Merry Christmas!

I'm baaaack! :)
Hope you've all had a Merry Christmas.... here's a bit of mine!

We had a fantastic Christmas at my mum & dad's house; we were a bit concerned about the drive there on Wednesday night (well, to be honest, everyone but ME was concerned, and I was the driver! Ohhh if I'd had a pound for every time somebody said 'drive carefully, the roads will be icy'!!!) but as it turned out the roads were fine until we got about half an hour away from mum's then it got really foggy, but still not icy. So that was fine, made it in the normal 3 hours... my mum was sooooo excited to see us and both kiddies woke up and played with Gran & Grandad, and didn't go to bed until about 11pm! (We arrived at 9!)
There was a fair bit of snow there so on Christmas Eve we all went sledding, had SO much fun. Kathryn was SOOO tired as she got up at a normal time despite her late night, but she still enjoyed it, and Alexander had loads of fun. My mum's neighbours had given us permission to sled on their hill as they were away for Christmas anyway so it was just right next door, fantastic place.



We had a nice and relaxed Christmas Eve, prepared the veggies for Christmas dinner, and just played and vegged out a bit. We watched the old Disney cartoons (Mickey and Donald with the Chipmunks etc) in the evening, then put the kids to bed and we watched a Muppet's Christmas Carol and wrapped the last few presents.... then put all of the presies under the tree (which looked obscene there were so many!! Wasn't even my fault this year - we didn't overdo it! ) and off to bed ourselves.

I woke up every hour on the hour, either due to Kathryn coughing (she'd got a terrible cough while we were away) or needing a pee, or thinking I heard Alexander up, or maybe just 'cos I was excited too... but anyway, Kathryn got us up at 7am and we opened our stockings on the bed then went through to Gran & Grandad and opened all of the presents under the tree... it took a good few hours to get through them all but was good fun! Alexander was incredibly impressed with his Lego - Santa had wrapped 2 lego kits (a crane and a flatbed lorry), a big box of mixed lego bits, and 2 sets of Daily Mirror Lego mini-kits all in one big box, so when he opened it it was just 'wow! Wow! WOW! WOW!"

I can't even remember everything I got.... some shirts & some socks, a mini printer for printing off photos (which isn't economical for large amounts but if I just want a quick picture to put in a letter or osmething it's ideal - it also prints postcards etc!), the wiifit plus game, a REAL slinky , a watch... ummmmmm some yummies.... can't remember everything else off the top of my head, but I really was spoiled!

The kids were insanely spoiled too, but I won't list everything they got, haha, would take forever!

We played and relaxed a bit, then Kathryn went for a nap while we tidied up. My mum's 2 sisters and their families arrived at 2 and we all went sledding again which was loads of fun.

The rest of the day passed in normal Christmas-day fashion - dinner (11 of us at the table!), more presents with mum's family, then a lazy evening socializing and playing with them.



Boxing day we didn't do much although Adam and I went sledding with the kids again by which time I was totally and completely exhausted!!! We packed all of our stuff up that night although didn't put it in the car until the next morning.... my parents' big present for us was a month's worth of shopping which they bought and wrapped in a huge box hehe, so it was quite a LOT of stuff to put in the car, with all of our presents as well. We were well and truly packed in tight - we even had a couple of things shoved under the frount seats lol... but that's all part of Christmas away!

It snowed overnight that night so we woke up to 6+ inches of snow the morning we were meant to be leaving... couldn't get up their wee road so they had to give us a push around the corner... but once we got up the roads were clear the rest of the way... we went through Perth instead of bypassing, thinking the roads would be clearer than in the little towns near Perth... but it was the worst part of road we'd been on, the roads hadn't been cleared, they were just slush and ice and wet. Awful!!! Anyway the rest of the trip was uneventful and we got home about 5.30pm.

Took the kids in to Adam's parents' house, emptied our car then went in to his parents' house again for presies and dinner... had a nice evening there and then home for bed - and even MORE presents to open the next morning, ones that we'd left at home rather than take to mum & dad's just to save space! Not too many for Monday morning but still! Our wee house is fit to burst now! Going to have to spend the next week finding spaces to put all of our new toys! :)



Anyway, off to bury my nose in a book for a wee while before bed, will try and post more often! :)

xxx

FOUND IT! :D

YAY!
Finally found my wallet, it's been missing for about two weeks lol!!!
It was in a co-op bag with a bag of potatos in the under-stairs cupboard, of course!! :P
YAY i'm so happy, I was JUST about to call all of my card companies and get new cards sent!! :) WOoohoooOOOOoooOOO!

Isle of Mull Mod

Too late and too tired to write much, but the mod today went well. I made it through my solo with no problems, it was a bit fast and nervous and made a few small mistakes but nothing too bad, got a decent score anyway.
The Mull Ladies' choir won :D and the Atomic Piseag choir that I also sing in came second after them! (Yup I was singing in 2 choirs within the same competition!! :) )
The Mull Mixed Choir got two seconds, which isn't bad either! :)
We had a lovely day, been to the ceilidh tonight which is why I'm posting in the wee hours of the morning!! Ceilidh was great fun. :)

Here's a video of one of our songs from the Ladies' choir, enjoy! :)

Where IS IT!?!?!

I lost my wallet about a week and a half - maybe even two weeks ago. I'm not sure exactly WHEN i lost it, but the last time I know I had it, I was in the bakery. I checked in there a few days later and it wasn't there. I'm SURE i brought it home. Well, mostly sure. But sure enough.

But anyway - I didn't think much of it at first cos I'm constantly misplacing things andt hey always turn up under a couch or somthing within a couple of days. But yeah, it's probably been nearly two weeks now and I still don't have it. I've been using Adam's card to get money when I need it, which is fine, but it's got all of my cards and my driving license and I can't even remember what else in it! I don't think it's been stolen, because, as I said, I had it in the bakery then came home... and haven't had it since. But... what I'm terribly afraid of is that Kathryn might have binned it!!! She's not too bad for binning things without 'asking' first, but occasionally she does. And it was long enough ago now that it'll have gone out to the wheelie bins and the dump.

Now, my house isn't the tidiest, so there are loads of nooks and crannies, but over the past week I have looked EVERYWHERE that I can possibly think of....

Long time no speak :)

Things have been crazily busy lately!!! We are having choir two evenings a week now. This is the standard pre-mod-panic that we have every August/September... I'm finally starting to feel more confident with the choir ones, only one to go that I'm not sure on... and the Piseag choir ones I feel much better about after the Saturday rehearsal that I went to - although I have quite a bit of memorizing to do before the 12th! I've almost got my first solo memorized - I have to have it confidently by the 12th (local mod) then I'm going to cram like mad to learn the other one (the Eriskay Love Lilt) by the National Mod. I've spoken to my accompanist though for it and I'm quite confident that I can learn it too.

I have, over the past week and half, finally managed to get my house looking a bit more presentable! I was really depressed about it for a while as it was SO overwhelming, but I've managed to tackle it one room at a time. It's not done yet but at least it's getting there, there are less toys in the living room & conservatory which make a HUGE difference, and over the weekend Adam took out all of the stuff that had to go under the house that had been living in the Conservatory so finally we have some space in there again! :) Alexander really likes playing up in his bedroom now too which is lovely. (I went to ikea recently and bought new shelves for their room and swapped rooms over so they have the bigger room now!) It also means that I can go up and put clothes away or tidy up or whatever else and they're happy to play up there, whereas before they'd just come in my room and try and climb all over everything i was doing! I still have a lot to do but I'm feeling happier with it all so that's good! :)

Kathryn now says 'hiya,' 'yeah,' 'wow' and 'yay' and signs for Help too (patting her chest) which she uses to her full advantage :) And she has JUST learned to put her arms up for 'all done' which is very cute too. :) Adam claims she has said banana at least three times but I'm yet to hear it!! :) I think she said bath the other day too - she pointed at it excitedly and went 'BA!' several times!! :) Her and Alexander are playing together more now too, it's so sweet to watch; he takes great pride in making her giggle! :)

Alexander is loving playgroup, there are a few changes this year with it being in the school, but he's taking it in his stride and we're hearing a bit more about what he's doing now which is nice!! :) He's finding it strange that none of his good friends are there any more, there are only one or two that he played with last year that are left, but his best friend Jamie's wee sister is there and he likes her, and he's starting to make friends with a few more too. We had another friend Ava around to play yesterday which was nice, she's just 3, same age as Keira, but Alexander really gets on well with her and misses seeing her. She has started going to the playgroup in Salen so she doesn't come to Dervaig toddler group on Friday any more, which we still go to, so we arranged a play date so they could see each other again. Michelle (her mum) came too, with her wee boy who is just coming up to a year. Michelle is about my age and we chat at toddler group all of the time, so it was lovely to have her over for the afternoon, and Kathryn & Johnnie pulled out all of the toys in the living room together. :)

We also had Jamie around to play on Thursday afternoon, which was lovely. They were as good as gold, they went upstairs to Alexander's room just before 2pm and they stayed up there playing happily until Jane arrived at 4.30! He's actually coming over this morning for a couple of hours too which Alexander is looking forward to.

On another note! I've finally managed to get a childminding job, it's only one day a week, but it's a start, and she's interested in more days next year, possibly. Her wee boy is only 15 months, so same as Kathryn, she also has a little tiny baby 4 weeks old who I won't be watching at the moment but maybe next year I will. She came to meet me on Wednesday and seems nice, her little boy seems very laid back too. Kathryn slept for more of the time that they were here so she didn't really get to meet them much, but I'm sure they'll have fun together. I'll have him on Wednesdays from 9-5, so a long day, but at least it's Wednesday, as we'd be goign to toddlers in the morning anyway, so I can take him, and also Adam's home in the afternoon so Alexander won't be as left out!

Tomorrow I am going to Bunessan, to take pictures of the Argyll Arms Hotel, for their new brochure, which I'm quite looking forward to! I hope the weather is half decent, doesn't need to be great but I do need some outdoor pictures! I've also had a couple of photo shoots for friends, one last week and one coming up this week, so things are starting to get going with it. I've got a Golden Wedding Anniversary party to take pictures of at the beginning of October, too, and I think I'm planning a Christmas photo shoot open day sometime in November if I can!! :) Here's a link to my website, for anyone who might be interested! :) http://www.donnadugdale.webs.com/

My Open University course starts this week - I'm doing an Openings course called 'Understanding Children.' I'm a bit nervous about it... but I'm excited too, I really hope it goes well. It looks like an interesting enough course, it's just whether or not I'm capable of writing essays and doing research any more!! But that's the whole point of this course, to teach me how to do that again, so I hope it goes well! :)

We are thinking about taking a holiday at the end of October. Adam hasn't asked for the time off yet, but his boss is on holiday, so he will ask him on Monday when he gets back - I hope! If he does get it - we are going to drive over the course of a few days, to Birmingham, and visit Thomasland. :) We think we'll stop in Glasgow first, then in the Lakes to visit Joanne (Adam's cousin who is 12, Alexander adores her!), then down to Thomasland, maybe stopping at Blackburn in either direction if there's a possibility of the boys going to a football game :) (It'd be a long time for Alexander to sit through a game, but on the other hand, I think he'd LOVE the special treat with Daddy! and nothing would thrill Adam more), and then back to Joanne's on the way back (Neil & Grace offered us the bed both ways so we can hardly turn it down!! :) Joanne is going to make a list of things that are fun for the kids to do while we're there!!) and then stop back in or near Glasgow and then back home. The longest stretch of driving is actually Oban to Glasgow - and we think if we travel in the evenings there will be less traffic and the kids will be more likely to sleep so it should be easier. We're not 100% decided on it but we really want to take Alexander to Thomasland while he's still obsessed for one, but also while he's young enough that he'll still appreciate the magic - it'll be like Disneyworld to him! There's also a zoo and other theme park things there and the admission pays for the lot. Sooo anyway we're really excited about it (well, I am. Adam's indifferent at the moment but I think that's just cos he has to ask for time off work! I think he'll be more excited once it's a reality!). We'll probably be away for about 10 days (allowing for 2 day stops at each interval) but if he's got two weeks off work it means he'll get a couple of days at home to relax when we get back.

I think that's all of my news for now ;) I know I haven't updated in ages, I was hoping to write personal letters to a few people before I updated my blog but I haven't quite finished doing that and I thought it was far too long since I'd written in here! :)
Will be back soon! x

Sorry...

Sorry I haven't been posting, so much to update on, really.
This is just a quick happy birthday to me post :)
And a few pics of my baby that I took yesterday!!! :)

Buddy!

YAY! I got a letter from my buddy today :)
If my buddy is reading this... I love you & miss you!!!!!! :)
You made my day! :)

More Camping!! :)

We went camping again this weekend, had a lovely time! We ended up going to the same place, and just pitched the tent on the other beach, because we couldn't decide where else to go instead!
The weather was forecast to be very hot and sunny, but it was actually a really strange day - it was overcast but hot, one of those days that you get sunburnt without suspecting it - which we all did! :( Poor babykin has a burnt back, bald patch and cheeks(I did put sunscreen on but I guess I didn't reapply soon enough! :( ), Alexander has sunburnt ears & face, Adam's arms & neck got it, and I have a slight sunburn on my back & face (but not too bad - and I'm the only one that didn't have sunscreen on :) I have a very different complexion to Adam!) My worst burn is actually the parting in my hair - I had bunches in, and the line right down the middle of my head is stinging!!! But anyway, it kept looking like the weather might change for the worse but the bad stuff must have bypassed us and by about 4pm the sun was shining fully again and it was lovely.



We got there just before lunchtime, put up the tent, had lunch, FINALLY managed to get Kathryn to take a nap (after a lot of screaming!)We played for AGES on the beach... built castles, played at the water's edge a bit, mostly just running away from the waves, which Alexander loves doing! :)




The boys also collected firewood for our campfire, and went rock climbing :) For dinner, we had bough a couple of steaks and cut them into cubes so we made kebabs with steak and tomatos and peppers... they were sooooo yummy. We also had the usual hot dogs & sausages & baked potatos & a tin of beans (and a tin of spaghetti o's this time too heehee)... then watermelon and toasted marshmallows for pudding. Yummmmmmmmmy! ;D



Kathryn went to bed first although it took her ages to go to sleep, she just misses her cot I think! She just sleeps in the tent next to me so nothing to resemble a bed at all really. She sleeps in her grobag but she's stopped sleeping in it at home so she probably doesn't associate it with sleep any more. Alexander was in bed before she was asleep but she did calm down around then anyway (after me sitting cuddling her for ages) and then slept like a log the rest of the night. Mind you, they weren't in bed until probably close to 9.30 or 10pm.
Adam and I ended up sitting chatting until almost midnight, it was such a lovely evening, not cold at all (we just had sweaters & jeans on) and sat by the campfire talking and drinking tea!

I woke up a few times through the night, but woke up with a start in the morning as I heard someone walk past the tent! :o We were COMPLETELY remote, and I knew it had to be early... all four of us were in the tent so I was a bit freaked out. But anyway the noise disappeared so I lay back down. I was wide awake though and just lay there listening, heard a few more noises but couldn't be sure of what I was hearing. So I just stayed there awake (we didn't have watches, so no idea what time it was other than if we turned our mobile phones on - they just stayed off otherwise while we were there cos there's no signal!) and waited. Alexander woke up a few minutes later bursting for a pee so opened the tent up, looked out and saw:




TONS of them!!! They'd made their way to the beach right past our tent early in the morning - that's what I'd heard!!!
They didn't bother with us anyway, so we just carried on and had our breakfast (sausages on bread, cooked on the camping stove!) and tried to function a little. Turned out it aws about 7am so not too bad. It was chilly but sunny. I was insanely tired though (I think I must have been awoken from the wrong stage of sleep or something - I was actually falling asleep sitting up at some points!) so by about 9.30 I had to go for a nap, so Kathryn & I both fell asleep in the tent for an hour or so, which I needed. I woke up with a start again to hear a cow chewing right by my head; I looked up and there was an outline of a cow on the side fo the tent lol, it was right behind it! Then looked out the frount and there were two more wandering around our picnic blanket (Adam & Alexander were up on the rocks watching all of this!). Anyway I dozed off and when I woke up a few minutes later, they were gone. Went out to where the boys were and they said there was one nosing right in the frount of our tent, but I must have been asleep then... and the cameras were in the tent so they couldnt' get a picture!
Anyway, after the cows left we went down to the beach but it was so covered in cow-pats that we had to go over to the other beach instead! We skimmed stones and played in the sand a bit, and Alexander played with his ferry boat in the sea :) and we just spent a few hours playing, really.




Then had lunch, got changed out of sandy clothes, and slowly packed up and came home. It was about 3.00 when we left, 3.40 when we got home... Kathryn fell asleep about 3.30 in the car, and Alexander fell asleep on the couch inside at about 4pm, then Adam fell asleep at about 4.45 :lol: so I just sat at teh computer and caught up on posts etc!! haha! Kathryn woke at about 5 and I had to wake the boys up at half past 5 hahaha!

We had a lovely time anyway!!! Hope we get to go again soon! :)

Kathryn's photos

Picked up Kathryn's photos, just wanted to share, nothing much more to say at the moment! :)
Mod went well on Saturday, was a really good day actually, the choir got a joint first, a second and joint third.... mind you it was out of four choirs but hey, first is first! lol! :)
Hopefully this week will be relatively calm and stress free! :)

It's been one of those weeks!!!

It's just been SO busy! :(

We went camping on the weekend, which was LOADS of fun, but it means we don't have the 'normal' weekend to tidy up the house, relax, catch up on laundry etc!
Then Monday was spent doing birthday preparations for Kathryn, and then Adam informed me at about 2pm that we were having a barbeque with his parents & brother & sister at about 6pm for dinner, which was lots of fun, but it meant I had even less time to do birthday prep! Was up until 1am doing presents, preparing food, making the cake, tidying up. Tuesday morning we gave Kathryn her presents and then I spent the rest of the morning party-prepping and house-tidying (when I wasn't procrastinating on here that is) then playgroup ended half an hour early on Tuesday as there was a funeral in the afternoon and the playgroup uses the church hall so they had to get out by 12.15... picked Alexander up and home again just before guests started arriving... the party went from 12.45ish until about 2.30pm... one of the party guests stayed until about 3ish to catch up with me and let her daughter play with Alexander a bit more, then at 3.30, rather than clean up the party mess I walked down the street for something for dinner, ended up getting home at 5 just before Adam had a lazy dinner and Adam thankfully tidied up some of the party mess and did the dishes while I put the kids to bed. Sat half-zombied on the computer for a few hours then went to bed.
This morning I had toddler group but since it was a sunny day I walked ALexander to playgroup then down the hill for toddler group, then back up the hill after toddlers to pick him up at 12.40 then back down :lol: to go to the co-op to get fruit to make a fruit salad for a bbq that Adam informed me this morning we'd be going to at a friend of his' house (we are NEVER sociable, I think I'm on people over-load!) to see friends visiting from Australia! So anyway, got the fruit for the fruit salad and then walked back UP the hill (pushing Kathryn all this time although I made Adam push her up the last time as he was finished work!)
Helped Alexander build a lego digger this afternoon and then did some laundry, tidied the kitchen and spent about an HOUR making the fruit salad with Alexander's help. :)
Went to the bbq at 6.30, socialized awkwardly with people I hardly know (although the visiting friends from Australia had a 6 month old baby girl with them so I got lots of cute baby cuddles and snuggles!) and excused myself at 8.30 with two sleepy children, leaving Adam to walk home when he's done!
Put the kids to bed without a bath and really should be enjoying my solo evening at home (they dont' happen often!) but I'm just SO sleepy. Tried to make a siggy but I'm just so tired I have no creativity in me! Think I might need an early night!
My house is a complete tip.... I just haven't had a chance to do ANYTHING it seems. Tomorrow morning I have Kathryn's jabs at noon, might be visiting a friend before that (more socializing!) then I've promised to go visit the aforementioned friend that showed up at Kathryn's party if the weather is still nice to let the kids play in the paddling pool! :P Can't be bothered at all but it's only cos I'm lazy and exhausted :lol: and they live about 30-40 minutes drive away... which seems a lot, but in island terms it's not too bad. I know we'll all have a lovely time anyway if we do go! :lol: And she is going away on Saturday as she is pregnant and due later this month so is going to stay in Edinburgh with her mum 'til baby is born. So anyway, weather permitting I'll be doing that tomorrow afternoon.
Then I have choir tomorrow evening (in Salen, which is 20 minutes away!) then on Friday I have to take both kids to Oban (half hour drive then 45 minute ferry!) to go view Kathryn's photographs... and while I'm over there I did think I might take the kids swimming in the Oban pool... something to do that isn't shopping!
THEN on Saturday I have to go BACK to Oban ::) with Choir for the Oban Mod, which means I will be away all day again from noonish until about 7.30pm!!! :o

I think I might sleep all day Sunday!

Happy 1st Birthday Kathryn! :)

Today was Kathryn's 1st Birthday! I can't believe she's already one, although I can hardly remember her not being here. She's turned into such a wee monster, full of mischief but of the cutest kind! She just grins at you with such a twinkle in her eye when she knows she's doing something wrong... but when you say 'no' the big bottom lip pouts out and the tears start!! She's definately going to keep me on my toes over the next year... or twenty!

She had a lovely day today - we had a party at lunchtime and she had 3 little baby friends and their brothers & sisters (who played with Alexander) come over for a couple of hours. She had lots of fun flirting with everyone, and enjoyed the constant flow of food!!

Presents were a tea set, ladybug rainjacket & umbrella, swimsuit, shape sorter, emptying dolly's bottle and book from us, a pram from Alexander for her dolly, a new doll from Gran & Grandad, some bath toys, a toy purse full of soft phone/wallet/keys/compact!, two dresses and a set of puzzles for when she's a bit bigger. :)

We've all had a great day and are now all completely exhausted! Kathryn didn't even have a nap this afternoon despite a walk in her pram after the party! Guess she was just too excited about it all! Hope they both sleep late tomorrow though! :)

Off to bed myself now, here are a few more pictures!

Camping again! :)

We decided to go camping again this weekend - I was supposed to be going to Oban for a choir rehearsal today, but I decided to skip it and go camping with the family - much more fun! :)
The weather was amazing, the kids had SO much fun... they went paddling in the sea and built sandcastles and we played frisbee... we had hotdogs and pork kebabs and ribs, baked potatos (in tinfoil in the fire!) and a tin of beans for dinner, followed by toasted marshmallows... the kiddies ended up not going to bed until about 9ish for Kathryn and 10ish for Alexander as it was so light and we didn't have watches on that we hadn't realized the time until we checked our phones!!
We used our new tent which we ordered off of Amazon for £30 and it's GREAT! It's bigger, easy to assemble and easy to put away! We were much warmer than last time, and slept much better!
Kathryn woke up at 5.30 with an exploded nappy but then after half an hour of playing went back to sleep 'til 7.30 which was okay! Poor wee thing was very tired today and didn't have her morning nap but she fell asleep as soon as we got in the car to drive home. She has SO much fun though being outside all of the time, it's so lovely.
Poor Kathryn got a sunburnt bald patch on the top of her head though!! We put sunscreen all over her but never even throught of her head! Alexander has two little sunburnt patches on the backs of his legs and Adam's neck is bright red! I'm the only one that didn't wear any sunscreen and I just have a little bit of red on my shoulder's and that's it! Think the kids must have inherited Adam's complexion!
We're all exhausted now though, and stink of campfire smoke, and have to wash everything that we took with us because it's all smokey too. But it's worth it! Had a lovely lovely time! Can't wait to go again!!!

Here are some pictures! :)





That's all for now! :)

Hello from me again :)

Apologies to anyone who downloaded my freebie and had problems with the papers - some people did and others didn't! Not sure what went wrong?! I'm working on a new one so we'll see if it happens again!!

I've not been very well this week - a bad cold turned into a bad cough which turned into bronchitis, which then resulted in antibiotics which have completely wiped me out and made me feel like I have the flu!

Kathryn has also been under the weather and ended up with pink-eye over the weekend but it doesn't actually seem to have affected her much, she's still her happy little self!! :) She got her first pair of shoes last week which are VERY cute :)



Not much been happening since then, have just been lying low trying to recover from this cold! :P Have a busy few weeks up ahead with choir though... we're singing at a concert this weekend at Duart Castle, then next Friday we have our ceilidh, then the following week on the Saturday we have the Oban Mod - which were NOT ready for at all, and I can't forsee us becoming ready by then!! But we'll see! :P

Kathryn's birthday is in two weeks, I can't believe it! We're going to have a little party on Wednesday with just a couple of baby friends, nothing too exciting but enough to celebrate! :) We've bought her a ladybug rainjacket & umbrella, a book, a teaset and a little bottle to feed her dolly... and Alexander has got her a toy pram... I think we did well for buying just small things! Except for the pram, it's a bit bigger, but that was from Alexander so it doesn't count. ;)

Hopefully I'll be back soon with my new digi kit for anyone who's interested! :)

x

My first digi freebie kit! :)

Well I finally tried it! Have made a kit for siggy making/digi scrapbooking! It's not the best kit in the world, and the papers are probably all a bit small for printing, but good for tags and siggies and textures etc.

Most of the pictures were taken at Calgary beach when I went with the kids a few weeks ago.

Please do download it, and try it out, and give me constructive criticism; I have a few other selections of photos I'd like to use in the future to make more kits, but I could use some feedback so I know what I've done right & wrong!

You are free to use my kit however you want, no credit needed to me. It includes a mixture of papers, frames, elements and an upper case alpha/ numbers set.



Click here http://www.mediafire.com/?hjnzyommemz to download.

Enjoy!! :)

Baby Steps Siggy

Made this siggy for myself tonight, just thought I'd share :)

YAY!!! My baby girl is GREAT! :)

YAY YAY YAY!!! When Adam was home for lunch he said she'd done one step, then while he was still home she did one again.... and within the past hour she has come on like mad, she's so proud of herself! I knew it wouldnt' be long but wow, so fast!! YAY! She has exhausted herself though and has gone for a nap! :)
I'm such a proud and happy mummy! And I'm SO glad Adam saw that first step, I feel so bad for him missing out an all of these things!


Wooohooooooo!


Ooh! And! We've just bought a new tent, YAY! Ordered it on Amazon, £30 not bad! So excited for it to come! :)