Mini Album and other scrapping stuff

This is my week three instalment for the Reality Scraps comp at Scrapbook City the criteria was "Back to Basics with Bazzill"
- So we couldn't use any patterend paper or any other embelishments
- we had to make our own embelishment with the basis of the embelishment being Bazzil
- we had to use either (or both) of decorative edge Bazzill or Bling Bazzill
- and 2 other bazzills of our choice and at least one photo.
- Plus we had to do our own hand cut title and have journalling somewhere on the page.

So I made my embelishment by tracing around some Heidi Swapp masks onto the Bling Bazzill and then cutting around them, then added some crystal flowers to make my embelishment and hand cut title
I used green, purple and black bazzill to mat my photos and I journalled around the photos

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Tristan's New Shoes

Firstly Tristan can write his name all by himself. This is the first time I have ever seen him do it without any help. I am a proud mum.

Secondly my parents bought Tristan a new pair of school shoes on Tuesday and he insisted on wearing them to bed. After his bath he got his school uniform on for the following day and put his shoes on and went to bed (EARLY!!!!!) I just went and checked on him tonight and he has put them on again for sleeping. How funny, I love it when kids latch on to something unexpected and just wont let go.

Thirdly HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUMMY!!!!! Hope you had a lovely day.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

SETH'S 3rd BIRTHDAY

My baby turned three on Saturday. He had a lovely day with visits to see Grandma and Grandpa in the morning. Nan and Pop came over in the afternoon for some birthday cake and more presents. We asked Seth where he wanted to go for lunch and he said BREAKFAST ????I dont know where he was talking about so instead we went to Sizzler.

Happy Birthday Sethy We love you lots and lots!!!

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Birthday Party

Tristan had his birthday party yesterday at Hungry Jack's and believe it or not I forgot my camera!!!!!!!!! But my friend had her camera there so I took some photos and will just have to get them off her later.

I did my first Friday Night Games with Scrapbook City which was fun. Our {the ones who aren't in the top 20} challenge for the night was to do a 6"x6" page on our day today. I haven't ever done a 6x6 before and found it really hard. Plus I had just bought some new stamps on Friday and was dying to use them so after I had stuffed around with them for about an hour I only had about 10mins to assemble my page, take a photo of it, resize it and upload it. So I kind of threw it together wasn't happy with the end result but I have since turned it into an 8x8 and I think it looks much better.

Third week of prep tomorrow lets hope we make it there without any tears {PLEASE!}

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

5 Years Old

Tristan had his birthday yesterday I can't believe I have a 5 year old son!!!!!!!!!! I know he is only going to get older, and everyone says it goes so fast but it isn't until you look back that seems to have gone so fast.

So because he got a couple of presents yesterday morning and he was having heaps of fun playing with them I once again had a really hard time trying to get him to prep and actually into the class room. The teachers aide had to come out and get him again and I had to leave him there screaming. This morning I let him take one of his toys for show and tell so he was much happier to stay and let me go.

I didn't make into the top 20 for the Scrapbook City Reality Scraps competition but a huge congrats to the girls who did. Hope you all have a blast and challenge yourselves to do something new each week. Even though I didn't make the top twenty I am still going to play along and do all of the challenges so that I can challenge myself which is one of the reason I entered in the first place.

Untill next time

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Birthday Tears

Well I started off my birthday by dragging myself out of bed not feeling very well from a sore throat and a head cold to get up to two grumpy kids and I had forgotten to turn the dishwasher on before I went to bed so there were no clean bowls or Tristan's School lunch containers.



Then Tristan didn't want to get ready for school cause he didn't want to go. After getting him there with a few obstacles along the way we made it just inside the gate and that's where he stopped, with lots of frustration and feeling sick and worry about why he hates prep so much that he could put on such a performance I just lost it. When the teachers aide come out to see what was going on I started crying my eyes out!!!! I didn't want to but I couldn't help it. Even more frustratingly, as soon as I started crying he was really good come over and gave me a big kiss and a cuddle and said goodbye and went into his room without a struggle. LITTLE TOAD!










Mum came over at 2.30pm and walked up to the school with me to pick Tristan up and then My girlfriend, Emica, come over for dinner (with lots of alcohol). So after dinner we jumped into the spa and partied the rest of the night away with Hubby doing the bar tending and photography and childminding. I love the photo of Tristan's butt funny what kids will do to ruin a photo. And I am so proud of Michael's attempt at fancy photography with the Margarita glasses and us behind them, ALL HIS IDEA!!!!!!
So by the end of the night I felt heaps better and surprisingly I felt better this morning than I did yesterday morning.



Michael was home from work today so he walked to school with us all this morning which was really nice. Tristan rode his bike so he could lock it up at the bike racks, very exciting for him since he has wanted to do that for years.

Time to go and pick up my big boy from school, picked a good day to ride the bike it is about to rain here any minute so I guess I will have a wet tail by the time I get home.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

First day of PREP

Well it is Tristans first day of prep today. Surprisingly I wasn't as sad as I thought I would be. Probrobly because I was so cross with him to be sad. He was so excited to be going to prep that he decided that I was taking too long to get Seth and everything else into the car that he grabed his scooter and just took off (we only live three streets away from the school and should be walking anyway but we had all of the first day books and extra stuff) I was sitting in the car thinking he would be coming back and he didn't so we drove to school and he only about two-hundred meters from the front gate. I was so angry and so proud all at the same time. Happy that he knew the way and was eager to get there but angry that he didn't do as he was told. Growing up too fast for his own good.

Sethy on the other hand was not happy about going to his new daycare center. His cousin is in the room next door and all he wanted to do is go and see him. It was so unorganised in his room as the Teachers are all on days off or sick so he had two relief teachers and the room was a major shamozel kids and stuff everywhere. I nearly cried leaving him there. But he will love it soon enough.

So I found this on Alicia's Blog site and thought it would be interesting to know how many of me there are out there.

HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 6 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Well I had better get all of my paper work done in the few short hours I have untill 3pm pick up.

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

Last day of Daycare

Look at this TEAMWORK I love it when they work together. The two of them watching the street sweeper first thing this morning Sethy is still in his night nappy. (looks funny seeing him in a nappy now he is toilet trained)

Today was Tristan's last day of Daycare!!!! My baby is growing up Arhhh........ On Monday he starts PREP. Gosh I cant believe he is nearly 5 My brain is just swishing around my head as to where the last (nearly) 5 years have gone. So I went and got all of his uniforms today and I signed up for TUCK SHOP. I am going to be a tuckshopmum!!!!!! sounds so funny.

So we also dropped in on Seths new daycare center to check everything out and to get to know what we need and where we have to go. A little bit daunting I think we got them on a bad day Quite unorganised compared to his old daycare. But at least he will get to play with his cousin, Lachlan, at this daycare now he doesn't have Tristan to play with anymore.

On the scrapbook side of things I am racking my brain as to how I want my layout to look for the Reality scraps comp qualifying round not that I don't have any ideas the problem is I have too many great ideas and I don't know which one to do. Einy meeny miney moe.

Happy AUSTRALIA DAY everyone

Love Always

Tanya

Exploding box

So I finally finished the box I made in Alicia's Online class last Friday. The sides fold up and put the lid on and it looks just like a normal box.

So a funny thing happened while I was making the box. I have always thought of my scrapping style as being one who likes to use heaps of embelishments and over load the page but when push comes to shove I never seem to be able to do it. Then while following the instructions for the class and it involved alot of 3D paper swirls and mutiple patterned papers etc. I found it difficult to want to add lots to the box.

So I am going to really going to be thinking about how I want my style to evolve (to all of the non-scrappers out there this may sound very boring and crazy) especially throughout the Reality Scraps Comp which starts Tomorrow!!! Wish me luck.........Please!!!!

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Museum Trip

Last Tuesday, I took Tristan to the Museum in Brisbane. We meet my new friend, Gigi and her son Mackinley. The boys hit it off straight away & were both really good with only a couple of disappearing acts. One of the times I don't know how they slipped past us but they were quick. At least they stuck together. So funny when it was photo time the boys knew to just pose and smile for us, can't half tell their mums scrapbook!!!

Well it was lovely to finally meet Gigi and actually have some time to talk. (which I am guessing Gigi is like me and could talk under water, as my Mum used to say)

Friday I had and excellent day, firstly I got to sleep in till 8am then after a big brekky of eggs and soldiers I managed to bribe the boys to let me do and online scrapbook class with peace and quiet, A little photo box project with Scrapbook City which was great, (still haven't finished it yet). I really like the online classes - cause I have all of MY stuff on hand and I can do it MY way with their instructions.
So even though I had to talk to the boys a couple of times during the class they were both good enough to follow through with the bribe # A trip to the movies to watch HAPPY FEET and McDonald's for dinner #. Seth is still not that into the Cinema so he was a little bit restless but Tristan was so good, he did everything he was told and was just a gem all day long. (Makes a nice change. LOL)
By the time we got home from the movies it was 4.30 and it had cooled off quite a bit so Tristan and I mowed the lawn. Tristan did such a good job only missed a couple of bits. Gotta get him trained young while it is still fun for him. After mowing we had a spa which was the perfect way to finish off a great day.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo
P.S. Sorry it took so long to get the photos uploaded Gigi yours look great too.

Joshua Again

Joshua is so beautiful I know I am bias but he seems to be a very well behaved baby so far. Doing everything he is supposed to do.

So I finally got his measurements:-
Weight 3850g / 8p 8ounces
Length 54cm
H/c 37cm

So here are a couple of photos of some proud Grandparents and cousins (that just couldn't stand still long enough for Mummy to take a photo) I took so many photos but hardly any turned out, we couldn't use the flash because he cried everytime the flash went off.




Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

INTRODUCING

JOSHUA SHANE JOHNSON

Born 3.51pm Thursday 11th January

Mother and baby (and Daddy) are all well.

My sister was an absolute champ only 3.5 hours of heavy labour and the only pain relief she used was the gas. And they let me stay for the whole thing!!!!! Yeah for me. So stoked it was AWESOME!! Great job Sissy and Adam. He is just perfect.

He hadn't been weighed by the time I left so I will find out tomorrow and let you all know.

Love Always

Aunty Tanya.

Still waiting

My poor darling Sister is still waiting for her baby and to make things worse our cousin who wasn't due until the first week of Feb was induced last night (due to pregnancy related diabeties).
Thursday will be the day if nothing happens naturally, at least the doctors have given her an induction date now so she can relax a little. I know it feels like a life time when you are waiting to hold that little bundle of love.

Photos SOON!!!

Well at least Scrapbook City has let us in on the secret now. The new competion has been announced. REALITY SCRAP will involve a little of everything by the sounds of it with twists and turns the whole way. Very exciting.
Plus I am starting a Circle Journal with some of the girls from Scrapbook City, I have never done one before but am very excited about doing it.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Kids

Conversation I just had with Tristan



T - Mum have you ever seen a remote control motorbike?



M - No darling I haven't



T - Well if you get me one then you can see it!



Love it. He cracks me up constantly.


This is my Diary for this year inspired by Giovanna. I went to the Quilt and Craft show last year and Gigi did a little lesson on decorating mini books. So this is my mini (medium) book.

This is My beautiful Seth, sound asleep on the couch, I would love to know what he is dreaming about. Looks serious.
Off to bed early tonight cause we had a BBQ for Hubby's birthday last night and we didn't get to sleep until 2am this morning and of course I got up with the kids at 7am and took them to the beach so Michael could sleep in (he slept in until noon). And I drank so much Coke to keep myself awake this morning I couldn't get to sleep at lunch time when the boys had their sleeps.

Love Always

Tanya xxxooo

The Waiting Game

Still waiting, bubs was due on January 1st and nothing yet.............................

Also waiting for the Scrapbook City website to stop teasing us and just tell us the big news.....

So now I am just waiting...........................................


Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

New Years Eve

Well it is 10.30pm and I have already drunk all that I can drink without making a fool of myself. I already have a headache!! and I am soooooo....... tired! Gosh why do we have to stay awake till midnight, it really isn't any different from any other night. Sleep, sleep, sleep see it is calling me.

Love Always
Good night and goodbye to 2006
Tanya xxxooo

See you next year

Me time

The kids are asleep, Hubby is fishing, the dishes are done, house relatively clean, nothing on T.V. which means me, the computer and scrapbooking.



So I ended up tagging Erica Glover, Zina Wright and Carole Janson. Looking forward to seeing what they have to say. If they decide to do it.



Here are the two pages I got to do this week.





Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Tagged

You tagged me Gigi but you haven't posted yours yet so I went and got it from Alicia's blog. Beat ya to it! Like you have anything better to do.

A - Available/Single? Married for 8 years now.
B- Best Friend? Emica
C- Cake or Pie? Sticky Date Pudding
D - Drink Of Choice? Coke Zero (goes well with the sticky date, LOL)
E - Essential Item You Use Everyday? coffee cup
F - Favorite Color? Purple.
G - Gummy Bears Or Worms? neither I prefer jelly beans
H - Home or Homesick? home.
I - Indulgence? Scrapbook shopping.
J - January Or February? February of course (Me, Tristan & Seth all born in Feb.)
K - Kids & Their Names? Tristan and Seth
L - Life Is Incomplete Without? Food
M - Marriage date? Nov 14, 1998
N - Number Of Siblings? 1 sisters
O - Oranges Or Apples? Apples, less mess
P - Phobias/Fears? My children drowning
Q - Favorite Quote: Do unto others........
R - Real Hair Color? light brown or dark blond (can't remember, Hahaha.)
S - Season? Spring definately.
T - Tag 3 or 4 people? I dont know anyone that hasn't already been tagged.
U - Unknown Fact About Me? I played the saxaphone for 8 years (at school) haven't played since leaving school (1994)
V - Vegetable you don’t like? I love veggies, dont really like fruit.
W - Worst Habit? eating from boredom
X - X-rays You’ve Had? knees, teeth, ankle, arm.
Y - Your Favorite Food? Any seafood and any takeaway.
Z - Zodiac Sign? Aquarius.

Love Always
Tanya xxxooo

Christmas 2006

Well lots of photos to post so here goes.

Christmas morning we did the Santa presents and the presents from Mum and Dad.




Then off the my inlaws to have a yummy breakfast and open more presents from my husbands family.

Then to my family to open my familys presents.

Then off to have lunch at my Sisters' inlaws. (Only one week to go in her pregnancy) Well we arrived a about 1pm and didn't leave untill 11pm. I couldn't belive how much fun my hubby was having. Quad motorbikes, swimming pool, Good food and lots of new friends. He was still on the kareoke machine when I was putting the kids in the car to go. All in all a FANTASTIC day.

I got heaps of awesome presents =>$50 Scrapbooking voucher, Frangipani hairclips and earings, CD, electric salt and pepper shakers, morter and pestel, magazine subscription and a sticker for my car. So stoked!!!!

Well thats it for now

Tanya xxxooo