journaling: we had so much fun blowing bubbles on the driveway today.  You really had me giggling though, because you couldn’t really figure out why you were having such a hard time with the bubbles.  You were blowing with a ffffff sound and I thought you were so cute!

I used several new kits to create a layout featuring 4 of Jalen’s fourth grade faves:

DigiKit – Basic Kraft by Jen Martakis,  DigiKit – Tea & Coffee Alphabet by Kenner Road, DigiKit – SchoolBox Alphabet by Kenner Road, Digi Kit-LOVE
by Wilna Furstenberg, DigiKit – Text Me by Stacy Marks

Journaling: jalen’s computer teacher asked him to bring in a flash drive with pictures of 4 of his favorite items.  They could not be video games.  Jalen chose a book, Herbert’s Wormhole, his Mancala Game, a Chess set Dad got him in Singpore and a new Lego power-miner.

Digi Kit-LOVE by Wilna Furstenberg is so sweet, I couldn’t resist those hand drawn elements and that pinky greyish paper to document firstborn love :)

and a  layout to commemorate a first cellphone… hee hee, the times we live in:

DigiKit – Text Me by Stacy Marks

Journaling: Normally, I would consider 9 years old a little young for a cellphone.  But this year, Jalen and Jordan started at different schools running on different schedules.  With only one parent driving in high traffic areas, I wanted to be sure that I could call Jalen on a cellphone if I was running late or just needed to give him a call.  His 9th birthday was coming up right before the start of school so we jumped in and picked up a cute phone.  I tried to teach him how to text, but the phone did not have a keyboard and it was a lot of work.  I took it back and exchanged it for a phone with a camera and a keyboard so he could text and email pictures easily. It turned out that phones were not allowed at his new school, but I decided to let him keep the phone anyway. he is allowed to text and send pictures to dad while he is deployed.  It has been a great tool to help keep Troy in our daily routine.

and the last, but not least: antique adventures in alabama.

DigiKit – Honeychurch by Kenner Road, DigiKit – Creased Kraft by Jen Martakis, DigiKit – Basic Stitches No1 by Mary Ann Wise

journaling: We stopped off at the antique mall in town. It was the first time I had been in there, and I was immediately sucked in. I fell in love with this 10ft long church pew (for $250). I really wanted it, but 1. how would i get it back to the house, 2. where could I put it? 3. how would I pay for it. Obviously, it stayed there. but look at it in all it’s glory. ha. i also drooled over the tobacco desk, the wooden/glass umbrella store case, the curio cabinet, the old sewing machine with wooden case. amd the typewriter, oh the typewriter. We finally walked out of the antique store with two stamps and a wooden Coke case (2+ hours later) It was so nice walking around with Troy.

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