ten on tuesday

the "where have I been?" edition

1. I've been taking care of two sick kids.

2. I've been evaluating my students.

3. I've been having parent-teacher interviews with 20 sets of parents.

4. I've been watching the Riders win the Grey Cup!

5. I've been making construction paper hats for Caleb (like, probably 15 of them!)

6. I've been making large lists of things for Matthew to do.

7. I've been playing scrabulous blitz. It's highly addictive.

8. I've been shopping here and there for some clothes for myself.

9. I've been wrapping a few Christmas presents.

10. I've been busy, but I've been thinking about all of you. I hope you are well :)

He loves me

He tells everyone his is "two and a half" (even if they don't ask)


He is much less shy than he was a few months ago.


He loves to pretend and dress up (and not just on Halloween). He likes to be Captain Hook, Shrek, Puss in Boots, a knight, a firefighter... the list goes on.

He says the cutest things.

He goes to storytime at the library every Thursday morning.

He is cautious on the play structure at the ymca and prefers if Mommy goes down the big slide with him.

He has stopped taking an afternoon nap most days. And goes to bed much better at bedtime.

He is pretty much potty trained. He loves it when Grandpa sings "He's a big boy now!"

He likes to laugh and be silly (and chew with his mouth open, apparently)

He told me that he loves me last week (and not just after I told him, he was the one who said it first!)

He loves me :D And I love him!

monday night challenge

If anyone is up for a scrapbooking challenge...Faye and I were scrapbooking last night and we created a challenge.

Find a scrapbooking magazine (you know you have one!) and open it up randomly to any page. You must scraplift a layout (or an ad) from that page. And finish it by Thursday morning, if you can.

Ready, set, go!

We're already done :)

I scrapbooked!

A layout about Matthew's first day of preschool (last year). It's a scraplift of a Jamie Waters layout and I needed to stamp on it somewhere. I was so proud that I used two stamps!

Thanks Jenny for the fun challenge! I can't wait to see your layout(s)!

congratulations elizabeth *edited to add faye!*

Hooray! Elizabeth's book is coming out today! Hooray!

I decided to wave the sign over my head, just to show you how excited I am for you, Elizabeth!

See...

I'm so excited for you, congratulations!

And Faye is excited too!