Easter Crafts/Cards

I'm way behind on updating my blog...as usual! Wanted to share some Easter cards that I made for the boy's teachers.

I made these bunny rabbits with Seth's class for an Easter craft.

Kris Allen

Danny is always going to be my favorite, but this guy is a very close 2nd!


Who is your favorite on AI right now?

Bluebonnets

I love driving down a Texas highway this time of year. I love bluebonnets! On the way home, we stopped so I could get a photo of the boys surrounded by them! This is somewhere between Corsicanna and Waco.

It's T-Ball Time!

Seth had his first T-ball game on Saturday, April 4th. He was so excited about finally getting to play a real game! He loves his little uniform (I do too!) and wants to wear it all the time. Seth played so well! He really hustled and gave it his best...we were so proud of him!

Seth and Dad after the game. I tried to lighten this photo, but I think the blue tarp is just throwing it off. I love this photo though.

I AM blessed.
I AM NOT as organized as I'd like to be.
I KNOW that I have Salvation in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
I THINK I need some new clothes.
I DON'T THINK it was a good decision to cancel "Life on Mars"
I WANT to get in the mood to scrapbook again.
I HAVE not subbed all week!
I LIKE losing weight.
I DISLIKE having a week where I've gained weight!
I HATE stupid driving.
I DREAM of retiring in either OK or CO
I FEAR snakes or something bad happening to my kids.

I'M ANNOYED by someone throwing a cigarette butt out of their car.
I CRAVE chocolate 24/7!
I USUALLY flat iron my hair everyday.
I SEARCH for a good book to read.
I HIDE nothing.
I WONDER if we'll move to Warner Robbins, GA, San Antonio, TX, outside San Francisco, CA or somewhere else next.
I REGRET that I didn't get my degree in Education.
I LOVE my family.
I CAN spin a basketball on my finger for a long time.
I CAN'T do wierd smells or puke.
I TRY to watch my words and tone of voice. With everyone.
I ENJOY life.
I DON'T CARE for seafood, eggs, or popcorn.
I ALWAYS tell Nathan and the boys that I love them at least once a day.
I NEVER get enough sleep.
I'D RATHER fly anywhere than drive.
I RELY on Nathan for everything.
I BELIEVE in Jesus.
I DANCE almost never!
I SING alot!

I ARGUE with the ones I love the most.
I WRITE lists like crazy.
I WIN when I play basketball with Nathan.
I LOSE weight with Weight Watchers if I stick to it.
I WISH I didn't have to do Weight Watchers!
I LISTEN to alot of different music. I love music.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND politics.
I'M SCARED see above.
I FORGET almost nothing.
I AM HAPPY most in the summer...sleeping in, making chocolate pancakes for breakfast, going to the pool, not having an agenda, hanging out with my awesome neighbors.

Now the question is:
WHO ARE YOU???
Consider yourself tagged! Please do this everyone! We could all use a blog update...hint hint! :)

Thanks Destiny!

Thanks Destiny for this award. I don't feel worthy of it, especially lately. Like Kelly said, I think I (along with millions of others!) have been bitten by the Facebook bug.

The rules for the award are to tell 7 things that I love and then pass the award on to 7 bloggers that I love. I actually don't even know if I have 7 people that read this blog!

Here's 7 things I love though (besides the obvious God, Nate, Jon and Seth, other family, friends, etc):

1. Colbie Caillat's music

2. The new Cosmo Cricket lines (scrapbooking)

3. Vera Bradley green things (see a couple posts back)

4. Azaleas

5. Ikea (can't wait to go during Spring Break!)

6. Cadbury Eggs...the little crunchy ones

7. Danny Gokey from AI

Matthew's 40th Birthday Celebration

A couple of weeks ago, Nathan's brother, Matthew celebrated his 40th birthday. All the family came to our place for the weekend. We had his birthday dinner at Joe's Crabshack.

They called Matt up to the front and everyone in the whole restaurant sang, "Happy Birthday" to him! He loved it!

Me and Seth...he loves to do thumbs up in every picture lately!

Jonathan and his Pa-Pa

Nathan and Matt

Jonathan giving Matt his gift.

Sarah and Me. Sarah is Nathan's little sister.

Seth's favorite part about Joe's!

Happy 40th Birthday Matthew!

Sarah and David (her husband).

Matthew wanted a Mardi Gras theme! Seth loved this mask!

Jonathan being goofy of course!

My Vera Wish List Items

Each time I think I'm losing my love for Vera Bradley, she has to go and do something like this! Make this beautifully awesome fabric! I'm such a green fan! I want this....

and these...payday is tomorrow (waiting a month is hard!), but with these hard economic times, I just can't justify buying them. You know Nathan can get a dirt bike (it's old and used, but still), but I still feel bad if I would splurge in this way! Well right now I feel bad. That might change after tomorrow!

Green Eggs and Ham

All the Kindergarten classes at SWP had a birthday celebration for Dr. Suess. They kids got to wear their pjs and had green eggs and ham at snacktime. As far as the green eggs, Seth did not like them Sam I am! He did love the ham that Mrs. Penton brought though. He ate tons of it!

My little piano player

Jonathan's doing so well at piano! He loves taking lessons from Mrs. Shana and he's so eager to practice at home. He now knows all his keys and can read simple notes in his music book. He's mastered using the metronome and he's playing actual songs too! I hope he takes after my mom and just has that natural gift of being able to master the piano.

WW Ideas

I love getting ideas and advice and tips with what helps others on the weight loss journey, especially with Weight Watchers. Here are some ideas that I'd like to share:

I like to eat the lowfat laughing cow cheese with the Special K multi-grain crackers. It's filling and it's only 3 points. I can add a cup of grapes for another point and it's a good lunch.

I like to eat angel food cake with 1/2 cup of strawberries and 1 T of fat free cool whip for dessert. It's only 2 points.

I think whole wheat pasta actually tastes better than the regular...it cooks better imo. I can eat 2 oz of that with sauce for a nice 4 point dinner. Add a salad with all the veggies I want and lowfat dressing and it's only 5 points.

Those hostess 100 calorie snacks are a lifesaver...the chocolate cupcakes and the cinnamon ones are my favorite and they are only 1 point.

I eat baked tostitos (the scoop) and salsa for 2 points. I make my own salsa so it's even better!

Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches are great for 2 points. The mint ones are my favorite.

My favorite salad to make at home is this: lettuce, tomatoes, 2 oz grilled chicken breast (you really don't need that much for a salad), Baked Tostitos, 1/2 cup black beans (or fat free refried), and salsa for only 5 points. Add fat free cheese or just a scattering of regular shredded cheese for just 1 more point. I'm learning to do without the cheese since I can't do the fat free (yet).

Corn Tortillas...you can eat 2 for only 1 point. You can steam them in the microwave, spray them with ICBINB spray, and eat with salsa and it's so yummy.

When I'm working at school, I love to take the Progresso Soups...lots for only 1 point and some for 0 points. Regular tomato soup is great too for only 1 point.

I'm a candy fanatic and every once in a while, I have to have some. 2 Laffy Taffy bars are 1 point.

My favorite sandwich to make at home is this: whole wheat pita bread with lean ham or turkey, laughing cow cheese (lowfat one) lettuce, tomato, and mustard. It's only 3 points. I like toasting the pita bread.

As I think of more ideas, I'll continue to post here on my blog. Please share what you like and what works for you as far as WW goes.

WW Update

I LOST 4.2lbs!!!!!! I am so excited! I was totally shocked when Kay, the receptionist gave me my number! I've really kicked in the exercise and increasing my water intake and I'm making smarter choices I can tell. This is so motivating...just hope I can keep it up! Things are getting so much easier too...like today, I went with my friends Betty and Jen to Subway for lunch after the meeting. I had my regular 6 inch ham on honey oat and baked lays and I got stuffed! Usually that would be like an appetizer!

1st Lost Tooth

I was upstairs doing something when I heard Seth screaming. I ran down and darn it if Nathan hadn't pulled Seth's tooth out! You see, it was a big deal to me because this was his first one. It had been hanging on for some time, but Seth wouldn't allow us to go near it. Finally, I guess he (and Nate) had had enough! You know crazy picture crazy mom was upset that I didn't get a "before" picture and a "during" picture, but these "after" pictures work.

Funny thing too...Seth put his tooth in the pillow for the tooth fairy. She came, but he was so tired that morning getting up to go to school, he forgot to look in it! And of course in all the chaos of getting myself and the kids ready for school, I forgot too! So after school, he ran into his room and found his money.

100 days of school

This is what I came up with for Seth's "100 days of school" snack. I had a "1" and a "0" cookie cutter so I made rice krispie treats and then cut the numbers out...then I decorated with frosting so you could see the detail in the numbers. It was fun!

I wished I'd had larger bags so the numbers could've been side by side...anal I know!

Catching up...Nathan's birthday with family

Nathan turned 38 on the 31st of January so we went to Texakana and celebrated with his family. I'm posting these so late because I just now got a card reader so I could download pictures. I'm so frustrated that my Rebel won't do it on it's own anymore. I'm planning to send it in, but I don't have another camera to use in the meantime.

Great picture huh?! We went to On the Border for lunch. We like On the Border and eat there alot when we visit because Shreveport's just went out of business.

Nathan's mom made his cake. Nathan is one of those freaky people that doesn't like dessert or chocolate (wish some of it would run off on me!) so when he does eat cake, he likes his mom's homemade white cake with fluffy white frosting. That's alot of candles on that cake!

My in-laws have this great tree for climbing in their backyard. Seth always wants to climb so that gives Nathan an excuse to show off some of his crazy "Spiderman" abilities too. If you read my facebook notes, you'll know that Nathan is an amazing climber! He's so agile and balanced! Jonathan takes after me (he has a fear factor) so you'll see no pictures of that boy in this tree...ever!

Yes I was a nervous wreck with Seth being that high!

My mother in law always asks for us to pose for a family photo...good thing because it hardly ever happens otherwise.

Seth was just fine up there, but when he started to come down, he got scared!

And yes, he just had to go up one more time! Luckily dad was down to help this time.

WW Update

I forgot to update here. I'm down another 1.4lbs...6lbs altogether. I know I can't be bummed about a 1lb loss and I know this is how it all works and it's the right way, but I keep thinking it should've been more! I ate better, didn't use my flex points at all, and started working out. I'm not discouraged at all though.

American Idol

He's my new favorite!

Who are you liking in Season 8?

Pancakes with the Principal

Jonathan is 2nd from the left before Mr. Thompson.

Jonathan is in the bottom left corner.

Thanks Candy for posting this on your blog! Photos copied from SWP website.

At the beginning of the month, Jonathan was chosen to have "Pancakes with the Principal" at school. It's a program that rewards positive behavior among the students. It's a real honor to be chosen! I'm so proud of Jonathan!

WW Update/Scarce

I'm proud to say my first week of doing WW I lost 4.6lbs! It's keeping me motivated!

Also...my blog posts are going to be scarce for a while. My laptop is sick and I'm not able to download any pics. All kinds of electronic problems! My Canon Rebel is not downloading pictures at all. My card reader software is lost and it's off my computer since we upgraded the desktop. UGH!

Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!

Here's what I came up with for "100 Days of School"

100 days of school

Can anyone give me a cute idea for a "100 days of school" craft and/or snack?

Started Weight Watchers, Found some good blogs

Well, I finally bit the bullet after several weeks of 'thinking about it' and joined Weight Watchers. They meet on Tuesdays at my church...12:15, 4PM, and 6PM. I did WW before and was successful as long as I stayed with it and attended the meetings. I am one that needs constant motivation and accountibility so the meetings are a must for me. I started counting points this morning and I forgot really how easy it is to do. They have so much now as far as food and recipes that can keep you on track. My good friend Betty was there so we can do this together. The leader of the meetings that I attend is SO good...she's got such a wonderful, upbeat, bubbly personality. I've only known her since yesterday and already I can't wait to see and hear her again.

For those 4 that read my blog :) and for those that do Weight Watchers, I found a couple of good blogs with ideas and recipes.

This Mama Cooks

LaaLoosh


Anyone else got any great tips, websites or blogs about WW they would recommend? Anyone else out there doing this with me?