Project 52 v2011: Weeks 32 - 35

Week 32: August 7-13, 2011

It’s been so hot here, everything is getting dried on the line. And…mmm…nothing is better than sheets dried on the line!

Week 33: August 14-20, 2011

Elizabeth’s CASE of Audrey’s card for the PTI July Blog Hop.

Week 34: August 21-27, 2011

My baby boy started preschool this week! He goes on MWF and stays for extended care on Mondays. It’s working great and after initial hesitation (the second day was really bad) he loves school!

Week 35: August 28 – September 3, 2011

While Harrison was at preschool, Bippie and LG met us at the library. When we finished school, we went to the park for about fifteen minutes before we had to go get Harrison. The girls had such a fun time.

Shower Invites

My cousin is expecting her first baby, a girl, in December. My mom, sister and I are hosting her baby shower. We wanted to make a pretty invitation for her so I started looking around for inspiration.  I found this card by Debbie Olson and we used it as our “jumping off” point.  I wanted to order the Damask Designs stamps, but didn’t really have time to wait on them to get here. So, we searched for paper. 

All the damask papers I found were hot pink, black and orange. Fun, but not what I was looking for. I finally found some soft, creamy pink papers in several different patterns. I went with the polka-dot and herringbone (love the herringbone!).  I really love the die that Debbie used so I picked up that set, too. Making these was the first time I’ve used my Scotch ATG and I love it!!

Recipe:
Cardstock: Eggshell (Bazzill Basics, classic texture)
Patterned Paper: Sweetpea Pink Polka-Dot and Herringbone (The Paper Studio)
Die: Fancy Tags One (Spellbinders)
Ribbon: Fine Linen Twill (Papertrey Ink)
Font: Passions Conflict (Rob Leuschke)

Project 52 v2011: Weeks 27 - 31

Week 27: July 3-July 9, 2011

While flipping through Family Fun one evening, I saw this cute wreath inspired by patriotic bunting. The magazine had used solid colored card stock. I found this paper at Michael’s (Die Cuts with a View Nantucket stack) Once I got it all together, I decided it was too “white” – double-sided paper would’ve been better for this project. So, I grabbed the acrylics and mixed them together (had to add a little lavender to the blue) and painted the inside of the red and blue cones. It’s not perfect but I am pleased with how it turned out.  It’s a fun splash of red, white and blue on our front door for those patriotic holidays.

 

Week 28: July 10-16, 2011

Elizabeth went to Camp Grammie for two weeks from late June to early July. We went over to get her and spend a few days loving on Grammie. Of course we went to the park where the kids played Escargot and had a ton of fun.  Such a great park!! We love visiting over there!

 

Week 29: July 17-23, 2011

Harrison can write almost his whole name! He asked me to make the Rs and he wrote everything else.  I love it!!! Smart little guy.

 

Week 30: July 24-30, 2011

Look at how blurry Bitsy’s hand is…she’s furiously coloring her math!! I had my camera sitting on the table while we were doing school. Nin got up and walked around to help Bits by reading the problems on her work sheet to her. I didn’t want to make it obvious that I was taking a picture and disrupt this moment, so I didn’t pick-up the camera off the table – I ended up loving the angle of this shot. I love how close together they are, how I can tell by Bitsy’s mouth that she’s really concentrating (love that!), how I can see by the tilt of Nin’s head that she wants to make sure Annie is “getting it right” – but not in a bossy way. Lots that I love about this picture.

 

Week 31:  July 31 – August 6, 2011

On July 31, our Worship Pastor announced that he was leaving our church (you can read my post about that here). I told his wife, “I cannot let you leave without a significant ‘good-bye’. I just can’t. Your family is too important to mine.” So, we were able to spend a little bit of time with them one evening. This picture cracks me up…we now have more children at home than they do (their two oldest are married)…who’d have ever thought that?!  I’m not sure why Brad put all the kids on the sofa rather than adults on the sofa, kids on the floor…but, it’s one of those battles I really didn’t feel like fighting.

Project 52 v2011: Weeks 22 through 26

I just realized I’ve not posted my photo-of-the-week in several weeks. Since this is how I’ll go back and journal, I need to get them on here!

Week 22: May 28 – June 3, 2011

A few weeks ago I painted the upper part of the wall in the dining area with tinted chalkboard paint. I wish I’d done this three years ago! The girls do their work there, I can write math meetings on the board…it’s fabulous.

Week 23: June 4-10, 2011

The kids have started their one-on-one playdates with their baby cousin on Wednesdays. Bippie came to pick up Elizabeth and they went to see Rio at the theater, then back to the house for playtime. Bippie sent me a text with this photo of the girls having a great time.

Week 24: June 11-17, 2011

This week was Nin’s week for her playdate. Bippie picked her up early in the morning and they headed to the zoo to see the penguin exhibit, ride the carousel and train, and then went back to Bippie’s – where they laid down for quiet time. To encourage LG to nap, Bippie asked Nin to ‘pretend’ to be asleep. Only, Nin really went to sleep and took a three-hour nap while LG didn’t sleep at all!

Week 25: June 18-24, 2011

This was Annie’s week. Bippie came to get her and they went to The Wonder Place to play, shopping for a little bit (Annie came home in a new dress, shoes, sunglasses, necklace and bracelet…little toot!).

Week 26: June 25-July 2, 2011

Since we didn’t want to have to transfer Harrison’s car seat back and forth, on his playdate day, I took him to Bippie’s house to play. We were a little worried about how they would get along. LG tends to not want to do anything with Harrison or let him touch any of her toys when all my kids are around her. However, they played fabulously together. After lunch, Bippie did the quiet time thing like she did with Nin…everyone lays down and ‘pretends’ to be asleep so LG will sleep. Once again, my kiddo slept for hours while their baby-cousin didn’t sleep at all.

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