{it's been a long week}

Gerard has been doing a trial at work and he's been gone most of this week. He was at the mill on Sunday and then worked from from "0-dark-thirty" (as my Dad would say) until after the kids were in bed almost all week. Needless to say, it's been a long week for all of us. And now it's Saturday and guess where he is. Disney? Nope. Back at the mill.

Morgan is napping and Gerard is watching a little TV so we can all keep our sanity, and I thought I'd upload the last of the pictures from tennis camp.

{cooped up}

The weather has not been cooperating lately. It's been hot and humid and about 85 degrees by 9 AM. I do not go outside when it's 85 degrees by 9 AM. So we were stuck inside all day yesterday, but today we're going to tennis in the morning and the park in the afternoon. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it'll be a little cooler, otherwise our afternoon at the park will be cut really short.

Here's a glimpse of our day in the house yesterday:

Morgan found a new hiding spot inside her kitchen.

I believe that sometimes I am being punished for my less-than-perfect behavior as a child. GERARD IS ME. I have a new-found appreciation (and sympathy) for my parents.

But then I see this face and realize it's not a punishment.

Would you believe me if I told you I asked them to make goofy faces? No? I didn't think so.

Morgan's got a drinking problem...

{recent scrapbook layouts}

Here are some recent layouts that I've done. Once again, I can't stress how much I love scrapbooking digitally. I can print the same page twice and put one in Gerard's scrapbook and one in Morgan's book. Or I can alter one of Gerard's layouts by changing the colors or pictures or journaling and have a page for Morgan's book. Two for the price of one!!

This one will go in both their scrapbooks:

For Gerard's scrapbook:

For Morgan's scrapbook:

Gerard's:

Morgan's:

Gerard's:

Morgan's:

Gerard's:

For both scrapbooks:

Gerard's:

{8}

Today's magic number is eight. Eight is the number of....


• words Morgan says: mama, dada, uh-oh, hi, ba-bye, book, bubble, more.
  
  
• hours of sleep I need to function. Last night I got 5. You do the math.
  
  
• times I've dusted in the last 19 days since the sky fell in our bedroom.
  
  
• inches of dust on all surfaces, despite all my dusting.
  
  
• new gray hairs on my head in the last 19 days.
  
  
• weeks until Gerard starts kindergarten. Oh, no! Wait! It's only 6 weeks!!!
  
  
• new scrapbook pages I've done in the last few days. (I'll try to post those later.)
  
  
• months I am behind in Gerard's scrapbook. Not bad when you compare it to the fact that I'm 14 months behind in Morgan's scrapbook. She's only 15 months old. Once again, you do the math.
  
  
• number of new pictures of Morgan wearing an adorable halter dress from Mr. and Mrs. K. They gave it to us when Morgan was born and it looked so big back then. I couldn't imagine her ever fitting into an 18-month dress! Oh, how time flies...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• photos of Gerard's eye. OK, in the spirit of fairness I tried to come up with 8 pictures of his puffy eye (he had some kind of allergic reaction to something) but these pictures aren't as pretty as Morgan's so I'll only make you suffer with five.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

{tennis anyone?}

I finally had a chance to look through some pictures I took of Gerard at tennis camp. He's really enjoying it. Not as much as tee-ball, but he's definitely having fun.

Um, excuse me Gerard, but you're facing the wrong way!


Morgan cheering on her brother

And here are a few pics of some of our newest friends. A wild sunflower grew right outside our kitchen window, and the goldfinches visit all the time. I took some pictures after dinner (through the window):