Rain Rain Don't Go Away

Still playing catch-up with my scrap-booking :-) Click on it if you want to see it larger :-) :-)

Jumping Bean

Whenever we go over to Bruce and Gill's (or Hannah and Declan's as the kids would say!) the first thing Cassidy does is go straight to the trampoline. Isaac loves it too, but not like Cassidy. We have a hard time getting her off it the whole time we're there. She takes her "baby" on there with her and off she goes! At least we have a good idea for Christmas presents this year....

Friends

My photos have built up on me lately but I'm slowly going through and sorting them. I can't remember if I've posted this one before :-) but it does show what good friends they are sometimes. I think one of my favourite things to hear is when one of them says "Come on Isaac" or "Come on Cassidy" because it's one of them calling the other to play. Usually something cheeky- like jumping on the bed like they were doing a few moments before I took this shot!

No More Lambs

I used quite a small, fine text on this one so you may need to click on it to be able to read it :-)

New Look for InHouse

Finally the first part of my logo makeover has been decided - the business card design! The confirm email has been sent to the printers, so it's done now! I have been so frantic to get it "right" this time, I'm still not sure what "right" is. But I knew I wanted a fun and funky new look (the old one was always too corporate looking for me) that focused more on kids and family, which is what I want. I've know got to sit down and design new pricelists, DVD covers, forms...ahhh my mind boggles with it all but I do like doing it just the same. I just need TIME!

Just to explain, this is the "inside" and "outside" of my business card. Imagine the two stuck together back to back and folded down the middle like a birthday card. I wanted something a bit different so hopefully these accomplish that! The colours probably look a little "flat" because I had to convert to cmyk colour space for printing (I don't reccomend anyone trying to do that, it's a nightmare).

Also I must mention that the extemely talented Nathanael Moore, a friend of Steve and Emma's, created the door and other graphics for the new website for me. He is amazing, you tell him what you see in your mind and he gives you a graphic! Great person to know when you want new logos :-) :-)

Cooking Jamdrops

I think I went a little mad today....

I decided to make jamdrops. This was okay. The kids wanted to help. Although unnerving, also okay. It then started to go downhill. I burnt half the batch of jamdrops to an inedible state whilst I was trying to stop them eating the other half of the mix. Then, I had an even sillier thought. I'll make a cake while the kitchen's a mess and I have all the stuff out!
I sent the kids upstairs to get ready for rest time when I realised Cassidy had been to quiet for too long. I went to investigate. I could smell the nail polish from the third step. I found her in our ensuite with nail polish on every digit up to the first knuckle, down one leg, on her relatively new Pumpkin Patch top, the tiles and the vanity. I stared almost blankly at the devastation before me, sat her on the toilet (actually I think she was too scared to move) and started the very slow cleanup.

Hence, by the time I had her in bed and had sat down to collect myself was about the same time I remembered my cake.

Note to self: next time, stop at the jamdrops and move the nailpolish to another drawer.

Beautiful Boy

Leave it all Behind

Couldn't resist scrapping that cute backside....

Cute Kiddos

We went to feed the ducks yesterday after the doing the groceries - always a good bribe! I didn't get any photos of feeding the ducks (kids very close to pond edge makes mummy very on edge also!) but got some afterward of my mad two running up and down the grassy slope.

Cassidy chose that point to wet her pants :-) and I had no spares on me, so I stripped her in preperation for going back to the car. She took off on me, bare backside on display for all the lovely people walking their dogs along the boardwalk! Such a charmer, my daughter.

The Best Songs

I had just hopped out of the shower this morning when I heard the strains of the theme song to "Max and Milly" in the background. I peeked around the corner, and there were my three tinkling away on the piano having a lovely time. The were so gorgeous sitting there...until there was a scuffle about seating arrangements that is. I have to photograph the peaceful moments around here, cause they just don't last very long :-) :-)

It's really scary to think that this is my first scrapbooking page in about 2 months! I haven't stopped taking photos along the way, so this is a bad sign! I reckon I need two solid days in front of photoshop to catch up. As I've always said, you have to scrap them as soon as you take them otherwise you lose inspiration for the shots and the feeling that goes with them. How am I sure of this? Because I only took these shots this morning and voila...a finished page in under an hour!

Hard Day at the Beach

I was cleaning out all my photo files that I haven't sorted and found this one - taken by Steve - when we camped at Marcoola. I was really lazy that weekend and didn't take any photos but Steve got this one at the beach one morning. Cassidy had been up early that day, and a couple of hours at the beach was just all too much. She spread out her towel on a boogie board (she's not all the fond of sand, so one can't be too careful!) and went straight to sleep just like that. Steve had to carry her back to the campsite laid out like this and people kept asking her if she was alright! She's just so cute sometimes :-) :-)