When I grow up I want to be....

Mom, when I grow up I want to be a "scissor cutter helicopter fixer"
Noah age - 4

(Dads a aircraft maintenance engineer & I'm a scrapbooker
guess he want to take after us!)

Sesame Street Love

This photo melts my heart......

Liam is playing contently with my 

Sesame Street Village circa 1970's

 and with his new one........

Thanks for saving this toy Mom!

He Sleeps.....

Liam, I love how you sleep.

I always want to remember this...

Love Mom xoxo

 Sweet Dreams Peekachoo

The Other Side Of The Lens

Ok, well here I am....today I decided to step out from behind my camera and snap a photo of me.....For anyone the knows me, I hate having my photo taken....I need to loose some weight.  Its been an extremely slow go....but I am working on it.  I realized, through all my scrapbooking, that really, I do not have very many photos of me.  So I am trying to change that......I never show myself, because of the fear of being judged....and that is so not me....I am a kind, generous, loud, stubborn, speaks her mind kinda person....but when it comes to my weight....I clam up....so, maybe, I'll be a little braver in the future, and post a full pic of me...but until then, this is what you get! lol! Thanks for listening to my ramblings!

That Noah.......

Hi everyone! I have a bunch of layout and cards to post, but decided to move my scraproom this weekend....sooooo, this will have to do for now...lol!

NOAH - Hey Mom! I got a mosquito bite on my arm...

ME - Oh

NOAH - You wanna know why it bit me?

ME - Ok

NOAH - Because I'm tasty 

ME - (giggle/snort/eye roll)

What are the some of the funny things your kids say???

Random Conversation

Here is a random conversation I had with my almost 4 yr old.............


ME - Hey Noah, if you could be any animal in the world, what would you be?
NOAH - A Roly Poly (potato bug)
ME - Why?
NOAH - Because they are so cute Mom!!!
ME - (eye roll)

Have a wonderful day!

Picnic with Aunt Pam

Aunt Pam surprised us this week by inviting us to lunch at McDonalds.

We grabbed Happy Meals to go and headed down to the most

beautiful spot in Windsor - Reaume Park/Coventry Gardens.

Aunt Pam, Noah & Liam

Freighter on the Detroit River

Getting sprayed by the Peace Fountain

Follow the Leader

Getting a view of Belle Isle (home of the Detroit Grand Prix)

Peace Fountain

Checking out the Detroit River

Look!

Thanks Aunt Pam!!!!

A Night At The Hanger

Its getting crazy busy at the hubby's work right now.  He is an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer / Director of Maintenance  for Zimmer Air Services.  Right now they are in the middle of spraying corn crops in Ontario.  This means long hours at work, and an hour drive to and from work. 

 Last night I packed up the kids and some food to BBQ and drove out there.  Here are some photos of our night!

Future Pilot Noah

Rob and Clay waiting for the helicopter to come in for refueling 

Tail Rotor 

Clay 

Ron putting the helicopter to bed

Noah pretending to drive my truck

Clay waiting for the helicopter to land

Tailgating 

Liam excited to see Ron fly in!

Clay

Wise Words

Yep! Thats My Boy!

Here is a pic of my youngest son Liam licking Nutella off the floor.....

 Don't ask...

Happy News!!

Look at the Happy Mail I received from Practical Scrappers ....

"Congrats to our new Designers!!!

We had so many wonderful applications to consider and we want to thank all of you who applied.  It was a blast hopping around to all of your blogs to check out your work!  Here are the ladies who were chosen to be added to our design team."

Julie Comeau: ://lepetitmondedeglamotte.blogspot.com/

Leila Cassimira: http://lolo-artesanato.blogspot.com

Erica Smole: http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Danielle Higginbottom: http://piperloo.blogspot.ca/

Kimberly Congdon: http://www.scrapitgirl.com/ 

Lanette Erickson: http://stacksofscraps.blogspot.com/

Wendi Robinson: http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/

Kenya Guard: http://krafthead1.blogspot.com/

Amy Edwards: www.PaisleysPlayhouse.blogspot.com

Patty Selah: http://www.craftpicks.com

Sarah Clark:  http://www.mypaperpie.blogspot.com/

Alison Day: http://adayinthelifeor5.blogspot.ca/

Shir Benovich:  http://shir-benovich.blogspot.com

Karen Sessions: http://www.karensessionsartandsoul.blogspot.co.uk/

Charity Becker: http://menemenetekeluniversity.blogspot.com/

I am so excited to be given this opportunity!  

Heat!!!

Seriously, it's 10:10pm and the heat index reads 115F?!

Summer Fun!

With all the hot weather here, the boys thought

 it would be a good idea to go for a swim with Papa!

Banned!

And this is why Baby Powder is banned from the Brown Household!

  (3rd time is a charm)

Big News & a Give Away

How exciting! I have some big news to share with  you!!!!  My "Internet Bestie" Anna....Blog Author of My Life and Kids has invited me to be a Community Leader  of the My Life and Kids Community! I urge you to check it out....there are some seriously funny ladies, great topics & give away's too! (see below)

• Angela, Angela Shelton
• Delilah, Confessions of a Semi-Domesticated Mama
• JD, Honest Mom
• Kerry, HouseTalkN
• Kelley, Kelley’s Breakroom
• Kim, Let Me Start By Saying…
• Nicole, Ninja Mom
• Paige, Paige Kellerman
• Danielle, Piperloo
• Kim, The Real Adventures of a SoCal Mom
• Anna, My Life and Kids

We’re going to be talking about all sorts of topics in the community. Right now, we’re sharing our blog goals, offering up wedding advice, debating the pros and cons of plastic surgery, offering poop advice and sharing our favorite apps

And we want YOU to join us!

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Once you’re registered you can add to our conversations and even start one of your own.

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This is who I am

I'm a wife, mother, daughter, sister & friend

I am creative & artistic

I love to cook & garden

I am all about colours, patterns & textures

I love chick flicks & Danielle Steel novels

I watch 1970-80's TV reruns & witty British comedies

Typography inspires me

I am a blogger & a blog reader

My current addiction is Pinterest

I'm in the midst of a torrid love affair with my IPhone

I love the outdoors

Sitting on the porch @ night listening with the Cicadias 

with my hubby makes me happy

I am ridding myself of toxic people full of drama

I love my curly red hair & freckles but hate my body

the weight I gained after 2 kids is still there....

I have only several close friends that I confide in

I am not a party girl....I like to hang around the house

Sunday drives in the country is when I am my happiest

I am a scrapbooker & crafter

I am stubborn & impatient

I strive to be a better mom everyday

I am not perfect & I do have flaws

My dream vacation is to pack up the truck & trailer 

and just go without a destination

I love to learn

I love butterfly & eskimo kisses with Noah

I love that Liam is my snuggle bug

I still get butterflies when Clay comes up behind me

in the kitchen and gives me kisses

I love my family more than anything else in this world

Watching Daddy

What an exciting day this was for all of us! Hahahha!  I had the crappiest screen door known to man! You know the one I mean, the one where the dogs and kids have pushed out the screen because its on the bottom...(seriously, a man must have invented that idea) You had to take the bottom glass out so you could clean both sides (or I could have just went around the other side and lifted the screen to use my Windex) The glass was scratched, the frame was bent so if you sat on the couch a certain way, you could actually see daylight through the frame....


Anyway,( insert happy dance here.....) the day finally came, that I literally had a break down over my front door!  It was a chilly November morning and I had decided to wipe the finger prints, dog snot and boy spit off the door....it was this day that I lost it....I sat on the floor crying and muttering under my breath about this darn door....Clay was looking very perplexed, (probably thinking my wife is off her rocker, its a bloody door!)  Well, he must have had enough, because the next thing I know, he took off with the truck and came back with my new door!!!!.... 


So your probably all wondering, what's the big deal, why didn't you buy one sooner...well, because I am a mom, and I clean the door at least 2 times a day, I needed the perfect door....you know the one, its that one calling your name at the hardware store, but its completely out of your budget....the one a mom must have designed......the one where the screen is on the top, and....are you ready....the screen is a phantom screen that when you pull the window down, it rolls out of the top of the frame, and when you push the window up to close it, it rolls back into the frame......no more taking out glass so you can wash both sides, no more kids and dogs pushing the screen out! 

There was a day when I cool and fashionable and if I had $400 to blow it would have been on these Frye Harness boots and not a screen door....its a sad day when a new screen door brings you so much joy and happiness......

so to remember this day that brought me from one end of the emotional spectrum to the other I (like any scrappy mom...) took photos to remember this day and scrapbook them.  I will always remember this day when my Frye Boots new screen door brought me so much joy.....

So tell me....can you relate or am I just crazy SAHM ?

also don't forget about my give away below....if you enter your chances are really good!!!! lol!