The One With All the Sunbeams

Just popping in with a quickie post before we're off on another installment of Super De Duper Summer Survival... We're going to the alley. Yep, the brood and I are going bowling. Don't you just shudder at the thought of Sassy & Puppy with big round heavy orbits of destruction?!? Sigh. Wish us luck.

Been playing more and more with Studio Calico's June kit...

Finishing up a couple more tonight. Later.

The One With The Week of Many Firsts

Just in case the world ends tomorrow, we managed to jam enough into the first week of Summer to last us. The week started off with Fathers' Day which included church, bowling and barbeques. So much fun! Daddy was happy to get to spend some time with the brood outdoors...

The brood and I kept busy while Daddy was flying this week. We signed up for the base library's summer reading program. While there, we checked out a LOT of books. I mean a LOT of books. Like 19 books. They were thrilled with their choices...

The twins had their first movie theater experience this week, too. And at Cinema Cafe, none the less. Happy little people...

But, Friday was the piece de resistance!! We went to the (one of 4) U.S. Premiere of Cars 2. It was at the base theater with popcorn and drinks ALL for free. There was also a costume contest (which got us into the theater wait-free, in front of 1600 people!), 3 of the kids won and got to meet Mickey Mouse. Radio Disney was there to entertain and give away prizes while we waited for the main evbent. Reagan was chosen to participate in the opening of the show. I was so proud of my brave boy on that stage in front of that crowd!! The movie was fantastic. But, more than that the whole circus of the whole event was just so much fun. Just one more perk of living here on base. I told Donk, I'm not leaving here. He can come back and visit us when he's transferred. wink.

Studio Calico goodness...

Be back soon, peeps!

The Last Week of School

The last week of the 2010-2011 school year. A photo essay, if you will. It was exhausting and busy and emotional all rolled into one. Oh yea, it even involved sirens and an ambulance.

Up first. the week ended with flip flops & smoothies ands Red Box/pizza night. Yep, we did survive.

It started with P.J.'s mini Olympics. A day chock full of school spirit and great kids doing their very best. To be one of 10 students chosen from your school to represent at a district-wide athletic event was so awe inspiring!! That's Bubba, the tug o war anchor in burgundy.

Poor Reagan, the do gooder was checking on a lost dog. Before...

and 10 stitches later...

The Twinnies (& the Momma) spent waaaay to much time in the truckster...

Reagan, pre-dog incident posing for a pix after his awards assembly. Julia and P.J. also had lots to be proud of at their own.

I did this when I wasn't ferrying kids or cheering them on...

This one is for Scrap That Baby's latest prompt: Storytime. You know you wanna come play...

This one was for Creative Soup's Mojo Monday 6.06. Scrap a favorite vacation memory. My Dad and my sister...

Phew. Still with me? Thanks. More fun is planned for this next week. Check back soon.

Bridging, or Otherwise Known as Awkward Grins for Momma

Are we the last schools in the US of A that are STILL in session?!? I think this one last week may just be my tipping point. You know I drive 800 miles per week schlepping the Bigs to and fro school?!? Monday was Reagan's one and only awards assembly... that I missed. P.J. was one of 10 students at his school chosen to represent Oakland at a district-wide Mini Olympics competition. So, Bad Momma had to go to that and forgo the Kindy fun. Today was Julia's assembly and tomorrow is P.J.'s. I'm (trying) to make up my absence to Reagan with some special Momma time after #1's assembly. A couple of cookies and chocolate milks from the cafeteria should do the trick, no? The rest of the week are "Half Days", otherwise known as Jenny is stuck in Suffolk for the day until the last bell. ugh. I'm so ready for this school year to be over. At least until the middle of next week and the brood is terrorizing my house and each other and I start counting down the days until the 2011-2012 school year. I know, I know, never satisfied am I.

These last few weeks may be draining, but they've been fun & eventful too. P.J. crossed over to Webelos 2 and Julia continued on her Brownie way...

Sneaking in some scrapping with some older pictures and some fun stash mixed with Studio Calico/Sassafras's December exclusive papers!! Look at the Twinnies who will be FOUR next month on their first Christmas...

more to come soon, thanks for stopping.

a little instagram love...

About a year ago a couple little cuties, who shall remain nameless...

dropped my cute little red slider cellphone into a diet Coke. Hmm, what to do, what to do? I did what any good Momma would do, I bought a cra**y replacement ( a fancy schmancy, not! gophone from Wally World) phone to last me until I can upgrade. Well, fast forward 2 more phones and my magical upgrade day arrives.

Enter my iphone. Bells chime, bird chirps, angels sing. Sigh. I love this techie wonder. It's allowed me to capture some great moments in just a matter of days. Like this one from the Bigs' SOL celebration...


And this one of Daddy and the littlest lady at Bubba's Cub Scout Bridging...

This is an older photo that I was able to spruce up with the amazing instagram iphone app.

The little fairy flittering to & fro...

Daddy captured this one on his iphone and I added a little instgram love. P.J. getting his first military id....

This was my first and still a fav...

Besides going all techie, I've been playing with Studio Calico's May kit. Totally lifted the bingo card idea from the amazing Stephanie Howell for jbs...

***************do YOU have any favorite apps? Enable a girl, please...