Tigger

Tigger, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Templates Volume 1, Jaime Inspired, Template 4) and Orange Crush both by Melly Scraps. Fonts are Plantagenet Cherokee and Trajan Pro.

Loving Brothers

Loving Brothers, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Get It Scrapped Sketch 41) by Debbie Hodge and Slainte by Jen C Designs. Font is Quixley LET.
Journalling reads: We took these photos when Logan was finally released from the hospital, Lukas was anxious and excited to see his baby brother again. Poor Logan was simply overwhelmed by the constant kissing and cuddles from his big brother. Unfortunately Lukas just could not seem to be able to help himself from constantly wanting to touch his baby brother, no matter how much trouble it got him in. I would love the say the novelty of having a baby brother wore off but we still have the same problems even now. I guess it’s lucky that Logan loves him just as much.

Mummy + Sling = Stupid

Mummy + Sling = Stupid, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Adventure 365, Template 3) and Adventure 365 February (slightly recoloured) and Adventure 365 February Glitters all by Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs). Fonts are Pea Times New Camileon and Pea Tiphanie both by Amanda Bottoms (Fonts or Peas).
Black Journalling reads: Sometimes I do crazy things that even astound me with the level of stupidity. Like when we decided to take the boys to a fireworks display at South Park and thought it would be a good idea to take Logan in the sling. I even remember standing there and saying, “I carry him around all day long how can a sling be much different.” Of course what i didn’t account for was the distance we had to walk, the sheer amount of people and the fact that most of them were ignorant students who didn’t look where they were going or the fact that the display started at least 30 minutes late.. By the time that it started I was hurting and we were cold and fed up. That’s when Logan decided that he was done with the sling, hated the dark oh yeah and fireworks that made loud bangs sucked. As you can guess we were kind of glad when it was over at least until we ended up waiting over an hour for a bus home!
White Journalling reads: LESSON LEARNT: NEXT TIME TAKE A PUSHCHAIR !! OR JUST MAKE DADDY WEAR THE SLING !!

1st Hugs

1st Hugs, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Shabby Spring Templates, Template 2) and Shabby Spring both by Jen C Designs. Font is DJB Play Misty For Me by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: Holding Ernie for the first time was such a strange experience. I had been waiting so long to meet him for the first time, but between sickness, Christmas and other things he was nearly 3 months old before I finally got to give him cuddles. He was so sweet and gorgeous, and he seemed to be really content to be with me. I know it’s mean but I was thrilled that he cried when Mark held him but settled when I took him back. I even got a cute little smile from him. The boys fussed over him and I was really surprised that Logan was very sweet and gentle I thought that he would be very jealous and possesive like he is when Lukas or Mark tried to cuddle me. The strange part is that for years holding a baby has turned me to complete and utter mush. As we walked out of their Mark looked incredibly nervous. He was expecting the usual conversation that involved me gushing about the baby, and dropping in a few not so subtle hints about how nice it would be to have another baby. Only it didn’t come, I loved holding him but it was enough for me to cuddle him and then give him back to his mummy. I didn’t even want to take him home with me. It felt so wrong to me since I have spent almost my whole adult life with the longing for a baby. I guess that I may have just finally reached the point of being done with having kids. 23/01/2011

Logan The Elf

Logan The Elf, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Simply Quick 32) by Sue Cummings, 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Twelve Mini by Vicki Stegall and 52 Inspirations 2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall..
Fonts are Bookman Old Style and Orator Std.
Journalling reads: When you are travelling on a train with two kids, sometimes a 30 minute journey can feel more like a 30 hour trip. It’s a mummy’s job to get a little creative when it comes to ways of stopping the endless questions of “are we there yet?”, “how much longer?” and “where are we now?” or try to avoid the inevitable “Mummy, I’m boooooorrrrreeeedddd”. I am lucky that my two are used to travelling and are fairly well behaved, but on this trip home from London, Lukas was tired and Logan was fed up of Lukas being in his face. So we played a game where we dressed Logan in a Santa hat we had bought as part of a bib and hat combo (which ended up being a little small) and handed Lukas the phone to take pictures. They both seemed to enjoy it or at least Logan preferred this to Lukas’s previous methods of annoying him. He kind of looks like a tiny little grumpy elf,so does that make him, a mummy’s little helper?

Photographing The Flowers

Photographing The Flowers, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Simply Quick 31) by Sue Cummings and and 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Ten Mini by Vicki Stegall. Fonts are Pea Times New Camileon by Amanda Bottoms (Fonts For Peas) and Park Avenue BT.
Journalling at the top reads: I used to drive Mark insane whenever we took Lukas to feed the ducks, I would stop every time I saw a pretty flower and take photos. He could never understand what the purpose was of any of these photos. I could never find the words to explain to him that I simply appreciated the beauty of them and I felt compelled to capture all that beauty forever in a photograph., it just made me happy to be able to see it whenever I wanted to. Cutteslowe Park, 1st July 2006.
Verse in the centre reads: Many times I wander, Afraid of things to come Seeing things that aren't really love; Like the things that I have done. Then I see a single flower, Simple bright and alive, And if it grows for a reason; Then maybe so do I. What gives life to the flower, What makes each petal bloom and grow. Is it God that gives the power, For me to really want to know. How I wish I was a flower, Living in life, the life he gave for free Maybe I one of His flower, Because I care the same for me, poem written by Levitha Flowers.

Petting The Lamb

Petting The Lamb, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Simply Quick 30) and 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Eleven Mini both by Sue Cummings. Font is Pea Annalee by Amanda Bottoms (Fonts For Peas).
Journalling reads: When we went to the school fete you were fascinated by the petting zoo. You liked the baby chicks and the bunnies and even the cute little Shetland pony, but your favourite by far was this baby lamb. You petted it and stroked it and you were really sad when we said it was time for us to leave and try some other things. 7th July 2007

2 Reasons Why Being A Mum Is So Awesome!!! EDITED

2 Reasons Why Being A Mum Is So Awesome!!! EDITED, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

After uploading the previous version I decided I wasn't really happy about the finished page so I started fiddling with bits and pieces the end result was different enough that I felt I should reupload it, would love to know which version you prefer!
Credits: Layered template (Make The Time Templates, Template 4) by Connie Prince and Spring Sherbet both by Jen C Designs. Font is DJB Nee Nee by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: It’s all the little things like this that make being a mummy such a great job. The little ornament was a mother’s day gift, Nan bought it but you couldn’t even wait until mother’s day to show me. The second she showed you it, you raced up the stairs and told me that “Nan has bought you a mother’s day present from me, and it’s really cute”. The flowers you stopped and picked for me on your way home from school one day, you make me feel so loved!

2 Reasons Why Being A Mum Is So Awesome!!!

2 Reasons Why Being A Mum Is So Awesome!!!, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Make The Time Templates, Template 4) by Connie Prince and Giggles and Spring Sherbet both by Jen C Designs. Font is DJB Nee Nee by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: It’s all the little things like this that make being a mummy such a great job. The little ornament was a mother’s day gift, Nan bought it but you couldn’t even wait until mother’s day to show me. The second she showed you it, you raced up the stairs and told me that “Nan has bought you a mother’s day present from me, and it’s really cute”. The flowers you stopped and picked for me on your way home from school one day, you make me feel so loved!

4th Birthday

4th Birthday, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Party In The Back Templates, Template 4) by Connie Prince and The Party Continues by LEIdee Q Designs. Fonts are Pea Mystie and Pea KT Polkie Dot both by Amanda Bottoms (Fonts For Peas).
Journalling reads: Your birthday didn’t exactly go to plan, but then to be fair it’s never really does. We tried to make the best of it and you ended up having a good time, although that might have had a little bit to do with the fact that you got two birthday cakes. This vanilla sponge bake with vanilla icing and jelly sweets (to cut up for everyone) and a decorated Cars cake for me to photograph and scrap! What can I say I guess all birthdays can be made better when there is cake involved. 3rd August 2006.

Birthday Girl

Birthday Girl, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (I Love You Just A Little Bit Templates, Template 2) and Happy Birthday both by Jen C Designs.

One In A Million To Me

One In A Million To Me, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Book Of Me, The First Ten Pages, Page 2) by Crystal Livesay and 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Eight Mini by Vicki Stegall and 52 Inspirations 2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall. Font is Pea Times New Camileon by Amanda Bottoms (Fonts For Peas).
Journalling reads: You think you're one of millions but you're one in a million to me, When you wonder if you matter, baby look into my eyes and tell me, can't you see you're everything to me. The World - Brad Paisley

Love Sweet Love

Love Sweet Love, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Photocentric 2, Template 11) by Crystal Livesay and 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Seven Mini by Sue Cummings and 52 Inspirations 2011 The Basics by Sue Cummings and Vicki Stegall.

Trampoline

Trampoline, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Papercuts A) by Michelle Batton and Your Story Mini (From February Collab Grab Bag) by Jen C Designs. Fonts are DJB Heather G and DJB Coffeeshop Espresso both by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: When you came with Mummy to drop off Lukas’s birthday card, you couldn’t wait to run out into the back garden. It was starting to get near your bedtime so we had to make it a quick play. You were fascinated by the trampoline, I don’t think you had seen one before. At first you wanted me to hold your hands and help you jump. But once Lukas got on you were soon bouncing and running around on it. You will have to come and play again soon. 3rd August 2007.

Cub Scout Leader

Cub Scout Leader, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (My Words Only, Volume 2, Template 1) by Rachel Jefferies (Captivated Visions) and Adventures Of A Scout Mega (slightly recoloured) contributions by Jaime Rhinehart (Cjoy2Day Designs), Laura White (C.W Picket & Company), Mom2Moo Designs, Melissa Robinson (Melly Scraps), Bonnie Blou Designs, and Janet Avila (Bean Bunny Designs). Font is Century Gothic.
Journalling reads: When we first met you were a Cub Scout leader in Kidlington, Paul had got you into it. Since my Mum and Step dad used to be Beaver leaders and my brothers were both Cubs I thought it was kind of fun. You took me with you to one of the meetings, we had a BBQ and played with some water. I admit I didn’t like it very much, the fact that I hated Paul probably didn’t help. But mostly my problem was that I couldn’t understand why you asked me to come with you and then ignored me all the time. You wouldn’t let me help with anything. Eventually your Cub Troop ended up being disbanded since there were multiple groups in that section. You decided to help out at the local group, the 35th, ironically the same one my mum and Step dad had led in. I was kind of hormonal and clingy and I hated that you left me every week to do this. You ended up resigning, and for that I still have twinges of guilt, I know it was something you enjoyed and I'm sorry.

Trying The Microscope

Trying The Microscope, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (March Template Challenge) by Stephanie Dubois (Nanie's Designs) and Hope For Tomorrow and Hope For Tomorrow Addon both by Jen C Designs. Font is Arial.
Journalling reads: When we took you to the museums after the fair you were in a bit of a bad mood, actually more like a major grump. You were very annoyed that I wouldn’t take you back to the fair to go on more rides. You didn’t want to listen when I said that I couldn’t afford to pay for rides that only lasted a minute or two. When I tried to take your photo you folded your arms, scowled at me and refused to smile. You didn’t want to look at any of the dinosaur skeletons and fossils. You even refused to be impressed by the glowing rocks. I knew you liked these museums because we have been there before. But we did manage to salvage the trip once you found the microscope. You had a great time zooming in on all the mineral samples and seeing them appear on the computer monitor, you said that it was super cool.

Hot Air Balloons

Hot Air Balloons, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Up, Up and Away by Laura White (C.W Picket & Company). Font is Pea Mystie Unicase by Amanda Bottoms (Fonts For Peas).
Journalling reads: The highlight of your special day out at the park with Daddy, was seeing these two hot air baloons while you were sitting watching the ducks and eating a snack by the river. Hinksey Park - September 21st 2008.

Flying Jumbos

Flying Jumbos, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Eternal Templates, Template 4) by Joelle Lester (Daphadilly Art), Up Up And Away by Laura White (C.W Picket & Company) and CU Little Tags by Redju. Font is Engravers MT.

Sliding In The Snow

Sliding In The Snow, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (March 2011, Made In The Shade) by Jane Lofts (Scrapastrophic Sensations) and Snow Blue by Mom2Moo Designs. Font is Bookman Old Style.
Journalling reads: After playing in the garden we headed to the big park to play in the snow. Someone got the bright idea tp pile even more snow on the bottom of the slide and let you go down headfirst!

LEAVE IT ON!!

LEAVE IT ON!!, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (XOXO Template Challenge) and Cold by Jen C Designs. Font is DJB Angie Bold by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: Everyday single day you learn new tricks, some of them are really very cute and some, not so much. This one for example is far from cute and very close to being extremely irritating. You have decided that it is great fun to take off all of your clothes. Since our house is freezing I always worry about whether or not you are warm enough when I layer up your clothes so can you imagine how I feel when you end up naked? As if that wasn’t bad enough you are stretching all of the necks on your clothes and wrecking them. It’s frustrating. Have you really got nothing better to do than spend your day driving me crazy? Do you really like hearing me say the same words over and over again, “Logan, please stop doing that”, “Put your arm back in that sleeve”, “Logan Angeleo Jaedyn Ben, will you please put your clothes back on” “Logan, I mean it, stop, now”, “Logan this is your last chance, get your clothes back on”, “urgh stop getting naked” and “Logan you bad boy, stop that”, there are various other combinations some spoken, some growled, some even shouted. I threaten to smack you and you ignore me. I try putting you in time out or giving you the mummy death stare, but the only thing that seems to work is this one 3 word phrase I keep in reserve for when nothing else has worked and all of my patience has run out, the one that is usually spoken in tones that make me ashamed to be a mummy, what can I say sweetie I am only human and you have a unique talent for pushing my buttons. I am not proud of it and I really wish that you wouldn’t make me resort to saying the one phrase that makes you cry every single time without fail. . . . . . . . . LEAVE IT ON!!

Pink Stinks

Pink Stinks, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (CT Spotlight Template ) by bdances, Pink Ribbon (slightly recoloured) by Megan Farrow (Flergs) and I Love You Just A Little Bit by Jen C Designs. Font is Jellyka CuttyCupcakes.
Journalling reads: This is a letter that we received from your school after a 15 year old boy called Jake Spicer died. Before you were born I used to work with his Mummy. “Most of you will have heard the sad news of the death of Jake Spicer one of the bravest children I have ever met. When he was being treated for cancer he still came into school even after terrible chemotherapy treatments he even took part in the Christmas production. We feel honoured to have known such an inspirational and courageous human being. Our thoughts are with his friends and family. Jake’s family have asked everyone going to the funeral to wear pink. Not all our school can go to church of course but in his honour we are asking that every child and member of staff wears something pink to school. We are also collecting money to be given to the charity that Jake himself raised over £15000 for one to help others of course! If you would like to make a contribution, please send it into school in an envelope marked Jake.” Now here’s what Mummy posted on her blog afterwards “there is nothing Lukas hates more than the colour pink. I even bought him a pink T-shirt that I used to threaten to make him wear whenever he was naughty because I knew it was guaranteed to make him behave every single time. On our last trip to Chessington they had a T-shirt for his favourite ride, Bubbleworks on sale. I thought that since it was Bubbleworks he would overcome his hatred of the fact that it was bright pink. The morning he went to school he had the biggest meltdown I have ever seen. It started over the pink top because he didn’t want to wear it, he moved on to hysterical crying because he was scared that he was going to die too, he’s always been a little bit strange when it comes to people dying, it’s not really all that surprising after what happened with Leo that death would freak him out a little bit. But this wasn’t even anything I had ever seen from him before. Mark ended up having to drag him to school kicking, screaming and crying. It broke my heart to make him go there was a huge part of me who was tempted to just say let him stay home today but I knew that I couldn’t do that. I went with Mark to pick him up because I was worried about how he had been all day, he couldn’t stop talking about how the whole school had been outside in the playground to see the funeral procession go past. He was full of questions and a little confused by it all. He’s never seen a real coffin before, Leo’s was a teeny little white box and when he went to Yvonne’s funeral the coffin was under a covering, and at Lorraine and Mark’s Mum’s funerals everything was slightly different because they were being cremated. I also think since the school was talking about it he thought it was going to be a small coffin I don’t think he realised that Jake was 15. When we got home we thought he would be eager to take the pink T-shirt off but he surprised us by point blank refusing, I’m not entirely sure I understand his change of heart on it. I assume it’s because he saw everyone else at school wearing pink and wanted to be the same.” I can’t begin to tell you how proud I am that even though it was something you really want to do or enjoy doing, you did it anyway because it was important. 16th July 2009.

Looking For The Positives

Looking For The Positives, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Tens List Templates, Template 2) by Molly Weight (Biograffiti) and 52 Inspirations 2011 Week Nine Mini by Sue Cummings. Font is DJB Coffeeshop Espresso by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: Being sick all the time makes it really easy to see the negative things in my life. But I have started to realise that most of the things I view as negative are the things that I can’t do anything about, like the medical issues and the money troubles. They are things we have just have to learn to live with, sure we can have hope that they will eventually change but right now we have no way of forcing them to change. So I decided to start concentrating on the things that I could influence and change and I realised that the first and most important thing I needed to change was my own attitude about life. I thought making a list of all the good things I have in my life was a great place to start. It was a hard lesson to learn that I could have easily listed 10 things that I hated or were negative about my life but yet I struggled to find 10 things I loved or were good about it. It’s going to be a long road, but here’s to making my very first step.
Top Ten List reads: My two amazing little boys, a wonderful loving husband, a lovely great grandmother, a great online best friend, a rented 3 bedroom house, 5 amazing creative teams, super fast internet access, photoshop creative suite 5, lots of comfortable clothes and a desktop and a laptop.

Happiness Is A Crazy Mummy

Happiness Is A Crazy Mummy, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Cluster Funk, Volume 2, Template 4) by Jen C Designs and Blame It On The Rain (slightly recoloured) by Jen C Designs and Aaron Morris (Sir Scrapalot Designs). Fonts are FO Textura Traced by Fontologie and DJB Christina by Darcy Baldwin.
Journalling reads: I know that I have never been mother of the year material. Being sick has always made things difficult for me to be the kind of mummy that I think you deserve. But you have never seemed to mind, always been happy enough with the way things are. I think that may have something to do with the fact that although Mummy is not always able to do the things she wants to do with you, she is well put bluntly a little bit crazy. Your mummy does things that most people would never dream of. Take this photo for example, Nannie Freda’s back garden was flooded thanks to the heavy rain, and it was pouring down outside. But Mummy had the smart idea to let you go outside and play in it. I took the attitude that you had wellington boots, and a really great waterproof set. A little bit of rain wasn’t going to hurt you we could always dry you off. I may sound more slightly more unconventional than crazy, did I forget to say that I decided to come out with you? I put on a pair of shoes and joined you in the garden. We jumped in the massive puddle that the concrete had become, we splashed and we made lots of noise. I made Daddy take some photos and when we were done I was soaked up to the waistband of my trousers, but it was worth it because we had so much fun!

Rainy Day Puddle Jumping

Rainy Day Puddle Jumping, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Cluster Funk, Volume 2, Template 2) by Jen C Designs and Blame It On The Rain (slightly recoloured) by Jen C Designs and Aaron Morris (Sir Scrapalot Designs).

Going Up

Going Up, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Adventure 365, Week 2 Template), Adventure 365 January Kit, Adventure 365 January Glitter and Texture Tuesday Week 1 all by Jewel Goodwin (Mad Genius Designs). Font is Stencil Std.
Journalling reads: One of the first things we saw on our trip to the Natural History Museum was this awesome looking escalator. Described as “A giant metallic globe presides over Visions of Earth. Visitors can ride up through it to the upper galleries. Surrounding it the towering walls, adorned with a celestial map , put our planet in its heavenly context” You really wanted me to ride it with you, even though Daddy really wanted to ride it too, he let me go with you while he took Logan and the pushchair up in the lift. You were so excited but also nervous since like mummy you don’t really like heights. The view was amazing, but we were both glad to get off at the top after what seemed like a really long time. It was great timing as we got to the top just as Daddy and Logan stepped out of the lift. We were all eager to start looking at all of the exhibitions.

Forever

Forever, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (February Template Challenge) by Elizabeth Albers (Scrapping With Liz) and Princess Wishes by Laura White (C.W Picket & Company). Fonts are Times New Roman and Prestige Elite Std. Lyrics from I believe When I fall in Love by Stevie Wonder.

Jamboray

Jamboray, originally uploaded by Lukasmummy.

Credits: Layered template (Speed Scrap Template) and The Works February 2011 Mini - Victorian Memories by Jeanie's Designs. Fonts are Charlemagne Std and Rage Italic LET.
Journalling reads: I don’t know very many grandparents that would be willing to go and sit on hard wooden chairs in a noisy indoor play area, let alone be the one to suggest going in the first place. This is just one of the things that makes Nan so special.