Shhhhhhhhhhhh it's that time of night when all good kiddos should be asleep. In our home Easter Sunday is greeted with squeals from the kids as the trails of little caramello eggs lead to the big one at the end. If the kids would go to sleep perhaps the adults could, well, you know.. make sure things would run smoothly in the morning.
Unfortunately one boy is so hyped up on Willard Price's Whale adventure all he can think of is catching a black sailing ship with white sails to some far away ocean. The other one has just got out of bed and come to tell me he is feeling a little CRaZy and he doesn't know what to do. Sleep might fix that I suggested, but he wasn't down with that suggestion, really.
Thank goodness for little girls that stayed up til 10pm last night playing spotlight. She fell asleep in her dinner so that was that sorted. Good plan.
I haven't shared this layout yet - it's another Tarisota one - it looks better IRL actually, it flows better. Another one that outlining one of Abby's days. It was simply a case of having a pic I loved and wanting to journal and not wanting to tell he how sweet and funny she is. Because quite often she is not sweet and funny, - hey just keeping it real here - so the journaling ended up being a summary of one of her days. And those are my favourite layouts to do anyway. You'll see a lot of them coming from me. They'll never be the same because the kids change so quickly.


My brother, Vaughan, is in Switzerland. I always thought I was the smart one in the family but this dude is clever. He lives in London but chose to go to Switzerland for Easter. I've tasted Swiss easter choccies. I know what's going on over there. Cleeeeeever. Love that boy.
I'm a little late to the party perhaps, but there is a whole lot of fun going on at the Fiskars blog this weekend.
Kindy - ok I need help here.
A teacher (well 2 of them actually) are leaving and I am in charge of collating a scrapbook for each. I have been given a pile of kids drawings and letters wishing them good luck, a pile of photos ranging from 10years old to recent, some other random stuff and I'm meant to be compiling! Argh! So anyway. I have some plastic stationery sleeves and I'm going to make chipboard front and back covers and hold it all together with book-rings.
Trouble is. HOW - WHAT do I make this cover look like? What do I call a book with all that kind of stuff in it? *Shrug* completly lost here. They aren't scrapbookers so I don't want to make them toooo scrapbookey, ya know? But I need to impress as well. We aim to make the teacher shed a few tears so - help! Anyone? Has anyone got images or links to images that might help me? Any ideas? Fire away - I'm all ears , I'd love some suggestions. It's almost as if the scrapbook needs sections - room for the kids drawings/memories - room for pics, room for other stuff. OK I'm lost and ready for help. Bring it on. Please? I have 2 days. lol
Wish me luck!
Happy Easter everyone.
laters


9 Comments:
wishing you luck on the booklet nic if anyone can do it you can
I just so want to let you know it makes me feel better reading how Jacob doesn't go to sleep so easily makes me realise that maybe just maybe my 9 yr old daughter and her not getting sleep isn't so unusal (her brother's head hits the pillow and he's gone) she just doesn't seem to be able shut down her brain long enough to fall asleep before she is totally exhausted lol
Although she is now and reading your blog reminded me there is something I must do - thanks for that lol
I'm sure you'll come up with something beautiful for that non-scrapbook memory booklet. lol. I'll take a peek and see if I have anything that might be somewhat inspirational to you. ;)
I had to smile at the story about your kids at bedtime. Sounds like kids are basically the same inside, no matter where they live. And I can personally relate to feeling CRaZy in the evening, but I usually sit at my scrap desk until the feeling passes and I end up like Miss Abby, passed out before I make it to bed.
Happy Easter! Enjoy the chocolate, Swiss or otherwise. :)
Nic, I would be heading straight to the Simple Scrapbooks site.
I'll tell you as a teacher, I would prefer something simple, something like Cathy Zielske does. Because it is the memories and stories that I am interested in. One of my most precious gifts is a book full of kids drawings that was stapled between two sheets of orange cardboard with a computer title 'You and Your baby.'
Here are some nice covers:
http://www.simplescrapbooksmag.com/studio/details.ihtml?idx=102379
http://www.simplescrapbooksmag.com/studio/details.ihtml?idx=90252
(the book could be made in a manilla folder and roughed up a bit.
http://www.simplescrapbooksmag.com/gallery/details.ihtml?idx=95805
Maybe you could find a nice ring binder to put the stuff in????
BTW Nic, Do the items really need to go into plastic sleeves?
can't wait to see what you come up with. wish i had a brilliant idea, but alas, i do not.
love that layout of abby. she is the cutest. you two look so much alike. she's beautiful, just like her mum.
i have one kid that goes right to bed (tazzy uses up all of her energy, every last bit of it!) and then one that gets lost in books and adventures and then can't sleep. he's my thinker. my worrier.
i hope you all have a fabulous easter! i wish i could follow the carmellos to your house! :)
xoxo
shauna
hope the bro is not in the northern part of Switzerland or his eggs could well be frozen solid! Snow storms abound and they can be such a pain in the middle of an egg hunt lol. Nothing a little choc fondue wont fix though. Frohe Ostern, SSF.
Happy Easter Nic! I hope the kids had a fun time this morning finding theireggs - I know mine did!
I'm no help with your teacher's book - sorry! But am looking forward to seeing what you do with it!
Love your layout - looks fabulous! Oh, and don't feel bad - my daughter isn't always sweet and funny either.
Happy Easter Nic to you and your family! Wanted to tell you we got our first 14 quarts of maple syrup today. Oh my drool time here. I had the part that wouldnt fit in the last jar on some vanilla ice cream. Maybe we will have to try and slip another package past those inspectors!! Hugs from Wisconsin
Have no idea if this will help you or not, but....
I did a book for my daughters teacher a couple of years back. She was on exchange from Canada, so I needed to make the book small. Made the pages from cardstock and had each child draw on one side (I drew a frame in black pen around the edges) and put a photo of the child on the facing page. I included a couple of photos from around the school at the front, and a thank you letter to the teacher on the very front page. Made it simple, covered chipboard with rings holding it together, ribbon tied on the rings. Called it "happy little faces". Didn't use page protectors at all.
Like I said, I have no idea if this helps, and I didn't take any photos of it (der!!!!).
Good luck with it, and HAPPY EASTER!!
Suzitee xxx
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