Still here.....with more spots....

We figured it would happen. Elisa has Chicken Pox. Brooke and several school friends had it over the holidays, and now the younger brothers and sisters are getting their turn. Thankfully Elisa doesn't seem too worried by it, and definitely doesn't seem to be as itchy with it as Brooke was. So, besides covering her with calamine lotion before bedtime, and giving her a dose of Phenergan at the same time, she needs no other treatment. She's been sleeping well, and is the same happy little girl she usually is. This photo was taken yesterday. There are more spots today:

Brooke has mufti day at school today - she's been so excited about it all week. They're also having a teddy bears picnic at 2.30pm. Parents are invited too, but I can't take Elisa while she's still contagious, so will have to hear about it once Brooke comes home. Here's the wee poppet all ready to go this morning. Isn't she beautiful :)

I've been busy scrapping too, but can't show the layouts for another day or two, so check back soon to see those. I can show these though:

More goodies and 365

Here's a wee project I did for the new baby arrivals at church. Each little card will be attached to a pair of baby booties/socks. I've done girl versions and boy versions.

Last weeks 365 page:

Eye Candy

Wow, it's been a long time since I last posted. Lots to catch up on. We have had a busy school holidays, with a ton of sleepovers and play dates. After only a week or so of the girls being well however, Brooke came down with Chicken Pox, and was pretty miserable for the 2nd week of the holidays. Two of her friends from school had Chicken Pox too, so we invited them over to play - as much to distract each other than anything. DH's parents came up for a week long holiday in Taupo, so the girls and their Dad have gone with them for a few days break too. Lucky me, I get to stay home and have some much needed "Me Time".

Before I go on, I have to say WELCOME to Rose and Jean, and a huge CONGRATULATIONS to Danielle and Regan! We are so stoked their identical twin girls have arrived safely and seem to be doing well. They're going to be fantastic parents - the girls are so lucky. Sending you all LOTS and LOTS of love! Can't wait to see the girls when we go to Sydney in September.

OK, back to the regular programme now....I've been busy making lots of hybrid projects for Relief Society, which I will upload another day (have to take photos of them first). I'm really enjoying my calling as Relief Society Secretary - we have an awesome Presidency, and we're all excited to serve the sisters.

I do have some exciting news (well exciting for me anyway). I got approached last week to be on the Creative Team for "The Digi Chick" scrapbook site! Woohooo! I was stunned, but oh so flattered. It's one of the top scrapbook sites around, and their products are just gorgeous. I hadn't applied to be on their CT because I just didn't think I had a chance, so to have the owner come looking for me out of the blue, well.....I'm on a high now, can you tell? LOL. OK, so here are some of the pages I've done since my last post. All of which you can see in my DST gallery for credits:

This first one is a mini card and envelope set, thanking some Relief Society ladies for helping out last week.







And my latest 365 page:

I'll post more pics of the rest of my projects later. I have to go get ready for church now.

365 and sleepovers

I decided to go with a bolder approach to this week's 365 layout:

It's been great having a whole week of healthy family members. Long may it last...

Brooke had her friend Daneka sleepover on Friday night. They're best friends at school, and both were super excited about the whole sleepover thing. I decided to use my crafty skills for good, and created a special themed dinner for the girls. Fish, chips and mini hot dogs, served in mermaid trays and mini french fry containers. Each girl had their own photo on the chippie packet. I provided a wee salad in a cupcake mould, but as you can imagine that hardly got touched.


They LOVED it, and I have to say I'm pretty chuffed with how the trays & containers turned out. The girls also baked M&M cookies the following day. Each got to decorate their own row of cookies, and even Elisa did a great job with it. All in all, they had a blast, and now Brooke will go to Daneka's for a sleepover in the 2nd week of the holidays.




The following layouts can be found in my Elemental Scraps Gallery.

365

Here is last week's 365 page.


I haven't done much scrapping at all this week as I'm getting my head around the duties of a Relief Society Secretary, with a whole new Relief Society Presidency. We're all muddling our way through, hoping we're doing it right.

Brooke is looking forward to the school holidays, and we're already organising sleepovers for friends and cousins. First one this Friday night. :) I thought I would do something cute for dinner - use my scrapbook supplies somehow. I've got an idea in my head, but we'll see whether it works out or not.