what's cookin'?

what are everyone's plans for the jult 4th weekend? we don't have any yet---just to stay cool. made this card for jenny's challenge here.

my sis & BIL came to visit us a couple weeks ago. the boys L O V E them! we are so happy that there will be a girl to spoil come late october!!! the boys were so cute talking to her tummy! they had a slight argument on how the baby will come out. i think they both agreed that she will come out of my sister's mouth! we'll leave it at that.......................

we look alike, right?!

my big sis bought us this. perfect for summer! this makes popsicles in less than 10 minutes!!! great for impatient little 3 & 5 yr old boys! the penguin pair card above will be for her to thank her for this neat pop maker.

thanks, sis & BIL!!

sunny side UP

happy monday. notice no exclamation point. who really likes mondays anyways? NOT me!

we had a busy weekend. looked for new beds for the boys going from furniture store to furniture store. then, we spent sunday at the wild animal park. more on that another day.

let's get together

summer has started for us...since 6/15 to be exact! we got together with some friends at the small waterpark. here are the kiddos having a lollipop break!

what can be better than to get together with a friend to have a cup of tea [or coffee] while having a yummy cupcake?!the farmer's market is a favorite place of ours to go to on the weekends. what a better way to introduce the boys all the different kids of fruits and veggies but there. all the ones we visit often have lots of samples too so the boys love to try a bit of this & that! meeting another family there is great too......this little notecard would be fun to send to invite them out on a weekend trip to the farmer's market!

here's bryan & daddy last saturday at the farmer's market. notice daddy isn't that happy that brybry keeps eating all his corn!

thanks for stopping by!

thanks for helping us grow

a picture of brandon & bryan on the last day of schooli got the fun job of making a gift card holder for brandon's kinder teacher for her end of the year present from the entire class. the gift cards sit in a pocket in the back of each flower backed by a popsicle stick or a sterile tongue depressor stuck into floral foam. i covered the ugly green foam with purple-ish/gray sea glass. added some happy bees too!i had brandon write his teacher a note to give her on the last day. i love these apple cards! used them last year for his preschool teachers too!his writing has gotten so much better from the beginning of the school year!this set of butterfly cards were given to his principal

and i included some mini anytime notecards

thanks for stopping by today. happy father's day!

"no more teacher's dirty looks..."

here is brandon on their ice cream making day in school. a little messy but fun. tasted pretty yummy too. if anybody wants the directions, LMK!

some of the thank you cards i made for brandon's teacher, principal and the support staff.

TFL!

a kite-flying bee

just some fun here....a bee flying a kite! i made my own clouds and own kite. i don't think i got the proportion of the kite right but, eh......one day, i caught bryan lining up all his ultraman so i decided to have him gather all that he could find to take a picture. believe it or not, these are not all of them that they own. a lot of them has been confiscated from me [due to bad behavior, not sharing with each other]. i am thinking of taking a picture of ALL of them one day and enlarging it to frame it for their room.

then i see brayn shoving as many ultraman he could onto the sweeper truck! an unlucky ultraman is about the get run over!

happy sunday!

been busy with end of the school year projects. i leave you with 2 pictures of the boys.....when they DO get along!! LOL! brandon gets out of school on the 15th......will be back to show you the projects then! happy sunday!

and the secret ingredient is....

we had the opportunity to meet mark decascos sunday in sherman oaks. hubby spotted him at a table in the restaurant we were at and the boys kept staring at him because he is a "kamen rider". what a treat for the boys!! he was so nice and took the time to sit down and talk with the boys, pose for pics and even amused brandon & bryan by doing the kamen rider pose.

i also got to take a picture with him :) i barely get to watch iron chef america......since we are always watching things on the DVR like kamen rider, (bakugan, pokemon, fresh beat band).
went to the farmer's market on saturday. so nice to see all the fresh fruits and veggies. love all the colors!

here's what we've been growing in the backyard......radish (from seeds brandon got on his farm field trip a few months back) and beans. not a lot but enough to get the boys interested and excited.

i armed myself with this before.................

going here!! volunteered in brandon's class. bless his teacher for doing this daily!look at his cute drawing of crabs. we have open house tonight to visit his classroom and talk to his teacher.

just hanging outa card i made that i forgot to post. happy birthday to my hubby too! today is his birthday! [this isn't his fru-fru card]