I've been very busy with getting my boys started back to school. Evan is in kindergarten this year and Max is in 2nd grade. They are both doing VERY well and loving school!! I now have the mornings to myself since Evan is in kindergarten half day. I thought that I would have more time to scrap but that hasn't happened too much yet. These are some LOs that I've finished over the past couple of weeks but wanted to wait to post them together. I'm almost caught up with all of my Spring and Summer LOs, so I'll be starting on this years' Disney albums soon!!!
This one turned out to be my favorite!! Max celebrated his 7th Birthday on May 31. I didn't get too many good pics of him that day because he ended up getting really sick during his party. This was taken that morning before he started feeling bad. He was goofing off in this pic and I just love it! Since he turned 7, I decided to play off of the Lucky 7 theme that I saw on Indie Art. I used Indie Art for the word Lucky, the die, and the hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs on the cards. I used Blackletter for the 7's. I cut the cards by hand and used my corner rounder. DH thought that I should have just used real cards from a deck but that would be easy. It was more fun to cut all those tiny pieces and glue them onto my cards. LMBO I love how it turned out and even excited that the numbers on top of the die add up to 7!!!
Here is Evan's Easter LO. I used Mini Monograms for the scalloped circle, George for the circle and face for the bunny and flowers, Doodlecharms for the bunny head, and Storybook for the title. I wanted the bunny face to match the paper so I cut the pieces using George and put them on the Doodlecharms bunny face.
Here is Evan's Slippery When Wet LO. I used Going Places on this one along with George to cut the rounded squares for the sign.
Here is Evan blowing kisses and waving bye to Daddy's plane. He had to fly to Baltimore for work and this was his first time away from us so we all had a hard time with it. Max had to say bye to him at school that morning but Evan got to come to the airport and I caught him at the windows of the airport doing this. I used Spongebob, Mickey and Friends for the clouds, Life is a Beach for the title, and My World for the plane.
Here is Max coolin off in our pool. We had this metal frame pool that we bought at Target this year. It's 10' in diameter and 30" deep...just perfect for them to play in. DH didn't want it killing the grass so we put it on our patio and was able to put the boys' basketball goal nearby too. It was a fun summer. I just love these pics. The top left one, I think that they were trying their hand at synchronized swimming!! LOL I used Life is a Beach for the entire LO.
Here are my boys on the 4th of July. I used Stand and Salute on this page and added Stickles to the blue firework and embossing glitter to the red one and the title.
Another LO of Max cooling off at a Spray Park. They have so much fun at this place. It was a really hot day when we went and I even ended getting in for a while. It's just too fun! I used Graphically Speaking for the Water Works sign and water spicket and George for the big circle. I used Stickles on the drip of water and bubbles on the sign and Glossy Accents for the words.
Here is the last LO. It's of a Cinco de Mayo party that I threw for the boys back in May. Max's teacher last year had all these wonderful parties for the kids so I started having them at home for all the little holidays. The love it. Max even came home and taught Evan the Mexican Hat Dance. I used Graphically Speaking for the Cinco sign, Doodletype stencil font for the de Mayo, Paper Doll Dress Up spoon for the maracas, Plantin Schoolbook for the zig zag on the maracas, and DS and George for the cactus.
Here is my DS, Max with his Birthday Book Club book. They have this neat program at his school that if you donate money to the library, you get to pick a book that you want donated. Your name gets put on a sticker in the front of the book and you get a certificate saying that you donated a book. And when the book comes in, you get to be the first to check it out and they tie ribbons to it and they sing to you during library. Max enjoyed doing it last year in kindergarten so we did it again in 1st grade and then I'm sure we'll do it for Evan starting this year! It's a neat way for the school to get new books and it makes it memorable for the kids. OK, back to the LO...I used Paper Doll Dress Up for the Dinosaurs, Doodlecharms for the Cupcake, and Celebrations for the Streamers, Party Hat, and Balloons. I tied real string to the balloons and tied them to the dinosaurs tail. 
I chalked everything and edged everything with a fine black marker just to add a little "pop". TFL
Here is my DS, Max, checking on our baby birds. And on this special day, they had actually hatched. They were both so excited to actually see birds instead of eggs. I used Zooballoo for the branch and the bird nest and Storybook for the title. I inked all the edges, added Primas and bling to the branch and the corner of the pictures. I decided to journal on the nest instead of adding another journaling tag. Background paper is My Mind's Eye. TFL
When I first found this title in one of my books, I knew the perfect picture to put it with. Well, DH questioned it. He thinks that the title should have been paired with a picture of Max and Pa doing piggy-back rides. But I took it as, every kid wants a pony and why need a pony when you have such an awesome Pa! So here's my take on it. I used Zooballoo for the tree, Paper Doll Dress Up for the ponies, and Makin the Grade for the title. I cut the ponies each 2 times and layered them and also chalked and inked them. I also chalked and inked the entire tree. I used my Martha Stewart Icicle punch for the grass...I think once turned upside down that it made perfect grass! I also used my MS button and branch punch for the embellies on the picture. I used some Doodlebug rub-ons for my journalling square. TFL
Here are Max and Evan on St. Patrick's Day. I cannot believe that I'm still scrapping pics from March...I'm NEVER this far behind. :( I'm trying my hardest to get caught up. I used the Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cart for the shamrocks and the Opposites Attract Cricut cart for the title using the Upright and Opposite features. I bought the boys' shirts at Walmart and just had to get a picture of the back too.
And here my two having a blast in their battery powered Lightning McQueens. We bought these cars 3 years ago when we bought our new house and I've never scrapped pics of them playing in them. Since Cricut has come out with the Cars cart, there was no better time than now to scrap them. They were being very silly back in March playing with these so I got these awesome pics of them being loving brothers!! I used the Cricut Cars cart for Lightning McQueen and for the title too. I chalked the title to look like flames.
Here is my DS, Evan, with his very cool tattoo. DH gave him his first tattoo while I was gone at a Swarm back in April. And then he remembered to take these awesome pics because he knew that I'd want to scrap it. I again used the Cricut Cars cart and found the awesome title "Custom Body Art" on the cart and Ramone was just a perfect fit!! I chalked the flame on Ramone. Background paper is from the DCWV Rockstar Stack.
Here is my DS, Max, with his new glasses. He started to come home from school with headaches so it was time to get his eyes checked and sure enough he needed glasses to correct the astigmatism that he has in both eyes. I came up with the title and then remembered that there were Little Red Riding Hood cuts on the Cricut My Community cart. I added real ribbon to her braids and made the little wire-rimmed glasses for the wolf. I added Primas to her little basket. Background paper is from the DCWV Summer Stack from last year. TFL
Here are my two in their helmets that I decorated for them. I used Wall Pops and my Cricut machine to cut their names and put them on their batting helmets. Every other little boy has a navy blue helmet and I wanted to be able to spot my two on the field so their names are on the front and their numbers are on the back!
Here are Max and Evan before their first game. Aren't they adorable??
Evan celebrating after his first "home run". LOL He was the last batter so he got to run all the bases at once.
Evan hates being in the outfield. He gets bored!
Max is in his ready stance! Isn't that cute??
Max was playing catcher at his first game. He's so tiny to have on all that gear!
Run, Evan, run!!!
Max got the Game Ball and was the Player of the Game on April 25, 2009!! We're so proud of you!
Evan likes to wave to his fans when he crosses Home Plate. LOL He's such a ham!
Max crosses Home Plate on Saturday, May 2, 2009!! Go Team!
