Just call me the scrappin fool.....

Cause I have been on a roll this weekend!!!! Did some more scrappin this morning while we hung out inside thinking it was gonna rain (never did, so now Ive cleaned up and its time to hit the park to burn off some steam..now Im sure it will rain! LOL!!!) Got 4 spreads done..check 'em out! :)

Creative Genius at Work.....

James sat down this evening after dinner and bath time, and said he and wanted to draw. And BOY did he ever!!!




He did all his letters in the alphabet...got a little mad at himself that his J was backwards, let out a big ole SIGH....then moved on with the rest of them...love the filled in "O"! LOL!!! :)

He asked me to draw a flower, then he colored it in. then he said I KNOW WHAT TO WRITE....then wrote MOM by himself, then drew the heart and told me Mom..this means LOVE!!!! I gotta color the heart red!

Then he wanted to draw a rainbow...so he drew the lines....then drew the red figure on the left, I asked is that Daddy? No Mommy....that's Me, James...Im drawing you next, THEN Daddy. hee hee.....He drew them all himself...tried to squeeze in his WHOLE NAME (he LOVES to write James Salinas on everything....spells it himself and all) so it is a bit scrambled...then wrote the MOM and DAD under our pictures...LOVE IT!!!

Then my favorite one of all....he drew the sun first, then the yellow bit...he exclaimed MOM! this is my favorite....THE BEACH!!!! But where is the water? So he drew the blue part, wrote THE BEACH then said wait Mommy, this is for YOU...and proceeded to add the MOM and "the love" after that.

Such a sweetie....my little artist in training!!! HA!!! :0)

Been Scrappin Lately.....

Thought I would share some pics of the scrapbook spreads I have done lately. Trying to get caught back up on James album that encompasses his life from after he turned 4, up thru his 5th birthday. Did some of these a few weeks ago, then had my friend Becky over last nite to scrap some after James was in bed. So I did a few "out of order" that were actually from the last couple months.....I usually try to stick to the album Im working on the time and do it in order as much as I can....but sometimes I get some pics from a special day that I just HAVE to scrap NOW!!! So I just hold them when they are done and put them in the books once I get to that point. Check them out....... oh, and some have blank "white boxes" on the pages...those are ones I haven't journaled on yet...just ignore that part....LOL!!!




James on his 4 wheeler at a park on his 5th birthday..



Halloween party at his PPCD class



Haloween night out Trick or Treating - 2008-



random pics from 2008



Palm Beach Moody Gardens and IMAX movie with Michael, Anke and Phillip - Summer 2008



Moody Gardens Palm Beach with Melissa, Troy and "the baby girls" as James says...Summer 2008



Fishing with Daddy in the lake next to our house....summer 2008



First day of PreK (PPCD) leaving from daycare on the bus....Fall 2008




Playground at the Houston Zoo...fall 2008



Chicken Fried Steak...James new favorite! Fall 2008



After the drag races....Fall 2008



Last day at School Zone before he started a new daycare and Pre-K...we miss his old teacher!!!!




Therapy evaluations for speech, fine and gross motor skills



Water slides with Daddy at Palm Beach, Moody - Summer 2008



Makin silly faces for Mommy on his field trip to the zoo with his PPCD class....Spring 2009



First field trip ever...to the zoo with his PPCD class.....Spring 2009

Mother's Day

What did I get for mother's day...more like what DIDNT I get for mother's day!! :)

In the morning, James and Freddy took me out to breakfast at La Madelaine...yum...was nice, we went early so it wasnt crowded yet and had a really nice time.

James made me a whole bunch of awesome things at school....check them out.....

He ran in the house with this flower after school on the Friday before Mother's Day, shouting MOMMY!!! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! I HAVE A FLOWER FOR YOU!!! With a HUGE smile on his face!! Damn I love that boy!!!

Colored this one at daycare....

Made this one at his PPCD class

Colored this one at daycare...

This was the inside of the card below...kinda hard to read cause he wrote it "clockwise" so to speak...starting from the top left, it says JAMES, then below that, clockwise......"I LOVE YOU MOM THANK YOU..........too freakin cute!!! With his handprints which look HUGE to me!

Front of the card.....

And this cute cut out flower with his sweet smiling faced picture in the center...what Mom wouldn't love all that for mother's day huh????

Then we hung out at home and had a relaxing late morning/early afternoon. For dinner, we headed over to Johnny and Kelly's house to have a family dinner with Freddy's Mom.....was awesome per usual with all the family gatherings, lots of great food, and everyone told a story from when they were growing up, some shared pics of them with Grandma when they were younger etc and told about the pictures. Lots of fun. Was a great Mother's Day!!!

More from the splash park

My friend Care took some other great shots of the kids that day at the splash park so I thought I would share them as well. Thanks Care!! :) Cant wait to go back! Such a cool place.....

Water Water Everywhere.....

So today, I decided it would be fun to pack a picnic dinner, load up the cooler with drinks etc...and hit the splash park. So I called Care and asked if she wanted to meet James I there around 5:00 with her kids...she said SURE!!! So off we went....tried the one at the Westside Events Center...big surprise, it was broken or just not running (seems to be a common theme with that place....anyway)....so we decided to hit up the new one at Centennial Park. It was AWESOME!!!

We staked out a spot in the shade with a blanket, sat the kids down for sandwiches, cheetos and capri suns...ate our sandwiches, then turned them loose to play while we took lots of pictures. Was a gorgeous afternoon and the kids had a blast...see for yourself!!


Shot of the entire splash pad

James jumping in a puddle

Katey splashing too...caught her mid jump...too cool!!!

James and David acting like froggies

Loving it.....

Caught James as he turned to run off the other direction

Silly boys making faces!!!

SPLASH!!!

James loved this one best of all it seemed....

Loved this shot of the water just coming out of the post...too cool!!

Thanks Care, David and Katey for spending the afternoon with us and enjoying the picnic dinner! Lets do it again soon!!! Too fun! :)

Dinner is served

James and I went to the store earlier today to get a couple things we needed for the week. While we were there, I asked James what he wanted for dinner...he told me spaghetti.....and ICE CREAM!! Typical kid, huh? :)

Anyway, so we were sitting on the couch this afternoon and it was getting to be about time to start cooking....I asked James hey buddy, do you want to help Mommy make spaghetti? He said "no mommy, I will do it myself!!!" Ok, who can argue with a home cooked meal that I DIDNT HAVE TO COOK? I love it!

So, he proceeded, step by step, to cook us spaghetti for dinner! I was so proud of him! The only thing he didnt do is brown the meat...I was the one stirring that and tending to it as I didnt want him dealing with the hot grease as he tends to be an overzealous stirrer! LOL!!!! But other than that, it was all James.

And let me tell you what, the boy makes some MEAN spaghetti! YUM!!

Using the can opener for the first time

Caught him off guard...hee hee!

Dumping in the tomato sauce

Watching the steam from the pasta...

He was so proud of himself!!

Checking on the pasta...

Setting the table while the sauce simmered....first the plates....

Then the forks....

Then napkins.....

His favorite red cups for everone! too sweet!!

And Kool-Aid for everyone! What a treat!

Time to dish up.....

Again, so proud!!

Some sauce......

And more sauce....

He didnt even wait to sit down to try some of his creation! LOL!!!

He said MMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! when I took this pic. HA!!! Pretty good stuff, even if you did make it yourself, huh buddy????

Then of course, his absolute FAVORITE part....chocolate ice cream for dessert!

This face says it all...YUM!!!!

What a great meal!!! He did awesome doing it all himself...perhaps we have a chef in the making? Time will tell.....