Living Upside Down - Down Under

'Not so creative' memories

Two posts in one day - that hasn't happened in YEARS.  I have a lot to catch up on because I am such a hopeless blogger these days, mostly due to lack of time and inspiration.  And a little person who won't let me sit at the computer for more than 5 minutes. 

Anyway, I had a nice child-free day on Saturday.  I went to a Creative Memories Memoranza day and spent the day scrapbooking, or at least trying to (I am a beginner and therefore not very good at it), getting lots of inspiration from other people and spending a bit more money.....it really is turning into a serious addiction.   I always wanted to get into scrapbooking and had a go at it a few years back but my pages looked very....what's the word......CRAP!  A friend of mine has become a CM consultant and I am having lots of fun trying out all the lovely album kits, stickers, papers and other goodies.  I have always loved stationery - the look, the smell.  Just love it.

I completed about 7 pages on the day and won the major raffle!   A huge bundle of paper collections, photo mats, stickers and titles.   Exciting stuff for a beginner. 

I am of course mostly scrapbooking the kids' photos but hope to move onto some older family photos and get them out of those horrible old albums with the plastic sheeting.  My mother has dozens of those, with yellowing pages and photos deteriorating by the minute. 

Potty Training Time?

Just lately, Amelie has been following me into the bathroom.  She stands right in front of me, gives me a quick hug and if I'm not quick enough, grabs the edge of the toilet roll and pulls it waaaaaaaay down to the floor and beyond:

"Paper??  Paper??"

Then she'll shove a huge bundle of it onto my lap:

"Bum??   Bum??"

Maybe I should just lock the door!

We have a pottty but I have been kind of lazy getting her to sit on it.  She would prefer to lift the lid, close the lid, lift the lid, close the lid, lift the lid, take the seat off, take the little bowl part out, put it all back together (in a fashion) and then run away to something much more interesting. 

Ryan was pretty good with potty training but I don't thnk Little Miss Independent is going to be quite so cooperative.  I am looking forward to the day when I no longer have to buy nappies ($36-$40 per box) but will probably wait until the end of the year (Spring/Summer) to make a concerted effort with potty training.  It's way too chilly to be running about with all your bits on show ;)