ATS ~ Sketch #2; Pixie's #37 ~ Snippets; C4E #2

Howdy Monday Moppits!

We had a Funday at the Adventure Park yesterday and some photos are shared at the end if you're interested.  I hope you had a Funday, too!

I was able to do a really UBERCAS card before we left for the day.  I was all happy about that, bouncing around as I cleaned up my little mess and then, just before leaving the Playhouse, I reached down to close a file cabinet drawer and blew out my back. 

I went on our adventure anyway because sometimes this age-activated Degenerous of the lower back amounts to a few minutes of wincing.  Sometimes it takes days. This time it's a doozie, so I spent last evening reeking of "muscle rub," sprawled on top of a heating pad.  Lemme tell ya, I sang like a stepped-on canary every time I moved.  Sleeping was another adventure, even with a potion.  I'm carrying several pieces of luggage under my eyeballs this morning.

Nevermore, I'm up and around and I know the more I can do that, the better it will be.  Still, I don't think it's a good idea to be too rowdy, so I won't be joining the other playmates over at Pixie's to help finish off the trim on the tree house today.  I'll be sending my card via messenger.

Excuse me?  Did I just hear one of you say, "'Tis fine with us, since she does more yammering than hammering anyway!"  How dare you!  I resemble that remark!

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I'm playing again in the newish Addicted to Stamps challenge which hasn't seen a tremendous amount of traffic.  Please do add it to your challenge favorites to check out each week and play along when you can.  There are a talented group of ladies hosting.  This week is their second sketch challenge:

As soon as I saw this sketch, I knew there was only one way for me go:

Well, now don't be silly.  Flip yourself, sir!

He's a happy card!  I placed him tipsy-like, literalizing the sketch, but no worries about him rolling over as his bottom is firmly in an imaginary divot. 

This would be a super fun card to kit up and make with the little ones in your life.  No stamps, no ink, they can glue a few cards together while still in their Sunday church clothes waiting for the dinner roast to finish cooking.

All the papers, bling, and corner embellies are from Christmases past, shiny, and delicious.  I'm sending my Mr. Snowman off to play in the "Snippets Challenge 37" over at  Pixie's Crafty Workshop.  Headmistress Di is away visiting one of our United States, shopping at lots of our craft stores, and having a ball!  She won't have time, of course, to do a roll call this week, but all the linkie playmates will visit each other, so do join in!

And just for the hay of it, I'm joining, for the very first time, another fun new challenge I recently found called Challenges 4 Everybody where the current challenge is "Anything Goes!"  Child, how can you not play along in a challenge with a welcoming name like that!

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Adventure Park

Right next to the sparkly San Francisco Bay is a tiny part of shoreline dedicated to kids and creativity.  Apparently it has been there for decades, but somehow the Mister and I never heard about it Way Back When, so we never took DS there.  He is not being so remiss with his own DSes!  They love it and so did we. 

It made me smile down to my toes to see all the parents with their little buggers pounding nails willy-nilly, riding the zip line, and painting whatever the heck they wanted in whatever colors they wanted.  Everywhere you looked, fun was being had with reckless abandon!  If you live anywhere near the Bay Area with kidlets, you should check it out.  I guarantee you'll turn into a seven-year-old yourself!

Here are random photos objets d' kid'o:

Here are random photos of the twins:

So what did I do all day?

Well, with my back belly up, I did this for a while: 

I thought, you know, it might help my back.  Not!  It was a big mistake and I'm paying for it big-time.  I told you this Park makes you act like a seven-year-old . . . the problem, grandma, comes with forgetting that seven-year-olds don't have bad backs!

Enjoy your Monday!   As always, thank you for stopping by to visit.  Special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower or leave a comment!

(BTW, I loved how some of you pointed out that my Halloween costumes depicted in photos on Saturday's post should have been worn in the reverse years in accordance with the laws of nature and gravity. In real life, Dolly Parton's boobs should have been worn before Paul Bunyon's stomach, not the other way around!  What was I thinking?!)

Paper: Unknown glossies;

  pinch of SU orange

Stamp:  None

Ink:  None

Bling, embellies from stash

Nesties Circle dies