Little things... (and a George update)

So some of you may have seen this last night on Facebook, but I just had to post it to my blog as I am so proud. This here is my little guys signature... his FIRST signature. I am so excited to see my son burst through triumphantly. We have had our highs and lows and seeing him break the through boundries just warms my heart.

It's things like this that remind me of why I started this blog in the first place. I blog so I don't forget, so that when I scrap I can look back and remember the little things that the kids do. I have adapted my work so that I can actually create pages for my albums rather than just class samples. But still it is so hard.

I take a step back, out of scrapland and look at what life is now and think WOW...

It is so easy to get wrapped up in what is expected of you and what you know you are capable of that your determination can easily take over and before you know it you look at life and you can't even recognize it. That is what happened to me this last month as I was sick and had time to re-evaluate my current situation. I was so behind on rest time that my body just shut down.

I don't ever want to be like that again, well at least not at my own hand. This weekend was a great family weekend and I want more of those. I want to relax with my family and simply enjoy them! My motto for our family has always been to work to live not live to work, so I am holding this to ALL Hicks in our household (now that just sounds down right funny, eh?).

I hope that you can see me being honest as a reminder to stick to your guns. Remember your reason for scrapbooking and get right back to it. There is a time and a place for all things, and it is managing them appropriately that is the real beauty. Now I know I may not always remember this, but I can still count on my moments like these to remind me.

Ok, that was a rather long tangent! On another note, the winners are posted over at the Tattered Angels blog . Check and see if you were a winner! We have also posted another giveaway, so definately check it out!

And on to our friend George, James is going to help me out and get these mailed to everyone, so make sure I have your address primadonnnaliz@yahoo.com that way we can get the ball rolling on these.

Thanks again for sharing my joy!

~Liz

By George...I need your HELP!

So... this post is to ask for you help for a summer fun project the Hicks family is doing this summer.

First let me tell you a little story about my husband. One day about two months ago, my husband came home with a dollar bill that had a stamp on it. The stamp (similar to the one below) had the email address, www.wheresgeorge.com . He remembered the site and sat our oldest son down and showed him how people all over the world would track where the money they spent went, literally. This produced an on going "date" every night that my husband came home, our oldest would sit down at the computer with daddy and input the new bills daddy recieved from change throughout the day.

After logging many bills the boys noticed that none of their bills were traveling or being recorded. Now for a grown man, this comes as no surprise, but for a young boy of 7, well he just couldn't understand.
So that brings us to this past week, where me and my oldest got the idea to give Daddy a stamp for (like the one below) for Fathers day. The stamp came early so we decided to give it to Daddy early so that he can use it on the bills immediately. So for Fathers Day, Daddy recieved a foam door hanger from our daughter that said, "WORLDS BEST DADDY", an imprint of our second sons foot with a poem that talks about growing up like Daddy, and a where's george stamp from our oldest son. This made Daddy so happy!

So now as the boys check in their bills each day, the now stamp them with the image below in hopes that some kind person out there will enjoy seeing where their money has gone.

now here is where I need help... I have ten one dollar bills that I would like to send out to ten people in hopes to create a chain of bills that the boys can follow. If you are interested in helping or having your kids be a part of our experiment please email me at primadonnaliz@yahoo.com . I will send out the 10 bills to various locations and try to create a chain that they can follow. I am hoping that at least one of these lines will create a vein to follow. If you would like to create your own where's george account, it is free and a great way to keep the kids using their brains during the summer. The site shows the bills, how the add up and keeps impecable statistics on the where abouts of the bills.

Also if you are interested in getting a stamp, I found them here at Stamp Connection, a wood mount stamp is only $4, so it is a pretty cheap investment.

And for all of you RULES kinda people (I only know this because I fall into this category!) I looked on the site in regards to any violations that may occur by defacing currency and found these links that put my mind at ease.

Where's George FAQ's: http://www.wheresgeorge.com/faq.php

Federal site: http://www.bep.treas.gov/document.cfm/18/104

So if you are interested in helping us out, please let us know. The bills are intended to be spent, so definately spend them, but if you could just please log them in and comment on where you used them.

Thanks for your help!