Blog Hop Fun!!

Hello there! Welcome to Illyse's blog and thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy my blog. I am a scrappy mom who loves taking pics of my daughter and writing about our family life day to day. You probably came here from Scrap It Forward but if not, then hop along from here and have some fun! We are saying goodbye to our guest design team and celebrating their "awesome-ness" with a blog hop!

Here's what you do:

1. Leave a comment on my blog that you were here, hang out a bit, and you can even sign up to be one of my followers. ( I will be having a little prize RAK to be chosen for one of my new followers)

2. Go to Julie's blog next

3. Visit everyone else's blog on our team and then go back to Scrap it forward and leave a comment to say you went to all the blogs. One lucky winner will be chosen to win a prize....

But wait, there's more!!!

Each of us made a cool canvas art to be given away on July 1st to one special blog visitor. How fun is that?? All you have to do is visit each blog and leave a comment, that's it. ( and remember to go to scrap it forward too) It starts today and you have 1 week. June 30th is the last day and the winners will be announced on July 1st.

Here are all the places you need to go:

Scrap It Forward

Illyse's blog ( right here!)

Julie's blog

Vicki's blog

Cher's blog

Christine's blog

Scrap it forward to tell us you completed your scrappy mission!

Here is my canvas that you could win. ( and I will have a scrappy prize RAK for one of my newly added blog followers which will also be chosen and announced July 1st)

Thanks for playing along and remember to Scrap It Forward!

A conversation with Sammie

So... tonight while Sammie was getting ready for bed she said to me, "Mom, wouldn't it be great if horses grew on trees, or we could plant horse seeds and grow horses, and hay, and stables, and barns.. ? Or maybe we can just ask the God guy. He could do it."

LOL!!!

I will be back tomorrow with a recap of what 's been going on lately but i wanted to share that little Sammie-ism before i forget it!!

Tooth #6

Today Sammie woke up, ran into our room and said, "Guess who lost a tooth last night??" "Look, another WINDOW in my mouth!" Sure enough, she has two holes on each side of her bottom front teeth. She said it happened in the night and she woke up, felt a hole and didn't know where her tooth was. She said she looked in her bed and couldn't find the tooth anywhere! I went with her to look and there it was on the floor, right next to her bed. It literally fell out of her mouth in the middle of the night and landed on the floor. She didn't want to put it out because she wants to take it to Las Vegas and show Grandma and Grandpa. Not sure what to do about that one.. Do we take the tooth with us when we go to Las Vegas?? Or leave a note for the tooth fairy not to take the tooth? Maybe the tooth fairy should still visit and take the tooth??? Ahhhhh... what to do??

Wanna win this??

Check out our new challenge on Scrap It Forward this month and you could win this fantastic prize!

Tooth # 5

Sammie just lost tooth #5 today. It had been loose for a few days and she kept poking it with her tongue, as well as begging her Kindergarten teacher to pull it out. Finally today, she woke up, went downstairs and poked at it yet again and out it came! She came running into our room and said "A window, I have a window in my mouth, what a great day for a window!" She is so funny.

She wrote a letter to the tooth fairy in the notebook I made for her. I made up the idea when she lost her first tooth so we would have a record of it so i could scrapbook it later. I have been writing the notes for her until now, she wanted to do it herself. ( Translation: "Dear Alyssa, I am in Kindergarten. I love you a lot. I left food for you. This is my 5th tooth. Love, Sammie"( I helped with the spelling) A little bit of background information that you must know is that she named the tooth fairy Alyssa last year.

Well, tonight she looked at me and said, "Do YOU put on a costume and dress up as the tooth fairy?" I said "What do you mean?... I can't fit through the window and I can't fly, you silly!" and she said "Oh."

WHEW!!!

That was a close one.

She decided to leave the tooth fairy a little snack tonight which consisted of an orange, a few pretzel sticks and a piece of banana. YUM!

Here are a few more "Sammie-isms" as I call them..

We went to Disneyland on Monday and she really likes to "ride" Captain EO. I haven't seen it since it has been back as a tribute but she has gone 2 times with daddy and really likes it. ( The seats move and vibrate which is pretty cool) Well, anyway, she pointed to the Captain EO poster with Michael Jackson in the white leather studded suit and curly signature hair and said, "She has a nice outfit". I said, "That is a boy, his name is Michael Jackson." To which she replied, "Well, SHE has a high voice". Yep, she does!! Ahhhhh that kid!!!

We had a great Disney day, nice weather, not crowded, just the way i like it. I had promised Sammie an ice cream when we left so we stopped to get one and she said to me, "Mom, I want a "hunormous" one. Yes, HU-NOR-MOUS! That's a cross between Humongous and Enormous... and here it is!

Yes, this is quite the hunormous ice cream cone!

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all of you moms out there. Wishing you a wonderful day! Here's a little something special. Go to scrap it forward, leave a comment and you could win a terrific prize!!

After that, go do something special for yourself or have some fun. All moms deserve it!! :)

How Could I NOT??

Yes, Gymboree and I have a love-hate relationship. I had a coupon and just went to "look" and came across this little number for a certain cowgirl I know, and next thing I knew, it was coming home with me. The picture doesn't do it justice.. those boots, and hat are completely covered in sparkly GLITTER. I took it home and showed it to Sammie and her response was "WOW, I am crazy for that mom! I LOVE it and can't wait to wear it." I love it too and can't wait to take some pictures of her riding Joey in that outfit! :)

Here are some recent scrappy pages I made at home in honor of National Scrapbook Day!

The new challenge is up at Scrap It Forward! It is a fun one and only 1 week long so hurry and check it out so you can play along! :)