SCRAPBOOKING CHALLENGE

I had a bit of a time rearranging some pages tonight as I didn't have quite the right order for a page I wanted. This was the first time I had ever removed pictures from a page and restarted! However, it all worked out and I like the way the album now flows...it is not all completely chronological, but it is pretty close!
So after all the rearranging, I was still able to do a few pages. So here are the pages I was able to complete tonight. Most of the pictures are probably familiar because most have been on the blog already.
I also have some pictures from a great new playground which has finally opened very close to here. We have already been 2 times and will probably stop daily as it is on the way home from the boys' school. I am so happy for spring (not that the weather has changed, it has been spring here all winter!) and look forward to all our summer visitors. We are anxiously awaiting your visits. We miss all our friends and family in Canada (and our family in Australia!!).

This is a page in between my Christmas pages which inserts a few pictures which I realized I had overlooked. Thus the title: Catch-Up Page

The right hand page was added to go along with my "2004 Christmas Spread". Those boys are sooo cute in their little suits!!

And this is the rearranging I had to do. I had these great stickers for moving which I wanted to use but the trip to Scotland had been on the back of another page. So I took it all off and put it beside the moving page so I can have an old house and a new house (sort of)...

And here are a few pictures of our first week of touring around this great city when we first arrived here in Scotland.

Scrapbooking Challenge

So after last Thursday's crazy cropping, I was able to do 5 pages tonight when my friend came over. It was so easy to do the pages with the pictures already cut.
So here are my pages:

I have covered up our address on this page if you are wondering why I put the little heart cutter on the page! I didn't want to advertise our address on the web.

If anyone knows the name of the lake outside of Kentville, please let me know. I know Maria doesn't have internet at home, but if you are reading this, where did we go with you guys last summer? I plan to write the name of the lake in the blue water strip in the center.

I love these photos...doesn't it look like they are having fun!

BUSY WEEK

We had a busy week here and I am now just getting a few pics on for your viewing pleasure.
I must say first off that I have had to reschedule my scrapping until Sunday night. So look for my pages on Monday morning or maybe even Sunday night depending on how quick my friend and I are!!
So now for our busy week:
In our first big news, I finally gave in to become the next victim of the notorious clippers!! Not really, but I did get quite the chop. You should have seen the hair on the floor at the hairdressers! I wish I had had my camera; alas, I did not so here is my new "do" which I am not really liking yet but am warming up to it daily. My little girl, who remains quite distraught that she is left out every time we get out the clippers, joined me for the photo.
In other news, we took Alexander and Benjamin to the Scottish Opera Orchestra on Sunday afternoon. Benjamin is quite into classical music and says often he wants to learn to play the violin (his teacher plays when they have music time). Alexander also enjoys classical music but is a little more into Bare Naked Ladies....fortunately, they don't ask the name of the bands who play, they just like the music!!
So the Scottish Opera Orchestra has a line of children's events and we were able to partake this past Sunday in their "Puppets A-Go" event. They had the orchestra playing different pieces and then they had a couple of puppeteers who joined in for a few of the pieces. The boys loved it! When asked which was their favorite instrument, they both said the tuba! I think it is because they know I used to play. We have found a couple of great websites which show and play the sound of each instrument so they can see and hear them all. If you would like them, just drop us a note and I can find them for you. We also made some sock puppets to take with us as was advertised when we bought our tickets. So below are the two young musicians with their puppets and the program from the afternoon.
A special thanks to our friends who looked after Hannah and Jacob so Shawn and I could both go!
And finally, here is another picture of our sleeping girl. It comes with quite the story!
The boys had a friend over a couple of days ago and they were playing in their room (that is A, B, J, and their friend T....4 boys...4 loud boys!!). I was actually doing some email in my room, and Hannah was reading a book in the entry way. For those of you who don't know the layout of our flat, there is a fairly large entry way and then 4 rooms off of it at the 4 corners (plus the bathroom in the middle). So Hannah was in this entryway and I noticed after a few minutes that I couldn't hear her "reading" anymore. I assumed she had gone in to play with the boys; however, when I went to investigate, I found her fast asleep in the middle of the entryway floor!!! Wouldn't you love to be able to fall asleep anywhere, with any noise? I can't believe she can sleep like that....those boys were pretty loud!!
Anyhow, I, of course, had to take a picture...so here it is:

Scrapping Challenge

I don't have any pictures to post today from last night's scrapbooking session because I didn't actually do any pages. However, I did sort and crop 151 pictures!! I had just gone to Costco to get pictures developped (it is cheaper if you get 150 or more at once) so I had a whole pile to sort through and crop. So last night I was looking after a friend's little girl (she was asleep the whole time) and I took along all my cutting tools as well as my new 151 pictures. While they were out, I managed to crop them all. Then I sorted them into my great accordian file folder...some were for my mom's album, some for my mother-in-law's album, and some for mine. Now I am excited to get them all in the albums. My mother-in-law comes in May (we think) so I will be able to send them home with her.
On another scapping note, I found a Creative Memories consultant here who lives about 2 streets over. I am going there this morning to get a few things from her on my way to pick up the boys from school.
All is well here, we continue to enjoy the lovely weather...it has been like an eastern Canadian spring here all winter long! And in other news, we found out last week that we have been accepted to go on a 3 month exchange to Germany next spring. So if Scotland isn't a good enough reason to come visit, make plans to come to Germany for a visit in the spring of 2008!!

WORLD BOOK DAY

Today is world book day and to celebrate, Alexander and Benjamin's school asks that they bring in their favorite book to read to the class. Also, they get to dress up like a character from their favorite book. So this morning I snapped a few pictures before they went off to school.
Here they are for you to enjoy! Oh, and after you see them, go read a book!!!

Alexander as Arthur (the aardvark for those of you who don't know Arthur)

Benjamin as Franklin (everyone's favorite Canadian turtle)

And although Hannah and Jacob don't go to school as yet, they too wanted to have their photos taken with their favorite books.
So here is Jacob with a Spot book
And Hannah, who also likes Arthur like her big brother
One last thing, the chicken pox have officially left the building!! Well, at least they have left our flat, there may still be a few people in the building who come down with it; there are 8 flats in our building. But Horray for us!!!!