Thankful Turkey

That’s Landon’s little turkey from school. Cute, huh? Being in third grade means you still get to make cute holiday items…I dread the end of that.

His smile’s just a little fake, but I made him stop playing his new favorite game so I could get a picture of him with his turkey, and since he did what I asked I let him get away with this “hurry up mom” look.

I thought this “Thankful Thoughts” paper was really cute too.

It’s a little hard to read here, but this is what he wrote:

I’m thankful for many different things. For example, I am thankful for my mom and dad and sister because they love me and take care of me and some people do not have a mom or dad. I am also greatful for my dog because she plays with me rope. Another thang I am thankful for is food and water because some people do not have food or water so they can die. So I have a lot to be thankful for.

I left his few spelling mistakes in there becasue I know before long he won’t be making those mistakes…and it is him as he is now.

Christmas Eve 2008

We spend every Christmas Eve with Mema and Umpa. We usually go over around 2:30 or so, so that we can hang out, open gifts, have dinner and play with whatever games/toys the kids might get and still get home at a reasonable hour. We’ve been doing this for years, and every year my kids are as excited about Christmas Eve as they are Christmas morning!

Last year I guess I was the only one who took pictures because there wasn’t a single one with me in it! I liked that I got at least one individual shot of each person though, so that made this an easy page to make. I wish the color of the page looked more like it does in real life…it’s much more green and less blah.

Viola Practice

Landon is still really enjoying playing his viola. He likes the class, and so far doesn’t complain about practicing. They just started working with the bow this week, but he’s still not very comfortable with it. I guess he’ll get used to it, but for now, he’s still plucking! :)

Here is a video of him practicing this afternoon. His winter concert is coming up next month, so he is getting a little excited about performing in front of an audience.

One Proud Mom!

Today is report card day for us, and WOW my kids are awesome!  Both of them made the honor roll, and this is Landon’s first year with “real” grades, so he was extremely proud of himself.

When we read his grades out to him, he was BEAMING…I mean, all you could see was braces! He was really excited about his grades, and we had promised him at the beginning of the school year that if he did well on his report card we would let him get a game card for doing well. We don’t typically do anything special for good reports, we expect the kids to do their best, but for this one time, we allowed a treat.

Zoe continues to impress us with her grades, and this marking period was no exception. She is taking some pretty intense classes and she manages them very well. I’m not exactly sure how she keeps up with all of it, but she does, and she is just super smart and dedicated. We knew what her report card was going to look like last week since they brought home grade sheets, so she decided that for her good grades she wanted to go to a sleepover at her friends house with a few other girls.

Here are their cards, not the best scan, but they both got all A’s and B’s and Zoe’s GPA is a whopping 4.13!!! I mean seriously!

 

Magical

I am trying to get into the spirit of the season, and I figured there was no better way than scrapping some pages of last years Christmas.

I always feel like Thanksgiving is here way too fast, and after that Christmas comes and goes in a blink. It is my favorite time of year though, so I’m really looking forward to all the festivities. I love all the family time we have and the rush to find great gifts and the crafting time I squeeze in…it all amounts to fun for me!

Here is a page about last years Christmas morning:

I’ve been changing a bunch of pictures from color to black and white so that I can use whatever paper I want with them. It sure makes it easier to scrap all these pictures together!

Mema’s Day

We have had some gorgeous weather this weekend…and it’s even better after four straight days of rain! Today takes the cake though, since it’s about 72 out and just as sunny as if it were spring! The kids just can’t believe their luck, and Landon’s been playing outside for a good part of the day.

Since he’s been happy playing, and Zoe’s been working on homework I’ve had some time (and mojo!) to scrap today. This particular page is one I made last week but never got around to posting….so here it is!

I wanted to make a quick layout using the picture I took of the kids and Mema on her birthday. I just thought the picture turned out great!

Now, back to more scrapping!

Future Shopping

Not much to post about today…not that we haven’t been busy, it’s just been a kind of boring and mundane type of busy.

I did happen to come across these videos though, and thought they were definitely blog worthy. Sometimes internet surfing turns up some pretty awesome stuff!

And, I’ll have plenty of money to do that shopping after I buy one of these cars…