a quick hello

i love green but i don't normally use it all on one card! made the flower from crepe paper. just a funny face from bryan. we went to a wedding reception aboard the queen mary a few weeks ago. amazing and huge!! he was amusing all the guests AND himself. happy saturday.

last days of kinder

just sharing some more [ok, a lot more] pics from brandon's last day of kindergarten. cannot believe he is starting 1st grade soon.here's what i put all the handmade cards in...a handy little tote that can be used for the beach. this was for his teacher.

a set of cards that were quick & easy to make

this was for the other teacher in brandon's class who teaches the afternoon kinder class

i gave her a set of cards like these below

bubbles!

brandon gave these little sand pails filled with a juice box, a pack of fruit snack and the bubbles to his clasmates on the last day of school. i thought it would be fun for the kids to have this to kick off their summer. i even made tags w/ each child's name to tie onto the pails. it read: kindergarten flew by so fast. have a great summer! see you in 1st grade!

i did have brandon write his name on each of the tags.....33 times!

another 2 parents asked of they could put their goodies for the kids in the pail so of course, the more the merrier!

brandon had so much fun this past school year

got their tatoos

on their last day of school, they had a luau celebration. here is brandon making his ice cream sundae. my station was dishing out the marshmallow topping.

always making faces

more friends

it was a day of playing games & eating

mrs. haderlein sure made a great impression on brandon. so important that he got a good taste of school at an early age!

aren't these beautiful? hubby hates these flowers. what's there to hate?this is in front of my babysitter's house. i just had to snap a pic of her & the boys in front of it. i am so thankful i have such a wonderful & great sitter who loves the boys like they were her own!
thanks for looking at ALLLLLLL these photos. long post but thanks for stopping by! TGIF!!

have an egg-cellent monday

look at what hatched.........2 little boys in a dino egg! we were in san diego last weekend at the wild animal park. i am always late in posting 'current' events around here but better late than never!

hoping these cards will bring happy smiles to all you monday-haters like me!

some more pics from the park. look closely on top of that range rover......a lion just chillin'!! the big yellow ball is a hot air balloon that is grounded at the moment.here are the boys waiting in line for the safari tour ride. it was a hot day but luckily, water misters, around the lines made waiting more bearable!hiding out in a log

brybry with his fake smile. didn't want to take a picture w/ his momma i guess =( BTW, he wears that watch everywhere we go. it's a ben 10 watch that projects a lighted image---in the DARK! he wears it at breakfast, lunch & dinner, shopping, playground, in the car. 1st thing he wakes up in the morning is look for that watch. we got him that one because he was constantly stealing big brother's wolf ranger watch (see the very 1st pic in this post).a cute little deer

on the safari tourmy worms
thanks for stopping by! thanks to my crafty gals for alerting me that my BBQ card here was featured here. sometimes, i forget what i do or did much less remember what day it is!

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!