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A couple other pages I recently finished.

Roots and Wings

I really love this page. It is one of my favorite photos of Becca. The saying says, "The greatest gifts to a child are roots to know where home is, and wings to fly on their own."

I also hope you see the butterfly. I used some rubons and placed them together to make it look like one (at least to me) .

Freakin me out!

" Mommy, that spider web is freakin me out." --Becca


So funny coming out of my 3 year olds mouth.

Renaissance Festival

We go every year, and made it again this past Sunday. The weather was a good temperature, but it was very windy. Becca lost a little of her new found courage and was a bit shy. Bridget loved it all. She talked to all the characters in the park. We ate a lot, rode some rides, looked at all the crafts, and watched part of the Joust (we left when it started to rain).



This colorful guy made the girls official princesses and the fairy gave them a magic leaf.


















This was right in the gate at the entrance. My lens didn't focus though.

















Bridget couldn't wait to get her face painted and Becca got excited about it too.































They had a lot of these painted mural things that you put your face in. Fun!















We had front row seats for the Joust.




















The parade.
The dirty almost naked man just skipping along cracks me up!














Look how happy the bloody dude is!

Louisburg Cider Mill

We went out Saturday for the Cider Mill Festival. They had inflatables and pony rides so the girls were extremely happy! Since vacation (when Becca became brave) she has wanted to ride a pony. I'm so glad that finally happened. She was excited. Bridget is an old pro at pony rides. I think we had her on a pony when she was two.

In the mirror

After dropping off the turtle, we were on our way home and I caught sight of Bridget in the side mirror. I started to snap photos of her and she was hamming it up. I got me in there too. That was a little fun!

Speedy has a new home

Schaun wanted to keep Speedy until Friday, but the poor thing spent the whole day trying to get out of the box. I couldn't stand it another day, so Thursday evening we went and set it free. We took it out to Shawnee Mission Park. We found a nice pond area to be it's new home. He seemed relieved and happy when we left him.






















I don't know about turtles, but this one had a pretty, colorful belly.

Bridget's Fall school photos

We already have Bridget's Fall school photos back. The last few years have been just awful, but these turned out pretty good! I don't like the orange flowers against her pink and brown dress, but at least the flash was not 3 inches from her face this time. The last one is my favorite!

INSPIRATIONAL

I have a friend named Lisa. She is generous, thoughtful, ambitious, and creative beyond belief. She has a dream AND a plan to go with it. If I had the means to, I would love to invest in this plan. I know it would be successful. I'm just trying to help her put it out there.

I've been making flowers

This is for a calendar swap I'm in. I have the month of May. I'm going with the theme "April showers bring May flowers".

A new friend

(This is one of my zoo photos not our new friend)
Yesterday, my husband came home in the middle of the day wearing one black glove on one hand and holding a shaking, rattling brown paper bag in the other. It freaked me out for a second. Why wouldn't it. Does that seem normal at all? After he finished laughing at me for being afraid, he said it was a turtle and he wanted to show Becca. We took it out back and let it go in the yard and that turtle took off so fast! Becca was chasing it to see it. We made it a comfy, temporary home in a rubbermaid container. Bridget was excited about it when she got home. She went and pulled a bunch of grass and threw it on him.

Later in the evening, Schaun decided to bring it up and look at it some more. For some reason he thought he could let it loose in the living room and it would just hang out with us. I told him I didn't want that turtle taking off under some furniture. He assured me that wouldn't happen and he put it on the floor and away it went. Schaun had to move FAST to catch it. He got it back into the container and I look over and Bridget is all crouched up on the back of the sofa. It was so funny!

We will be taking him to a park soon.

Happenings

Maybe I should title this, lack of happenings. Nothing really going on. I am enjoying it though. Starting in October things start to get busy. There are festivals to attend, classes to teach, a visitor form England, trips to the pumpkin patch, and Halloween. I enjoy all these things, but there is not much down time.

Costumes are ready to go

Bridget has her witch costume. I should probably get her some boots though. I have been searching for a penguin costume for Becca. I was starting to think we might have to make one. I was dreading that as I really can't sew. We stopped in a Halloween store today and they had one! Yippy! Got it home and tried it on and she looked sooooooo cute! I can't wait for Halloween this year!

Date night

Schaun and I went out last night. We had a fantastic dinner at the Bristol. Schaun had steak and lobster tail. It must have been delicious because he ate every bite. He hardly ever finishes anything so I was shocked. I had way too much and couldn't even start to finish. I started with the giant shrimp (is that an oxy-moron?), then moved to the lobster bisque soup and ceasar salad and then nibbled at my entree of crab cakes, salmon, shrimp, scallops, green beans, and mashed potatoes. It was all so yummy!

After dinner we headed to the Plaza for the art fair. We were not really going to see the art but to meet up with Schaun's parents. They were down listening to the band, so we joined them there. The company and the band was great, the people dancing were entertaining and the weather was perfect!

My mom came to watch the girls while we were out. I wasn't sure what they would be watching or who would be up when we got home. It is always a surprise. It makes me laugh. Thankfully both girls were in bed though. Mom took them to the little park down the street. That wore Bridget out because she went to sleep early while mom and Becca stayed up and watched Superman Returns. Becca loves Superman! Mom said she enjoyed it too.

A great mail day

This morning we ran to Target for a few things. When we returned home there were goodies waiting. I love getting fun mail and so do the girls! Kristin made and sent them both a cute cards. They were both so excited to see their own names on the envelopes and to open something special to them. Thanks Kristin!

There was also a package for me. This was from another scrapbooking swap that I am in. I didn't get a photo before the girls ripped excitedly into it too! It is from Dana T. and she put in a present for each girl. She sent them a little purse and necklace. Oh, and they think the Goldfish crackers are for them too. It also had scrapbook goodies like paper and ribbon, chocolate, gum, and all sorts of things for me! Thanks Dana!

Don't my cuties look so happy to be posing for this photo? Look at those fake smiles. Also, see that dog in the background? Those people have three HUGE dogs. These dogs must be allergic to the grass in their own fenced backyard because they always have to do their business in the front. I think my neighbors also have a religious belief that doesn't allow them to put the huge (seemingly deaf) dogs on leashes. So right before this photo, I had the girls all happy and seated when the herd came running over to greet us. For some reason my small girls do not enjoy seeing these very large dogs running full speed at them. So, the photo was taken after I got rid of the dogs and I made them sit back down. Poor kids having to indulge me and my camera.

Dresses

Yesterday Becca picked out and wanted to wear a dress. She doesn't like dresses so this was a big deal. In the past, if she would agree to wear one, it would only last a few hours and then she would insist on taking it off. Yesterday she wore it until bedtime. Bridget gets upset if I don't let her wear a dress daily. They both looked so pretty in their pastel colors.














































































































What do you think they are laughing at?