Love My Boys

Love My Boys, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Page Turn, Template 1) by Gabriella Hägglund (Ella Designs) and Dark & Chic by Jolly Kids Creations by Marie. Font is Caitlin.
Journalling reads: If anyone had told me, how much fun it would be, to have two little monkeys who just belong to me, I would have laughed and told them that it was not for me, because I never had any plans to be anyone’s mummy. I never planned for the craziness, for noise and toys galore, yet when that’s what I do have I can’t help wish for more, even when one’s missing and causing my heart pain, the other two complete me in ways I can’t explain, I love them with a passion with all my soul and heart I love to be around them and hate when we’re apart, I love every single inch of them from head down to their toes, even when that means a poopy bum and a runny nose, I love them when loving, i love them day and night, i love them when there poorly and even when they fight, I love to watch them playing and watching kids tv, I love it when they climb up and just cuddle close with me, I love to hear one chatting, telling me about his day, I love to watch the other one learn new words to say, I love to watch them sleeping and hear it when there snoring, one thing is for sure my life is never boring, each and every day they make my life such fun and I just feel so lucky that I get to be there mum, I wouldn’t change a single thing, except reduce the noise because one thing I know for certain I really truly love my boys.

The Sleepy Shepherd

The Sleepy Shepherd, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Templaoodle, Template 2) by Gabriella Hägglund (Ella Designs) and Merry and Bright Mega kit contributions by Kerry Ticknor (Kerry's Scraps), Jolly Kids Creations by Marie, Bonnie Blou Designs, Janet Bracewell (JanetB Designs), Joelle Lester (Daphadilly Art), Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs) and Jaime Rhinehart (Cjoy2Day Designs). Font is Architects Daughter by Kimberly Geswein.
Journalling reads: Every year the school has done an alternative to the traditional Nativity. In reception they chose to do a play called the Sleepy Shepherd by Niki Davies, described as the story of “a lovable shepherd who just can't keep awake. Will he miss out on the big adventure?”. Lukas had a part as one of the shepherds, we were asked to provide a costume of a dressing gown and a tea towel He was so excited about being in the play and looking forward to singing. When we turned up to se his performance, I was already fed up because we were late and got stuck in seats right at the back, I had been hoping to get some really cute photos of Lukas’s first school play. I got even more fed up when I saw Lukas wasn’t wearing his dressing gown and he had on a bright yellow tea towel that wasn’t his. My annoyance soon turned to embarrassment, when over the sound of 30 kids singing everyone in the room was able to hear the teacher ask Lukas if he was going to sing and he answered with a very resounding NO! It only got worse when he glanced over at me and saw I was trying not to laugh and he got a fit of the giggles. Before deciding that he had heard enough singing and put his hands over his ears. It was definitely a memorable first school play for us.

Grouchy Day

Grouchy Day, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Page Turn, Template 4B) by Gabriella Hägglund (Ella Designs), Comfy Cottage Papers and Comfy Cottage Elements by Jaime Rhinehart (Cjoy2Day) and The Grumpy Cranky Grouchy Freebie Lena Bradenburg/Gardner and Tabatha Reed (Bella Gypsy). Font is DJB Constance Beauregard by darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: School Christmas choir concert @ St Francis Church 16/12/2010.

Lukas and Josh

Lukas and Josh, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Templaoodle, Template 3) by Gabriella Hägglund (Ella Designs), December The Works by Jolly Kids Creations by Marie, Retail Therapy Glitters by Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs) and Wordart by Bethany Harty (Elegant Wordart).

Santa Babies

Santa Babies, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Cindy's layered templates, Half pack 4, template 1) by Cindy Schneider and Dotty Christmas by Jolly Kids Creations by Marie. Font is Cindy Lou Who by Allie Hoopes.
Journalling reads: This year I decided that it would be really cute to dress the both of in Santa suits, for the Christmas photos this year. I have been really sick so I kept putting off making the effort to get you both dressed and take the photos, I just didn’t have the energy to deal with the tantrums from either of you not wanting to have your photograph taken. But we were running out of time to time to get the photographs taken and posted with the Christmas card, so I decided to just do it. As always the two of you were full of surprises, Lukas just needed a little persuasion to look at me and stand still, and Logan drove me crazy ripping his hat off, but the photos are cute!

Boxing Day 06

Boxing Day 06, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Drifting, Template A) by Gabriella Hägglund (Ella Designs), Merry Christmas and 10x10 Scallop Page Mats by Laura White (C.W Picket & Company and Stunningly Silver Alpha by Jane Shaver (Little Red Scraps). Font is Architects Daughter by Kimberly Geswein.
Journalling reads: There are lots of things that I wish I had the chance to do over again. Some of the time it’s because I feel like I didn’t do a great job the first time around, some are because I have learnt new things since then and some are because it was something that you can’t repeat again. These photos are just some of the ones that fall into all three of those categories. They were taken at the Boxing Day Christmas party in 2006. I had been looking forward to taking you, watching you have fun and of course taking lots of photos. The only problem is that back when I took these I knew almost nothing about using my digital camera. I took the approach that the only way to capture the memory was to take lots and lots of photos. I’m sure that the rapid shot function has it’s uses, but doing a decent job of capturing the two of you, when you are racing around a hall like maniacs is not one of them. The camera didn’t have time to focus so every single photo is blurry, some of them are so bad I can’t even see you or Ella. and that’s without considering the bad lighting and awful colours. I didn’t know about white balance then either. This ended up being the last Boxing Day Christmas Party they held at the Conservative Club where Nana worked, they decided that it was just more hassle and effort than it was worth to organise and host each year. Ever since you were born it had become a bit of a family tradition for us to go to the party as a family. This was the first year Nannie Donna and Grampy Karl had decided not to go with all the kids. It was just going to be us three, Nan and Lisa, Gary, Conor and Ella. I’ll be honest with you, I don’t have great memories of any of these parties. Me and Daddy always seemed to end up arguing about something, but I tried to pretend we were having fun for you.r sake. You and Ella always really looked forward to it. You both loved the disco and the party games. You had the chance to see Santa to get a gift which was almost as much fun as you had running around in that huge hall. It kind of makes me sad that I don’t have any nice photos to help you to remember how much fun you used to have.

Top 10 Kids Shows

Top 10 Kids Shows, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (October 10x12 Template) by Jennifer S. Wilson (Simple Scrapper) and Train Time by Jen C Designs. Images from Google. Font is Pea Angedawn by Amanda Bottoms (Fonts For Peas).
Journalling reads: I hate to admit that the television is a big part of our life, but I also love that I can get a few minutes peace and quiet to do things, while you both sit and watch tv. I do try to limit your tv time and pick only shows, that have some educational value to make myself feel better. You both seem to prefer shows that are have lots of music in them. Special Agent OSO was the first show you watched together. Handy Manny appears to be Logan’s current favourite. While Mickey Mouse Clubhouse appears to be Lukas’s favourite of the shows that I approve of. Phineas and Ferb is the only show that’s loved by everyone including us!

Photos Of You, January 2010

Photos Of You, January 2010, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (January 10x12 Template) by Jennifer S. Wilson (Simple Scrapper), 2010 Wordart by Bethany Harty (Elegant Wordart) and All About Me Volume 2 by Laura White (C.W Picket & Company). Fonts are DJB Tia Print by Darcy Baldwin and FO Textura by Fontologie.
Journalling reads: It’s often difficult to get decent photographs of the two of you together. So when I was browsing through them I was pleasantly surprised to see I had more than I thought. These are my top ten from January.

Top 10 Songs

Top 10 Songs, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered templates (All Stacked Up, May 2010 by Rachel Jefferies (Captivated Visions) and Box Me In, Template 2 by Denise Tilley (DigiDesigns By Denise) and Night Music Bundle by Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs). Font is Architects Daughter by Kimberly Geswein.
Journalling reads: I used to be really into music, when I was a kid, I knew every single song that was in the top 40 each week. I knew most of the lyrics too. I still love to listen to music while I scrap or can’t sleep but I prefer to put on my older music that I have ripped to Itunes, instead of new albums. Singing along to familiar lyrics makes me happy. These were the top plays on my itunes playlist this year. Some of the artists have more than one song because the number of plays was the same. Ironically only 3 of these albums (the top 3) were released in 2010.

Christmas Letter 1

Christmas Letter 1, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Christmas Newsletter Templates, Template 3) by Elizabeth Albers (Scrapping With Liz) and Merry Christmas by C.W Picket & Company. Font is Architects Daughter by Kimberly Geswein.

Snow

Snow, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (IDSD Blogtrain Freebie, November 2010) by Sabrina's Creations and Merry Christmas and Not The Doctor Chrome Alpha by Laura White (C.W Picket & Company). Font is Architects Daughter by Kimberly Geswein.
Journalling reads: When I was a kid, we used to always hope that it would snow at Christmas but it never did. I can only remember a handful of times when it snowed at all. We all used to think it would be so cool and magical, to wake up to snow outside on Christmas Day. I guess the reality is not as fun as we imagined that it would be as kids. It’s not quite Christmas yet, but the view from our windows, reminds me of one of those old Christmas card scenes. I admit it is beautiful to look at, but personally I am not feeling very festive. There isn’t enough snow to do fun things like building snowmen, but there is enough to be a big inconvenience, like having to wear winter boots so I don’t slip on the ice instead of my comfy Crocs. I am also really sick of being freezing!

I'll Love You

I'll Love You, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Template 9, 2010 slightly altered) by Jellebelleke, I'll Love You Wordart by Bethany Harty (Elegant Wordart by Bethany) and My Heart Shines and Heart Genius Volume 1 by Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs).