The Christmas Tree

Our Christmas tree in the living room. The theme is the same as last year, Red and Gold. Love the star at the top the best. But some of the fragile glass ornaments are really glittery and gorgeous.

The Alternative to Swimming

It has been raining a lot these past couple of weeks. Typical of December. So swimming lessons typically get cancelled. There are other things to do besides swimming at the club. This is just one of them.

Weekly Scraps

I've gone out of my comfort zone with these two layouts. I'm using Sassafras which is not one my usual style. But I really love the backgrounds. They fit the photos really well. I've also mixed and matched leftover papers from other collections, OA and Pink Paislee. And used different layout sketches. Both of which I don't ordinarily do. I did like how it all seemed to blend together at the end though. 

In the second layout, I didn't have time to finish the journalling AND take a photo so I just took the photo. I did complete the journalling in the end. I also tried out the new Frixion pens by Pilot. Where the ink can be rubbed off by friction. And doesn't leave a trace. Quite amazing actually. Great for me because sometimes I tend to have some mistakes in the journalling. I will get more...

Brothers

Brothers = God Choosen Best Friends.

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An Amazing Weekend

Yep, had a great weekend. Tiring. But great.

For one, Hubbie's back! :) Yay. Missed him a lot. I wasn't sleeping well for one thing. And it was rather dull in the evenings without him around. So he's back, and I'm sleeping better. No more headaches in the morning...

Another thing, my company had a conference over the weekend in Rasa Sentosa. So they sponsored a night's stay. I just had up top up to pay for the difference for a larger family room. So the kids got a night's stay in Sentosa as well.

The hotel was rather crowded because of 3 weddings happening all at once and it was a weekend. But they really had a great time. At the play areas and the beach. But it was oh-so-hot! So we all cooled off in the pool.

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Weekly Scraps

So I'm finally working my way into my August photos. This is a photo of my boys during their school's National Day celebration. They are supposed to wear red and white. The colours of the Singapore flag. I usually take the opportunity to wear my red Ferrari top which is the only thing red that I own.

I used the rest of the OA school house collection. I especially love the chipboard banner. I just had to use it all up. I like how the layout turned out bright and cheery.






Since the National Day is always a school holiday, we spent it at the club together with all of Bryan and Gabriel's cousins. They all had an awesome time. First they went swimming, which turned out to be a fabulous thing to do. It was an incredibly hot day. Then, when it got too hot to swim, we all went bowling. And enjoyed fries with chicken wings.

For this, I used the rest of my old OA stuff, mainly from Campfire and Thrift Shop. Flowers and leaves were from a friend. I really like how OA collections can be mixed and matched, to create unique layouts.

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Kinder Graduation

A big congratulations to Bryan. He graduated from preschool yesterday. It was a big ceremony with each child called up to receive their certificate. Complete with the cap and gown. So proud of him. He's done really well so far. And he's really growing up well. It's been a great 4 years in Ascension Kindergarten. He has made lots of friends and his teachers like him a lot. I hope he keeps his friends, even as he moves on to the next stage of his life. Primary School.

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