The girls had their school walk-a-thon today, then a full dance rehearsal from 3-8pm. Seems like all I’ve done the last week is take them to and from dancing. Looking forward to their concert on Saturday.
Category: Kids
It’s a Pirate’s Life
Christy was very excited to attend a Pirate Party at school on Friday. They have been learning all about pirates, making a sword and even special pirate cookies, culminating in this party. The girls were up early to make a pirate ship cake. They did it all on their own too as I was too sore to help.
All inspired after meeting Stacy & Wendy
Such a mad house around here lately. Left on Friday afternoon for Crafting Connection. I was lucky enough to get upgrade to a suite. Such a shame I had no-one to share it with but I did enjoy sitting on the lounge reading until my first class started.
I did all three classes that Stacy Jullian taught. She’s just even more wonderful in person. I just love her whole philosphy. Over the last year as I’ve been doing more Big Picture classes I’ve found myself wanting to move away from traditional chronological order scrapbooking. I bought her book to further inspire me and help me along my new path. I’ll share my work from her classes when I get them finished off.
I was also so pleased I took a class with Wendy Smedly (not realizing at the time she was co-author of the Organizer and Inspired Scrapbooker). Her class was great – a quick organising review (can’t wait for her online class in Jan) and then making an Inspiration board where we can store any mag clippings that inspire us and to remind us why we scrapbook.
I also did a class with Nic Howard called confessions. It wasn’t really my thing. I rather fiddly project that I didn’t get finished. Hopefully I will feel like finishing it or I might use it for something else.
I had to come home late Sat afternoon to attend Amy’s singing and drama concert. She did great and I was thrilled to be there when she won a speical award for most enthusiastic in her Drama Class. So exciting, esp. when she only started in the middle of the year.
A wet, cold Wedneday
Not a great day weather wise – it’s not been all week. I skipped the gym today and gave the bedrooms, bathrooms and study a good tidy and clean. Sat for a while over lunch and watched a British show on debt and then Wife Swap – one of the women today was frightfully racist. In the end she was saying how nice the boy was and “he should grow up to be a wonderful young”….I was ready for “man” but nearly fell on the floor when she said “black man”. Do people really think like that? Obviously they do – quite scary. I was totally gob-smacked. Don’t think Rosie was too impressed either – she fell asleep on the lounge beside me.
The afternoon was spent doing a bit of cooking and working a layout for my “Wellness” scrapbook class. Then picked up the kids and since it was such a yucky day we put up the new Christmas tree I bought yesterday. We have our big, main one in the loungeroom but since the girls and I spend so much time in the family/kitchen area I thought it would be nice to have one here as well. Looks great. We might do the other one on Sunday.
The kids had a disco at school today to raise money to build a house is Africa – so they had to go in African dress (if possible). I happened to remember Amy had a “Tarzan” leotard from last years dance concert so she wore that with some brown pants, and Christy wore a safari hat we got from Disney on Ice a few years back.
