Digital Scrapbooking: My baby boy and my little girl

Emily at her first show

Daddy was excited to take Emily to her first Royal Show on the  5th of October 2011. Mummy was a bit disappointed she couldn’t come, as she was expecting Nano and had morning sickness.
Heading off on the train, Emily could hardly contain her excitement and kept breaking into big smiles every few minutes.
Emily was very brave and patted all manner of animals, she and Daddy liked the furry donkeys and the house of the three little pigs.
Of course no trip to the show would be complete without watching the Wood Choppers in action.
There was just a little time for a ride on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle ride (who knew they were still around?) and then some blue icecream before the trip home.

December Daily: Day 31

Traditions: We don’t really have a New Year’s Eve tradition, it’s my sister’s 21st birthday tomorrow, so we are going to her party tonight which goes through till the 1st of January. I stayed up till midnight with Lauren’s 18th in 2008, Andrew and Esther in Kalgoorlie in 2009, and Ryan & Helen’s party in 2010. But I’m not usually one to stay up! I promise!

Craft: Working on my One Little Word Album

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Singing: Dino Stomp song

Eating: Donuts from Puffin Fresh (Phill got a couple while out with Emily!)

Organising: The study

Watching: The post for my Silhouette Cameo – it arrived in Australia on the 28th…

Buying: A new colour laser printer and Dymo labeller

Listening: To Phill working in the shed (well, the garage)

 

Melissa

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December daily: Day 24

Traditions: advent calendar eating the gingerbread house, going out for lunch (one point to make a line?)

Craft: More tag creating!
Decorating: Putting up Emily’s chalkboard from Uncle Peter.

We finally found our other decorations we were given last Christmas!
Singing: Carols with friends and family tonight.

Eating: Froot loops for breakfast (Phill couldn’t wait till tomorrow, and I wasn’t going to argue!), club sandwich, beef burger, vegemite sandwich, chai latte, coke and water for lunch, mango smoothie for arvo tea and fresh home baked bread for tea.

Organising: Our plan of attack for tomorrow so Emily won't be too overwhelmed

Watching: The Playschool concert

Giving: wrapping and labelling the last presents

Buying: milk and fruit and most importantly chalk!

Realising: I love doing church on Christmas eve.

Listening: To the whiny carols playing in Woollies. The Season's Angry Birds theme.
 
 
Melissa

December Daily: Day 23

Traditions: Advent calendar.

Craft: Decorating, wrapping and labelling gifts.

Dancing: Lots of it (though Emily fell and bumped her headdan

Eating: Chicken enchiladas

Organising: Measurements for shelves and putting up the blackboard for Emily.

Watching: Emily loving to help with the wrapping and gifts.

Receiving: A few extra hours rest with Phill home early today! 

Buying: Wahl Clippers to help me cut Phill’s hair – can’t wait to try them out.

Listening: “What’s this Mummy? Is there a toy in there for Baby Jesus?”

“It’s myrrh”

“Ew, I don’t like myrrh, blech”

‘”It’s like perfume”

“That one is frankincense”

“Baby Jesus likes frankincense!” (conversation over our advent pictures today)

I just had to include this pic from yesterday!

Emily fast asleep. 

 

Melissa

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December Daily: Day 21

Traditions: Advent calendar

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Craft: Making gifts!

Eating: Jester’s pies and chips.

Dinner with the Shanhun’s for Steve’s birthday today.

Organising: The last few gifts.

Giving: Steve’s birthday gift.

Buying: Some sandals and thongs for Emily.

Listening: To Emily singing instead of having a sleep.

 

 

Melissa

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December Daily: Day 18-20 Digest Edition

Things have been busy over the weekend and I’ve been quite sick (in bed for 5 hours today!)

Here’s a quick summary:

18th

Emily stuck about 20 stamps together, while we slept I managed to rescue about 17/18 of them!

Phill and I helped out a Pebbles

I was in bed for the arvo, meanwhile Phill made pasties for tea (YUM!)

Carols in the Park – so much fun with both sets of grandparents and about 12 000+ people

Turns out that Emily’s age group wasn’t singing on stage (she got given the music by someone thinking she was in the older group!), so she kept asking when it was time for her to go on stage.

View of the Park – stage is glow to the left

Fried Potato ‘Christmas Tree’ – Yummy!

John hard at work – we traditionally sit just in from of his camera.

19th

Digital scrapbooking webinar in the morning, Mum O and Emily played with the iPad on loan from Mum S.

Can you spin Mummy?
No, I can't spin at the moment Emily
Come with me, to my room, I'll teach you how to spin!

The Fathering Project Meeting

Phill and I wrapped Emily’s presents.

20th

Present from Woo and Stan in the mail today,

Can I open it?

Not today, when do you think you will be able to open it?

On Christmas!

Emily and Mummy wrapped Daddy’s presents.
We wrapped Jake's present today - Emily says “It could be his favourite!”

Working on my last few gifts to wrap.

Emily loves the wrrapping paper we chose for her gifts – she thinks the curly haired angel is her! “It’s me holding my pussycat”

Hope you are enjoying your December!

Melissa

December Daily: Day 17

Traditions: Advent Calendar
Craft: Christmas Cards
Home making: Phill is adding a couple of sprinklers to our back yard. Oh and washing the car for the first time at our new house.

Giving: Getting the Christmas presents organised for wrapping.
Receiving: A mention in iTunes new and noteworthy for hobbies, for the December Daily Podcast

Eating: An impromptu BBQ tea with Mum and Dad O, Cait and John (straight from cricket practise). It was a fun afternoon.

Listening: To a few podcasts today.
 
Melissa
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December Daily: Day 16

Traditions: The advent calendar.

Craft: More Christmas cards!

Singing: Away in a Manger.

Eating: Chicken kebabs and greek salad.

Organising: An interview with Stephanie from Scrapworthy Lives. The Fathering Project website!

Homemaking: Paving finished! Only a week too late for the party.

Watching: Sherlock

Buying: Memento and Photo365 for my iPhone

Listening: Emily: ‘It’s a mystery’ ‘Something’s missing’

Today we visited the Dr for baby #2. All is going well. 

Melissa

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December Daily: Day 11

 

Invitations: Facebook & Email
Salads: Mum O, Mum S, Nan, Melissa
Cooking BBQ: Phill, Dad O, Mike, John + more!
Singing happy birthday: Emily
Cakes: Melissa
Guests: 47 attended

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December Daily: Day 15

Traditions: The advent calendar.

Craft: More Christmas cards!

Singing: Emily can sing 2/3 verses of Away in a Manger!

Organising: An interview with Stephanie from Scrapworthy Lives. The Fathering Project website!

Watching: Sherlock

Buying: Memento and Photo365 for my iPhone

 

Listening: Emily: ‘It’s a mystery’ ‘Something’s missing’ 

Melissa

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December Daily: Day 14

Traditions: Phill’s birthday! Though we only had a small gift (well at least compared to the scroll saw, cutting tool and other gifts he got on the weekend!

Craft: Christmas cards, making the Christmas garland from Jessica Sprague’s free class. I did the activity for Playgroup – Rudolf the Reindeer. They didn’t get antlers, but I’ve had a busy week!

Emily catching a ride on the fire engine at clean up time!

Singing: Away in a manger, Happy Birthday to Daddy.

Eating: Hot dogs, salad and icecream for tea.

Organising: Our verticals for the last couple of windows we have bare.

Watching: Upstairs Downstairs part 2

Giving: Phill’s present, and wrapping another one

Buying: My new phone. I’ve had no phone of my own for just over a year, and finally decided to go with an iPhone. Managed to keep it up and running for about 3hours before crashing it! Which must be some sort of record for me. Thanks to Phill for many hours in queues in the past week to find a phone, sort out the transfer of my number etc.

Realising: I need to do something about the pain level in my left hip as it’s stopping me sleeping (Seeing the Doctor on Friday). Or was the the builders next door?

Listening: Emily is such a cute singer!

Melissa

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December Daily: Day 10 Layout

Phill cooked up some pancakes this morning - we had been cleaning out the freezer and had no bread left. Not that we were complaining!

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December Daily: Day 12

Traditions: Opening the advent calendar.

Decorating: Well, more like undecorating from Phill's 30th party!

Singing: Away in a Manger - with Grandma O today. Emily just need to sing along with people now!

Dancing: To Silent Night

Eating: Alfredo with olives and semi dried tomatos and home made garlic bread. Daddy had another work party today so just Emily and I for tea.

Organising: My digital scrapbooking class.

Watching: The ultrasound of the baby. Today we had our 19 week scan and Phill and Emily came along. It was so amazing to see the 3d pictures/video of the baby. ‘Nano’ growing well and doing all the right things so the Sonologist was happy with that!

Giving: Away lots of goodies to my students! $40 worth of digital supplies, a getting started with digital scrapbooking booklet and more at my Christmas Fun workshop (you can register for the free online class here)

Listening: To the rain fall – again!

Melissa

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December Daily: Day 10

Traditions: Advent calendar.

Craft: Christmas cards

Decorating: Not exactly decorating, but preparing for Phill’s party.

Singing: You guessed it: Away in a manger.

Eating: Pancakes for breakfast!

Organising: Phill’s party.

Watching:  Emily riding her bike! She can just reach the pedals and can ride at least on the smooth floor inside.

Receiving: A few birthday cards for Phill

Cooking: 2 cakes, 1 cheesecake and 1 icecream cake

Buying: Meat, rolls and salad for the party.

Listening: Phill and Emily watching Anamaniacs and singing some song: “O so feathery”

Melissa

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