Emma's in gymnastics!

Em's so excited to go to her own activity! Poor girl's been drug to all of Gracie's things, it's time for a few more Emma activities!

She loves to play at the gym, she loves her coach, and she's getting a little less shy with the other kids.

She is always so excited to go to 'nastics.' 

"Yay! I love nastics. I love my coach. I love my friends. I'm going to jump and swing and run," she says with a determined look and a fist in the air.

She loves practicing her straddle sits on this horse.... These girls and their love of horses... We usually have a bit of a rodeo before the next kid can practice. Haha! Can't just sit on a horse, you've got to make that pony go!

I like gymnastics for little kids because they work on coordination, balance and listening skills and give them a big, padded room to run around and burn off some energy in. Perfect!

Throw-back Thursday

Happy October!

 I'm throwing it back to Gracie's 3rd birthday party with these pocket pages.

I used Heidi Swapp papers and stickers, Studio Calico chipboard and vellum shapes, Crate Paper chipboard, MME sequins, Simple Stories patterned paper, Basic Gray and Echo Park alphas, American Crafts bows, and some Me and My Big Ideas stickers.

She looks so little...

I quickly caught up on birthdays, Halloweens, and so many more big groups of photos when pocket pages came around. Love it!

Edmonton Corn Maze

We headed to the corn maze for some fall fun last Sunday. What a fun afternoon! We spent 3.5 hours playing.

We fed goats, sheep, and baby calves, saw bunnies and roosters and the girls loved them all. Em loved feeding the animals. Gracie loved this goat. They were buddies.

There were giant pillows of air like jumpy houses that the girls jumped on.

And the maze itself. It was a John Deere theme this year and it's so huge you actually do get lost in it.

Brad took his job as group leader very seriously.

We went with Gracie's friend, Leah's family for the second year in a row. It's now our fall tradition.

Leah kissing the scarecrow Gracie to make her flinch.

And this cute scarecrow.... who would she scare off?

This was what it looked like before the crash. All smiles....

A cute little farm couple and their pet cow.

Bale jumping.

Slides. 

Performances.

A whole shed full of corn kernels that the kids played in like sand.

Hot chocolate.

Train rides. 

And a giant chair. 

Seriously. Spend a day there. It's worth it!

Gracie's Birthday!

She's 6! It's official! 

I can't believe it! What a fun day we had last Saturday. 

We went out for breakfast, she opened presents, then we went to her friend, Kai's awesome birthday party, then on to swimming lessons, out for supper, and to one last surprise shopping trip to the Lego store. 

Whew!

What a day! 

She loved it all and I have a few pictures to share (okay, a ton of pictures. Bare with me.)

These next two were actually taken a few weeks ago when GG and Granddad were visiting, but I threw them in. 

Birthday party extraordinaire! They had pizza and ice cream cake and pop! Holy moly!

She swam sooo fast at lessons! Super sugar-high kicks blasted her through the water!

 And we ended the night with a double decker, super-de-dooper chocolate cake extreme, and then asked her to go to bed.... Haha! Of course that didn't happen right away, but she was pretty tired, so she crashed shortly after bedtime (or it was a diabetic coma, I can't be sure).

What a day!

Halloween is coming!

I made a few Halloween plaques to display in Treasured Memories with my kit last month. 

This line from Carta Bella is so great! See more of it here.

I love all of the great little images and sayings in this line. They're a little more classically Halloween-y than some lines. 

I used some great wooden plaques that my brother made me (he's so handy!) I painted them black and then layered some of the fabulous papers and stickers to make cute decorations that I can hang up. 

Are you ready for Halloween? I have costumes for the girls, as long as Emma will wear hers. She may have a costume change in the near future. 

She got tangled up in the costume when we tried it on at home and now she doesn't want anything to do with it.....A few more days before the return is due. Haha!

Happy Birthday Grams!!!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday dear Graaaaams, 

Happy Birthday to you!

And many more...

Park Pocket Pages

Park play!

You'd think we live at the park! 

Not so much anymore. Gracie's gone most days, and Em and I are sticking indoors until it warms up. Last week was so wet and cold, it gave me a taste of winter. Brrr....

I made these two layouts with paper from the Dear Lizzy line, Serendipity, from American Crafts. 

The thickers, some stickers and chipboard pieces are also American Crafts. The stickers are Echo Park paper, cameras and velum hearts are Studio Calico and the puffy stickers are Heidi Swapp.