Showing posts with label project 365. Show all posts
Showing posts with label project 365. Show all posts

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Today's photo, peachy cheap, etc...

Today has been such a busy day! We just have a lot of stuff going on around here before Mark heads back to school on Monday. I cannot believe his three week vacation is almost over. We are going to miss him when he is working and taking classes. It's always a bit of an adjustment for Evan and for me.

Have you heard of Peachy Cheap or Flowers and Flourishes? They sell scrapbooking products at a significant discount, and only one item per day. When it sells out, it's gone, and they will have a new deal the next day. So far I haven't found anything I have to have, but it's fun to check and see what the deal-of-the-day is! *I have them linked in my Places to Go... sidebar. For some reason Blogger isn't allowing me to post a link directly from their names above*

This is going to be my Project 365 photo for today. Finished a layout with photos from 1989! I used Ali's Studio A column in the February CK as inspiration.



I thought I would share these photos of Evan and me. Evan really wanted to talk on the phone, so Mark dialed our house from his cell phone, and talked to him for a few minutes. Then he handed me the phone and I talked to him, too. Evan was sitting at my computer desk & I was in the family room, just chatting with my boy! I checked the minutes on Mark's phone, and our total conversation was over 10 minutes. He was telling me about his cars, where his blankie was, what he was doing, etc. Evan usually isn't much of a phone talker, so I was surprised how long he conversed with us.





I hope everyone has a great weekend. Hopefully we will be relaxing & enjoying our last two vacation days.
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Friday, January 9, 2009

Butterflies

Earlier in the year I created a wall/window hanging of butterflies, inspired by Ali Edwards' weekend creative challenges. They have been happily hanging in our family room window for awhile now, and I caught this picture of their shadow this afternoon:



(This is going to be my Project 365 photo for 1/8/2009)

I know, not as cute as the little munchkin, but I thought I should mix it up a bit.

Finished the layout I was working on yesterday:



The journaling reads:

Sometimes life with a two-year-old doesn't go as planned. Putt-putt golf was one of those moments. It just wasn't a great experience for any of us, unfortunately. Evan tried really hard to use the club Tacoma Firs provided, but it was too long. He was more interested in throwing the golf balls at Grandpa than actually golfing. My dad would take his turn, then Evan would run after the ball, pick it up, and hand it back to him... before it got to the hole. I spent most of the time running after Evan as he escaped the course and took off into a neighboring field. All in all, not a successful outing. Rather stressful, actually. I was really disappointed that Evan wasn't more focused, that he wasn't more into the game. But you know what? There is always next year.

I am off to bed. Been a busy, busy day. Evan was extra-sassy this afternoon when our lunch guest was here...I think the "terrible twos" have finally set in. He is great most of the time, but man can he turn on a feisty attitude! He mimics everything and everyone, including pointing/wagging fingers (from me), and stern talking-tos (from Mark). I'm thinking a few visits to the time-out chair might be in order!

Looking forward to a sass-free Friday...

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Monday, January 5, 2009

Christmas photos, Project 356, etc...

Happy New Year! I think we have finally unpacked/washed clothes/put toys away from our trip, and now we can relax :-) Mark and I each did a bunch of cleaning today, and our house is starting to feel "normal" again.

I wanted to post some photos of our family Christmas in Pullman for our West side family to see. Evan had a delightful 3rd Christmas. We all did, actually! Mark was so thoughtful and purchased a Making Memories Slice for me! Yay! I am so excited to play with my new toy! It's not very often that I get a toy for Christmas. I think the highlight for Mark had to be his power scissors I picked up for him. They came in handy when we needed to open Evan's new toys.


Mark's mom made the pj's Evan is wearing. Thanks Grandma Taylor!






Merry Christmas!




When we got to Puyallup, we were all a bit shocked by the amount of snow that had accumulated. I can't remember getting nine inches of snow when I was living there. Both my parents had "snow days" due to the weather.


I had to share this photo of Evan. I took it a couple of days before our trip. He had been running around with Mark and Roy (or as Evan would call him: "Roy Boy!"), and he was sweating like crazy! His hair was sticking straight up in the air because he was so hot :-)


A couple of days after Christmas, mom and dad Taylor, Kenneth, Zach, Mark, Evan, and I went to the train exhibit at the History Museum in Tacoma. We spent a couple of hours there, looking at five floors of trains. Evan really enjoyed the Lego train room. They even had Thomas the Tank Engine Lego train sets out for the kids to play with. He could build his own tracks, or play on a couple of tracks other kids had built. I was pretty impressed with how well he played with others. He doesn't have a ton of experience playing & sharing with other kids, but he didn't seem to mind giving and taking. Good job, kid-o!


The Tuesday before Christmas we went to the Children's Museum of Tacoma with my mom. Evan really enjoyed the open spaces to run and play, plus socializing with other kids. They had an art room where kids could use special paint to decorate an indoor window, and he could play in a make-believe kitchen area. Mostly he liked to run off his unlimited energy!




Evan will not wear a hat for Mark or me, but he found Grandpa's hat during our trip and wouldn't take it off! To add to his ensemble, he put on Grandma's red slippers :-)


While in Puyallup, I posted a recipe for Candy Cane Cookies. This is what they look like when they are done. Yummy!

On December 28th I started a challenge called Project 356. Basically you are taking a photo per day, and the kit has everything you need to put together an album with all those photos. My friend Bethany sent me her photos from days 1-4, and I thought I would post mine here for everyone to see. A lot of these photos aren't "professional" quality, but they are little glimpses of our everyday lives. Some of them have become favorites of mine already!


1/4/2009
Daddy playing the Wii; Evan pretending to play with him.


1/3/2009
Our beautiful little town covered in snow.


1/2/2009
Evan loves to sit in my office and watch his favorite move, Cars, while I work on scrapbook projects.


1/1/2009
Evan loves having his Daddy home on winter vacation. They spend a lot of one-on-one time together, doing everything from playing cars to tickling.


12/31/2008
Evan and Roy watching Mark fly his little helicopter around our apartment.


12/30/2008
Taking a break at Grandma's house to read some Little People lift-a-flap books on the floor.


12/29/2008
Mom's new favorite toy...her Wii Fit!


12/28/2009
Evan and his Aunti Abby.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Monday! Mark doesn't start school until the 12th, so he will be working during the upcoming week. It is snowing like crazy outside right now, so it looks like Evan and I will be having a stay-at-home day tomorrow. Maybe some scrapbooking during naptime? We can always hope...

Peace.
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