Happy early birthday to me!!!

I convinced Art to get me a Cricut for my birthday...and my good friend Amy had a raincheck for one at ACMoore for only $139 so we paid her for it and it's MINE!! Of course, I *had* to open it and try it out!!! And I did a layout already! (see above) I cut the title with the Cricut!! I also tried something new... I printed the black and white photos of Colby onto white cardstock and then colored the snow cones in with crayons!! I got the idea from egyptianmommy on Scraptown.com . I love it!
So, aside from playing with my new Cricut today...I babysat, and cleaned... and finished the taxes! Nothing like waiting until the last minute! I didn't do that on purpose, it just ended up that way. But they're on their way to the IRS now so I can breathe!

Tonight seems like the last "nothing going on" day we have for a few days. Soccer, softball, scouts, dr. appts. and a bunch of school activities are coming up between tomorrow and Sunday!! Here we go!
Have a great night!

Monday Chatter

Well...this morning I had to get 2 fillings in my mouth. Ouch. It really hurt! (...and I'm a big baby, which doesn't help). My mouth was numb all day... which made it extremely hard to eat!! I *had* to eat all the chocolate ice cream because it was soft... :*)
Babysat all day... the two girls weren't here for the past 10 days, and you could tell. Boy were they cranky. Ugh.
And after school, took the kids to the YMCA. I did another aerobics class and the kids played in the "prime time" child care. They had fun, but were very upset that we didn't go swimming. I'll keep that in mind next time..!
We played Color and Shape Bingo tonight... Will and Colby both got some good practice. Althought it gets hard for Will, being color blind. He mixes up the brown and the green and sometimes the red. It depends on the shade and the darkness. But we got two games in, made the kids happy and they didn't even realize they were learning at the same time!
Have a great night!

They're coming home today!

Samantha and Will are coming home today! Won't they be surprised to see the snow and ice outside. It was raining when we woke up, it quickly turned to snow... and it's been coming down (heavy) ever since.
I went to Michael's today and bought a Cricut cartidge! Ha ha, I don't even have a Cricut... yet. But I'm pretty sure I've made it quite clear to Art that that's what I'm expecting for my birthday! Let's hope he comes through!
School is supposed to be back on tomorrow... we'll see, with all this weather. I'd certainly enjoy a day with Samantha and Will since I haven't seen them since Tuesday. But Colby really *needs* to go to school.
Better get back to my scrapbooking! HAGD!

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Fun Day with Colby!

Today it was just me and Colby (no babysitting, and Sam and Will are still in Virginia)... So we had a fun day! Well, we started off at the YMCA
for my power sculpting class that I recently discovered. I was still wicked sore from going on Wednesday, but luckily she worked *different* muscles today. All I have to say about the class is OUCH. Colby got to play in the Prime Time, and he loved it! I can definitely see myself utilizing that feature a lot more in the future!!!

After that, we headed straight to CMOST... which stand for Children's Museum of Science and Technology. We met my friend Heather and her entourage of kids. Damaris is 6... she is the girl in the photo above with Colby. They had a lot of fun together, playing and exploring. It isn't a very big museum (and I'm happy to say, I had free coupons!) but it is fun. Colby's favorite part was the animals. The owl in the picture above is named Otis. They also had lots of fish, turtles, snakes, and some very cool hands-on gadgets. Colby and I even got to be on TV-- well, they had a thing set up where you can be a weather reporter and they play it back on the TV. Colby was too shy so I did all the talking!

After that, a quick stop at the insurance place, a quick run through Big Lots, and then back home with a very tired Colby. Who, by the way, bought a very cool $12 snake at the museum that he is loving.

It was a fun day... so nice to spend with my little guy alone. And so nice to see my friend Heather, who I don't get to see often.

What happened to Spring?

It seemed like spring the other day... a nice sunshine day... we went for a walk... the fresh air was so nice! Then we woke up today to snow. It's been snowing and sleeting all day. It's only sticking a little, but it sure is icy. And cold. And slushy and muddy. Man! What happened to Spring?? Where did the sun go? I really hope my tulips don't die.
Colby had a Fun Day with Grandpa today, so it was just me and Sami and Will for about 4 hours. I was able to finish up my Designer's Challenge for Scraptown (see my gallery at Scraptown.com) and get it uploaded. I'm very happy with the result!
I'm not sure what the plan is for tonight. I'm going to use some leftover ham for dinner. And I'll most definitely watch Grey's Anatomy. But other than that, there are no plans. Can't go outside, and I don't want to drive....
Have a great day! Let's all close our eyes and think *real hard* and hope for Spring to come back SOON!!

Easy Day

This is a family picture that was taken on Easter. Colby, Grandma Lorna, Daddy, Will in front, Grandpa Bill, me leaning on the couch, and Samantha laying on the top.


Today was an easy day. Samantha and Will made it to Virginia!! I've gotten 3 phone calls and 1 email. It was raining in Virginia but stopped when they got there. Yeah!!! They are excited because they get to sleep on bunk beds.
Colby spent the night last night at Amy's... so no Colby here today. I went and did a "Power Sculpting" class at the YMCA. OUCH!!! OMG, it was a workout. But I'm glad I did it, I really need to lose weight and tone up.
I have Nick here and he is sleeping. Braelyn is here too, and we have been playing Disney DVD Bingo... she is so adorable with that game! She gets excited waiting to see which square is called next... and then gets super excited when one of her's is picked! She is the best! Reminds me why I love 3 year olds!!!!
Tonight I really want to bring the puppy for a walk because they're forcasting SNOW tonight. Aww man!!!