Castle

These are some fun pix of Declan, my dad and I playing with a Little People castle. It was my castle when I was a little girl and now is one of Deco's faves!

2 Guys and Their Grill

At Sol's birthday party Declan insisted that we bring the little kitchen outside. As soon as it was out, Joey wandered over so for a few minutes it was just Joey and Declan at the kitchen, but moments later, ALL the toddlers came over and they were all playing and sharing. It was hilarious!

Sugar Kisses

Brian was singing this song the other day and it inspired me to scrap Declan's sticky cake lips! Sugar kisses, lips like (or covered in) sugar!

The Frog Prince

The Usual Suspects

When Good Girls Go Bad

This one is for Irene! Journaling says: "What is a mom to do? Poor Irene, Ashley wanted another cupcake at Declan's party, but she has diabetes, so her mom had to say no. Luckily, moments later, Stacy took Ashley to the park!"
Lucky for all of us that Stacy is way better than cupcakes any day!

Hang in there Bean!

My Wish For You

A little bit of mushy stuff here. A "letter" to Future Declan with my hopes for him!

Peacock

Brian took Declan to the zoo today and took some Peacock pix for me! Just love em!

Declan and Sophie in PJs

Declan got the night of his life on Tuesday when Brian went out of town and I invited myself over to my friend Monique's for pm play and dinner (thanks again Mo!). We ended up giving the kids a bath together and I snapped some pix in their PJs. Toddlers in sleepers are TOO CUTE! Declan had so much fun, I can only hope that he always has such good friends and such joie de vivre!

Emilie

This lo was inspired by Roy Lichtenstein. Emilie is such a cutie and I have so many cute pics of her! Well, here it is!

Get Along Little Doggie...

Diaper Days, Mardi Gras Nights

nAP

Most people know the sweet, adorable Declan. Every so often, Declan is grumpy, REALLY grumpy. I took his picture when he was grumpy to "document" this unique phase. :)

Stop and smell the...

Before the big Easter freeze, my daffodils bloomed and Declan saw me cut some. I had a devil of a time with him after that picking all the flowers! Then the snow came and I caught a break. The other day we were in the backyard and it was warmish again and my daffodils were blooming again and Declan looked longingly at my yellow flowers and said "I haven't picked a flower in a WHILE..." so we let him pick one. (just one! :))

Candid

Boy Meets Cat

Rewind to Labor Day Weekend - Declan met Aunt Denny's cat Mabel. It was a brief but memorable meeting for the boy. We have been hearing about that cat ever since. Declan even named one of his stuffie cats Mabel. Fast Forward to Easter - meeting #2. Declan was even MORE enamored (how can THAT be possible?!?), Awww, first love!

Christine's Prom pix

Mom's Retirement Scrapbook

I'm currently playing around with Photobucket as a way to showcase the Retirement scrapbook I did for mom. The below post is one attempt, but there is a limit to the number of photos. If you scroll down to the very very bottom of the blog, there is the whole book in a "remix" style. Let me know what you think!
Mel

Sample Scrapbook

Easter Eggs 2007

Declan's first experience with dying Easter eggs! He had a lot of fun and so did Brian! And don't those eggs look yummy? :)

More Easter 2007

Declan still wants to know: "Where my Gabby"?

I'm dreaming of a white Easter?

As many of you know, we traveled to Cleveland for Easter and although we were warned that it might snow, we were unprepared for the BLIZZARD that welcomed us. It was no April snow that met us for Easter, it was a good old-fashioned blizzard that dumped FEET of snow on us in a matter of a day. WOW - what a sight! And not a pleasant one. :) But looking back, it will make for a funny memory (we hope)

Zoo Sepia

Well, Brian said I was getting lazy by not posting stories with the layouts, so here is a short story to go with this one. This picture was taken by my dad at the zoo in August last summer. It was soo hot and we were all tired but after riding the train back to the front of the zoo, my dad graciously and patiently took Declan and Ashley through the butterfly garden. I'm glad he did because he took some beautiful pictures and they make for a lovely memory.

Me

Declan's 2nd Birthday (layout #2)

So, whose bright idea was it to make cupcakes with RED frosting?!? wait, it was MY idea - oops! HEE HEE!

Declan's 2nd Birthday (layout #1)

Another oldie

1975 Easter

My Boy

Old picture from last year. Working on the birthday pix, what a FUN FUN party!

Fun fun fun

Finished Product:

This one is for you John! I played around with this picture of Sophie and Declan in Photoshop - I'm going to "finish" it later (to make it all pretty) as a scrapbook page but wanted to post it today!

Oh and Happy Happy Birthday to Declan!