That's April for you...

I'm ending April with a big steamboat feast with my colleagues this evening, celebrating the upcoming Labour day by just eating and merry making. It's already the end of April, and looking back at how quick time is just passing by us daily, it got me thinking if i really did live my time doing something, or has just days pass by me just like this. Have i been living to its best?? Are my months to come going to be the same as the month before? How has your April been?

I do my best daily to document little things which are significant in Kaylen's growing up days, it's something i want for Kaylen as he grows to be able to look back at. I don't remember much of my childhood days, and certainly do not remember how i was when i was turning 2. But i hope what i have done through my layouts would make a difference for Kaylen, and knowing that i did remember little details. Details when sometimes in life we tend to pass by just like this cause it could be a very simple, and everyday thing. I discovered scrapbooking after the birth of Kaylen, and if i would have stumbled upon this hobby earlier when i started out my pregnancy, it would be something even more special cause i would be able to document & scrap the 9 months journal of awaiting for Kaylen's arrive cause it's a wonderful, and amazing. I'm looking to doing this when it comes to No. 2 since i've already missed the 1st one. Scrapbooking does wonders for me, other than the fact that it is very soothing to the mind at the end of each day, i find myself enjoy the quiet moments which belongs to me, i get to think about life which i never ever gave a 2nd thought.

So as i end April today, i'm looking forward to what May would bring me. Definitely an exciting month cause it's always us that makes it exciting, and busy since it's going to be Kaylen's 2nd birthday in another 25 days time.

Have a great long weekend ahead...and to all scrappers out there, have a fantastic national scrapbooking day this saturday!!

This 2nd of May...

What will you be doing on this day? For those who scrap would know that this day marks that very special day since 1994 dedicated to celebrating & promoting the art & craft of scrapbooking - National Scrapbooking Day. It falls on the 1st saturday of May. It's also a long weekend for everyone here and i'm planning most likely to spent my long weekend scrapping, and for once trying out new techniques like creating a "not so neat LO" maybe?, or use stamps on my LO (i have loads of stamps which i hardly use at all, so it's about time that i break them open), or working on some LO for my pal's lil ones which i have started but got stranded along the way.

There are just loads to do for scrappers on this day cause i know our LSS would have some activities lined up at their stores for this day but i guess pretty much i won't get the chance to attend cause i'll be spending time with Kaylen over this long weekend. With the erratic weather, it's better that i keep kaylen away from the shopping malls cause everyone would be at the malls for the air condition, and loads of people getting sick during this bad weather, outside is just too hot to be having strolls at the park or gardens, so we will just chill out at home or at grams place, and having to come up with indoor games. Jayce is also working this weekend, so i'm looking forward to my own alone time with the lil guy.

Lately after my last LO, i was just thinking about what sort of next LO will it be? What brand of patterened paper would i want to work on, what would the style be this time, in what colour would this LO be in? I know it would be a Kaylen layout for sure, how do i want to have it done? Hmmmm and i seriously need to re-visit my scrap stash to pick out all the ideas....

Till then, i'm looking forward to this long weekend like everyone else, looking forward to the pre-labour day steamboat dinner tomorrow evening with my colleagues, & National Scrapbooking Day on saturday where i will be scrapping away during Kay's nap time (a max of 3 hour at the scrap desk), and a mini special breakfast of mee suah & eggs for Kaylen this sunday cause it's his chinese calendar birthday this sunday, and grandpa says he wants to prepare this special meal for him. He will be 2 years old going according to the chinese calendar. A very special age to be at for him, and for us, welcoming a brand new stage of his life, and surprises along the way as we deal with a 2 year old.

To see this...

a layout I've done earlier on Kaylen using Making Memories http://blog.makingmemories.com/2009/04/poster-profile-tan-yin-wenscrapbooking-extends-around-the-entire-world-and-today-we-have-a-project-that-comes-to-us-all-the.html latest "just chillin" series was featured in their blog today makes me happy.

It's a great way to end my day today feeling this cause awhile ago i was just having a throbbing headache from the work today, and events at work which is not as pleasing, so this makes me feel good.

Thanks MM for the feature!

Have a happy Tuesday you all, and thanks for popping by!

Hugs!!

Weekend Madness...

The weather is just a killer and Pooi if you are reading this, i can't seem to be scrapping in this heat....my home happen to be facing the morning sun, and these days the morning sun is so intense and it feels like the afternoon sun instead...in this heat, it's just so impossible to be doing anything under the sun, and staying at home was just completely like being in the oven. So here's what we did for over the weekend.

Saturday at Grams place....just playing, playing & more playing for Kaylen with myself & Jayce, and we decided to have him in his inflatable pool, to have the water cool him down, and we've got one funny dude. He wanted to be in the pool without his swimming trunks. He initially went into the pool holding up his trunks, and saying "wet wet", hated the feeling of having his trunks soaked, he was literally screaming till we took the trunks of. So we have 1 starck naked lil guy frolicking away in the pool with his boat, and jayce caught his naky moments with the video cam. To kaylen, he thinks he is having a huge bathtime...

For me & Jayce, we had to go back to the office for during Kay's nap time to get some last minute work done, came back for late lunch and i had sometime to watch asian food channel, while Jayce rested away. I don't cook, but i love watching cooking shows.

Then our entire family spent the evening times till close to 9pm was at the new Sengkang park trying to get the remote control helicopter my dad bought for Kaylen during his overseas trip to fly, and this whole helicopter thingy is a nightmare to Kaylen cause he is just so terrified of anything that moves, has a weird sound coming out of it, and the whole day, my 2 brothers were just teasing him by making the helicopter flying in the house, and there you have it, 1 very noisy & terrified kid running after his uncles. So there i was at the park, hot & humid, and running after Kay as he runs after my brothers who's trying to get the helicopter to fly. When we all got home, mommy dearest here is already dead tired from the day's activity, and that getting home to a super warm home doesn't make it any better.

Then comes Sunday, to get away from the morning heat, we had breakfast at Ya Kun, nice & cooling, and for the rest of the day, air condition was on to its max, fans were also kept on to make the place cooler (my home is really that warm when it comes to weather like this), blinds were kept down except for the one in the study cause Kay wants to look out of it.... and Kaylen been on his good behaviour too. He was just walking around the house in his breezy singlet, and no pants, just diapers...

looking out the window from time to time

sneaking into his room to read his favourite Millie book

(and wearing my bedroom slippers, oh it's so hot)

walking to my scrap area, taking peeps into the storage

and still wearing those slippers...

When dinner came, we went down to Plaza Singapura, had fish & chips at The Manhattan Fish Market, and kaylen likes his bread diped in the garlic butter sauce for the mussel, and the fact that he already had his home cooked dinner , and he wanted more of the fish too. A complete foodie baby.

Whizz into daiso & MWL really quickly to see what's new, and i was surprise that i only spent less than $20.00 at MWL (how can this be?), and jayce was surprised too. Anyway, better this way so that when the stuff i'm really waiting for, i would be able to buy more. Thank goodness jayce is not reading this.

Was a challenge for me when i worked on Jayce's layout cause his fave color was blue, and when i checked out my patterened paper, i totally don't have the blue he would like (and if i had it, it was with whimsical cute kaylen sort of patterns, so it's out and not suitable for a daddy layout). I took like a few nights since friday and was just stuck here and there cause he said he liked abit of red too?? I guess when it comes to manly layouts (i thought i was no where near to the word manly, gave up and decided to just go with the flow and yes it's 100% not manly at all). I wonder if scrappers out there when they don't scrap for their kiddos, and its for their hubbies what is going through their minds during the thought process. I had it hard....and when i showed it to jayce, do you know what he asked - "why didn't you put any fish pictures in it???" Arggghhhhh fish???? For those who know him, would know this very well, and what his question is all about. Faints***. I was like, "NO FISH, HOW CAN HAVE FISH???"

I titled it "dear jayce",

and had the journaling done

like i wrote him a letter.

I sort of forgot some of the brands of the pp & stickers i used for the above, will have them listed in my next post.

Have a great start in your week, and Pooi thanks for the great tips, it's about time i get my fingers dirty for my upcoming layout...might not like the feeling initially, but seeing the final layout should make up for it.

Happy Friday!!!

Can't be any happier that it's friday already, more time to be spending with Jayce & Kay tomorrow as the family of 3 again cause it's jayce's day off, and we could be spending it at grams place due to the horrid weather these few days, it would be much airy at grams place instead. We'll see cause i'm hoping to have some alone time scrapping when Kay's taking a nap, but having to think of the stuff i have to lug over, i'm abit hesitant, or i could either be trying out some sewing projects. Weather's a killer, and we just thought it's better to just stay in doors for tomorrow. Looks like i know what i'm doing for the weekends, at least for Saturday.

Here's Kay with his bestest friday SMILE for me this morning in the car..

it's so forced...

Have you planned out your weekend already?? Best part of the week for me. Enjoy!

It does get better...

It did get so much better when i picked up Kaylen last evening for dinner, and seeing that chirpy face of his, i just instantly felt better. On our way home, i felt lighther in terms of the mood, and whatever's bugging me the whole of yesterday has stopped (i'm still glueless at why this is the case). Wanted to scrap to release the ball of nerves within me didn't manage to happen last night, and didn't think i had enough of the mojo to put this piece of LO together.

In about 2 weeks time, it would my 13th year anniversary together with jayce, and marks the day where it all started, and a great journey that we took together. I had a picture of him taken months ago, and i was to scrap this for him for our DAY. I thought of what title to call it, what to journal about, and working around his favourite colour which is blue (yikes a colour which i very seldom scrap with), and yes a more manly LO for him. I did earlier before a 13th Anniversary LO, and it's so my type of colours & elements. It's going to be interesting to what i can create base on the feel when i look at Jayce's photo.

Hey gals thanks for your thoughts & hugs. It's always very comforting to know i have you out there constantly providing me with words of encouragement, tips of motherhoods, and that we all share 1 thing in common - our passion for scrapping!!!

Have a Happy Thursday, or "Trendy Thursday" for some (if you know what i mean) ahead!

Seriously....

today doesn't seem like such a good day for me. Not that anything horrible happened, just didn't feel like today was that okay. Didn't feel right, endless trails of paper work, and loads of new happenings at work....Maybe it's the weather for the past week, just too hot & stuffy (but who am i to complain, what about those people who has to work in the sun all day?? hmmmm).

Jayce says i'm moody since this morning and he's right, i just don't feel right. It's like i have loads couped up inside me, and just wanting to burst out. The last time i scrapped was on Sunday, and it's only wednesday today, can it be that i didn't get to scrap enough??? I use to only have the time to scrap over the weekends, and the most 1 or 2 nights in the weekdays. I can go without scrapping for 1 week, and still feel alright. Just now, all i could think about is that - I MUST SCRAP TONIGHT!!! These words keeps repeating in my head. I have the mentality that if i scrap, i would feel better. To make myself feel better, i actually called Kaylen twice today. I use to do daily calls everyday, but just only once, but today, my mom must have thought i was nuts to be calling twice???

See i'm literally ranting and rambling on and on about how not right i'm feeling, but not asking myself what on earth is bothering me. Blogging does help to ease it slightly. Hope such days like today are less often happening to me, and that once i get my scrap fix tonight after Kay's bedtime i would be feeling better. Most likely seeing Kaylen later for dinner would actually be the cure.....

Hope you had a better day than i did today. Am sure of that....