Preschool and Crafting

1.  Preschool has begun. We are now 2 weeks in and I think it’s going to be okay.  Day 1 went well. Day 2 – a screaming little boy was carried in by the preschool director after she pried him from his car seat. (yikes) Day 3 went well and he stayed for lunch and quiet time. When I picked him up, he wouldn’t talk to me but warmed up after a peach Sprite “peace offering” from Sonic Happy Hour.  Yesterday he asked me to drop him off rather than walk him in. We’re making progress!!!  While he’s at preschool on WF the girls and I head to the library, grab a study room and get almost all of their school done while we’re there. Math is the only thing we have to do when we get home. On Mondays, we come home and get everything completed before lunch, then we have a couple of hours to do stuff around the house before we pick up Baby Brother. Really liking the new schedule.  Here’s Baby Guy ready for school (and refusing to hold his backpack or look at the camera):


2.  We have been doing some paper crafting.  I made a covered composition book as a journal for a friend’s birthday and made another friend a covered notepad to use as a grocery list. The journal used Friends ‘Til the End and Gratitude Journal . The notepad used Mehndi Medallion (the best $5 stamp set ever) and Half and Half. No photos of either. Elizabeth made a bookmark for a friend using Half and Half along with some accents from Tiny Treats: Valentine and Limitless Layers that a PTI Forum friend sent her (they arrived the day after one of E’s sweet little friends moved to south Florida and she was very sad and weepy…it was a fun mail day for her and cheered her up so much…talk about perfect timing!) The sentiment below the doggy is from Mixed Messages. E’s friend loves orange and her dog is black and white. 

  
And a close up of the inside:

Recipe:
Orange cardstock: Michael’s
Ink: Versafine, Onyx Black
Stamps: (all Papertrey Ink) Tiny Treats: Valentine, Gratitude Journal, Half and Half, Mixed Messages
Dies:  (all Papertrey Ink) Limitless Layers, Half and Half