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Thankful Thursday (on Friday)

February 25, 2011 By JulieK

This week, I’m thankful for VACATION, where I lose track of what day it is!! Is it ALREADY FRIDAY?? Goodness, vacation goes so fast… But it’s VERY nice to not have to get up at 5am… and not have to go to bed ridiculously early ’cause of the 5am wake up time…

We had a fun time yesterday (hence the missing Thursday post! )… We went to the Mapparium, the Mary Baker Eddy Library (where we saw a 1611 Bible… amazing), the Christian Science Church in Boston, and the MIT museum… Plus P.F.Chang’s for lunch or actually lupper… you know, that 3-4:00 ish time way too late for lunch, and way too early for supper… Super fun time…

Here’s photo of the kiddos just before we went into the Mapparium… Not a great pic ’cause it was from my phone… Will have to take the pics off my camera soon :) and add them…

Thankful Thursday!!

February 17, 2011 By JulieK

So, I probably shouldn’t start my “Thankful Thursday” post with “What’s so Thankful about it??” Right? It’s only Thursday, and I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck!! BUT in all honesty, if this crazy week is “bad” then I have a LOT to be thankful for… it’s all in perspective, right? If I look around, then I really see how very lucky I am…

In this crazy week… with book reports, dentist appointments, doctor appointments, classes, work, more classes, meetings, and a miserable winter bug visiting the house… eh, we’ve got it pretty good :)

So… I’m thankful that we live so close to friends and family that we can rely on to help out when our schedules don’t match up and both adults need to be in different places at the same time…

I’m VERY thankful that my “issues” this week seem to be the effects of a virus and not the med that is making my migraines managable… I was so afraid that I’d have to come off the new med, and honestly, my migraines have been so much better (fewer, and when I get them, I can make them go away pretty quickly… AND they don’t come back)…

Today and Tomorrow it’s supposed to be 50+ degrees… Yes indeed, something to be thankful for this snow-filled winter!!!

I’m teaching a class tonight at Ink About It (in Westford) and on Sunday, I’m teaching a class at The Crop Shop’s Winter Wonderland weekend event… I’m so excited, the ladies in the classes are always so much fun!!! I can’t wait!!!

The kiddos have been especially cute the last couple days, even though neither has been feeling great… Sean and I have been working on his big book report, and Kathryn has been making lots of little crafty projects…

I know there’s more… but I better get sorting for tonight’s class :)

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

February 16, 2011 By JulieK

Well… I guess technically, it’s “Happy Day After Valentine’s Day” but I wanted to share the little projects I made with the kids for their classes… I had an idea in my head, and was looking for measurements for a pencil holder for the kids to give to their classes… Here’s the post I found to make an adorable little holder that holds 3 pencils… (not at all what I was looking for, but HAD to make it when I saw it…) Be Creative With Nicole

I cut and scored all of the papers (Kathryn wanted white, Sean wanted kraft), then let them pick a Valentine stamp to use (Many thanks to Ryan for the use of her big binder-o-stamps!!) Now, Sean picks a couple of simple stamps that he stamped using cranberry colored ink… Kathryn, I didn’t realize, chose her stamp (be mine, or else… perfect for her personality!!) and was planning to color them in… Had I know that, I would have had her stamp with black ink… oh well!! They are still cute I think :) I will just mention, that it took longer than I thought to cut and score 20 for each of the kids… now, who’s lame-brained idea was it to MAKE Valentine’s Day cards?? oh, right… mine… :) Love to make stuff :)

Here’s Sean’s

and here’s Kathryn’s

While they were stamping… I made some cards for their teachers… I used the same idea as the card club cards I made last month… But pulled out some vintage Scenic Route paper (man, I still miss Scenic Route!!) and Kraft cardstock… and filled them with yummy chocolate squares…

Happy Birthday Baby!!

February 1, 2011 By JulieK

Now, I totally know that she won't be letting me call her "Baby" for long… at least not where she can hear me :) I already get the hand-on-the-hip… "MOM, I'm NOT a BABY" most of the time when I call her that… but hey, she'll always be MY baby :) Here's a couple pics from the big day… She had a friends party at The Champion Factory… What a Blast!!! Here she is at home, getting ready for the party…

and waiting for her friends to arrive, with her Bratz cake :)

Just for fun… Here's a couple (scanned, so the quality isn't the best… they're pre-digital camera!!) photos from Kathryn's FIRST birthday… Yup… that's the beginning of the sweet tooth :) She LOVES cake!!

Happy Snow Day!!!

January 13, 2011 By JulieK

Well… We're on Snow Day number 2!!! UNHEARD of here :) I don't think we've had 2 snowdays total in 3 years, nevermind 2 in a row!! (BTW, I am NOT complaining!!! We've had a fun time this morning in the snow!!) Here's a few pics from this morning, now that the sun's out!!

Sean sliding down the mountain of snow near the front stairs…

Kathryn just laying in the snow… 'cause she can :)

Both of them throwing snow at me…

Finley in Doggie Heaven…

he was bounding in the snow, and digging, and bounding some more…

Literally giddy… Not sure I've ever seen a dog laugh before :) but he was honestly giddy about the snow :) maybe all that bounding will help him shed some of his fatty mcfattyness :)