Project Life, Weeks 21 & 22

Hi y'all!
I'm back with more Project Life layouts for you! I know I am super behind with posting, considering this week is week 41, and here I am only posting week 21 & 22! You may slap the back of my hand {ouch!}.
Week 21: Left Hand Side.
The extreme close up of Jaimeson at top right is the Selfie he was taking on Will's camerain the pic below that. How cool is that? He LOVES the camera, and has gotten so good at taking selfies, and also pics of everyone else! He'll run up to you and say "CHEEEEEEEEESE"!!! in a loud voice, and then SNAP! You're caught doing whatever you're doing. Like one time he came in to me on the toilet, with the camera. I managed to deflect that one before it became embarrassing! LOL!

WK 21: RHS.

Just some fun times out and about with our family, shopping at Parramatta (and getting a ride on the Thomas train, which he liked until it started moving!), the park and habging out together on the lounge.
I also included a 4x6 card with words that Jaimeson could say at 2 years old. I can't believe how good his vocab is now, considering this is pretty much the complete list of words he knew only 4 months ago. Now he can say 4 word sentances! What a champion!


Week 22: LHS.
This week started with an Op Shop Safari to the Central Coast (which didn't yield very much!) but we did have an awesome lunch at a Fish & Chip shop at Kincumber! Also on this side is Jaimeson's favourite day of the week- Tuesday- which is our Bin Day. We always have to run out the front to see the Bin Man. What simple pleasures!
Granny & Papa visited, it rained so Jaimeson got to splash about in the puddle that collects on our back verandah in his favourite gumboots, and there is my weekly tummy shot. Boy, you should see it now! SO BIG!! {running hands over a tummy that feels fit to explode!}

Week 22: RHS.
Yum Cha with Ye Ye (Will's Dad). We also took the opportunity to ride the Monorail one last time, cos it was shutting at the end of June. Jaimeson loved it, and I always loved the view into the offices as you zoomed past one or two stories up! When we went to Yum Cha in the city this week, the monorail line is all gone! So sad!
This week our local supermarket got those tiny children's trolleys in, and Jaimeson absolutely loved pushing his around and putting our groceries in it! Will has to watch him though, cos he does like to abandon it now & then, when he forgets what he's doing, or gets distracted by the chocolate milk section. LOL!
How is your Project Life going?
:) C

Project Life, Week 20... a very special week!

Hi y'all!

Here is week 20 of my Project Life, and it was Jaimeson's birthday week! The WRMK page protector with the 2 big pockets was a great choice, cos it meant I could do a nice little collage of pics from Jai's Under The Sea Birthday Party! I can't believe my little man is 2!! What a fun party it was too :)

This week was my booking appointment at Auburn Hospital for Lentil! How exciting {smiles}. And also Jaimeson's first attempt at sitting on the potty, and it was productive!! He showed us what he could do that first day, then not again for ages afterwards! LOL! {giggles} It's funny having that all documented in my album. But hey, that's what Project Life is all about!!
This right hand side also has my weekly pregnancy tummy shot, more party pics and Jaimeson opening up his birthday presents (I'm not so concerned about having them all in absolute choronological order across the spread from left to right, as long as the pics from the right week are in the right spread and however they fit best, it's right for me!)

This week also has an insert page (this pocket page protector is by Bazzill) to show lots of pics from our outing to Train Works at Thirlmere to ride a Steam Train for Jaimeson's birthday. He loved it so much! And of course, I wanted to include heaps of pics of the day, so I decided to do a whole insert just for that one day. That's what inserts are for right? Yep! This is the front of the insert....

And this is the back of the insert...... Also, cos I plan on having 2 albums for each year, one Jan-June and one July-Dec, I have plenty of room to include extra pages here and there when need be. What a fun day we had at Thirlmere, and great that I could include so many pics in my PL album, cos I haven't gotten around to doing a full 12x12 of this outing yet (and who knows if I ever will, with Lentil less than 8 weeks away! Whoa! {hand brushing sweat off forehead!})

I hope you're enjoying my PL pages!
:) C

Project Life, Weeks 18 & 19

Hi y'all!
Some more Project Life pages for you!
Week 18

This week started out with a coupon lunch date at Mickey's in Paddington. YUM! We even ordered Jaimeson his own little tiny "slider" beef burger, which was perfectly sized for him! He normally just shares our lunches, but this was so cute & cute to see him eating off his own little plate of food!
In Week 18 we also announced the impending arrival of Lentil, posting this pic on Facebook of all our shoes, with a sweet little chalkboard that says "Coming this October" above the baby shoes.I was inspired by all the baby announcements on Pinterest, and I was so happy with how it turned out! {hearts rising from head}

Right side of Week 18, including a trip to the city to meet up with Genevieve & her BF; boiled eggs on vegemite toast for breakfast with bacon on the side (how can you beat that??!), and dinner with Benny, including this $500 Lobster dish! {hands slapping cheeks in astonishment!} That was a big OOPS, cos he didn't realise it was going to cost that much! OMG!!

Week 19, left side. Look at the spunky little monkey in his cool kid sunglasses! Boy Jaimeson makes me laugh! {giggles} There is my growing baby tummy- I have included a side shot every week now, and boy it's much much bigger than that at the moment!!
A trip to Granny and Papa's for Mum's Craft Sale, which has photos that carry on over to the right side.

Here we are at Mum's sale! I did a little collage in 6x6 of mum's sale, to slip into the big pocket on this WRMK page protector. I always find it a little hard to fill these big 6x6 pockets, and either do a photo collage (like here) or I treat it like a mini scrapbook page. I'm still loving using all the different shaped page protectors, I think it makes it more interesting for me! But you have to be organised and kinda know what shape you're up using to when taking pics for the week! I like to have pics that fill most of the pockets in the right orientation, but that's just me!
The right side also has a collage of Mother's Day and our lunch out to Hooters (not your traditional Mother's Day lunch place, but it was YUM!), and also an every-day pic of Will reading books to Jaimeson. I am trying to include more of those every day events in my album, so I don't forget them!

Are you ready for the weekend? I hope you get lots of time to do some fun stuff! And to enjoy Father's Day too!

:) C

Baby on my mind...

Hi y'all!
Well, today marks the beginning of Week 31 for Lentil (aka Baby Lam 2). How time is really flying! {whoosh, clock hands flying around like mad} Like monumentally flying! Before I know it, we will be a week away from Due Date and I wont have anything organised!! Argh {freak out!} What am I going to do with 2 children??!! I hope I can still steal some time away now and then to do some crafting!
At least having baby on my mind means I like to make Baby Cards too! LOL!
Here are some recent Baby Cards I've made.
I do love Elephants, especially on baby things. So you will notice a little theme here! LOL! Lots of elephants!
This first card is a bit of a neutral baby card, perfect for a baby shower. And a good little chance to use up some of my button stash! I must use buttons more often, I have oodles!

More elephants! This big cutie is by Kaisercraft, and I made him a little Congratulations sign to hold, with the sentiment from Stampin Up. A wee bit of washi on the side of the card is sweet too {smiles}. And I have enough washi to go around the Earth 3 times, so every tiny piece helps to reduce my stash {giggles}.
 
This Whale is from Stampin Up's "Oh Whale" set which I absolutely love! The waves and little star fish are also from the same set, isn't it just so cute! There's that SU sentiment again too. I love the font of that Congratulations, so elegant, yet not too scrolly and formal. Just right!

Another whale card :) This Congratulations sentiment is also from Stampin Up. It's one of my most used stamps! I love the soft blues of these baby boy cards too, so sweet!

And for the little boy who's parents are not into animals, how about a New Arrival card with a plane on it? It's a sweet Kaisercraft plane, and the sentiment is from Kaisercraft too. The stars are Stampin Up. Theres more blue/brown colour combos, I must have had those colour paper scraps on my desk!

And a brighter Baby Boy card here, with robot background paper and the Geometric arrow stamp from Stampin Up's "Oh Hello" set (one of my current faves!) I also stamped the big oval chevron from the Oh Hello set, and punched out the big star with my SU punch. I love how the chevron star looks! It's so pretty! More washi in the background too. Yeah! Use it up!

One last boy card, this one is a bit softer, with shades of blue and yellow (and just a tad bit of light brown!) The boat and bike are from Stampin Up and I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest for this one. I put a tiny pearl in the centre of the bike's wheel too, looks sweet! Have I also mentioned I have enough ribbon to wrap our whole house about 10 times? Yeah, I've really gotta use up my ribbon stash too!

And just to show I don't only make boy cards, here's a Baby Girl card! I love using the paper doilies on cards, and here I used a half one, some of my giant stash of ribbons, a few buttons from my massive collection and an elephant! It all came together so sweetly! Love this card.

I hope you've had a chance to be creative this week too!
:) C

A day at the Zoo!

Hi y'all!

On Monday we had such a fun day trip to the Zoo with Papa and Granny (or Bunny, as Jaimeson says Granny! So cute!) I hadn't been to Taronga Zoo for about 12 years, and same for Mum and Dad I think, so it was a fun day out for all of us, not just Jaimeson!
We asked Jaimeson what he was excited to see at the Zoo, and he said Chickens, Cows and Sheep. LOL! I think we could have just gone on a drive in the country! (We bypassed the boring animals like that, and only went for the exotic animals at the zoo! Cos they do have a farmyard section!)

We caught the train into Circular Quay where we met up with Papa and Bunny, had a coffee, then caught the Ferry across the Harbour to Taronga. This is totally HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. It's such a beautiful trip across the harbour, there was a P&O ship in at the Overseas Passenger Terminal, the sun was shining and the view from the ferry is so beautiful. 
Here we are outside the Historic Entrance to "Taronga Zoological Park". Self-taken, of course! Once you get off the ferry there is a bus waiting to take you up to the Zoo's main entrance, or if you have a pre-bought Zoo ticket, you can go straight on the Sky Safari Gondolas up to the top.

So we're inside!! Commence Animal picture bombardment!!

Aligators: can you see 2 of them basking in the sunlight on that sandy patch back there? Jaimeson is pointing out a concrete one at the front of the enclosure!






And a crocodile! Steve Irwin would be proud of Jaimeson & Papa! Check out their Croc-wrangling skills!

 One of my favourites were these Mountain Goats, who have the most spectacular view of the Harbour Bridge as they perch on the side of their rocky mountain! They are so agile and just pop up the top like they're walking on flat ground!

I really loved the Giraffes! You forget just how tall they really are! Imagine being an explorer in Africa, and coming across them for the first time. They are so amazing! They came up quite close, cos it was feeding time, and we got a good look at them!



Bunny and Papa bought Jaimeson a gorgeous soft little Giraffe at the Zoo and he has taken it to bed every night this week & read it stories and watched Nemo with it. I think he likes Giraffes too! (Or Daraffe as he calls them!)

An action shot from walking around the Zoo, and a nice Photobomb by Willy! The sun came out half way around the Zoo and so we stripped down layers cos it was a gorgeous warm day! Perfect for the Zoo!

Next it was on to the Big Cats trail, where it seems the Big Cats are quite lazy! Bunny & Jaimeson are checking out the sleeping Bengal Tigers here.

And here is Will, Jaimeson & Papa admiring the sleeping Lion! LOL! I wanted to see some action! We were quite lucky on our trip around the zoo, to see many of the animals being fed at the exact time we came upon their enclosures. Like the Chimpanzees, the goats, the Giraffes & the Elephants.


Talking about Elephants... here they are!! They are definitely one of my favourite animals at the Zoo! Aren't they just so gorgeous! And there were so many of them! At least 7 Indian Elephants in this enclosure, plus they have the Male elsewhere. Maybe he causes too much shenanigans if left with his herd of women {tongue in cheek!}
Jaimeson loved the elephants too & kept "Brrrrrr-ing!" with his arm up in the air, mimicking the elephants! It was their feeding time too, so was fun to watch them get peanuts out of the big tubes the keepers threw down to them. Some of them banged it on the ground (much to Jaimeson's delight) and some rolled it along to get the peanuts to fall out. Thoroughly entertaining either way!

Further down the big hill we came to the Sea Life exhibits. There were plenty of seals and penguins & we sat down to watch the Seal Show, which I highly recommend! It was awesome! We got there nice & early and got a seat in the second row, with a fantastic view & we only got a little bit splashed during the show! I know Jaimeson loved the seal show too, cos he had a chip in one hand and a muesli bar in the other, and he didn't eat either of them for the whole 20mins of the show, he was mesmerized! How awesome is this jumping seal! What a cool pic too {high five!}

Next we went on to the Penguins, where you can watch them from under the water through a big glass window. On the way out there was this skylight over the walkway, then I saw a penguin flit past, and I realised it was another window on the roof and the penguins swam over the top of us at breakneck speed (man they are quick!) This has to be the best view of penguins EVER! And such a surprise, when I thought it was only a skylight!!

After the Sea Life area we caught the Sky Safari gondolas up to the top of the Zoo, then back down again, to take advantage of the cool view! It's a great way to fly over the exhibits, and also a fantastic view of the city from up there! It's included in the Zoo entry fee, so try it!



And you get a cool view of the Elephants! There's our little gondola's shadow too!

Back on the Ferry to Circular Quay, an Ice Cream then on the train back home again. Look how big Lentil pokes out after a day of walking around the Zoo! That's a big Bump!!


Wow, what a wonderful day it was! Jaimeosn totally crashed out on the Train on the way home, he was spent! But we had a fabulous day, and I really enjoyed Taronga Zoo! It's definitely easy to get around, with great paths and boardwalks & super easy with a stroller/pram. The only thing I recommend doing is taking your own packed lunch. We took sandwiches and I was so happy about that, cos food inside the Zoo is astronomically expensive (even more than Disneyland!!)
We also had a coupon for 25% off from the Entertainment Book, which saved Will & I $11 each on our tickets (Jaimeson was already free).
Thanks for coming with us Papa & Bunny! We had a wonderful day!!
:) C

Project Life, Weeks 16 & 17

Good Morning y'all!
Well Jaimeson is up nice and early, so it's a good opportunity for me to get a post in while he watches Finding Nemo for the 50 Millionth time this month. He does love those Fish & Sharks a lot!

 Looking back at week 16: We visited Jaimeson's Godfather Ric's Mum in hospital. She was very sick with cancer, and I think we brightened up her day quite a bit! This is one reason why I love PL, I love seeing this pic of us visiting her in our album, as it's not an event i would have set aside a whole 12x12 scrapbook page for. And she passed away in June, so it's nice to see her in our album when I look back through it.
This week was also the first month I got my Studio Calico PL kit in the mail, so you will start to see more SC cards come into my weekly layouts from now!

Other things this week- lunch at New Star Kebabs at Auburn- Authentic Turkish Adana kebab & their delicious Turkish Bread. YUM! The weather getting colder, BBQ and Basketball with work friends and Jaimeson's current phrases. I love to include what he's saying currently cos I know it's gonna change & his vocab gets better and better every day!!


Week 17 began with a trip to Costco with Alicia & Venice, and Jaimeson's first go of pushing a tiny trolley on his own at Bunnings. He was most impressed by it!
There's Lentil again! His/her second appearance in the album {smiles}. At least that is one good thing about being diabetic- I have lots of Ultrasounds throughout the pregnancy, so we get to see Lentil a fair bit before they're born!
I also included one of our old Address Labels (which I absolutely loved, aren't those 3 little birds Oh So Cute!) and one of our new Address Labels with the little whale on it. Good thing we were at the end of the ones with the 3 little birds on it, cos with Lentil on the way, we needed a 4th bird! After searching through Vistaprint & not finding one with 4 birds, I chose that gorgeous little whale. He's so cute! What a fun thing to include in PL.

Other notable things this week were: going to the movies on Anzac day, to see Iron Man 3. Noodle HOuse for dinner, my first weekly tummy shot for Lentil (which you get to see in PL every week now until Lentil is born! Watch that tummy grow!), the label stickers off our currently eaten fruits- I loved this idea! I saw it somewhere on Pinterest I think, and I really wanted to include some in my PL album. The fruit stickers are really quite pretty! And you can see what varieties are in season and enjoyed at the moment!
And of course, my nephew Xander's awesome Super Hero Party! What a fun day that was! How cool is Alicia's photo booth, complete with high rise buildings and cartoon clouds! Awesomeness!

How is your Project Lift going? Have you included some interesting "everyday" things like the fruit stickers?

:) C

Project Life, Weeks 14 & 15

Hi y'all!
It's time for more Project life Layouts!

So I'm up to posting Week 14, here is the LHS. This side is taken up with a weekend getaway to Wollongong after Easter, including having Fish & Chips down by the Harbour & a delicious cooked breakfast by Mum. YUM!

Week 14 RHS has mostly pics from our trip to Canberra for my Sister Yvette's 40th Birthday. I can't believe my sister is 40! Isn't that the age my parents are?? LOL!
I had to censor one of the pics for privacy, sorry!






 
Week 14 is also the week we got to see Lentil for the first time! This was definitely worthy of a whole insert! I made an insert from a 12x12 cut down to size & closed with long strips of Washi Tape.


 On the back side of the insert is this sweet little mini-page using the very appropriate Pebbles flag saying about Family! Lentil got the name Lentil cos when Jaimeson was inside he was known as Peabody, so we had to think up a name that went with Peabody! And Lentil suited, seeing as Bub looks a bit like a bean in this pic!





Week 15 LHS is all about our 3rd Wedding Anniversary outing to the city for lunch at Nick's Bar & Grill King St Wharf. We also had a ride on the Monorail, which Jaimeson loved! We had to fit in a couple of rides before the Monorail shut at the end of June! So sad!


Week 15 RHS has some everyday events, like Jaimeson learning to do his 2 & 3 piece puzzles on his own, some applique singlets I made for Jai, and an outing to Blaxland Riverside Park with Alicia and Felicity!
I love getting to put all these everyday events in an album, cos I wouldn't do a 12x12 layout for all these things, but it's nice to have them in an album to look back on! That's why I love PL the most! It's the everyday things that get recorded {smiles}.

Hope you're having a good weekend! It's beautiful and Sunny here, so I've broken out the 3/4 maternity pants for the first time in this pregnancy! I love the sunshine!
:) C

Project Life, Weeks 12 & 13

Hi y'all!

Here are a couple more Project Life LOs for you!

 Week 12 LHS starts with a dinner Will cooked for us! I like including food pics in PL, both from cafes and from home. It's especially good for a week where you don't have many pics of activities.
I had to include a pic of Garbage Day too, cos that's a big event around here. It's Jai's favourite day of the week & the Garbage Man even stops outside our house for an extra long time to wave at us!

 RHS of Week 12 has only a few pics (it was a low pic taking week!) so I included just an "everyday" pic of our breakfast bowls, its something I'm sure I will remember, but its a great snapshot of our everyday lives. I love it!

 Week 13 LHS is filled with pics of when we went to the Royal Easter Show! I used stickers of a rooster & crocodile on the title card cos they were Jai's fave animals from the show! Check out the bottom right pic of this page, Jai absolutely hated the baby goats in the farmyard nursery. Check out his face!! Hilarious! LOL! {giggles}

Week 13 RSH- Will & I went to the Craig David concert!! Woot!! {party poppers going off!} He was AWESOME, and we had a fantastic time! I downloaded the tour poster off the internet so I could include it in the mini pocket in this We R Memory Keepers pocket page.

How is your PL going? Have you bought a kit to do yours or are you just working from your stash? I started out with no kit & was just using my stash, but then Felicity gave me the Becky Higgins Wellington Mini Kit for my birthday, and I've subscribed to the Studio Calico PL kit for the last 5 months, so my supplies are quite adequate now! I'm waiting for Spotlight to get the BH PL kits in, I'm eyeing off Honey, it's so nice!

:) C