End of term.

Tomorrow is Dane's last day of term - he's already half way through his first year of primary school - where has that gone???

He brought home school photos today(obviously) and they are soo cute! Just love that cheesy grin. We had parent teacher interviews last night, and he's really doing well - he's loving reading and writing at the moment, and I am so proud of his efforts.

I have an evening of housework and scrapping done - let's see how much I actually get done! I'll post tomorrow with any finished LO's.

I've actually had a bit of time to get some scrapping done of late, and amanged a couple of new LO's. (Amazingly enough.) I'm so happy with the LO I did for Manon in the CIS photo swap - hope she loves it as much as I do!

I was challenged at CIS to complete a LO with 3 or more pics, cirlces and using primary colours - the second pic is my LO for this challenge - not quite what I was planning, but I actually quite like it! I'm pleased that finally I've gotten these pics scrapped. They were taken last year while Dane was at Kinder when his teacher painted his face like a clown - Dane refused to let the fact that he didn't have a ball stop him from juggling.

Crop for the Cause Progress Report

Those of you who know me will also know that I have been working towards organising a major Fundraiser in support of the Starlight Children's Foundation. The Starlight Children's Foundation work tirelessly to brighten the lives of seriously ill children and require our on going support to do so. In March next year I will be hosting a crop day will all proceeds going to Starlight. And I gotta say - I'm pretty excited about it. We've found a venue, we've laid out a plan for how we want to day to run, and we're just looking to start collection of donations... It's gonna be awesome! Biggest highlight so far is having an offer to pay the entire cost of venue hire; stay tuned, I'll give you all the details as they are confirmed.

Our venue is large enough for about 120 people, so we're hoping to put at least 100 bodies in there for an awesome day of cropping, raffles, classes and mayhem. Watch this space - this is where I'll be bringing you all the updates, keeping you all informed about who's sponsoring this fab cause, and letting you know where you can buy tickets when they go on sale. If you'd like to help out in any way - and this would be hugely appreciated - please send me an email at cropforthecause@hotmail.com

Ever had one of those mornings where you just wish you could climb back into bed and start all over again? I gotta say - this morning was one of them. To start with, my bed was toasty and warm and soft and all things wonderful. Out of bed it was blasted freezing - not at all tempting. But when you're lying in bed hearing the kids screaming at each other, you gotta get up and intervene before someone gets killed! Out of bed and into the kids room, where Dane is hanging off his top bunk into Lydia's cot, wacking her with his stuffed Spiderman. My what a great start to the morning! Then into the kitchen to make the kids breakfast and lunch - no milk, no fresh bread... hmm that bed is seeming mighty inviting right about now. Drop a screaming Lydia off to creche and Dane off to school with a promise that his lunch will be there by the time he gets back from the farm visit. Run into Hastings to argue with a shop attendant, back home with fresh bread for a sandwich, back to the school to drop it off and pick up some very muddy gumboots, then racing into Uni to get some study done, only to realise I'm missing a book. Then I log onto CIS between classes to catch up with the girls, where I find that I can't get on!

So I'm starting today again. Right this minute. The rest of today is going to run smoothly and efficiently. I'll keep you posted...

Happy 6th Birthday Dane!

What a crazy weekend!

Dane had the most fabulous birthday party yesterday - a Harry Potter theme that was such fun; for adults as much as for the kids! Dad came down on Saturday night and was up until 1 am riggin up a magic trick for the kids. When they waved their wands they were able to make a pot levitate - thanks to a bit of fishing wire and my amazing Dad! Mum had also been hard at work creating the most incredible wizards robes for each of the kids, and they all spent the morning making and decorationg their wizards hats. (Note to self - glitter paint does not dry quickly in the middle of winter!) The kids had an amazing time - love those grins!

So my baby boy is yet another year older, another year away from being my baby boy. It seems trite but I really wish he'd stop growing and that I could enjoy these years a bit more.

Well I figure it's time to jump on that little old wagon and get blogging, so here I am. I'm planning to post my latest layouts here, updates on the progress we're making with Crop for the Cause, and generally anything newsworthy in the life of Dee... so this will be a pretty empty blog!