I Love You Because

So this is my newest project and it turned out so cute!  There is this website that I just found out about and I love it.  You should all visit it...  http://www.pinterest.com/
It has all things interesting and so many wonderful craft ideas!
Anyway, I saw this on pinterest and had to do it.
I just took an old wood frame and spray painted it.  I chose to use purple.  Then I used letter stickers and stuck them on a piece of poster board to put on the inside of the frame.  I used sparkly green ones because I thought the sparkles would give it a little bit of pop.  You can write on the glass of the frame with a dry erase marker, and every day write a new reason why you love them.
This is such a cute idea and so simple!  I don't know why I can't think of things like this myself.

Caramel Corn Night

When Mitch's kids were little, he would always do a caramel corn night with them, where they would all make caramel corn, and of course eat it in front of a movie.  This tradition has carried on to our kids.  The kids had so much fun!

Back to the Basics

This is something that I haven't done since I was in elementary school.  I thought the kids would have so much fun doing it and I was right... they looooved it!  We did it for two days and I finally had to say that there are other things we could do that would be just as much fun.

Introducing the kids' first homemade egg carton Christmas ornaments...

I was so proud of Jaxton because he wrote the J all by himself.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells...

...Or as Kayla would say, "Bingle Bells".  I love the way this little girl talks... cracks me up!
Happy Winter!!!  I'm so excited for Christmas!!!  Thanksgiving is over, so on with the holidays we go.  I'm moving right on into Christmas.  I don't care that it's not December yet.  I've already cheated and started listening to Chrismas music before we even hit Thanksgiving.  Tomorrow I plan on breaking out all of the Christmas decorations.  Merry Christmas to all....

Thanksgiving 2011

Happy Thanksgiving 2011!!!  I love Thanksgiving... so much good food and family.  We hosted this year, as usual, and it was our first Thanksgiving in a new place.  It was so nice that my family was able to come out and celebrate with us.  I am so especially proud of my Grandpa John, because he's not so good with traveling.  Not only did he make the trip up here, but he also spent the night... and to top it all off, he held Jenna.  For all of those who don't know my Grandpa, he doesn't hold babies, so it's a really big deal if he decides to.  She loved him.  They even sat and had a conversation about I don't know what.  But the two of them went on and on.  It was so cute!  Of course, the minute I got the video camera out Jenna decided that she was done... go figure.  It was a much smaller gathering of people this year, which I was completely ok with.  It was just us with some of my family, our friend Isaac, and Mitch's daughter, Cynthia.  The kids had so much fun seeing everyone and eating.  All in all, it was a good day.

A Scorsone Family Picture

Me, Jenna, Jaxton, Mitch, Cynthia, Kayla



Cynthia, Jenna, Me, Mark

Grandpa John, Kayla

Mom got Kayla These cute clips.  They came in black and red.  I thought I'd put the red one on Jenna and it was so cute... we had to take a picture.



Mitch, Cynthia



The very rare occasion of Grandpa holding a baby.

Grandpa John, Jenna

Thanksgiving artwork that the kids made 

 So it's kind of hard to tell, but those are little leaves with things that we ar thankful for.  I always love to hear what kids are thankful for.

My leaves say: 1.) Logan  2.) My Family
Jaxton's say: 1.) God  2.) The pictures I made for me and Daddy
Kayla's says:  Water
Jaxton and Kayla share a leaf that says: Apple Cider and Hot Chocolate

A gathering of adults while the kids played outside

Cynthia, Mitch, Mom, Isaac, Mark



Mark and Isaac became pals.  They were addicted to a game of scrabble.  We broke them of it when Mom and I started playing bingo.

Dirt, Dirt, and More Dirt!

Oh my heavens... so I have finally decided that I was going to do some deep cleaning in my house.  I haven't really done it since we've moved in.  It's not an easy thing to do when I constantly have to stop for some reason or another... whether it be for Jenna or for one of the other two.  Since it's just a rental, I'm pretty sure it hasn't been truly done in quite some time by anyone, and boy is it obvious.  I thought to myself, "well I'll do the upstairs today and the downstairs tomorrow".  Let me tell you it's not that simple.  I spent over an hour just on the upstairs baseboards.  I haven't even begun to get to walls, light switches, etc.  I'm pretty sure at this point that it would just be easier to repaint the whole house.  Lord be with me, I have my work cut out for me...

So Glad

I am so glad that Jaxton and Kayla love Jenna.  They have adjusted so well and I am so proud of them.

I love those big baby blues