Chocolate Milk

It feels like there should be some sort of an award or a prize or a graduation ceremony to document this day but all I have are the photos. 

She can not only pour her own milk, which makes me gasp every time she pulls it out of the fridge because I'm so afraid its going to hit the floor, but she can squeeze out the chocolate and stir it all up.

This is what 4.85 years old looks like and its totally awesome!

A card

Tuesday when I had finished up with my project life pages and my desk was a total disaster, Simone said she wanted to make something.  She insisted I stay away and not peak.  I had to peek just a little...

This is what she made, I'll be honest my first thought was oh no, did you have to use so many pieces of veneer!?

But when I saw the inside and saw that she had written my name all by herself without any help, it no longer mattered.  Use anything you want Simone, especially if you do stuff like this!

Love her!

Project Life - Week 39

Blogging has taken a bit of a back seat to life this past week or so, sorry about that but I'll be back at it soon.

After a serious lack of scrapbooking mojo on Monday I managed to finish up this weeks spread yesterday.  I love how it ended up so I need to remember not to push myself if it's just not there.  All I needed was an extra day.

Here is the full spread,

and the left side.  It's a pretty kid centered week this week.  Sometimes that's just the way things end up. 

Here is the right side.

I finally had my first Pumpkin Spice Latte! It was delish!

the QR code leads to a video of her puppet show, super cute!

The last slot took the most time this week.  I started with this photo that I loved of Simone.

I really loved the way her face looked in this photo and wanted just the portion of her so I used the eraser tool in PSE and erased the parts I didn't want.  I did this with my photo as one layer and a transparent layer below it.  It took some time, you have to go slow so you don't remove good parts.  I had to erase some of her wispy hair on the right side but I love the way it turned out.  I need to practice a bit more and maybe learn how to blend out the edge a little bit but I love the effect. 

Here's a better look outside of the plastic protector.

I never thought I would use those sequin butterflies but I'm glad I hung on to them.

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Project Life - Week 38

Another week done, I really wasn't happy as I was working on this weeks spread, I wasn't liking what I was doing at all but pushed through and ended up happy with the overall.  Some slots are not my favorite but it is what it is.  Sometimes you just have to push through and move on.

Here is the full spread

and the left side

Since it was the first day of Autumn this past week I thought something fall themed would be appropriate for the title card.  The tree was a print and cut file for the Silhouette Cameo.  Super easy, love the print and cuts.

Simone went to a birthday party last weekend, lots of fun for her for sure.

A few random bits from the week.

A super fun contest on Instagram from Studio Calico and some tasty mini ice creams from Trader Joe's.

Simone's first trip to the dentist, she did great!

Shopping trip to Trader Joe's when we got the above little ice creams.  Simone loved the little carts and wanted to put certain things in hers, mostly the yummy stuff!

Here is the right side

Big Brother 14 finale this past week.  Sad its over, sad Dan didn't win but still a great season.

I took Simone clothes shopping this past week.  I loved the photo of her with the family of mannequin's they have when you enter the store.  I used the size stickers again like I've done before.  A fun way to show how she's grown.

I updated my iPad and iPhone this week with the new software, and we played with some girl Lego's, I think I like them just as much as Simone does.

A cute text from my niece and a lazy Saturday.

The highlight of the week for sure what the Shuttle, I made a little flip up for the day.

The inside has the words from my blog post and some photos from the zoo field trip.

And lastly the first day of fall.  Like I said below (with a typo that I've fixed), someone needs to remind Mother Nature what day it is, so crazy warm here still.  I'm ready for some cooler temps for sure!

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