thanks amy!

amy at http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com/ passed on an award to me. i am just starting to get to know amy but have admired her work for a while. check out her beautiful work!

i am supposed to list 5 of my obsessions:

1.) taking a ton of pics of my boys (duh--can you not tell by this blog?!)

2.) lip balm. have to have one in every room, purse, at work, car. i cannot not have any on.

3.) pretty scrap paper but i am a hoarder....sometimes, i buy & buy but don't have the heart to use it. one of my resolutions this year is to not hoard paper.

4.) turning off the lights & the heater when not in the room or home. same goes for water---i hate wasting water--except for the shower! it's my only time i have to myself so i figure the water i am saving by not having the water run while say, brushing teeth, i use for my long showers

5.) folding the boys laundry just so. poor hubby tries to help but i just redo it all over!

layout #2 and trip to "japan"

so this is my 2nd page for bryan's scrapbook. remember, he'll be 2 years old january 29th so i am just a tad behind! i love his little expressions!

eddie decided that brandon could get a treat so we went to "japan" as brandon calls it. it's actually downtown LA but don't tell brandon that! we go to the same store we always go to & pick up 2 ultraman. what is up with him & ultraman? he must have about 2 dozen of these guys. if any bloggers out there EVER do go to japan, please let me know! i hear it's still pretty popular in japan. bryan in the above picture is trying to work the automated digital sticker pic machine.

now do these two look like they fight???? YES>

more card sets

these are just some of the card sets that i included for 2 friends that got these altered lunch tins for christmas. i didn't want to post til they got them for sure (in the mail). there were more sets but i think i might've forgotten to take a pictures in the holiday chaos rush!

mr. tough guy

yes, bryan is my tough guy. we have a feeling he's going to be a bully in school and protecting his big brother in the future!

who are you?

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brandon's holiday party @ pre-k pics

here are some pics from brandon's party at school. he had lots of fun---eating all this sugar and junk! the above pics were sets of an altered calendar & notebook that i made for brandon's 2 teachers. i gave this to them on the day of the party that included antibacterial soap from bath & body works. i love that stuff and i bet the teachers can use this with all the boogies & germs they deal with day in and day out!

brandon at his table. all the girls just started sitting with him!

standing in line to wash their hands. again....all the girls!

giving ms. marisela her gift

giving ms. genevieve her gift

no cooking-- no clean up

we had christmas dinner at storyteller at the disney grand hotel. no one had to cook and no clean up!