I heart this

Keaton brought this home from school the other day. I love that underneath the people (us) she wrote 'this is love.' Seriously, how awesome is that?

xoxo

happy birthday...

to miss keaton. seven years ago i was giving a long but glorious birth to this sweet angel. leaving the hospital with our 1st newborn was surreal. and so amazing.

we celebrated by having a party with family and her two closest friends (one who happens to be her cousin) at our house. we had a 'tangled' theme party complete with 'reward' posters and lanterns. oh yeah, even had a rapunzel wig. after we partied the evening away with gifts, a pinata, and cake, keaton had a slumber party with her two friends, india and ellie.of course, they went to sleep late and woke up early-but such a fun, fun time.

happy birthday miss keaton. i love you soooooo much!

A Project...

...that I have been thinking about for a long time!

I tend to keep everything, so my pile of Keaton's preschool papers, artwork, etc was taking up a ton of room. For a couple years I have been planning to get them all scrapbooked...and I finally got it started. I am only half done (I need to buy another album before I can continue), but that is a start!!!

Here is what I had to start with:



I sorted through it, making piles according to categories I wanted to use for the album: A-Z, Colors, Numbers, etc.



Then I just started putting stuff in the album. I used a variety of sizes and types of page protectors. Some items I just punched holes in and put in there.

I have been collecting for quite some time the various A-Z and numerical cards that have been put out by a variety of scrapbook companies (K & Company, Martha Stewart, Sassafrass Lass to name a few). I incorporated them throughout the album, along with a few school themed products. I also used folders to hold some papers as well.






So by the time I am done, I will have 2 full 12x12 American Crafts albums full-that seems like a lot, but then I remember this is 2 1/2 years of Keaton's memorabilia and pictures. Love that we will have this to look back thru...see how she grew thru her preschool years, what her handwriting looked like, and the pictures that she drew...so incredibly precious.