Hello

I haven't posted in awhile, but not too much newsworthy has been going on. About 10 days ago Kyle, my monkey child, was climbing again. He waited until I turned my back and then he scaled the drawers onto the counter and across my stove.....my HOT stove. We have since then been nursing a big burn on the top of his right foot. It is healing great, it is just taking much longer than I wish it would. The ouchy on his foot hasn't slowed him down too much, but I have not seen him climbing on the counter since then.....so hopefully a lesson was learned.

Megan's last day of preschool is tomorrow. She is excited as they are having a "Water Day" and she gets to wear her swimming suit to school. On Friday we also have a Celebration Day for preschool and we get to go and hear the kids perform some songs and have a potluck dinner. Hopefully, I will get some good photos of both days.

Justin doesn't get out of school until June 14th and he can't wait as T-Ball starts the following week. He is really excited this year about playing....partly because so many of his friends from school will be on his team and partly because he really seems to like Baseball. Gary and I are taking him to a Tigers game on Friday. We haven't told him yet, but I am sure he is going to be really excited. I just don't want him telling his sister, because she wasn't invited on this trip. She doesn't really care for baseball, nor does she like to sit still.

Last Saturday we made another trip to the Toledo zoo, it was a great day to be outside and we had a good time. We were able to ride the train and the Merry-Go-Round this time, so all the kids were quite pleased about that.

I have finished some scrapbook pages from May that I am planning to post today as well. You may have already seen some of the pictures, but then again maybe not :) I am really enjoying my new camera, it makes it even more fun to take pictures!! Some of you may be groaning if you know who much I already liked to take pictures :)

This coming weekend we have a birthday party and a graduation party to go to on Saturday and on Sunday we are headed to Frankenmuth for an early Father's Day chicken dinner at the Baverian Inn. Yummy! This is one of Megan's favorite places to eat and I have to say I enjoy it as well. Father's Day weekend we will be camping in Port Huron, I sure hope it doesn't rain!

Have a good weekend!

Kyle's 2nd Birthday!!

Today is Kyle's 2nd birthday! We have been teaching him to say "I'm two!" It is cool and cloudy today, which has limited some of our outdoor activities. The kids all enjoyed opening Kyle's presents and eating the Elmo cake. We are enjoying our visit with Grandma and Grandpa Handley. Yesterday, we spent most of the day outside playing in the backyard. Papa enjoyed jumping with the kids on the trampline and playing baseball. Grandma gave 3 shaggy looking kids haricuts and now they are looking great!

Justin has 2 Firsts!!

We are enjoying spring-like weather here in Michigan the past few days. It is so nice to be able

to take the kids outside to play. It helps to run off some of their abundant energy. Megan and Justin got new bikes this weekend. Justin was very excited to pick out his bike. He had lots of requirements: hand brakes, a water bottle and a blue bike. We managed to find it all but the color blue. The style of bike is called a "Troublemaker", so that is what is says across the pads on his bike.....I hope he doesn't become a troublemaker on his bike. We bought the bike as an incentive to encourage him to keep practing on his old bike with training wheels and we told him that as soon as he was ready to take the training wheels off then he could start riding his new bike. Justin wanted to give his new bike one try before we put it away and we were all suprised to see him take off and start riding up and down the street!! Yesterday, was a huge day for Justin, in addition to riding a 2 wheel bike for the first time, he also lost his first tooth!! The tooth fairy came last night a brought him 4 shiny quarters for his tooth. We knew the tooth was loose, but the reason it came out was that Justin was trying to open a Play-Dough can with his teeth. He looked really freaked out by the fact that by using his teeth to open the can he popped his tooth out. It was a good learning experience on why we don't use out teeth for such purposes!!

Magnolia's

These are pictures of the flowers on the Magnolia tree in my front yard. It was planted in 2003 and suffered from shock for a couple of years. Last year I got one blossom....so I was pretty excited this year when my tree blossomed all over. Unfortunately, the blossoms don't last long, but I sure enjoyed them while they lasted. I captured quite a few shots with my new camera and couldn't resist putting them in a layout. Hope you have a good weekend! Danielle

Rainy Day Thursday

Hi All!!

Here are some pages I have been working on this week. You will note some similarities in the pages....just different pictures :) Most of these pages were quick pages made by someone else and I just inserted my pictures, but a few I did on my own. Not much new around here. We are looking forward to the weekend, just to be home and relax.

Take care! Danielle

Friday

Here are some recent pictures and layouts of Justin and Megan playing in our backyard with their "kid" kites. I didn't make up the name....they did :) We are having lovely weather today and I believe we have more in store for the weekend ahead! It will be so nice to get outside and do some activities!! Last month Gary and I got new bikes and we haven't even been able to try them out yet.

Here are some of the layouts I have been working on from Megan's birthday last month. I am trying to keep up with this years pictures, rather than completing all the past photos I have, it makes it easier to remember what they said or did when journaling about an event.

Not much new around here. Megan and Justin went to the dentist today. Megan's check up was great!! Justin, unfortunately has 3 cavities that require filling and require two seperate visits to the dentist to have taken care of. We are usi ng a Pediatric dentist office and they are fabulous with the kids, so I am sure it will go well. Did you know they have different flavored "laughing gas" these days...bubble gum and strawberry were a couple they mentioned and he will get to watch a movie with headphones or play a gameboy while all this occurs......it makes my memories of childhood dentistry seem really archaic!! This first filling is scheduled for next week, and because the dentist insists it be early morning for the first one (more cooperative children) Justin will get to miss school.

Take care!! Danielle

Saturday

I couldn't sleep after 3am this morning, so I put my time to some good use. It is still cool out this weekend and cloudy today, so not much going on outdoors. Megan and Justin have spent most of the day in their Halloween costumes, so we have Spiderman and Snow White running about :)

Happy Friday!!

I am recovering from my head cold / sinus infection finally. Not a very exciting week around here, as I didn't feel well enough to go anywhere or do much of anything. I finished this Easter layout today and thought I would share. Have a great weekend!!

Baby Einstein

Just wanted to share the new layouts I finished for Kyle. The text reads:
Since last fall, Kyle's favorite thing has been Baby Einstein. He loves the movies,
books and flash cards. His favorite movie,Baby Monet, features the purple zebra.
Because he loved the zebra so much a friend got him this stuffed zebra, which has
quickly become his favorite stuffed animal. While the Baby Einstein movies are playing you will find Kyle watching intently, repeating the words spoken by the narrator and dancing to the music. Kyle prefers to make his own movie selections. His preferred method for this is to spread all movies out on the floor in a row while browsing through all the titles.

new scrapbooking layouts