Our Life...

Happy New Year!

I realize that it is now towards the end of January, but that is life.

Our first family picture of 2012 taken at 12:44AM on January 1, 2012. (Of course, Elsie ran and made a sign for our shot.)The kids got to stay up with us, as we celebrated with friends! Elsie actually remembers how we stay up until midnight when I told her it was New Year's Eve. What a memory.

And with another year, brings another start to taking a picture each and every day :) So far, so good. It is actually like second nature to me seeing that it is my 4th year running with this. I found a very cool way of keeping track of my pictures too. It's called Shuttercal, and you can find me HERE. If you decide to join in, please share your username! AND you don't HAVE to take a picture each day, I just choose to. It is actually really fun to see your month all in one shot. Yes?

Busy busy...

{I actually had this typed up for December 21, 2011 but I was having issues with Typepad.Thought I would still share!}

How is it almost Christmas? We've been shopping, playing, and shopping some more! Yesterday, the kiddies and I ventured to the mall for some Daddy shopping. We ran into a silly mirror and HAD to share. I was dying laughing. Maybe I was just delirious, giddy, over tired, and ready to go home... but it made me laugh out loud.

 

 

These just completely crack me up! :)

Just some messy creative days for us.

Guess my littles tend to take after me...

They saw me working away, and decided that they wanted to create also! This is actually clean looking compared to what it looked like in the end, but they are awesome and cleaned 'er all up! Crayons, glue sticks, scissors, and all the little bits that were cut up... all put away :)

Now my mess, well, it still looks like this...

I've been working away on an album to record all our December memories :) Can't wait to share will all of you!

Happily Ever After.

They just completely crack me up most days. I won't tell you what they do to me on those "other" days. Sigh. Monday was a good day though. We had some dress up with one special wedding.

Meet Spiderman.

Meet Princess Bumble Bee.

They fell madly deeply in love, put there "marry-ing" clothes on, and kissed. May they live happily ever after.

{365} Project Life | Week 44

OK. Just a hop, skip, and a little jump to week 44 in the week in the life of the Jaquets ;) I am a little behind on posting updates. So, I thought I would just jump ahead to share with everyone. I have been still moving along with my documenting our everyday, and I will have to take pictures of the "lost" weeks to share as we go along. I'll update that on the right side bar.

A glance at our busy week of October 24-30th.

I added some additional pictures for this week. Monday started off with me helping in Elsie's classroom, carving pumpkins, running around playing outside on Tuesday, a special birthday celebration on Wednesday with a surprise guest...

On Thursday, we did some last minute shopping and prepping for costumes, Friday brought me back into Elsie's classroom for her Halloween party, we had Elsie and coach Dad's last soccer game of the season, and snuggles on the couch for Sunday. In the extra pockets, I had a shot of Elsie & I at her party, and Sam in his costume he made at school for his party.

End of October Briefing

Of course we went to the Pumpkin Patch.

Had a special surprise guest to celebrate my birthday!

Sam dressed up like a Scarecrow for his halloween party at school.

Elsie made one cute witch at her halloween party at school.

After another rainy soccer season, Coach Dad and Elsie had their final game.

And then we topped it off with our Halloween fun! Elsie switched up her witch costume to a buzzing bumble bee, and Sam was a roaring dinosaur. Sam has been insisting on being Batman, but while shopping he ran across a blue and green dinosaur. He insisted that was his choice. My Dad can attest to that! Well, it was a little on the small side. After a trip to Marshall's, we found another dino costume that fit much better AND he was excited about. Can't really complain too much, as it was already clearanced out. Perfect. There was also a bee costume. I asked if Elsie wanted to be a bee for next year. She said yes! ... Of course, you see how that turned out too. Oh well, at least my kiddies love to play dress up!

Happy Halloween!

{365} Project Life | Week 15

Soooo... It's been awhile ;)

 

Since I had this one done, thought I would still share it. (yikes APRIL. I am really behind on this!)

 

We just got back from our Florida adventures... Dad stayed home on Monday and joined us at Story Time, I still have one silly dino-boy sporting a new way to show off his brand new T-Rex, one happy puppy to be home, and my silly boy dancing it up to Will.i.am on Seasame Street (this is one of his favorite songs on there!).

 

A little Easter craftiness, a trip to the toy store and a visit from Grandpa & Grandma, and  a sunny Sunday spent outside (nice matching plaid shirts). 

{365} Project Life | Week 14

Awe... Week 14... the vacation week! I did it.

 

It took awhile for me to decide how I was going to document this week, but I think I am happy enough with it. Although after looking at it, I think next time we go on a vacation like this, I will just fill the main pages with pictures with a journal log of all the events in an added page protector.

First half of the week...

 

We had a downpour of rain all day Monday. After chillin' at the house, we bailed and hit all of the big fancy souvenir shops. Elsie insisted on going to the "Mermaid," "Wizard," and "Animal one." Guess all those big fancy stores know how to catch the attention of an almost 5-year-old. Tuesday was DISNEY! and a late night at that. The kiddies had a blast there. Wednesday was all about the pool at that house.

 

Thursday, they predicted more rain... we weren't going to go through that again. We hit the road and drove southeast. We found ourselves at Pepper Beach in St. Lucy; the perfect day and beach for us. Sam even felt comfortable enough to be in the water this time. Friday was Downtown Disney, where we hit up the T-Rex Cafe and the biggest Disney Store ever. Sam wasn't feeling too well, so we headed back to the house for naps and swimming. Saturday, everyone hit the road. So sad to leave. AND then Sunday was back to normal life again with winter jackets.

Here are a few of my inserts...

 

Extra Disney, beach, and around the house pictures.

 

Extra Downtown Disney and swimming from Friday's adventures.

 

I am not sure if I will keep these in there, but here are Elsie and Sam's Birth Certificates for their Build-a-Dino Dinosaurs, and Elsie's Princess Parade card :)

 

More added goodies of receipts and pamphlets... not too sure if these will stay either, but I have them there for now.

{365} Project Life | Week 13

 

Yes people, I did Week 13. I realize I still have quite a few more to work on, but I am moving in the right direction. I am just really struggling with what to do with all my goodies that came along with our vacation.

So here is the first half of the week...

 

We have playing on the swing set, some talking animals, some modeling & dancing after a shopping trip to gear Elsie up for our trip, and Elsie showing Sam how to play school.

The second half of the week...

 

Let the trip begin! We drove all day and stopped in South Carolina for the night. Elsie and Sam thought this was a huge deal to be sleeping in a hotel AND in the same bed. We woke up the next day to hit the road and made it to our destination. After some dinner and grocery shopping, we were the first in the pool. On Sunday, we made our way to the ocean for some sun and beach time. Elsie was all about the water; Sam was all about the sand.

I have some other ephemera that could go with this weekend, but I am thinking of just putting it in the next week's section just because. BUT we shall see.