - I'm convinced rubons have the shelf life of Full Fat Milk! Ugh! From now on, I will use a pack of Rubons the minute I buy them. Just reminding you so you don't suffer the same fate! heather