Saturday, October 27, 2007

santa's on his way...

omg!
can you believe it's almost that time?!?!?

i can't wait!

i am absolutely infatuated with christmas...can't get enough...can't start decorating soon enough...can't wrap enough presents...i just can't get enough!!!

so...
i have been a busy little crafter this week, and i've been a sculpting fool...

here's a sneek at a few little guys that will be appearing in my etsy shop
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{just imagine them all bearded and dressed...}

look who's scrappin...

well, that would be...me!

i needed a little self-guided therapy after winning the world's worst mother award...{see previous post}...
so i was up until almost 4 last night workin on some pages...


a little cheesy, but i like it...
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and the worst mother award goes to...

drumroll please...

me!!!

today was a little crazy...
i'm home on break, and i got a late start on lunch
jaden has to be at school at 12:45, and we were pushing it!

i rushed the girls to the truck, and headed off to school...
when we pulled up, i thought it was a little strange that her classmates were not in the hallway like normal, but i know we were running late...{although i knew in the back of my mind we weren't that late}...and i thought the kids had already headed to class...
so i kiss jaden, tell her to go straight to her classroom, and ashlyn and i head off to run an errand...

i made it about half a block away from the school when something started nagging me...i vaguely remembered that today might have been the day they had an early dismissal!

crap!

so i call the school to verify...the conversation went something like this...

me: "hi...do you have an early dismissal today?"
secretary: "yes...did you just drop off a kindergartner?"


so i make a u-turn and race back to the building...
as i pull in, the assistant principal is walking jaden out to the truck

please keep in mind that all of this happened in a matter of about 3 minutes...


i get jaden...{who is breaking my heart with the crocodile tears}, i put my arm around her, apologize, tell her i love her, and she says...
"thanks! you ruined everything! you should give your number to mrs. caldwell so she can call and tell you when i have a dismissal next time!"


...my bad...

october updates...

oct. 12 ~ my last day of school before my two week break...{my break is now over...that's how far behind i am on posting!}
i went to the newport aquarium with a group from school for WOEA Day...
a couple of my faves from the trip...

these fish cracked me up! they look like those old cartoons...you know...where the animal turns sideways and nearly disappears...i love it!
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this stingray was swimming above me as i walked through the shark tunnel...he would get to the top of the arch and actually slide down the other side...
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~ and later that evening...
our 2nd annual "haywood hayride"...{so aptly named by my aunt becky...a.k.a. "precious"}

the girls actually cooperated {for a minute} with my incessant photo snapping...
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ashlyn had a ball throwing hay...{which, by the way, they ask you not to do...but the pics were so dang cute...everyone was doing it!}...
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when the wagon stopped and we jumped off to get pumpkins, i {apparently mistakenly} asked jaden to wait a sec so i could get a pic of her and ashlyn grabbing their pumpkins...
this was her reaction to my suggestion...
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this is why she didn't want to hang out with me...her buddy kacy
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and i finally got a couple {grudginly cooperative} shots of the girls and their choices...
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oct. 13 ~ i attended a balloon launch in memory of a dear family friend...Tara West
she passed away 6 months ago as the result of a car accident...
she was only 18...

it was very meaningful and emotional...
and i am so thankful that i captured these shots...

Tara's grandma...writing a note to attach to her balloon...
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Debbie...Tara's mom...waiting for the release...
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Friday, October 19, 2007

my etsy shop is open!

check it out!

twogirlzstuff

labels galore!
santas on the way...
and lots of grand ideas for fun and fabulous "shtuff"!

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

you want cheese-nuggets-salad?

okay, so a while back, jaden started pretending she was a waitress...

she'd walk around with pad of paper (or a box lid, or whatever was handy) and a pencil (or crayon) and she'd ask jackson and i what we wanted to order/to eat...

jackson and i would almost always respond with the same things...chicken nuggets, salad, water

well, ashlyn has picked up the "i-want-to-be-a-waitress" bug, and she walks around with whatever's handy (a pad, play phone, scrap paper, diaper) and asks...

"you want cheese (chicken) nuggets salad?"

Saturday, October 13, 2007

fall is in the air...

just a few things that remind me of fall...

pumpkins (of course!)
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homecoming corsages...(not mine, of course!)
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spiders...(not really a fan, but this one was pretty cool)
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bonfires
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and some journaling labels i made
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as promised...

i know...
i'm a slacker...

but here are some of the things i promised a few days back...

a couple pages i made for jaden
...this is her totally fed up with me and my camera
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...and this is a while ago...let's just say you need to look really closely at the picture
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