Sunday 9 May 2010

Lovely weekend!

Despite the less than perfect weather we have had a lovely weekend.  Tim felt well enough for once to take Alex to the park briefly yesterday morning where they had a great time and then I took Alex to explore the Crookesmoor Valley park.
 He had a lovely time scooting all round the lake and was most impressed with the coots nest in the reeds, especially when I pointed out the eggs when the birds changed places. 
The park was looking beautiful with the cherry blossom and new leaves on the trees.
Today Tim and Alex painted (and made a wonderful mess!) and then this afternoon Alex and I went to visit friends where we all had the greatest of fun on the trampoline. 
Alex thought it was the best thing ever and laughed non-stop, bouncing round like a loon. 
He thought it was especially funny seeing me bouncing - you are allowed to laugh at this less than flattering photo! It was the perfect end to a lovely weekend.
Crafting wise I have made this scrapbook page which is based on this weeks Sketchy Thursday's sketch and follows the Pile it on theme of 'boys colours', CCT 'boys to men' theme, Ooh la las 'white space', MTTC 'swirls and stars' and was inspired by the Paparazzi song from Scrap it with a song.  All papers from this page were from Cosmo Crickets Cogsmo range.  The title is Paparazzi, based on Alex's love of playing with cameras and the cogs and circles in the bottom left hand corner of the page are some of Alex's pictures...Not bad for a 2.5 year old!  The journalling reads 'Alex loves being allowed to play with my old digital camera  and among all the photos of walls, fingers, thumbs, carpets and nostrils there are a few decent photographs taken by my little photographer in training'. 
I also made this birthday card for one of Alex's friends from nursery who is having a pirate themed third birthday party next weekend.  This card follows this weeks Sketch Saturday sketch and the challenge of 3 embellishments (3 stickers), 2 papers and one image from SCSC, as well as fitting with the boys themes from CCT and Pile it on. We have had a wonderful weekend and I hope you all have a great week.  Thank you for commenting.
Love,
Caro
x

12 comments:

Daniele said...

great projects love the glasses on the layout thanks for joining us at MTTC hugs

made by fifi said...

fab creations - thanks for joining in MTTC challenge this week x

Anne said...

Fabulous LO Caro, great for keeping memories alive. Thanks so much for sharing with us at OLL. Hugs x

Wendi said...

I so enjoyed reading about your day sounds like you had a lot of fun and I love your scrap page lovely layout
Thank you for sharing it with us at ooh la la
Wendi

TeenaBugg38 said...

I absolutely LOVE the pieced circle on your page! Not only is it way cool but a great way to sue scraps too! I just cleaned my stash today and have this HUGE box of nothing but scraps I have promised myself I will use. Great page hun! Thanks for singing along at Scrap it with a song this week!! Tina (DT)

Hannah said...

aww :-) i love looking at the pictures little kids take... you get a bit of a peek at what they see from their point of view. great layout!

Christy said...

That is so super cute!!!

Thanks so much for playing along this week at Scrap It With a Song :) :) :)

Angela Toucan said...

fantastic page and card. thank you for singing along with us at Scrap it with a song. The next challenge is now up, hope to see you singing along with us again this week.

Terry said...

Hiya Caro love youre very nice pictures and youre LO..and offcourse youre very nice card that you made, love the pirate ship....
Thanks for joining us at Sketch Saturday...Hugs Terry xxx

LazyKay said...

Great layouts and cards.

Love the pictures - you do have a good eye.

xxxxxxxxxx

Julie Tucker-Wolek said...

CUTE CUTE CUTE photos!! LOOKS like a FAB day!! Loveeeeeeeeeee the card and the LO!!!!!! Thanks sooooooooooooooooooo much for playing along with SKETCHY THURSDAYS! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)

SemSee said...

Such great piccies!! Love your LO and your card is stunning! Thanks for joining us for challenge #102 at Sketch Saturday! Hugs, Sem x