Peekaboo from the Hayloft

Supplies: Kristin Aagard -Oink Cluck Moo (Plain Digital Wrapper)
Diane Miller -Typo Embellishment templates (curve shape) (Scrap Girls)
Chatterbox Wednesday font (from the hayloft)

I think you can read the journaling; let me know if not!
This one is a bit different from my usual style (assuming I have one, I'm so eclectic)...the unusual pics demanded something different:) The barn drop shadow is skewed using a tutorial I found online.

TFL:)
PS: Kindergarten is still "long" but he tells more stories each day. Today they had a substitute teacher in the am b/c his teacher's child was ill. Assumedly the dad watched the child in the pm b/c Mrs. Fisher was back. Anyway, he didn't seem freaked out about this at all (yay), but that may be b/c Grandma Pauline is a substitute teacher and he therefore knew all about it.

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day! More pictures from last weekend...I've always wanted good pictures of magnolia blooms, so we did some photo shoots after church (the bright sunny picture with both kids) and after our excursion to the park (see last post) on the shady side of the Medical Arts Building here in town. Much better lighting, but Michael was asleep in the van (parked about 5 feet from where Jeff took C's and my picture).

We spent yesterday evening with Jeff's parents and sister/brother-in-law/niece for Mother's Day. The boys always enjoy Grandma & Grandpa's house, especially when cousin Lucy is there to play with. They all crawled around in their makeshift "cave" under the dining room table. And it seems I will be an aunt again...HURRAY!:) Late November! Seeing as how I only had one chance to be an aunt (I'm an only child and Jeff only has one sibling), I'm super happy:)

Today the boys and I went to Sunday School, then home to finish packing up to head out for Great-Grandma & Grandpa's house in rural SW Iowa. My parents met us there. First, at home after SS: C made me a card at SS, then Jeff had a card AND a Roomba ...well I'd love a housekeeper, but this is the next-best thing!:) Michael loved it, but then again, he IS certifiably obsessed with "vacuumies" :) We left it cleaning while we headed out to G & G's.

The boys ran amok on the farm (pictures to come when I get them off the card) with Jeff along for the ride. They pretended to go fishing in the boat Steve & Chris have parked at the farm, they crawled around in the granary, they "drove" the tractor in the shed, they petted The Cat, they played in the house, and I-don't-know-what-else! They were very busy little boys:) We had a wonderful visit and a great meal full of plenty of desserts for Christopher. (Hey, he likes his veggies too).

The only thing that would have made it a better day...a nice sound-proof divider between the front and back seats in the van:) I like their sweet chatter, but the occasional squabble and annoying rhyme that goes on for 15 minutes, I could do without. ;) Btw, aren't men supposed to talk less than women?! Christopher didn't get that memo...

A Little Comic Relief

Even I am getting bored with scrapbook pages day in and day out here, so I'm going to offer my own version of "Feline Friday" TM (see http://ofcatsandcardstock.blogspot.com/ for more information).

This silly stray/feral cat lives in the vicinity of my grandparents' (87 and 92 years old, thank you very much) farm in rural SW Iowa. It has taken to sitting on their porch railing outside...who knows, maybe there is a glimmer of warmth from the house, or merely shelter from the north wind. The silly thing even takes naps up there perched precariously. Now the kicker is, the doorbell is RIGHT THERE! Yep, you guessed it, the darned cat rings the doorbell, possibly by accident (well at least the first couple times), up to several times a day.

So if you happen by and want to visit, chances are, Grandpa & Grandma are home...but if you ring the bell, they just might sit tight, b/c it's probably just that darned cat again.

TFL,
Cheri