"Bestfriend"

Kaitlin and Logan were playing together and having a good time together. Kaitlin stopped and said, "Logan's my Bestfriend!" How sweet! Logan and Kaitlin really do get along so well. The five year age difference isn't that big right now.

Cute Sayings

Kaitlin was quoting the movie, The Night at the Museum. A statue in the Movie is flexing his muscles and says "Fire Power" with a New York accent. Kaitlin copies it complete with the New York accent. So funny.

On Logan's Birthday, Daddy was singing the Sponge Bob song, "Best day ever!" Kaitlin has been singing it off and on for the last week. She has also been singing the Madagascar song "I like to move it, Move it!" I love it.

Logan did his First Communion this past Saturday. He looked so cute in his suit. He was so excited. All the kids looked adorable. Logan read part of the First Reading at the ceremony. He was nervous to get up in front of everyone, but he did a really good job. He made a small banner that was put on a larger banner. His was in the lower corner so we could take a picture of him with it . Too cute.

Singing and Skipping

We can learn some life lessons from Kaitlin. At almost 3 yeards old she enjoys life so much. She sings to herself constantly. She sings her version of many songs or ones that she has made up completely. She is so happy and content while she plays and sings to herself. Kaitlin often skips from place to place. She skips to her chair. She skips outside. She skips on the way to the bathroom. I know in Kindergarten that they test if kids know how to skip. Kaitlin will pass that one with flying colors. She is a natural skipper.

A Day at the Beach

We went down to Southern Cal for a few days at the end of Spring Break. We spent one of the days at the Ventura Beach with Aunt Janet and Uncle Eugene. We had a fun day of flying kites and playing in the sand. I love this shot of Jusitn, Logan and Kaitlin together. It is so hard to get a good shot of the three of them together. I am always thrilled when I get a good one of the three of them together.

Nicknames

My husband, Marty and I have always enjoyed giving each other nicknames. When we first started going out, we gave each other tons of silly nicknames. One of my husband's favorite nicknames for me was Cookie. I can't even tell you all the sickly sweet nicknames we had for each other. Once we had kids, we came up with lots of silly kicknames for them too.
My favorite for Justin was Justin Bustin. My favorite for Logan was Logan Pogen. One of my favorites for Kaitlin is Katie Skatie. Sometimes I think I would like to write a childrens story with characters named Justin Bustin, Logan Pogen and Katie Skatie. I don't know exactly what the story is about yet, but I think it will be about threee kids that get into alot of mischeif.

My current favorite name for Kaitlin is Sweets. She has the sweetest smile and loves to skip. What could be sweeter than that.

Girlfriend

While Kaitlin and I were hanging out on the couch a couple of days ago, Kaitlin leaned over and hugged my arm. She does that alot when she is in a cuddly mood. I love it. Then she said, "Mommy, girlfriend. " How sweet that she thinks of me as her girlfriend. Mother's Day is in about a week, but I got my present from Kaitlin early. It melted my heart

My Carpet

I love my kids. They drive me crazy almost everyday lately. They make me smile everyday too.
They do crazy things constantly. At ages 10, almost 8 and alomst 3, they are into everything. To get an idea of the stuff that goes one just look at the carpet in my house. It is covered with Bakugan, Pokemon Cards, Littlest Pet Shop characters, pipe cleaners, dirty socks, lots of little Lego bits and puzzle pieces. I am constantly cleaning up, yet the carpet is constanly covered with stuff. I brings to mind the old poem. "Cleaning your house, while your kids are still growing, is like shoveling the snow while the snow is still snowing." Don't know who wrote that, but they covered the story of my life lately. :-)

What does life and scrap mean?

The title Life and Scrap gives the main topics that I want to cover in my blog, everday life and
my favorite obsession, scrapbooking. I want to use this blog to document lots little things that go on. It will be my journal of everyday happenings and thoughts. Someday maybe my kids will read it and get a laugh or two or maybe understand their mom a little better. I also hope to post some of my scrapbook layouts here. I love looking at the blogs of other scrappers. Some of my favorites include Ali Edwards, Jaimie Waters, Alexis Hardy and Sasha Farina and I also love the idea gallery at www.twopeasinabucket.com. They have been my source of lots of inspiration over the years and I hope I can inspire a few other people with my posts.