Saturday 30 June 2007

Time flies when your not having fun!

Oh that title sounds horrible, but our last week or so hasn't been fun at all. We have had sleeping problems with Ashca and Gemma. Lets just say it's been quite horrid! However I am glad to say that last night was good, and I was talking to a friend today who gave me more survival tips, so hopefully things we be moving up from here.

A few other things have been happening, nothing too interesting to you guys probably. But it's the little exciting things that make my life worthwhile.

Gemma has started talking a little bit. She says "uh-oh", and the other night she said "bye bye". Ashca and her both say the normal "mama" "dada" and "baba". Previously they have just been saying these, but not in reference to the actual people. But I have noticed them saying "mama" just to me now, so that's pretty cool. Ashca has also started making "woof" sounds when she hears a dog. It's pretty funny.

Gem has also now progressed to 3 teeth (she got one up the top the other night), and Ashca still has 2 with no signs of any more coming through just yet.

Ashca has also been cruising around lots more now. She lets go of furniture and can stand for a coupld of seconds unassisted, but this is only when she feels like it of course! She has also taken a couple of steps on the odd occasion too. Not anywhere near wlaking by herself completely yet, but definitely a start.

Chloe has also been a great source of entertainment lately. She is talking so much! She is always coming out with things that make me laugh or go "awwww". The other night I was making her a choccie milk and she started singing. You may know of the kids christian song "Jesus loves me", well if you don't know it, it goes... "Jesus loves me this I know, for the bible tells me so. Well when I made Chloe her choccie milk she made up a new version of the song, it went like this... "Chocolates yummy this I know, for the bible tells me so. How gorgeous is that?! She is such a funny chook!

All the kids are little bit sick at the moment, which is probably a major contributor to the problems at night. I think they are on the mend now, so happy with that.

I haven't been doing a great deal of scrapping lately. I have been busy working on Ashca and Gemma's birthday invitations. Talking of that... we did a little photo shoot the other day for their invitations. We didn't end up using any of these photos, cos we found better ones from only about 2 months ago, but here is a little collage to show you what photos we did get.



The only other scrapping I have done for at least a week was this card...



Good news though... my "Love, Elsie" products arrived yesterday, so I think I will be scrapping with them very soon! Well at least once I get the courage up to do it. I have a lot to live up to to achieve her kind of look. I really hope I don't stuff it all up!

I also went over to Tracey's on thursday to celebrate James turning 4. Here is another little collage of photos we took that day.


In other news... Mum and Max leave for the US tomorrow morning. They are going to be gone for a month. It's going to be so weird not having Mum right around the corner or just a phone call away. I will miss you heaps Mum! The good thing about her going away is that she will be bringing me back Elsie's book "52 scrapbooking challenges". I am totally excited and can't wait to get it!

We are also leaving for a little holiday in a couple of days time. We are heading up to NSW for 9 days. We are driving so it's going to be ... ummm... fun? Well, how do you think it will be with 3 kids!? I will try and log on and do a quick post every couple of days while I am away so you can see what we are up to, but I don't know how lucky I will be with getting internet access. I'll see how I go anyway.

Okay, I have one more little girl to put to bed, so I better get going. Will try and come back again and post before we leave on Tuesday, but don't hold me to it!

Thursday 21 June 2007

some scrapping...

Just popping in quickly to show off some scrapping I have done lately.

some cards first...




And now for the LO's...

(Some of you from my class may recognise these papers.)



And lastly a "photo frame thingy"...


I have done a few other things which I would really love to show off, but I am holding back as I may be entering them into the FK awards of excellence.


Thanks for looking!

Wednesday 13 June 2007

dress ups, a tin, and a kid free cleaning day.........

Oh my this week has been busy! I feel like I have had so much happening, it's hard to keep track of. Fortunately, my gorgeous Mum bought be a really beaut diary to keep track of all my comings and goings - thanks Mum!

Here are some pics of Chloe. The other day she came running out of her room yelling "Look at me Mum!" and this is what I found...



Apparantly dressing up like this looks "pwetty"! I must try it when I next go out... PMSL!

I held another class last night, as you probably already know! Here is my sample of the keepsake tin that everyone made at the class...


There are other pics on the Scrapniques Classes blog if you want to go and check them out. Plus there are the details for the next 2 classes too. Still spots available! Also, I am in search of people to help me get the party side of scrapniques happening. Here is a link to the post telling you all about what I mean. Email me if you want a class list. Also I can run crops with raffles and games too!

Okay, enough promoting for now... hehe!

Well today was a big day for me and the girls. It was their first day in family day care. They are going to be going once a week now, every wednesday. They babies seemed okay with it, but Chloe absolutely LURVED it! Put it this way, as we were leaving, she was yelling out to her carer Cheryl... "Bye Shewyl! Jum (thanks) for habing me! See you ned (next) time! Luv you!" - How adorable is that?!

As soon as I walked in the door to pick them up, Chloe ran up to me and showed me her bracelet that Cheryl made for her. Apparantly Chloe picked all the beads for it, and Cheryl put it together. It's her pride and joy right now!

So, what did I do in my spare time? Well it's not really spare time for me. The day is set aside for me to do things that I can't do with the kids, namely housework! However today I desperately needed to go shopping. So right after I dropped them off I went to Get Fresh (local fruit and veg store) Then I went to the meat Get Fresh right next door, and then to NQR on the other side. I then packed it all into the car and drove over to Kmart and Coles. In Kmart I bought new runners for Chloe (which I have to take back cos they are too small) a new bathmat, and a bulk box of washing powder. Then lastly I ventured through Coles.

Now this is something that I very rarely get to do. Going to many shops I mean. Usually because I have the kids I have to go to just Coles, cos it's too hard trapsing them around everywhere. But doing that means I am paying waaaayyyy to much for meat and vegies. So this way I was able to save a bit of money.

Then when I got home I made my house look very nice indeed! I mainly worked in the main bedroom and bathrooms cos they were pretty horrid. But I am proud to say they look darn good now! I also vacuumed the whole house and tidied everything as I went. The only thing I haven't done is the scrap room (which I will do tonight) and the toy room (which I think is better doing with Chloe so we will do that tomorrow).

Oh my, I have rambled on quite enough already. I better shut up!

Will come back later...

They all went well there. The biggest giveaway that it went well is that they all had an afternoon nap. I think if they were unsettled they would not have slept. So that was a relief for me!

Tuesday 12 June 2007

The winner has been posted...

for the class one homework kit at Scrapniques Classes blog - check it out!

Sunday 10 June 2007

A bit of scrapping...

I have done a bit of scrapping, so I thought I would share...

Firstly, here is the card I made for Tracey's birthday last week...


And here is the present I made for her. It is a mini canvas trio.


Next is a LO I just completed. It was for a challenge over at 3AS
For the Queens birthday long weekend we have been challenged by Rosy and Jo to do a page containing the word "Queen" in the title, it also has to have bling and pink on the page too. There are some gorgeous pages coming out! Check them out here. We have until Monday night to upload them so there is still time for you to give it a go if you want to.



Well Israel is on his way home from work now, he has been at work all day today and will be there all day tomorrow too. It's report writing time so it's a bit crazy. Then he has all the end of term stuff to do, plus we need to start getting things organised for our big trip up north in 3 weeks time. I am so excited, it's going to be such fun!

Alright, will be back tomorrow.

Oh, before I go, a little reminder... if you haven't voted for the class one homework pages over at the Scrapniques Classes blog, you better get on with it! Hehe! Voting closes tomorrow at midnight!

Thursday 7 June 2007

drool...

Okay, I have just been bumming around on the puter, and was checking out Red Velvet Art, when I saw their new kit.

Now I don't usually think about ordering from the US, but oh my, I want this one!

Here is the link...

I tried to calculate how much the products alone would cost here, and I think it would be close to $60. Now the kit is $30, and then I would be charged $10 for postage, so that comes to $40. Now that's $US, so lets convert it now... and it is $47.26!

Now that's still cheaper than if I bought it all here. Plus, the kit has been put together by some of my all time favourite scrappers!

Oh so tempting!

Busy Busy!

Oh my, my life is busy at the moment! Good busy though, I am having lots of fun organising all the scrapniques classes stuff!
By the way, thanks so much to everyone who has already voted, you are awesome! And if you haven't voted yet, get that butt into gear and EMAIL me!
The blog header comp closes tonight. I have 2 fabulous entries so far, but still don't let that stop you entering! Entries need to be in by 6pm, but email me if you want to do it later tonight and I will hold off judging. I know most people like to scrap at night.

Well I went to Cheryl's funeral yesterday with Mum and Cam. It was so sad! But it was really nice to see how many people were there. To either show there respects to Cheryl, or to support the family. The place was totally overfilled, and it was definitely not a small room! Cheryl was such a fantastic lady and will be dearly missed!

Then last night I went to Tracey's for a very relaxing night of scrapping and chatting. I did more of Ash and Gem's invitations. They are looking very good! He he!

Well I am just waiting for Ashy to wake up from her morning sleep and then the girls and I are going out galavanting! First stop is Get Fresh (fruit and veg shop) and then we will head off to Spotlight. Then back home for a nap, then we might go for a walk to the post office.

I haven't done much scrapping for myself for a while, so I think I might sit down in front of the telly tonight and do some!

Anyway, this is about all I have to say.

Until next time... keep smiling!
Dannii xx

Wednesday 6 June 2007

Voting is open!

Please go to the Scrapniques Classes blog to vote for your favourite page!

Tuesday 5 June 2007

Scrapniques Classes Blog

I have finally started up a blog just for my classes.

Scrapniques Classes

I have a little comp on there at the moment, so check it out. I would love it if everyone I know could have a go at it!

I will also be putting the homework pages from my last class up there in the next day or so. I will be asking everyone I know to vote for one page as the winner. The winner will get the next kit for free! So check in again tomorrow night as I should have the pages up by then.

get your photos printed!


I couldn't resist telling everyone I know about this cool sale!

Camera House is having a sale. They always have special deals happening, but this one is cool! A good one for all your scrappers out there!

Go to Camera House and then click on the Prints online tab to take you to the place where you order your prints.

Enter the promo code WINTER into the print@camerahouse ordering wizard to access this amazing special!

Offer valid from Monday 4th June 2007 - Midnight AEST Sunday 24th June 2007.

Have fun!

Monday 4 June 2007

Happy Monday!

Hi all... how was your weekend?

Mine was busy, as usual!
Saturday was church, and then in the afternoon Israel had a meeting back at church. I stayed at home with the cranky kids. It's mainly Ash that's out of sorts at the moment, it's so draining!

Then Saturday night Shannon and Israel went out to the city to do some photography, and Jodi and I stayed at home and scrapped. I got Cat's journal done, so I will be posting that off to you today or tomorrow Alison!

It was kind of bad on Saturday night. The boys didn't get home till late, so Israel and I didn't go to bed until 2am. Then the kids had a shocking night. They started cracking it at 4am, and then finally at 5am I gave Ashca and Gemma breaky. Israel gave Chloe a snack and took her back to bed. I got back in bed again from 6am to 8am. So I got a huge amount of sleep, 2 lots of 2 hours! The problem was, I was meant to get up at 7am to get everyone ready to leave for the Zoo at 8:30am, but I didn't set the alarm, so I we didn't get up til 8:15am. It was such a mad rush to get everyone ready. We ended up leaving at 8:55am, not too bad considering!

So, anyway, we spent Sunday at Werribee Zoo with the Kaplan's and the Winch's. It was such a good day. That is definitely the best Zoo we have been too! The kids all had a ball, even Ashca and Gemma! I will have to come back later and post pics cos I have to upload them still.

Before I go though, I just want to post about my good friends Nick and Miranda. They have finally joined the blogging world, if anyone out there knows them and wants to read it, here is the link... Dunstan's World

Okay, it's time for me to get some washing on. Back later!