tutu owl

i made this out of more recycled materials. the purple polkadot paper is from a scrapbook package from making memories. the inside of it was plain and too nice to just throw out! and the tulle was recycled from a babystyle gift in which they wrap all their gift boxes with this fantastic green tulle. i loved that store when i was pregnant and when the boys were babies. i just decided to make this owl all fancied up with a tutu. BTW, what a nice surprise to see this: http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/2009/05/28/go-green-challenge-winners/ not a winner but still happy it got a honorable mention! :-)
TFL!!

REALLY, where should i start???

last night, i attempted to clean out & clean up the boys' playroom. i got rid of 2 trash bags and i box worth to give away. still working on it...........

ok, i am not going back to edit this photo (if anyone who is on blogger, you know what a pain it is to rearrange pics). just turn your head to the side.

brandon & bryan were NOT helping. they kept digging out the things i was trying to get rid of. plus, then they started to play with the things i was organizing. arghhhhhhh!!!!

do you think we have enough thomas and friends trains????

pretzel containers from costco make for great toy storage!

my attempt is to clear out some stuff so they can open up their new toys---still in the package!! we've been told our playroom looks like a toy store! well, off to try to clean up some more!

more recycling

used the bottom tray of kirkland water and some time cards i got from work when we were closing the store (they were all going to be thrown out *gasp*). the little twig was found on our walk home from picking up brandon from school. i took it from brybry's bug box but shhhhh, don't tell him!!

recycling

got some time to make this layout and some cards this week! (so much creative energy in me from a week of not being able to make anything!)

eating strawberries here like there's no tomorrow! besides giving the baskets to the boys for their play kitchen, i cut another one up for a card here.

recycled clear packaging for the top of this 3 pg card.......ran it through my diecutter. going to be for someone special ;-)

this one was made from a fabric swatch sample from potterybarn kids. i liked the bright graphic design of this swatch.

thanks for looking! we had 2 earthquakes-----one on sunday (4.7) and another one tuesday (4.1). whole lotta shaking going on here!! brandon is quite concerned the 'skaking monster' is mad at something [that's what we call it]. bryan is still too young to really know what's going on when an earthquake hits.

carefree sleepers

yep, that is how my kids sleep! always!

one comment i always get from people (strangers especially) is that my kids are so friendly & happy. it's better than mean & quiet i guess......

brandon doing his Dr. Evil impression!

san diego wild animal park

bryan sizing him up to the gorilla

just decided to go to san diego one weekend

riding the rhino

looked what this egg hatched

my boys

brandon trying to pull this jeep outta the waterenjoying their lollipops

yes, we actually did see some animals........we did a lot of walking though!

**for my crafty friends...........no crafting for me for a while! :-(

MIL is staying in the guest room/craft room so it is not as easy for me to make stuff!

mommy & brandon day

i took brandon to disneyland monday. just a brandon & mommy day! he loves it when his brother isn't around. he said that he is glad bryan wasn't there because, "bryan always spoils everything". we just took our time walking, talking and soaking in the sights.

i love looking at all the landscaping around the park. lots of beautiful flowers!

i don't know why he is posing like this.........maybe he saw that liquor commercial (the name escapes me right now---- captain something)

riding autotopia

not that good of a driver---if i wasn't his mommy, i'd sue!

that same pose again!

i had such a wonderful time with brandon!

[ok, i remember now, it's captain morgan, the liquor company that the pirate mascot stands like how brandon is posing in 2 of these pics]