Oh Costco hot dog I heart you... basketball i do not heart you

Over at the Page Maps blog they have this great sketch posted :) Isn't it a cool one? I love how the shaped paper is cut :) Here's my take on it!

Anyone who was around during my pregnancy knows about my insane obsession with the Costco hot dog LOL There's a hidden journaling tag but I'll tell the story here too :) My very first job when I was 16 was working in a hot dog stand... I ate SO many hot dogs that summer the smell of them made me sick for years. Even when that reaction wore off I still didn't want them! That is until I got pregnant with Coby. Costco has a hot dog cart outside the warehouse and a giant hot dog and a pop is like a buck and a half..... what a deal!!!! Many a day Steve was informed he had to grab one on his way home.... many an evening he was sent BACK there LOL I'm so glad I finally got to use some of these cute little retro die cuts :) And the scrabble tiles just seemed to fit on the page :) This 7 Gypsies tag is one of those things that I never figured I'd use but saved forever anyhow.... SO glad I did! It was just the perfect way to add a little journaling to the page in addition to the hidden journaling!

Ok.... so despite ALL my talking to Coby about this while Daddy's at work I caught him enjoying his first sin... enjoying basketball I thought I had made it very clear that we only like baseball :) But they were enjoying themselves so I figured I'd better give up and take some pics!

I just adore this picture I got of Elli and Coby playing on the carpet together :) It's so fun to see her really enjoying him now and seeing him as a playmate! I'm so torn I want him to stay little but it'll be SO fun to watch them play together like my brother and I did! Now if only I could get Lexi to allow me to photograph HER playing with her sister and brother!

I finally uploaded some old pics on my memory card and this one was SO much cuter when I could see it bigger! Doesn't he just look like a little man :)