Money Matters

Yesterday, while I was working on re-formatting my blog, Sadie asked me, "Is your wallet in your purse, Mommy?" I responded with a distracted, "Yes," not really thinking through why she might have been asking me that. A minute later, Sadie approached me with a one-dollar bill and asked if she could have it. "Sure!" I replied. Sadie ran off screaming to Eli, "We're rich! We're rich! We're rich! You said we're poor but now we're rich!"

If only it were that easy...

Sadie has clearly not learned a lot from recent bank visits! While the kids have had accounts since birth at our regular bank, last month we took them to a local bank designed just for kids and opened accounts that we hope they will use regularly. They've gone in both April and May, and if they also go in June they will each get a free piggy bank!

Patterned paper: Sassafrass (numbers, cream grid, scalloped-edge), October Afternoon (green grid)
Corrugated letters and numbers: Jillibean Soup
Rub-on: October Afternoon (green star)

Hello Blog Readers, Remember Me?

Thought I'd fallen off the face of the earth, right? Well, things got upended a bit at the end of February. Nothing horrible, just stressful.

Long story short, to keep our kids in school together we have to move one neighborhood over by early August. School choice is a great idea when the school you want to send your child to is not a highly coveted school. School choice turns out to be a not-so-great idea when, three years later, the school has turned into a highly coveted school and there are no spots for non-neighborhood kids. We know that Sadie will be fine at our neighborhood school (which is a great school), but we'd prefer to have our kids together, both for the shared experience and for the removal of the logistical nightmare of two different pick-ups and drop-offs at two different locations and sets of times.

So...with putting the house on the market, blogging and scrapbooking have kind of gone by the wayside. I have squeezed in some scrap time here and there, including time to create a layout for Celeste's article in Scrapbook Ellaments (scroll down to see mine). I've also managed to fit in a few other layouts, I'll share three here:

"S is a Swing"

Patterned paper, wild card, journaling card, and "tree swing" sticker: October Afternoon
Buttons: Jenni Bowlin (these are my new addiction)
Baker's twine: Martha Stewart


"Vacation"
Patterned paper, stickers, journaling card (handcut bird on a branch): October Afternoon
Chipboard letters: American Crafts
Circle punch: EK Success


"Vintage Dad"
Patterned paper, flashcard, stickers: October Afternoon
Foam letters: American Crafts

Now that I'm back, I am hopeful that the spiffy new look to my blog (thanks, Paula, for helping me out with that!) will keep me motivated to post more often! (The long weekend should also help with that!)