Sharing Bed

My kids share a room just for sleeping so we have room for homeschooling.  It frees up a lot of space to just remove a little toddler bed.  LOL  For some reason, the other night, Liam was so scared that he wanted to climb into bed with Laurana.  They were giggling at first, so I figured they'd never fall asleep.  Once they did, I had to sneak in & take a picture.  I love that I can do this in the dark w/ my camera!   They really do love each other, don't they?

My Tiny Dancer

Laurana is the one in all pink.    Isn't she adorable?  I just melt seeing her wear the tutu I made for her. 

Tiny Dancers

I didn't look blurry on my camera or my uploaded pics to my computer.  However, it looks blurry here.  This is of my sweet Laurana w/ her ballet friend, Lilly.  Aren't they so cute?

Adorable 9x9 page

Sorry for the scan of the page. I didn't know where the cord was to my camera when I did this page. This is using all CTMH items.
"Adorable" is from Daydream My Stickease, cardstock from Daydream package
Whimsy Felt - photo corners, flowers, vine, hearts, etc.
White Daisy cardstock

This page is working w/ what I had, since I'm so new to CTMH and didn't have many products yet. This is of Laurana when she was a fresh from the hospital. Her 0-3 onesie was so big on her!

Creating Keepsakes Convention

I didn't know I was going until the night before, but I took my DD with me, since no one else was available. She was sooooooo good! She took her "scrapbooking purse" as she calls it - her little miniature tool bag that is pink. She doesn't scrapbook yet, but it is perfect for holding crayons and such. Because she was so cute w/ her little "Daddy's Little Princess" shirt and her bag, she got some free goodies. I decided to try a club where I got 5 free 2 page layout kits. It was free trial and I will get a shipment once per month. Since they thought she was so adorable, she got to pick out another page kit! Another booth gave her a package of buttons, which she put into her little scrapbooking purse. Another booth gave her a diecut. She even got a piece of chipboard that was cut from the Cricut machine at another booth. I bought her a little snippet of ribbon that she put in there, too. Oh, and she collected a business card from the booths and put them in that little bag. She had a blast being with just me all day. I enjoyed shopping with my girl, too!

Little Lincoln

We started going to the library for a preschool craft on Wednesdays. This is the first project Laurana got to make. The library provided a kit for free. The beard is just a fun foam beard that we glued black pom poms to. The hat is three pieces of fun foam. There is elastic to hold the hat and beard on her. The library bought a premade kit, but it would be pretty simple to make one yourself if you can find foam large enough for the tall hat. She loves it and wants to wear it almost nonstop. I hope you enjoy.

Snow Angel

I shared this with some of my friends last year when I did this page. This picture was a happy accident of Laurana. She just wouldn't be still for a pic. Once Scott got the picture, we were impressed we got such a great picture. I just had to get a 5x7 for my page. On this page, I used silver cord, embossed w/ glitter on some stamped snowflakes, added Cuttlebug embossed silver paper, a Word Window punch for a little added detail to the corner of the picture, some snowflake brads. This page was so much fun to put together. I just love it and hope you enjoy it, too.

Children's Museum

This page is of pics of Laurana playing in a fun Curious George area and a TV area w/ Pebbles and Bam-Bam. She had so much fun at the museum. I used SU Kraft, SU Marigold Morning, and patterned paper from a stack of paper I got at Hobby Lobby (forgot the maker). I also used alien brads, a space ship brad, square brads, and a swirl clip. The letters were cut with my friend's Cricut.

Believe

Laurana practically tackled Santa. She ran right up to him and sat on his lap. She was so excited to tell him what she wanted. So, I snapped a photo of her telling him her wishes. Liam was just looking at him and wondering who was holding him. I snapped before he cried.

I used Martha Stewart alpha stamps and the "wishes" was from an SU stamp, gold cord, very vanilla cardstock, black cardstock, patterned paper (from Hobby Lobby, but forget the maker).

Super Girl

This was at the Indianapolis Children's Museum. They had an area that children could dress up as Super Man, Super Girl, or Spider Man. DD got in a taxi that Spiderman was "driving". She loved being able to dress up for the picture. I tried to free hand the Super Man symbol, but I just couldn't get it. So, I googled Super Man clip art and found the symbol. I printed it out, then traced it, cut it out of cardstock. Even though tracing sounds simple enough, it was tedious, because I wanted the symbol to be in cardstock. I mimicked the design on the taxi w/ the black gingham ribbon and tied knots in it every so often to add interest. I love this page and I hope you enjoy it, too.

Joyful Gardener

This is a pic of DD taking a break from helping in the garden to be a ham for the camera. She loves to garden and loves to read her book, The Surprise Garden, so she calls our garden a "purise"

Baby Beauty Pageant 2006

This was the baby beauty pageant at the county fair. It was very hot and they had us right in the sun for lining up and for judging. The judges decided that in order for a baby to win they had to smile. DD was not in the mood to smile, because it was hot (around 95 or 100 degrees) and she wasn't used to being in full sun during those temperatures. She was good, but didn't show off for the judges. This was just a few days before her 1st birthday, and she wasn't quite walking on her own. She won in my book! She is the one in the middle.

Snow Fun

This is my daughter with her very first snowman. He is taller than my husband. DH got to be a kid again and play outside with our snow bunny for about 2 hrs.
I used Basic Grey patterned paper, SU Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, GP white, Soft Sky ink, tempting turquoise ink, ribbon, stapler, distressing tool, stamps are all CTMH.