I've Been Crafting During Naptime, All the Live Long Day

I'm really into scrap booking, I started when I was pregnant - and have developed and honed my skills and you can say I'm a little obsessed. I try to do a page a day, and keep up to date with my photos.

I actually order photos about once every 2 weeks.

Here are the chronicles of the first part of 2010 - I hope you enjoy these scrapbook pages.I will update with more as time goes on. I am up to Halloween of this year... (and feel like I am BEHIND!!!)

These are Just January and February 2010 - I have so many pages, and so many photos! This is really a hobby that I am passionate about. I love to look back at the things we have done and remember them, and I love to share these works of art with every one.

Germany Bound

I've been making lists, test packing, and shopping for the last week so that I can be prepared for our trip to Germany...

There is a lot to do when traveling with Aurora. For instance: she needed a new coat, and some clothes for winter. You see, its November already and just yesterday the high was 75degrees. So we don't have anything more than long sleeve t-shirts and wind-breakers. That will be a problem when we reach Germany and the temps are much much cooler!

Then I got some new toys that she has never seen, so we can play on the airplanes.

Oh! I needed snacks for the trip.... and a book... and music...and I need to do laundry, and plan for this and that...


The lists are endless!! I'm sure that no matter how many times I go over it in my head, or on paper - I will forget something. I always do.

This will be my second time flying with Aurora to Germany, with just me and her. We couldn't fly to Germany with John because of leave dates vs miles redemption dates. So I am leaving with Aurora on Nov17 and John flies out on Nov21. Luckily though we will be able to return together on the same flights Dec8.


I am looking forward to this trip though, because I'm not nearly as afraid as before - I know what to expect, and at 3 years old, I can leave Aurora in her seat while I go to the restroom. AND I knew this time that I needed to schedule more than 1 hour for my layover in DC. :)

Trick or Treating

As I mentioned before, Aurora had 2 different costumes this year, so she went to the play group's Halloween party as a bumblebee and went out Trick or Treating as Tinkerbell. She was so cute as each one - its hard to choose which one was best!

I borrowed paints from Cenema (She runs Cenema's Facepainting and I work for her occasionally) to decorate Aurora and my faces for Halloween.

Aurora absolutely loves to get her face painted! and I love to paint faces, so its win-win for everyone!

We went out with our playgroup friends Chrissie (plus her kids: Noah, Jacob, Kaylin and Zoe), Sarah (and her son Leif), Jamie (and her sons Duncan and Douglas) and Katrina (along with her mother in law, Mel, and daughter Maddie.) We walked about a mile trick or treating, and had a really good time.

This year I tried something new: I told Aurora about the Great Pumpkin. The Great Pumpkin comes to your house after Halloween and takes all your candy - but in its place leaves you a present. I took Aurora out to shop for what she would ask the Great Pumpkin for, then we wrote a note and left the candy out. When she woke up the candy was gone and in its place was the Bert and Elmo boat set for the bath tub.

Pumpkin Carving

We carved pumpkins last night, and it was so much fun. Here are our photos from the carving party....

gutting the pumpkin

gooey guts

ick now its on her hands

found a seed

pattern one

in progress

done! Aurora picked the spider pattern.

yummmmmm

my dragon pumpkin