Spring ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A catch up post...........

How does one expect to pick ONE photo of the day for her VERY behind project when all THIS happens in ONE day.

An early 5am start
mums birthday
Kids, lunches and care to deal with
working a casual day
A school newsletter to complete
clean up from maths fun day
Photos for school promotion material (220 in total)
Channel 7 film at school.....quick turn the bell off and change the day around
meetings, planning, ordering, No time to take lunch
workmen in the office (wish I had a photo of that!!!!!), MESS, dust, too much
plovers attacking staff
staff attacking plovers (lol)
race home and freshen up!!!!!!
speed to a Mahogany mini shoot for TV
some lovely staff drinks
one of my kids drivng me nuts but making most laugh
race home
dinner...ummm takeaway
clean up
all ready for rest day Thursday, NO time to scrap :(

August twenty-ten

Max's cast came off and I nearly fainted at the wires poking out of the skin.

Max's operation to remove the wires.

WORK/juggling motherhood.....oh my, I miss my relaxing Monday and Tuesday.

Attended Charlotte and Felicity's 1st birthday party, Raphael's 5th birthday.

San and Sar's fantastic scrapbook retreat.

Election 2010.....still waiting for a result.

Parent/teacher interviews at Preschool.

X Factor

back to swimming

Pirate maths fun day at school

Off to Sar and San's retreat

Why does it take me hours and hours to pack and then hours and hours to START scrapping, I really need to get into it this year fast, I can't waste time like at my retreat.

Here is the my layout using the sketch challenge over at 2Crafty, give it a go and enter to win a prize. Check out the details here.

have a great weekend and DON'T forget to vote, I did it on Wednesday, first time I have not really cared who wins, just can't wait to see who the country picks

2 Crafty

A MASSIVE box of 2 Crafty chipboard goodness arrived in my mail box so I am busy creating!
Pop over to the 2 Crafty blog for a chance to win some 2 Crafty happy mail too. Every time you leave a comment you go in the draw to win, so leave lots of comments.
Here is my first DT layout using the 2 Crafty Teddy Bear. I must get myself some more of these gorgeous bears as they look so much like Russell.

Gee i have some catching up to do. Flynn is 8 months soon and I have only 6 layouts for his album. Poor second child lol xxxxx

so sad

I got the sad news that Scissors Paper Smock in Liverpool will close by Aug 31.

Pop in this month and save heaps on lots of product in their closing down sale.

The good news for me is that I have met 2 fantastic new friends and we are getting together to scrap on our Wednesdays off......first project a star book!!!!

July Twenty-ten

School Holidays...lots of rest at home watching DVDs. We hibernated like bears.

Callum came over for a play date.

Toy sale shopping.

Went to see Marmaduke with Tina, Anabel, Cameron and Alyssa and Narelle and I saw twilight.

Alyssa's and Cameron's birthday. Cooper's 1st birthday.

Back to work for 2 days.

Worked with Karen again for the first time in 7.5 years.

Disney on Ice.

A late Tupperware and Jewellery party at Narelle's....in bed at 3.30am

Alanah's birthday - a lovely BBQ and a late Sunday night.

Eclipse

more from the twilight saga..........i just go along for the ACTION!!!!!! and the SENSATIONAL company xxxxx and did i mention the scenery..................................

plus the fact that pop corn, chocolate, diet coke and chips made up the food groups for the night

love ya long time Rel xxxxxx

let me entertain you

Here is a double layout I did at the retreat I organised at Long Point in June this year. I did not get much done, but I had a great time and caught up with great friends and met some wonderful new ones too, (hi Chrissy). Can't wait to do it all again in June 2011.
While away I did this double, a single layout and caught up on some project life. I think it was midnight on Friday and Sandra and I had still not really done much at all, but heck we were having a good giggle and catch up so all was fine.


On Sunday I wanted my photo of the day to be with Jen Hall. I was lucky enough to have Jen as one of my first scrapbook teachers in 2002. SHE gave me the bug, she inspired me to start scrapping ME. It is because of her that I have over 50 pages telling the story of my life.
I feel like I have watched her life unfold with her gorgeous girls over the last 8 years. She is one sensational mum and I am so happy scrapbooking introduced us. Jen made the COOLEST invitations for her daughters birthday on our weekend away. She reminds me of all the fun things motherhood has to offer, and the fact that it is a roller coaster ride...... thanks Jen and I hope to catch up soon xx

off to get something else done before ROUTINE bites me in the BUM xxxxx

farmer Max

I love how a photo can bring back that moment, photos for me provoke so much feeling. I love it how photos can take you back to that time, so close you sometimes feel like you were there again.

Here is the layout I am teaching this Wednesday at Scissors Paper Smock.....call the store and book in. It is guaranteed to be 2 hours of fun.

Flynn

You are my little pudding, My Frederick, my little chop!
You are starting to be very vocal. You say buba, gah and ahhhhh.
You are looking for food and grunt when you see it.
You love sucking on a peeled apple and eat all the vegetables and fruit purees I give you.
You grab my hair or necklace and pull it.
You wake a lot during the night, you are getting worse not better and I need to stop spoiling you, but I just can't help it.
You are such an easy baby and it makes me sad you are my last baby as I would have another 2 of you.
You kick your legs when you see Max. You laugh and giggle at everything he does or says.
You love to snuggle.

NOW

I have been doing lots of PROCRASTINATING, thinking, soul searching......pondering really!!!
It is time to go BACK to work in about 12 days and it is breaking my heart. I walked out crying and I think i will go back in crying. Lets face it I NEED to go back, I am a WANT type of girl, i want expensive camera equipment, nice clothes, holidays and scrapbook stuff....and hey the adult conversation is GREAT!!!! My school is fantastic, some of my closest and dearest friends work there, and I will get to work with K again after 7 years and that makes me happy too. BUT I just LOVE being a mum, I love picking Max up from preschool, i love snuggles with Flynn. I have been enjoying spending time with my gorgeous dad and am thankful for all that he does. I HATE thinking about child care and the dramas it brings. I love spending time at home, I have loved my routine over the last 6 months. I still have LOTS on my to do list. I am not ready to give up feeding even though everyone tells me it is time. I have NO appropriate clothing as all of a sudden Summer stuff is in the stores in JULY!!!!!
I guess it is just for 2 days and that means next year I will be able to extend my part time further, meaning i can enjoy the simple pleasure of picking Max up from school and enjoying my cutie-pies 2nd year. I need to let go, i need to relax. It will be hard to get back into the swing of things and the control freak inside may just not cope.....but hey even if i was a billionaire I would still work half a day at BPS as i DO love it so xxxxx

june scrapbooking

I didn't meet my quota of a layout a day but I am happy with some of the layouts I got done.

News and a class

I am happy to be teaching scrapbooking again at Scissors Paper Smock. I loved scrapbook teaching back in the day, life just became to crazy with a young child and teaching a demanding class at school. My class is on Wednesday, July 21 at 10.30. Yes I know I need night classes, I just need to wait until Flynn settles down as he is still feeding and is now rejecting the bottle.
Here is part of the layout......

I am a passionate scrapbook teacher, I love sharing ideas and talking about scrapbooking, I could do it all day!!!!!!

It is using a 2 Crafty tree and speaking of 2 Crafty......I am so happy to have been selected to be on the design team. Pop over to the 2Crafty blog and look at the other lovely girls I am going to be working with!!!!!! I can't wait to I get my hands on some of the fantastic chipboard!!!!!!

I want my routine back

oh gee how I missed my routine for those last 2 weeks of term. I had such a great thing going and then my poor Maxy ended up in hospital with a broken elbow and everything changed, and once term 3 starts the routine will change too. I feel like I am playing catch up.............i just don't want my leave to end, i love staying home and being a mum.
I am really going to miss walking through that preschool gate on a Monday and Tuesday afternoon.
why do all good things come to an end???

I need to promise myself to still take time.
I need to remember that I am going back now so I can stretch out this part time leave for many years and not have to rush back to pay bills.

June twenty-ten

We all went to the circus.

Started demonstrating Tupperware.

Sex and the City girls day out.

Natasha's wedding & Hayley's 1st birthday

Max diagnosed with Asthma

Attended a Saturday Mathematics Conference.

A day out in the city with Flynn at the craft show

Max broke his elbow, 2 days in Liverpool hospital

Scrap retreat at Long Point

Anzac Village pre school Movie night TOY STORY 3

Toy Story

I was on a HIGH after getting home from Toy Story tonight.
I guess I have been excited about this movie since I heard about its release 14 months ago. I could not wait to go with Max and see the new adventures that the gang got up to.
We went to see it at Dumaresq Street Campbelltown as a fundraiser for Max's preschool. The cinema was filled with preschool age children. We went along with 15 friends, so we took up a whole row. It was one mad rush from getting home, getting ready, fighting traffic, trying to get food in a rush for 15 people and then lining up to get in. Then Max ended up sitting 8 seats away from me, it was weird, as I just wanted to share it with him and found myself peeping over at him to view his reactions at parts of the movie. He was so excited, so happy to be with his friends and so happy to see the next installment of the movie, sadly i got no photos of him, we were at the front of the cinema and everything was one made rush. He yelled out at the start "come on, what's taking so long". The looks on his face throughout the movie were priceless, from excited to sad, he lived every moment with his heroes.
The movies was FANTASTIC.
I cried.I cried because it was about growing up and moving on. An end of an era really.
I was sad with the way it ended, i wanted to see Buzz and Woody stand there and say "to infinity and beyond" at the end like they did in the 1st and 2nd movies. I guess I just did not want their adventures with Andy to end, I wanted him to keep the toys and give them to HIS kids!!!!
I can't wait for it to come out on DVD and see it over and over and over again like we watch the first 2.

To infinity, and beyond!

Max loves his Toy Story lego...... I had to capture this swap as it made me LOL!!!!!!
Toy Story would have to be one of the BEST children's movies EVER! It is so clever and well written, truly one I can sit and watch and still get a giggle out of.....can't wait for Toy Story 3

All right, that's enough! Look, we're all - *very* impressed with Andy's new toy.
Toy?
T-O-Y, t-oy.
Excuse me, I think the word you're searching for is "space ranger". (Buzz)
The word I'm searching for, I can't say, because there's preschool toys present. (Woody)

Don't talk to me about importance! Because of *you*, the future of this entire universe is in jeopardy! (Buzz)


What if Andy gets another dinosaur? A mean one? I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection! (Rex)

How come *you* don't have a laser, Woody? It's not a laser. It's... [sighs in frustration] It's a little light bulb that blinks. What's wrong with him? Laser envy.

I've set my laser from stun to kill. (Buzz)
Oh, great. If anyone attacks we can blink em' to death. (Woody)

Son of a building block! It's Woody! (Mr Potato Head)

bedsheets! ..........Who invited that kid? (Mr Potato Head)

2 Crafty

Where is June going .... I will be finishing up at the retreat at Long Point this time next week. It seems like only yesterday we started organising the weekend.

2 Crafty is one of the sponsors of the Retreat. Vanessa is supplying some gorgeous chip-board as prizes. Vanessa designs and makes all of the yummy chipboard that you see here. Can't wait for retreat.

Mini Paparazzi

Hey Rell, I am meeting the challenge of one page a day in June. Here is layout number 15. Remember this day - what a crack up.

Scissors Paper Smock Kits

Oh I love kits that let me get some layouts whipped up quickly as I have not been doing much whipping these days. So for June I have set myself a challenge of a layout a DAY!!!!!!

SO here is the SPS kit and layouts 1,2 and 3 for my challenge.


I love this 2 Crafty Chipboard. Makes for a great layout to add your favourite conversations.


And wait there is MORE......Scissors Paper Smock now have a website.

I will also be teaching in July at the store....I will post some sneak peaks soon !!!!!