The girl was goalie a lot. Her team was really good, which meant she stood around a lot and tried to find ways to entertain herself, like picking at the net!
Little Man liked to entertain himself with my Nook playing “Ang-y Boods” or pleading for anyone to play basketball with him. 
The boys playing hoops with Papa during The Girl’s game.
End of the Season trophy! Way to go Peanut!
Text: “Tyson’s derby car this year was the “Sea Dog.” While he didn’t win any speed medals, he did win an aware for coolest design. We had fun!”
My husband and I took the kids to the movies this weekend. That’s something we almost never do. But the oldest was dying to see “Pirates of the Caribbean,” so dad surprised him with that. I took the younger two to see “Kung Fu Panda 2.” I had really no expectations for it. The first one was cute, but not my favorite movie. I was delightfully surprised by this movie!
I was also surprised by the “life lessons” weaved into the movie. Without any spoilers, there’s a point in the movie where Po, the panda, realizes that the goose who has raised him isn’t really his dad and he begins to question who he really is.
He meets someone who tells him, “I’m sorry your story has a really horrible beginning, but that’s not who you are now.” Pretty deep thought for a kids’ movie!
I’ve known people who have let their future be predicated by their past. They had a horrible upbringing…... their parents didn’t love them enough...their parents loved them too much...they were foster kids...they didn’t have the childhood they thought they deserved…...whatever it was, they used that as their excuse for not doing anything with their future. Sad.
I’ve also known people who came from those same kinds of backgrounds and have done everything to rise above. Those are impressive people. Those are people I look up to.
It makes me think of a phrase that I learned from a teacher in school. It’s a 10-word phrase made of all two-letter words, “If it is to be, it is up to me!”
I made a digital sticker for a reminder for you and me! I put a butterfly on it because the butterfly is a great symbol of change! Click on the picture or the link to download.
UPDATE: Here’s the link for voting: HERE
You can also go HERE to the Brownie Scraps Gallery to download goodies from other designers in this competition.
I also created another freebie for Brownie Scraps. You can download it from their gallery (link above) or HERE.
I have persisted through the final week. I’m not in first place, but not in last either. This week we took one of the kits we have created and turned it into a collection, complete with extras like glitter styles and word art! Here’s my completed collection:
I’m really proud of the kit I’ve completed, so instead of just giving away one item from it, I’m giving away the whole collection for one week only! No bribery involved, but if you feel so inclined, please “like” my kit on the Brownie Scraps Facebook Page. The link is posted above. Have fun!
It’s week three of Brownie Scrap’s Facebook Faceoff Design Challenge. I’m still hangin’ in there, but in dire need of some votes! Here’s a preview of my kit:
If you like it, please “like” it here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/photo.php?fbid=10150138192403497&set=a.10150138192358497.299911.134702933496&theater
Who knows? I just might decide to give it away as a freebie if I’m feeling positive! : )
Here’s my full kit:
You can also visit Brownie Scraps and download my freebie cluster made from this kit:
http://www.browniescraps.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37603&nocache=1
THANKS so much!
“Emma went to bread-making class taught by our neighbor and her daughters. She learned all about the bread-making process and even made her own artisan bread loaf in the shape of a turtle! She came home with her own apron and another batch of dough ready to be baked. The splash of flour on her nose completed the outfit!
Feb 12, 2011”
Tyson got a telescope for Christmas. One Sunday afternoon, we did some science experiments for fun!
I am in a designer competition at Scrap Matters and the submissions for round one are in. And you can download them all for FREE! Just go to the gallery HERE, but you have to be logged in to view them. I can't tell you which entry is mine, but can you guess?
The colors were not really my style, but I found a theme and went with it. I hope it is enough to get me through to the second round! Fingers crossed!
Happy Monday!
New Year’s Day was spent playing with Christmas toys. Tyson got to check out his new microscope and Austin played with the new train parts he got. Emma played with her toys too, but somehow I forgot to get a picture of her!
Tyson earned his Wolf Badge in Cub Scouts this month, just in time to move up to Bears in March after his birthday!
The kids had fun playing in the snow while I snow blowed. Tyson helped Austin make his own snowball (see photo on the right, above). Emma built a “snow chair,” which was lovely to sit it when since she didn’t have snow pants on.
Tyson’s Jr. Jazz basketball team had a WONDERFUL January. They had an undefeated month and Tyson scored his first basket of the season this month too!
