Megan's 5th Birthday Layouts

I have previously posted some of Megan's birthday photos, but here is the 2 page layout that will go in her book.

St Patrick's Day

The journaling says "Justin built a Leprechaun trap at school and then had to do some remodeling after Kyle tried to play with it. Justin filled the cup with water and put out some lettuce to lure the Leprechaun to the trap. Justin assured me that Leprechauns love all green foods. Later Justin discovered the bait had disappeared! In the trap he discovered a shiney gold dollar, but no Leprechaun!!

Click on the picture to make it larger and you will see a smiley Justin holding his dollar coin and on the counter is his empty Leprechaun trap. He wanted to save it for next year, but I assured him that he would need to build a new one, as the Leprechaun was too smart to fall into the same trap twice!!

Megan's Birthday Shopping

Grandma Betty, Mommy and Megan went shopping and out for lunch today. We had a nice time...although Megan was a bit ornery..... She was able to get several outfits today. These photos show ALL of the new items she got for her birthday this year. Since she has outgrown most of her clothes (spring and summer) these will be very helpful as it starts to warm up outside. I love her smile when she feels "pretty" in her new clothes.

I posted these photos especially for Papa Randall who couldn't be with us and gave money for Megan to use for these new clothes. We thought he would want to see what Megan picked out. If you want to see a picture in a larger size, just click on it.

Megan's 5th Birthday

Megan had a great 5th birthday!! Grandma Betty came to town on Wednesday to help us celebrate. Megan picked out the cake and Grandma Betty decorated it. (Megan selected the colors and design of the dress!) Megan started her day off by going to pre-school. Mommy, Kyle and Grandma Betty joined her at the end of school for a cupcake party. Megan was excited to help the teacher pass all the cupcakes out to her friends. Grandma Betty took us all to McDonald's for lunch and we brought a round of Happy Meals home.....a big treat because Mommy only gets Happy Meals on special occasions!!

It was a pleasent 50 degree day and the kids spent the afternoon outside playing in our soggy and muddy backyard...but they had a great time. Megan choose Princess Pasta for supper...the adults had adult pasta :) Then Grandma and Grandpa Clippard, Uncle Glenn, Aunt Brenda, Rachel and Becky joined us for present opening and cake & ice cream.

Megan received lots of great presents. Earlier in the week she had gone shopping with Grandma Clippard and picked out her Littlest Pet Shop additions and some pretty clothes. Today we will go shopping with Grandma Betty and Megan will get to pick out some summer clothes....and she got a special gift certificate from Aunt Brenda to take her shopping soon!!!! What a lucky girl with all her shopping. Soon Megan will be as addicted to shopping as her mother:) Megan also recieved a pretty swim suit, cover up and glitter flip flops from Aunt Lisa, Uncle Ryan and Matthew! From Mommy and Daddy (and Justin and Kyle) Megan recieved a puppy that grows (and shrinks), it also talks and sings to you. She really wanted it and it thrilled. We also got her several book sets to go with her Leap Pad, a Detroit Tigers hat, hair accessories and some crafts. Rachel & Becky also gave Megan a Barbie computer, a Barbie computer game and a purse full of little goodies. Grandma Clippard also gave Megan the 5th train for her Precious Moments birthday train. She was quite a lucky girl and very grateful for all the great presents.

The last of the photos for 2007. All the layouts are completed for the entire year!!! Now if only I can stay caught up again for 2008 and catch up some previous years! :)

The last of the photos for 2007. All the layouts are completed for the entire year!!! Now if only I can stay caught up again for 2008 and catch up some previous years! :)

Christmas Day 2007

I am working hard to finish my layouts and complete 2007. The top page will go in each book and then each child will have their page in their book.

Otters Floor Hockey

This is a team picture I made for Justin's Floor Hockey Team. The real version doesn't have blurry names...that is just for the internet :) 6 of the kids are in his kindergarten class and he played soccer last fall with 5 of these kids. Last fall I made a team photo for soccer and gave it to all the players. I think I will print these out as well and hand them out on the last day with the medals that the city provides to all the participants. Gary and 2 dads coached this season.

Megan's Big Haircut

Recent Layouts

Play-doh fun

Kyle spends hours playing with Play-doh!!!! It is sooooo messy but we play with it almost everyday. While Kyle is busy being creative with Play-doh he doesn't spend as much time trying to figure out what else to get into!!

Happy Valentine's Day

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day. Megan had her party at preschool on Wednesday and Justin had his party at school today. As head room mom for Justin's class I am happy to say it was a success and I am relieved it is over. I will now be happy when all the sugary candy is gone.

We added 8 new Webkinzs to our family over Valentine's Day. Megan now owns 3 different ponies, Justin has 2 frogs and a hippo and Kyle has a new St. Bernard named Bernie and a penguin named Yogi...he named Yogi all by himself and since he has never watched Yogi Bear I don't know where he came up with the name.

The photos show Kyle dancing away in our living room and some shots of Megan's new haircut.

Take care!!

Christmas Eve

One of the joys of digital scrap booking is the ability to duplicate a page and change just any part you choose. I was able to individualize the second page (one for each child). So for the 2nd, 3rd and 4th layouts you will see they look much the same except for the main photo on the top left. These were all taken Christmas Eve. Now I just need to finish my Christmas Day pictures and 2007 will be completely scrapped. Now if I can just keep up again in 2008 and finish 2005 & 2006 I would be completely caught up :) Probably won't happen this year, but they are good goals!!

We are having kind of a miserable weekend. It started Thursday afternoon when I realized Justin was running a fever and really crabby ( I noticed this after having sent him to AM Kindergarten...but really I had no idea he was sick that morning!). Anyway through the course of the weekend we have all ended up with fevers, coughs, chills, aches and some mild upset stomach issues. YUCK!!!! Justin said it felt like a cannon was going off in his head and now that I have the bug, I have to agree with him! Hopefully, in a couple more days it will have all passed. Hope you all are having a better weekend than we are.

Which one do you like best of Megan??

Our annual Christmas Eve family photo

Which do you like better, the top one (black) or the 2nd one of Megan (lavendar)??

Megan with her teachers at her preschool Christmas party.

Kyle at gymnastics. His favorite part of every session was the time spent jumping in the foam block pit!!

Hockey and kid photos layouts

I used the same template, but different pictures and scrapkits for these pages. The hockey photos have been posted before, but this is the first time for the kids pictures. I have beent trying to get a great shot of all 3 kids. It is not easy to do. I am still working on it. Notice they do not like to sit still for any length of time. The only reason they are all even looking at me is Gary is in the background with a stuffed animal making funny noises and every once in a while it bounces on my head. The kids think it is hilarious :)