A work in progress

I'm in the middle of making a Christmas Planner in the vain hope of trying to keep things organised and at the same time have a record of what was bought, made and sent this Christmas. It will hopefully be a place to record gift ideas, gifts already bought, cards written/received, food/menu ideas etc... I started it when I was up in Charlton over the weekend and took the opportunity to try out the Slice or 'Minty' as it's now known. Thanks for the suggestion Ruth :-)

It really is a fabulous little machine and I had loads of fun making little tags, labels and embellishments for the planner although there were a couple of glitches that I need to investigate further. Not sure if I have a dud design card or if the problems I encountered are what everyone is experiencing. I'm going to do some 'Googling'.

I plan on working on the planner this week and I'll update the blog with the completed book by the end of the week.

A few days away

We took the kids up to see Nana and Poppy after I finished work on Saturday and came home tonight. I haven't been up to Charlton for so long especially with working Saturdays so it was nice to have a relaxing weekend before the crazy Christmas season starts in earnest. Max and Jemima were thrilled to have a ride on Fergie the Tractor with Poppy and although Mima isn't a fan of the noise of the engine, it didn't take her long to uncover her ears and enjoy the ride.




Every time we've been to Nana and Poppy's. the kids have to have a turn on the swing. It's a little Fisher price swing a girlfriend gave me when Max was a baby. We didn't have anywhere to hang it up at our house so we took it up to Charlton in the hopes it would get some use when the kids came to visit. All of the grandchildren love the swing and Poppy always manages to get conned in to pushing them 100 times, even Max managed to squeeze himself into the seat to have a turn. Jemima was having such a lovely time enjoying her turn that she fell asleep! She slept for about 30 mins and woke up in the worst mood which is hardly surprising considering how sore her neck would have been after sleeping like that!

Looky!

Look at what I got! I have been dying for one of these since they were unveiled earlier in the year and they FINALLY arrived in the shop on friday. I got to ring everyone who had pre-ordered one and to say they were a tad excited too is an understatement. Janet had asked me to write a post on the shop blog to advertise that we had 3 in stock for sale but there was no point...by lunchtime yesterday I had sold them all!!! We've discovered that the next order of Slices will be about $100 more because of the AUD so anyone who managed to score one from this delivery is very very happy. I checked out the price for them in the US and our wholesale price is dearer that the US retail price! Now that's ridiculous! Damned US economy!

You'll notice that mine is still in the box and there it will remain until later this afternoon. I have some jobs I need to finish around the house, namely clearing out all the toys the kids no longer play with and listing loads of stuff on eBay including the pram, portacot and change table. My litte people are growing up and it's time to make more room. Once I have finished my jobs I will be scrapping, uninterupted and having a play with my Slice. I need to think of a name for it, all my tools have names as anyone who has scrapped with me or done one of my classes knows. I need to put my thinking cap on and come up with something. Any suggestions?

Hope everyone has a fabulous day.

One Word

Where is your mobile phone? table

Where is your significant other? playroom

Your hair colour? brown
Your mother? frail

Your father? tired

Your favourite thing? children

Your dream last night? forgotten

Your dream goal? contentment

The room you're in? clean

Your hobby? creating

Your fear? loss

Where do you want to be in 6 years? secure

Where were you last night? out

What you're not? confident

One of your wish-list items? space

Where you grew up? Waverley

The last thing you did? wee

What are you wearing? jammies

Your TV? on

Your pets? asleep

Your computer? broken

Your mood? tired

Missing someone? Mollie
Your car? fabulous
Something you're not wearing? boobtube
Favourite shop? Kidston

Your summer? scary

Love someone? definitely

Your favourite colour? red

When is the last time you laughed? bathtime

When is the last time you cried? sunday

Rachel Richter Photography

Remember these gorgeous photos? They were taken in Brisbane last April by Rachel Richter. I had an email from her the other day and she is looking at coming down to Melbourne in Feb/Mar next year to do some photography sessions. She is fabulous to work with and for those of us who love to Scrap, the CD with all the photos on it is part of the package. What more could we ask for?! Check out her Blog here. If you're interested in booking Rachel to take some photos for you, send her an email at rachelrichter@optushome.com.au.

Birthday Boy

He went to bed as a 4 year old and he woke up on Tuesday October 28th as a 5 year old. I had been told for months that turning 5 was a pretty big deal. I think it must be the kindergarten equivalent of an 18th birthday, well it seems that way anyhow. He started the day by opening his presents in our bedroom which has become a tradition mainly because if I left them anywhere else in the house he'd get up and open them without us! We were so thrilled that Jan, Ella and Hudson were in Melbourne to help Max celebrate his birthday, it was fabulous have a house full of kids when presents were being opened. Andrew made the traditional Mickey Mouse pancakes with sprinkles for breakfast and we got ready for Max's birthday party. He had a party with friends a playcentre with THE most amazing collection of slides I have ever seen. I was worried it might have been too challenging for a bunch of 5 year olds but they absolutely loved it. I made an Alien cake for Max as per his request and we made mini one-eyed alien cupcakes to take to kinder. All up I think he had a great day and that's really all that matters.

Something Something

Birthday Girl

Last night this little girl went to bed as a 2 year old and woke up 3! To say she was excited about her birthday is an understatement. She had watched her brother have a birthday just 13 days ago so she had a rough idea about to expect....basically presents, cake and a party! Today we had a fairly quiet day, Jemima opened her presents and Daddy made the traditional Larmour family Mickey Mouse pancakes for breakfast, with sprinkles! This afternoon we took her to Cold Rock for birthday ice-cream and Jemima and Max loved watching the process of their lolly choice being mixed in with their ice cream. Needless to say they didn't eat much dinner tonight.


Yesterday we had a birthday party for Jemima at home. I had originally thought Jemima would like a girly fairy party but she had other ideas. Jemima decided weeks ago that she wanted and Cowgirl and Cowboy party so that's we had. We invited about 20 children to come and celebrate and by the looks on their faces for the entire time they were here, they had a ball. Max and Jemima were so tired at the end of the day that they were fast asleep by 6.15pm and that was after stringing them out with a light dinner and relaxing bath so that they weren't in bed by 5.30.

We wanted to do something special for her and hired a children's entertainer to come and do face-painting (or arm painting/tattoos), a magic show and make balloon animals. Jemima got to be the Magician's Assistant and she performed her duties fabulously. I really wish I had the video camera instead of the SLR out yesterday because her reactions were priceless.






I know I still have lots to update the Blog with. Max's birthday especially. It's almost midnight now so I'll leave that for tomorrow. I've also got some scrapping to show and the Scrapware Gingerbread House I made for a class this coming Saturday.