You know you're a scrapper when...

[Joana1n]

You're taking photos of your child as she holds a bag of frozen peas on the goose egg she just gave herself horsing around in the kitchen.

What's yours?

[AmberK]

When my oldest was 2 it was really quiet in the house so I went looking for him. I found him sitting IN the toilet in our bathroom. I made sure he was ok then ran and grabbed the camera so I could get that little gem recorded!

[scrapperjade]

When your nephew is sitting in an anti-gravity chair & it collapses on him so he's stuck INSIDE it. You rush to see if he's okay, see he's laughing, so you grab your camera and yell "Leave him alone! I want a picture first", lol!

[Scrapper007]

You spot a cute "Keep The Earth Green" digital kit and know that it will be *perfect* for scrapping that photo of your 10 year-old's stockpile of empty water bottles in her closet

[nikkiARNGwife]

Your hubby brings you home a little happy in a pink box and you have to take a photo of it before you open it to see what's inside (it was a giant cupcake )

[sevenupps]

You almost get run over by the motorcylce police officers at the 4th of July parade so you can get the perfect shot of your family. (Which turned out hilariously because your family is all screaming at you to "look out!")

[scrappurple]

You forgot to take pictures of you dd on the first day of school, so you rein-act it when she gets home and looks "horrible" (and yes, I threatened to ground her if she didn't cooperate. )

[emmasmommy]

you take your big ol' camera to both dd's first day of school and her kindergarten orientation because well, you still have 3 back to school kits you 'need' to scrap with! (god forbid i use the same photos twice! lol)

[breakingbrie]

when your daughter gets a zhu zhu pet stuck all up in her hair that has never been cut, and you say 'hold still, let me get a picture', THEN you say 'hold still, lemme see if I can get it out'.... LOL, just happened today, on the car ride home!

[Tracyfish]

...when you find your son cutting his own hair in the bathroom and instead of taking away the scissors, you say "Freeze...don't move" and you run to get the camera leaving a 4 yr old with sharp scissors by himself. (btw...that reminds me I need to scrap those pics)

[laurabobaura]

when you dress your children to match the pictures in a kit...

[MamaBee]

when you are telling your mom about something that happened... and she starts to ask, "so, are you going to scrap/took a photo... oh, look who I'm talking too? Such a stupid question... "

[Jengerbread88]

Originally Posted by laurabobaura

when you dress your children to match the pictures in a kit...

This. I'm constantly saying "Mom, can you have him wear such-and-such shirt? It matches this new kit I got."

Or worse... buying clothing because it would look great for a kit I bought (rather than buying a kit that looks great for the clothing we own).

[*Celeste*]

when you pre-schooler falls in the large koi pond at the mini-golf place and you help him out. then two seconds later ask him if he'd mine going back in for a photo!

[eloise24]

As you watch your kids play, your mind tries to come up with snazzy titles to go with whatever it is they happen to be doing.

[maryinaz]

You bribe your teenagers to let you take their pictures by saying they can put them up on their Facebook.

I am just thankful that my boys are used to me taking their photos at any and every time or I wouldn't have gotten the dorm move-in photos this past weekend. Talk about embarrassing! But my oldest stood there and took it.

[Sheana]

When your child looses their first tooth and you make them stand there for 20 minutes hold it and smiling so you can get the PERFECT picture.

[heathergw]

when you move your play area to the dining room next to the patio door so that you have good lighting for "candid" pics

[MichaelsMomJo]

When you are looking at other people's photo albums, vacation pics, etc. and think to yourself that they would be so much better if they were scrapped. You might even imagine what they layouts for each pic would look like! And then you might even ask they other person if they ever considered scrapbooking.

But it's not like I ever do that or anything. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[kristijoy]

Originally Posted by *Celeste*

when you pre-schooler falls in the large koi pond at the mini-golf place and you help him out. then two seconds later ask him if he'd mine going back in for a photo!

Oh my! That's hysterical!!

[letumom]

Every time the adult kids post about some fun event on facebook, and you have to ask if they took pictures, so you can scrap about the grandkids!

[Ebony]

These are hilarious!

[nun69]

when you laugh at your 3 y/o DD because her little bother {2 y/o} got her back by writing on her back with sidewalk chalk!!! of coarse she is MAD but I tell her "stay right there and don't move!!!!" the irony is she did it to him first!!!!

[chloe]

when you take notes of what your friends say during a party (with alcohol) to scrap it later, even though you can't read what you wrote (while... ahem... slightly drunk) later on! True story!

[SweetMelissa]

When you buy a new kit and don't have any pictures to go with it. So you drag your family to some thing (my most recent one was to the splash fountain) to get pictures to go with the kit.

[aggiefamily]

When you are on a date with your husband and he asks if he should take a photo so you can scrap it.

[Milmomma]

When you forget your wallet but remember the camera so you keep going. Who needs money or id's?

[sugirox]

when you plan what clothes your family should wear to the zoo, so the colors don't clash!!

[Leila]

when you find out your seven year old has a play-date with a by he met on vacation and you say, "Ma, make sure you take pictures of it for me! I'll need to scrap it. And make sure J's mom is ok with me posting them online! Thanks."


BTW--she decided not to take any pictures.

[syapotter]

when you told your brother that his daughter had been wearing the same outfits many times when taking photos and say "I can't possibly scrap THOSE! People are gonna think I don't have any other photos of her!!"