Show 'n Tell

Those who know me well, know I love to scrapbook. I have been doing it for a while now and have several albums for each of the kids, and a few for the whole family. It's a wonderful (and often therapeutic) hobby that Sweet-Pea is now learning. She recently purchased her own scrapbook album (8"x8" size) along with some supplies, and is scrapping a page each day.

Here's her album:


Here are a few of the supplies she just had to buy while at the store. I told her she could use the gazillion supplies I've managed to stock up on over the years, but she insisted that she start all on her own. Hmm, I wonder who she got that from!?!


Her first page was, of course, about her and her brother. She loves him SO much and is constantly following him around the house in hopes that he'll find time to play with her. Her words say "I love _____ so much that I can kiss him 10 times!"
(His name was where the yellow spot is)


Her second page was about ballet. She's still a bit sad that she won't be dancing anymore...at least for now, but she does have figure skating to look forward to which makes her very happy. Her words here say "Ballet is fun. I wish I could be a ballerina." I told her that she is a ballerina and that God may have plans for her to dance again, but for now, she must lay it aside.


Since I showed off Sweet-Pea's scrapbook, I thought I'd post a photo of the shadowbox I made for her today. These ballet shoes are the ones she started out with 2 years ago, and the photo is of her wearing those shoes. I can't wait to hang this in her room!


OK, I feel like I've left Lionel out of so many posts lately, poor guy. He has been hard at work with school and the violin, and there's not much new to say about those things that I haven't already said, so I'll post a photo of one of his drawings. He loves cars, and drawing them is what he does for fun when he's not working or practicing! He's an avid NASCAR fan and between he and daddy, they can tell you the make and model of just about every car you pass on the road, especially the older ones. The apple didn't fall far from the tree in this area. Daddy salivates every time we pass by a vintage car. Too funny.

Here is the drawing Lionel did for our craft fair this past spring. He won an award for it. The details are so much better in person, but this is the best I could do online.


As you can tell, Edward and I are proud of both Sweet-Pea and Lionel. They are creative and they love to learn. Once they found out what they were passionate about, they ran with it. I pray every day for them and ask God to guide them every step of the way. I hope you pray for your children often. It's so very important and worth every moment!!!