Can't believe the 1st week of the year just whizzes past me so quickly. New work week to get through with having to tell myself that I have to be more organised, set some rules for myself on how I want to work in this new year with areas I want to see myself improve, and also for Kay it's a new class environment with a new teacher for K1 although he still gets to see some of his friends from nursery classes. For the 1st week at school, I try my best to drop him off and pick him up from school to see how he is coping, and like he is with his previous 1st days at school, he's doing just fine. It's also the start of him not taking anymore afternoon naps (for someone who naps for 2 to 3 hours every afternoon, this is a huge change he has to adapt to, which i'm glad is sooner then later), and he definitely knocks straight out in less then 5 minutes when I put him to bed at 9pm, and i do miss having our bedtime chats, not as long as I wish they could be.
This is him waiting for school to open at his 1st day at school.......boy do they really grow up fast!! My little K1.
I've also the time during the New Year long weekend to pack, organise and sort....a very long overdue task which I've seen so many of the fellow scrappers starting to pack their supplies....I'm very much a hoarder of stickers especially of the brands i love such as 7Gypsies, October Afternoon (this brand got to be my favourite cause i can have 3 or 4 sheets of the same word or label stickers, and keep using them in every of my layouts), Crate Paper's phase and border stickers are my latest addition to my list of favourite stickers. I tried to be focus and not get too carried away while sorting cause that will only slow me down ( i get distracted away so easliy with scrap supplies cause I'll be there admiring my stash). I admire some of my fellow scrappers that go through this packing and sorting process with so much determination, and getting all organised at the end of the day unlike me....here's some of packing scenes.....
& a so much neater "desk space" aka half of my dining table that it.......I'm trying to be more discipline with the space i have, meaning whatever i take out to scrap, I must return it back to the orginal place so that my desk will be kept as neat as possible after each scrap session. This is one of the must i set for myself for 2012......TO BE NEAT
I had also time over the new year's long weekend to work more on Kay's Christmas Mini...here are some of the pages that is already completed...only balance with pages of the end of Dec photos to put within and I'm all done...
& my 1st layout after such a long dry spell.....happy to just be working with OA's latest range - Farmhouse.....love it!! Simple LO and my favourite photo of Kay and his signature smile.....this has been his way of smiling for the whole of 2011, and I'm wondering for 2012, will we see a change from his this super "fake" smile....
Title: Smile
I'm definitely not scrapping up to speed with his photos cause I've been moving on slowly in terms of scrapbooking. I scrap whenever I feel the mojo coming and not so much like before that whenever i don't keep up i tend to stress out. To me now, it's the journey of documenting his growth, our days, our special moments rather then to ensure that each month I scrap to keep up for him. My iphone is currrently my most used tool to just snap the photos of that Kay moment, and when i've the time i would look back, decide which photos will be printed to be scrapped about. I also see myself scrapping mini's more then i use to about specific times for Kay. I use to and will still continue yearly minis like during Valentine's day (yes i'm scratching my head to just come up with that suitable title for this year's V-day mini for Kay), his birthday mini, and a Christmas mini, I've never missed it, and intend to have at least these 3 minis for him each year.
We'll be away to Bali in another 2 weeks time, so i believe this will become another mini for Kay since this will be his 2nd travel so far....
Till then, have a great week ahead, and thanks for still popping over despite my lack of posting. Will try to come in at least once a week with great memory moments, and something scrappy.
