Birthday Bonanza!

If you know my family, you know that fall is an extra busy time of year for us. We celebrate 3 of my kids' b-days in November, following Ryan in October and with Colin on deck for December.
Here are some pictures:








This weekend was spent in a domestic flurry, since we have a tradition in our family that the birthday celebrant chooses dinner on their special day, and of course the cake.
Brenna chose homemade chicken noodle soup. She and I spent a lovely afternoon together, cooking. She is learning to chop veggies and did a great job. She definitely inherited her dad's love of cooking! Desert was a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. YUMMO!

Saturday was Jimmy's birthday. He's had a lousy cold and spent a few days home from school with an ear infection. Well poor kid, this is just the type of thing that gets his asthma going. He spent the day miserable, needing a nebulizer treatment. He managed a smile before his cake and presents though. His cake was a Boston Cream Pie cake:

Both of these cakes are from this book - it makes box cake mixes into amazing deserts:


And since I never shared a pic of Tom Tom from his special day:


Lots more to share, but it's getting late here. Go check out Dreamgirls . We're fortunate to have Midnight Oil Scrapbook Designs sponsor us with TWO big prize packages! You won't want to miss this! While you're there, take a peek at our DT call - we're looking for a few new people to add to the team.

Talk to you all soon!

Wow, has it really been 2 weeks?

I can't believe it's been 2 weeks since I've blogged. Guess I just got caught up in the whole back to school whirlwind. I actually now have two mornings a week where I am ALONE. Can you believe it? It's been 11 years in the making. I still just come home and savor the quiet.

Of course I squeezed some scrap time in since my last post.
Here is a mini I made for MOSD that captured the back to school excitement:








Speaking of Midnight Oil, here is a layout I made featuring Stick Ons. These are SO cool. They are a cross between rub on and stickers. They are vinyl, and add just a bit of dimension to your projects. This page is about Jimmy's preschool road race. The car, the exhaust, and the "o's" in the title are all Stick Ons. I love working with them. Check them out!





Have a great night!

And they're off!

School started today for my older kids.
No one was thrilled - but didn't they all look cute in their uniforms?





After we sent them off, I headed off to the dentist. I had a filling that broke and needed fixing. I came home with the left side of my face numb and a crooked smile for hours. I felt like Mary Jo Buttafuco. Remember her?

It was nothing a nap couldn't fix, which was a good thing, since I needed to work on some DT stuff for MOSD. I still need to finish a few pages, but I wanted to share a peek!


This is the Hip to be Square mini. It is a 6x6 with 2 acrylic covers and 6 chipboard pages. I had fun with this one! It is about our day at the Mystic Aquarium a few weeks back.

Speaking of MOSD, have you heard about the guest DT contest? Becky Fleck has designed an exclusive sketch for us. Click
here to find out more!

My hubby and I watched this movie for the first time last night:


It was the best of both worlds - goofy stupid guy humor mixed with enough romance to make me say, "awwwwwww" LOL. I admit, I'm months to years behind the general population in movie viewing. Unless it's by Disney or Pixar, then we've seen it. Anyway, I give this movie two thumbs up. Not for those who are offended by raunchy words or humor.

I have a couple of toots to share. The first, a guest instructor position at my LSS, New England Scrapbook Company. I'm going to do a layout class in October and an acrylic mini album class in December. I'm really excited- they said my style was very different than anyone they have teaching currently. I'm a bit nervous, but can't wait to give it a go!

Second, I learned yesterday that Scrapbook News & Review ezine is requesting an altered canvas I made for my little guy. Very cool! Look for it in the September issue!

Okay, so this post is getting a little long, so I'll say C-ya!