Preschool Meeting

I had my appointment with Brad’s preschool teacher today. It is almost the end of the Florida VPK, his graduation is Wednesday 3/21. The meeting went very well. It is just as I suspected… Brad is smart and sweet. He just loves helping around the class. He knows almost everything he should for kindergarten. (This isn’t what he needs to know to go to kindergarten, but a list of things they will test him on in kindergarten.) She said she has seen a big change in him where he really wants to learn now, and has calmed down and grown up. And before where he was getting into a little trouble (because of some of the other boys), she says that has all stopped, and he is listening great, and is a big helper. There was only one small area of concern, that he is having trouble with a couple of letter sounds in his speech. His hearing was tested, and showed no signs of problems, so she thinks it is more a bad habit he has gotten into. Letters like C,G,K,L,Q he is having a little trouble pronouncing correctly. I just love his teacher! Brad has been with her since starting in daycare when he turned 3, so she has gotten to watch him grow and develop. He isn’t a baby anymore. Now we need to get ready to start Kindergarten in August. I just can’t believe how big he is getting!!

A Bit O' Blarney

Do you like free scrapbooking kits? This is my most recent submission to Saturday Night Live, a group of great artist who get together to do a small part of a large Mega Kit each month. We take people of all skill levels. Make a small contribution, and you can have the whole Mega Kit for free. It is hosted by Digital Scrapbook Place. For more information, you can find it at http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21286. We would love to have you join us.

Additional Layouts with my kits

Here are a couple of layouts with other kits I have made. I am including two here, because the post before this had a layout with my most recent kit, Spring Fling. The first is the New Years kit, but from the colors could very well be used for Summer and/or Beach themed layouts. The photo of two of my sons was taken on a dock at a McDonalds on the Intercoastal Waterway. This is one of my favorite photos of the two of them. We had fun that day. The brotherly love really does show through.

The second layout is a picture of my uncle and his grandson making Christmas cookies. It is a family tradition that has been passed down. I used my gingerbread men border, and single. I also used a couple of papers I made up. I don't have a link to the kit here, but could very easily send a sample page with pictures of everything. A couple of posts back were some samples from the Christmas Kit also. I used them to make 4x6 quick pages to print pictures.

Thank you for taking the time to view these pictures.

Spring

I am so ready for spring. I know I don't have it as bad as most of the country, but I am tired of being cold just the same. Spring on the west coast of Florida is a beautiful time. We get this really great gulf breeze, warm sunshine, and a bright blue sky. With the temp. about 80 degrees, it makes for some wonderful outdoor activities. I am can't wait, I am over the damp, foggy, cold weather.
Speaking of Spring, I have been working on a new kit the last couple of days. It is called Spring Fling, and is full of bright cheery colors. I made a layout of my cousin and her daughter with part of the kit. I wanted to get more elements on the layout, but my style is more simplistic, and just couldn’t seem to add more stuff to it. Hope she likes it. It is funny, I know the kit is rather girly (and I don’t even have any girls) but I love the happy colors. The next kit I am working on is more neutral in the browns, greens, and a splash or orange. Another great spring kit. As soon as I have them finished and available I will update here to let you know.

Time Flies

Were has the time gone? I can’t believe it is already February. I just sent off a bunch of Christmas photos to be printed. I know it sounds late, but I scraped them. I made 4” x 6” ploppers with a couple of holiday kits I had made. The greatest thing about that is Christmas photos have a lot of miscellaneous stuff in them besides smiling faces and great gifts. This way I can edit out the extra stuff and highlight the best part of the photos. Also being in 4x6 format, they are so easy to just upload to your local photo shop, so in about an hour and about 20 cents, you have great looking memories. The grandparents will just love them!! I have included a couple of samples here…

Superbowl Sunday

Football!! Yeah! Today is the Superbowl, and I actually have a team playing. Being from Tampa Bay, I am routing for Tony Dungy and the Indianapolis Colts. It would be such sweet justice to have Tony win the big game!! It also means lots of good food, so here goes the diet today.

I did a layout for Josh last night, and I just love the kit. It fits him so perfectly. I have another photo of him I want to scrap and possibly frame. The kit is the Hard Out Page Kit by Lauren Bavin. (I just love her work.) Josh is 18 and likes to think of himself as a punk, but in reality it couldn’t be farther from the truth. In this picture he was actually helping teach his 4 year old brother how to play baseball. I am not that trilled about the expression on his face, but the picture is just so him. With his hat a little off center, and the fuzzy face. He is my joker, my rescuer, my helper. He is growing up into such a nice young man, I am very proud of him.

Here I Go...

Well, the first thing I have learned about blogging, don’t try to start something like this during the holidays!! Not only is life too fast, but things are way to crazy to even think about something like this. Now that life is starting to settle back into our normal crazy routine, I really want to start to concentrate on designing. I love to create new things, and have just fell in love with digital scrapbooking in the last year. I am going to put up a couple of the kits I made last year as freebies. I will include a download link so if anyone is interested, they can go get them. If you use them, I would love to see what you created, please send me an email.

The first is Key to my Heart Page Kit for Valentines Day, and my New Years Page Kit with Word Art Add On. Just go here to get the downloads.