Fun Monday!

OK, the getting up part wasn't so much fun since both the boys were up a bit after 6am!  Kyle went in the living room and watched TV, but Nathan came and crawled in bed with us and rolled around (non-stop!).  I got up and tried to let George sleep since he was the one doing the field trip. 

We all eventually managed to get ourselves ready and headed out at the same time.  George took Nathan to the aquarium for their preschool field trip and I walked Kyle to school.  Brian took Sophia and Matthew as well and it sounds like they had a fun morning. 

I walked Kyle to school and then had the morning to myself!!  This almost NEVER happens, so  I was excited!  I started by getting my walk in early while I had the time.  I then decided to go over to Michael's to check out a couple of things I knew we didn't have at work.  Kristina Werner uses the Martha Stewart circle cutter a lot and it looks good, so I wanted that for sure.  The crazy thing is that I remebered her saying on one of her videos that she cut herself the first time she used it, so I was being careful (or so I thought), but I managed to cut not one, but two fingers!!  No worries as I'll live, but it sure as heck hurt! 

Other than that, I got some adhesive spray when I was out.  I watched Ali Edwards video this morning about her December Daily album and she used some acrylic with lace cardstock on it and I want to try it!  I have one sheet of lace cardstock and actually found a Christmas one on sale when I was out!  Can't wait to get some acrylic from work and try this.  Gathered some things together for this and my Journal Your Christmas Album which will be an all in one thing for sure!  Puttered around o the website there for a while this morning getting inspired too!  Want it to start today!

What else did I do today?  Hmmm... well, stopped for a coffee and treat on the way home from shopping.  Came home and enjoyed that while puttering online.  Went for my massage and then decided I wanted to play with my new toy (aka circle cutter) and make a card that I has seen Kristina Werner do last week as her Holiday Card #4.  My card is a total lift of hers with a few different supplies!  It was fun, but one of those ones you really don't want to make too many of as it was time consuming with the embossing of the snowflakes and sentiment.  The good news on this one was that I used scraps of old supplies!  Sure wish I had more of that red ribbon though... 

Had a nice dinner, need to put the boys in the bath and then I think I'll watch some Dancing with The Stars or something and call it an early night!

Cheers,

Journal My Christmas!

OK, so if you haven't figured it out yet, I am a bit of a Christmas nut!  I just love this time of year and am thinking of digging out the Christmas music any day now.  I'm also planning on doing a December Daily type of album (inspired by Ali Edwards) this year.  I've tried other years and never quite got done, but I'm planning ahead this year!  The 8X8 Making Memories album above is one I got at the end of the season last year with just this little project in mind!

To further get me inspired to do this, I have signed up for the above online class.  The idea is that you get prompts and things to help inspire your journaling.  I figure maybe it'll help if I'm paying for it!  lol  It looks really great and I've thought about it before and just haven't jumped in and tried it before.  I'm thinking I'm really going to enjoy it!

So, may the festivities begin! 
Cheers,


PS Sorry, no new cards today, but again soon!

December Daily Mini

OK, so I'm getting started on my Christmas Memories December Daily album! Julie over at Scrapdango got some of us going this morning and we're posting our pages there to share and try and keep each other at this for the month!

I printed my pictures at home, so they're not the best quality, but they work for what this project is for sure. This is 2 pages that I did for December 1st with the pictures of the puzzle book that Nathan got from mum and dad for Christmas.



This is today's picture of Fia and the boys as we were walking home from school today! As you can see it's a bright and sunny day! Cool, but gorgeous! Nathan had to take his dog, Rufus, so that meant that Sophia had to take her doll too. The kids had a great time playing on the way back.

I'm hoping to get some cards done this evening as well as watching Survivor and Grey's, so we'll see. I think I'm going to go pick up a new blouse I saw as well so that I have something new to wear to the Christmas parties I'm going to as well as for Christmas!

Better run! Kyle has a new game from school that he wants to play while the little kids are napping! Have a fabulous evening!

Cheers,

Christmas Memories Catch Up!

OK, it's been a busy couple of days around here, but I wanted to post the pictures that I'm going to be using in my Christmas Memories mini once I get a chance to print them!

December 1st
Mum and dad bought the boys books for Christmas and they were both hits! Kyle got the Shrek the Halls book and Nathan got a Christmas story and puzzle book. he's now done the 4 puzzles in the book umpteen times! He's very proud!

December 2nd
We had a fairly busy day today. I had a slightly more relaxing morning with my niece, Sophia, not getting here until about 8am. The boys slept until about 6:30 which is late for them lately, so I was thankful even for that! We got Kyle to school and the little ones and I hung out this morning.

We had a rushed lunchtime though since I drove to pick up Kyle and we went straight to the dentist for the boys. They were great and so was Sophia thankfully considering it was lunchtime! There were no tears and no cavities, so I was ecstatic! We stopped at Burger King on the way home since lunch was already late and the 3 kids shared 2 meals - perfect! Then it was bed for the little ones and a little computer/project catch-up for me while Kyle played.

This picture was first thing this morning though. Nathan got up first and was very cuddly, so I offered to tuck him in on the sofa just as Kyle got up. They both wanted to "tuck tuck" and the watched Teletubbies! Kyle still likes it?! Good thing I got this one picture at least too because the batteries in my camera bit it after this!

We had a quiet afternoon with the little ones napping and Brian coming to get Fia at about 3pm. Had to wake her up! Nathan slept til about 3:30 and then we played a bit and Kyle was very eager for dinner. He's the pickiest eater, but loves tacos for whatever reason! He asked for that for dinner and I said yes this morning, so he spent the rest of the day asking if it was dinnertime yet. He offered to set the table for me and asked if he could do chores for a treat after dinner. I told him that if he cleared the table, he could have a treat since he was such a big helper today!

I spent the evening watching a little TV and finishing up a few details on layouts for classes. I just need to get titles on them, but I need to do that at work, so I'll be going in tomorrow night to get that done!

Kyle, Nathan and I were watching YouTube Christmas videos this evening since I have Kyle hooked on My favourite "Do They Know It's Christmas". I found a fav sung by Michael Buble who I love and as we were sitting here cuddling and I was listening to the chorus, I got a little teary-eyed. I just wish for all these things to make their lives easier too... Have a listen!



Well, better run for now. Pop in tomorrow for a tutorial that I'm doing for the Scrapdango 12 Days of Gift Ideas! Better call it a night!
Cheers,