peyton's party

sauturday, we went to peyton's 5th birthday party. she is one of brandon's classmate. her parents went all out for her party! there was a ginormous princess bounce house, a face painter, AND an italian ice cream cart!

brandon immediately kicked off his shoes & socks and went to the bounce house (sliding down on his tummy).

peyton getting her face painted. brandon didn't want to so i got blues clues painted on my arm for bryan to see later on.

brandon waiting to get his italian ice. this was his FIRST ONE (blueberry flavor).

then he got his SECOND one (mango flavor).

and then this was his THIRD one (chocolate). he actually stood in line by himself or got the attention of the ice cream operators to ask if he could have another one!



FYI, cinderella carries a cell phone that matches her outfit!

all the kids went thru her trunk of dress up clothes.

cake time!

brandon & peyton.......
back at home, a pic of me & brandon to show my blues clues on my arm.

later that day, i went to a make-and-take at my local scrapbook store. eddie watched the boys when i got an hour to myself. i met up with a friend but my genious husband somehow deleted some of the pics & one of them was the picure of us that someone took at the scrapstore! it was $5 and all the proceeds went to charity.

flash back

love this picture of my parents at their wedding banquet, hong kong-1968. my dad is so handsome & look at my mom! her makeup was so stylish! i made a scrap page out of this old photo. of course i scanned it and made it sepia tone for that old-age/vintage feel!

funny when i was working on this page, bryan kept on saying that this was "me, brybry" but the little guy who is in this bear suit, brandon, does not believe this is actually him! brandon, in this photo if i remember correctly, is about 3 months old.

a post for sis

this post is especially for my sister who said that i haven't posted recent pics of the boys. so here you are!

happy earth day

in honor of earth day, here are 2 cards. this 1st one here is made from a scrap paper pack that is 70% recycled paper (DCWV green stack). below is the inside.

this card below is made from recycling a panel for the berry basket from the farmer's market. BTW, the strawberries were delicious!

what are you thinking about for earth day? trying to cut back on something? rethinking before you throw out some packaging? i always keep pretty ribbons from gifts, extra buttons that come with new clothes, saving mint tins, reusing that coffee cup sleeve for something. (see: http://ishouldbesleepingbut.blogspot.com/2009/03/oh-dear.html for an example) what do you do to conserve? reuse? repurpose?

family & friends, think of me before you throw away that ribbon or buttons!!! happy earth day!

hubby is OKAY

for all my family & friends who called me on my cell or left messages at our house, eddie is OKAY!
he had called me at work to let me know there's been a shooting at the hospital and that they are being locked down and couldn't talk and that he'll call me later. i was freaking out at work. he called a little bit later to tell me bad news. the shooter had shot hugo, a pharmacist there. but the shooter was not caught yet. i know hugo. i worked with his wife, jane for a couple years. i would see hugo come in with their daughter to meet for lunch.
eddie told me that the gunman shot another man before turning the gun on himself. all 3 men died in this senseless killing.
http://cbs2.com/local/Shooting.Long.Beach.2.986654.html
i am sorry for not calling back everybody. i know some of you were freaking out when you saw the news on the web or tv with reports that there was a shooting at long beach memorial in the pharmacy. but thankfully, eddie is alright.
we had a restless night. eddie left early this morning to go to work. i couldn't stop thinking of jane and her young daughter & son who will now grow up without a father. makes you think........... give your loved ones hugs and tell them you love them.
life is short................

torturing

i guess these ultraman were naughty. i walked by and had to do a double take........bryan had hung these 2 ultraman upside down on my night stand table.

i came across this: http://www.85qm.de/up/BigRedButton.swf it was one of those days!

happy easter!

good morning & happy easter! sharing some pics of this little project i did (above) and the boys easter pics with the bunny (puppet) at the mall and the egg hunt. it's a gorgeous day here!

my $7 for 3 shots at the mall with my own camera. where's the 3rd shot you ask? not even worth showing.

all the candy treats on the floor at the egg hunt from saturday. we're lucky enough the park is close enough for us to walk to. parking is always horrendous the day of the easter egg hunt.

brandon waiting patiently. eddie took bryan this year since we were supposed to meet brandon's friend (who didn't find us til the end). brandon's area in the 3-4 yr age group. bryan was in the 1-2 yr old area. eddie said he was still freaked out a little when it was time to hunt for treats....last year, he cried. at least he didn't this year.

let's see........... who is the most competitive person here???? THE PARENTS!!!

brandon was being VERY selective about what he picked up using only the thumb and pointer finger to pick up candy EVEN though i told him to pick up as much as he can & whatever he didn't like, he could exchange it for something he liked with mommy & daddy but nooooooooooo, he was being very selective about what he put in his bucket.

when the boys met up again, the 1st thing they did was to check out each other's buckets!

brandon trying to pawn off some stuff of no interest to him (spinning tops, felt eggs) to take something from bryan's bucket (candy).

giving back a lollipop he took from bryan AFTER we saw what was "going down".

bryan sharing.so afterwards, nicholas found brandon! they had another playdate this past wednesday. those 2 are so rowdy when they get together! can't wait to see if they'll be in the same kindergarten class....... i will feel sorry for the teacher of that class.