my little genius...

 

 

 

 

While I was creating this layout of my sweet girl, Lexi, Nate came in and started playing with my letters. He arranged them into this word and looked up at me and said "zebra". He is such a word nerd like his mom! He is four years old and can read about 100 words! I started reading at three years old and still have a passion for reading. Sometimes I read enlightening material, sometimes I read fluff. What are you reading now?? What have you read recently that you loved? I am reading "fluff"!! Wild Pitch by Mike Lupica a fictional novel about baseball. All fun and good stuff. I just finished reading Knitting Under the Influence by Claire LaZebnik. I thought it would be total fluff but it turned out to be enlightening. One of the gals in the knitting group was an Autism therapist and I enjoyed reading about what she did with the little boy she worked with. The author has a son with Autism so it was very real. Let's see, I also read Daniel Isn't Talking. It was another book about a boy with Autism. Very good. I would highly recommend it.

Okay, I'm going to sign off now to go read Go Dog Go with Nate. Do you like my hat? I do not like your hat! LOL.

Catching up!

So life's been kinda busy and crazy lately. May seems to feel like December with all the stuff going on. It's fun though. This is what gets me through...



Have you tried this blend (available at Starbucks)? So good! I actually go to bed at night dreaming about waking up to it!

Last week, Cristina and I took nate to the zoo with his preschool class. I had major nightmares the night before because we were taking him "sans stroller" and he always tries to bolt! Thank goodness for Cristina (I love her!!) who is even faster than Nate. He did pretty well for about an hour and then got really overwhelmed so we took our picnic on the road and ate at home.





My son Joe, who is leaving middle school and starting high school next year (OMG!) had to dress up to present a project. We didn't even have to buy him clothes because he fit into his Dad's!! Crazy. He looked so nice and did a great job.



Last night I met up with some of my girlfriends to see Sex and the City. So good. I've watched every one of the tv shows a couple of times and the movie did not disappoint! Did you see it? What was your favorite part? I have too many to name! I want to go see it again!

Hope you all have a great week. Mine is chock full of stuff but all fun stuff so it's all good!

Manny Being Manny!

 

Manny Ramirez is one of the greatest hitters ever to hit a baseball and has the prettiest swing I've ever seen. Love this guy! Congrats Manny on hitting your 500th homerun tonight!! Yeah, baby!! He hit a bomb to right center, first pitch, off of the submariner, Chad Bradford of the Orioles. Sox won 6-3.

Stay tuned for the mayhem that will be the Celtics VS Lakers rematch!!

I know there are only one or two of you that read this blog for sports news. Bear with me! WoooooHooooo!

I got the PINK Slip!

I was asked to be the Guest Designer for Pink Paislee for the month of June! I got my box of goodies yesterday and immediately started creating!

Check it out here:

Live Pink

Baby Layouts!

As promised, here are just a few layouts I finished this weekend of the twins. There are lots more to come!

 

 

 

We had a great long weekend! Hope you did too! Can't wait for school to be out!

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pretty things...

 

 

 

 

i love...
strawberry season
bright red geraniums
arranging flowers
and making circle yummies (cupcakes)!!

So blessed!!

How lucky am I?? I got to love on these babies all day yesterday and again today. They are the sweetest babies! When Joe and Nick got home from school they were totally fighting over Miles! They love him! When I told them they would be here again today Joe yelled, I call Miles! Too funny. Joe nicknamed Clara, "Eclaira" because she has these chubby rolls and looks like she's had to many eclairs, LOL!

 

 

 

 

Such little blessings! There are going to be some major baby scrapbook layouts being cranked out this weekend! Get better fast Stacey, they miss their auntie! xoxox

Welcome Home Jason!!

 

Yeah, Jason made it home safe and sound on Tuesday! So glad you're home with your family and so glad your wife survived four months without you! :0) xoxoxo

I'll sleep...

when I'm dead! One of my favorites sayings! Here's some stuff I've been creating while I should be sleeping. Thank goodness for coffee!

There's one for Stacey, one for Shirryn, one for Denise, oh, and even one for me! Which one is your favorite? Everytime I finish a layout I think it's my favorite.
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My little guy is sick so I'll be hanging out with him, giving him some TLC today. I am so excited that there is only 2 more weeks left of school! I love summer vacation. What fabulous plans do you all have for the summer?

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Tuesday!

Hugs,
L

A No Hitter!!

Last year I did a blog post about Jon Lester, a Red Sox pitcher who beat cancer and came back to pitch for the Sox. Tonight he pitched a No Hitter at Fenway Park. It was amazing. I had tears in my eyes and I am so proud of him! Man, I love baseball. I can't believe this game can make me so happy. I know there are only a few of you gals that read this that can relate (Becky, Wendy!!) but I consider myself lucky that I have such a passion for this sport. Good thing is, it's only May and there is still five months left in the season!

 

Happy Birthday...

to my sweet niece, Ayla! She is 18 years old today! I can't believe it. Here is a picture of her from her senior prom. Isn't she stunning? She graduates this weekend and will be going on to college to study marine biology and to fufill her life long dream of working with dolphins and whales. I am so very proud of her!

 

give it away...

give it away, give it away. you can't take it with you where you're going anyway. These are lyrics from a song from my all time favorite band Train. The song is called For Me, It's You. One of my faves. I love to give stuff away, especially stuff that I create. But, only to people who fall at my feet and worship my talents, Just kidding! (Or those who support my favorite charities) Back in April it was Autism Awareness Month and I said that I would pick a person at random of all who donated on my badge for Autism Speaks and create a custom photo pillow for them. Well, I only had one person donate so I got to make a pillow for one of my dearest friends, Stacey, my sister from another mister (and her daddy, Mike is so cool!). Don't tell Stacey but I was going to make this for her anyway!! It is a beautiful picture of her and her two lovely sisters. I hope she will cherish it.

I also made one for one of my other little sisters (I have lots!) Denise. She helped me raise a boatload of money for Autism Speaks for our walk last November. I am so proud of her!

Here are the pillows I made for them:

 

 

I have been getting lots of orders lately for these custom pillows. Thankfully right now I am all caught up so I'm going to do some scrappy stuff this weekend.

Speaking of scrappy stuff...

I am going to send a nice box of scrappy stuff to Kathy and Ester for taking part in my scraplift challenge! Send me your addresses ladies (lorirenn@msn.com) and I will get your goodies in the mail. Thank you for your kind words.

Okay, now I'm off to get all of these crazy ideas out of my head and on to some paper!

xoxox,
L