Christmas Dessert!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I was not really feeling the spirit of Christmas but as the morning got closer and closer, I started to feel better about it. Of course, I had to be in good spirits for my little Aida. She has been singing Christmas songs all December. That always had me smiling. As she has gotten older and understands it more, we have been spending more time at home for Christmas. This year I got the three of us some pajamas to sit around in on Christmas Eve while we ate dinner and watched movies together. Little did I know, but there were some changes in our plans that kind of affected the 'mood' of the holiday...I guess I'll say it like that...lol! There will be some changes in the new year that will take some getting used to...but I will discuss that in the coming week or so.

Just a few more days

Christmas is not far away, and I still have presents to wrap and a couple to buy. All of that plus a bit of news and I just cannot seem to find enough time to scrap the way I want. My 4-year old seems to think she can go to sleep as late as I, so I miss out on doing a few things I like before heading to bed. I have no idea what she is going to do when it is time for big school (as she calls it...lol!). I have a few pages to share from this month. Normally, I wouldn't start scrapping my December photos, but this year I decided to use my most current photos first so that I would not be behind on getting my album done for 2012. I have definitely got to catch up with Project Life. Maybe that will be what I tackle more of them in the next few weeks.

The Elf as George of the Jungle

Just quick share today of the little Elf that has invaded our space. Aida normally is not very awake when she is going to daycare, but this morning she was up to look for her elf.  Her reaction was a little different this time. She kind of half smiled and was like "Eh..crazy elf!"...and walked off...lol!!!

Day 2: R & R Elf Style

This morning my daughter woke up looking for her elf. She ran straight to her room and discovered he was not there. Then the questions came. "Where is he?" "Mommy did he leave" "Is he coming back" I let Aida know that we had to find him because he was supposed to be here to watch her but it seems he is up to something. She laughed and told me that she would look for him. So, she eats her breakfast and forgets all about it and then afterwards, she's like "hey, where is my elf." She finally gets to looking around again and she found him. Aida laughed and shouted "He's silly!! I found that silly elf. He has my marshmallows!"

That Sketch

Yesterday's sketch at the Bella Blvd. blog caught my eye. I had just downloaded the Holiday Idea Notebook from Digital Design Essentials and I knew I had to use that sketch to create a page. More and more paper scrap booking layouts have been catching my interest, and this sketch was calling me. I only used items from the Idea Notebook and I used one paper from the Beyond Measure paper pack and changed the color up just a bit to match the yellow in the Idea Notebook papers and elements. Did that make sense at all?? In my head, it made sense...lol! Anyway...here is my page using some photos of Aida from last year in a dress that her father picked out for her...

That Time of Year

With all the Christmas kits debuting in the scrap booking world, I cannot help but get excited about the holiday season ahead. I am ashamed to say I still have plenty of Christmas photos to scrap from last year. I am not sure if it was because I took so many photos and I did not want to edit them, or I was just waiting for the perfect kit; there are a few photos I did not touch. So far- my two favorite stores have some amazing Christmas goodies. :) I tend to lean more towards the Christmas kit with traditional colors - red, white, green, but I love any good Christmas kit that inspires me to create a layout for my photos.