It's done!!!

Finally.....it's taken a while, but I just finished our summer vacation album. I can't wait to see it printed as a Photobook. Thanks so much to Susan Catmull that let me know that our TLC photobooks are expiring soon so I got it done ASAP!

...sniff...sniff....

It's finally here...the first day of school. We dropped off Jake (2nd grade) and Paige (Kinder) this morning. Jake was excited to see his friends and was completely fine. Paige was really quiet as we were waiting in the cafeteria. When we got to the classroom she did great putting up her lunch box and backpack. She even gave her teacher the cute little desk calendar I made (see image below) and posed for pictures. Then as we were getting ready to leave she started crying and kept asking me to stay a little big longer. I started getting teary-eyed too so wasn't much help consoling her. I think she'll be fine once the class gets started. Plus she'll get to see one of her good friends at recess so they will be good too.


I wasn't like this with Jake, but I guess it's different when it's your baby! I wasn't the only red-eyed mom this morning! Now I'm sitting at home trying to figure out what to do with my day! Lots of things on my list, but I've just been taking it easy so far this morning chatting on the phone and downloading pictures.




Here are a few from this morning -

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My cute cub scout

Jake has joined cub scouts this year and they have a popcorn fundraiser that has just begun. So yesterday we walked around the neighborhood and sold some popcorn. He was a little shy at first, but he had a pretty good sales pitch by the time we were finished. He wants to go again tonight - which I was really surprised by. Tom suggested that maybe we need to explain that the money is for the boy scouts...he doesn't get to keep it! LOL! That could be part of the excitement!!

Star Wars Fanatic!

Well, I took Jake and a couple friends to see Star Wars the Clone Wars this afternoon while Paige was at a bday party. He has been counting down the days ever since he saw the first trailer for the movie. All three boys were totally engrossed and I even liked it (of course I've always been a Star Wars fan too!) I heard it's kicking off an animated series that will be on Cartoon Network in the fall so I'm sure we'll be TIVO'ing that series so it can be watched over and over and over!!

We're heading to the Great Wolf Lodge tomorrow with friends from Oklahoma. It's a huge hotel and indoor waterpark. Really looking forward to one more summer blast before school kicks off on the 25th!

The kiddos were in Oklahoma earlier this week with their grandparents so I got a little idea what it's going to be like since both will be in school this year. It was so quiet! I think I'm going to be emotional the first day...but will likely recover soon to enjoy more free time!!

I watched a LOT of Olympics this week and did some more scrapping on our vacation album. I've finished 50 pages so far...with only the zoo, the beach, and a few pages about our hotel left to scrap. This will definitly be a printed as a Photobook! I've still got several books left from TLC account to use up. Can't wait to see how it turns out. I'll wait and load a slideshow once it's all done!

It's starting...

I've so enjoyed this summer, with a more relaxed schedule, but it's quickly coming to an end. The kids are in soccer camp this week and both start soccer practice with their teams this week. Jake had tryouts for flag football tonight and Paige is going to do cheerleading for the same league. Those practices will be starting in a couple weeks. Shew!! I'm helping plan my 20 year high school reunion coming up in Sept so that's going to be busy too, but looking forward to it.

I've been a scrapping fool this past week working on our vacation photos. Once I'm done I'll post a slideshow. Using lots of templates, which I love! It's really turning out cute.