Congrats to the Grad!!

Ok...so I know that these pictures are old, but they have to get scrapped RIGHT?? SO these are from Alex's preschool graduation ceremony in May of 2009. He was so little then. I can't believe that in less than a year Alex can now read and write. He enjoys school so much!!

Pretty snow in March

After we moved into the new house last March we were greeted by some snow. Not that it's unusual for the Chicago land area to have snow in March, but I could have done without it. It was a heavy snow that weighed down the trees. Thank goodness it only lasted a day!

It's the Pizza Man!!!

When we asked Alex what he wanted to be for Halloween he said " Mommy, I want to be a pizza man." An odd request because I was expecting him to say that he wanted to be a pirate again. It was a great idea, so we went with it. I went to Michaels and bought a blue shirt and a black hat and some puffy paint. After I made the clothes we went to Domino's to get a pizza box. Rob glued a dowel rod to the bottom for a handle...and there you go an easy costume that only cost about 7 dollars to make. Alex was the hit of the neighborhood. Everyone loved his costume. We took Alex to the neighborhood Halloween party at the school and he won a contest for most original costume.

Sip a cup of tea with me....

I had a very hard time thinking of a gift to make for my Grandparents for Christmas. I finally came up with the idea of getting them tea(for grandma) and coffee(for grandpa) and some homemade cookies. But of course I needed something to put them in right?? So I looked through my box of goodies and found a balsa wood tray.

I painted it, and added the decorations. The tea cups were cut from a pattern that Celina found for me.(Its very hard to find one...lol) The "steam coming from the cups were cut out using the Slice and the Basics 3 card. The title was also cut from the same card. Cleina(she is awesome when I am stuck!!) also helped me with the title. I really like how this came out.

Killer Icicle's

Around here right now all of the houses have tons of Icicles on them. Some of them are very big and some are not. The picture shows one that is across the street from us. That thing is HUGE!!! It was a few inches longer but it melted before I thought to take a picture.

Matthiessen State Park

If you ever have the Chance to make it to this state park, it will be way worth it. We took the kids there for the very first time this summer, and it was a blast. We got to walk up to, play behind, and explore waterfalls. This is something that we will be doing every year from now on!! LO inspired by Julie Bonner's December Monthly Sketch!

Birthday Girl

Inspired by Pink Sketches #53