Busy, busy, busy

It seems the closer we get to the end of the year, the busier things get. I guess the first update should be about Brooke's birthday. On her actual birthday (19th Oct) we drove into the city and visited the Viaduct area with all the Rugby World Cup displays, spent a couple of hours at the Maritime Museum, and then took the girls to a ceramic painting studio. Our girls love crafty activities, so it was no surprise that they really loved doing this. I've yet to scrap Brooke's creation, but here's Elisa and her star:

We stopped off for a special Bronco's dinner on the way home. It was so lovely being together the whole day (school holidays for the kids, and hubby took the day off work). Brooke's actual party with friends was a few days later. In the past we've told the girls that the 'big' birthdays are 5 and 10, so technically Brooke should have had a relatively small party for her 8th. What started off as a spa/pool party, turned into a pamper party and sleepover with 6 friends (8 including our two). They had a blast though, and I got a real kick out of seeing them all so happy.

I am now busy planning for Elisa's birthday at the end of November. She wants to have an art party. So far we have 12 kids attending (!)

As usual I have been doing a lot of scrapping. Digital Scrapbook Day (DSD) was last weekend, and the SSD designers put out a ton of amazing kits which I was lucky to play with. I scrapped 12 pages in about 5 days, which is way more than usual for me. Here are some pages I've done since my last blog post: