you two

you two | sorriso by paislee press + hello love by paislee press

smile | papers, tape and frame by paislee press + other elements by kitschy digitals

I've been hoarding Paislee Press digital kits for a while. Whenever she releases a kit, I sometimes cannot resist picking up the kit for the subscriber-only price. But with all that is going in my life, I often let the kit gather proverbial dust on my hard-drive. So I dusted off a couple of her kits and went to work...using some photos taken for my Family Joy class.

sofia's art show

sofia's art show | cupcake royale bellevue, cash register.

In case you missed it, Sofia has her own art show at Cupcake Royale, which will probably last much longer than mine. She made this little pen-drawn and carefully cut out drawings. They are taped to the cash register.

kindy update

On Day 2, Sofi said kindergarten was "a little more" fun. She was a lot more animated and forthcoming about what she did. She told me she got two stars from the teacher and rattled off the names who got one and who got two. (already showing a competitive side?) She told me who she showed the little love note I left in her lunchbox. Who she sat next to on the bus. What she did in P.E. And she was very excited to hear that I would be volunteering in class this week. I'll be taking individual photos of each of her classmates on Thursday! Her words: "I heard you were going to be taking photos of the kids in class!" I felt good about that. Having worked in her pre-school for two years, it did feel a bit strange not to be involved in the classroom. This seemed like a perfect opportunity. There was a little drama with getting on the bus. She clung to Jamie and was the last one on the board. And right before she got on she noticed her wristband with her bus info was not on her wrist. But it was too late to do anything. Jamie called to tell me and I decided to drive down to school to drop an extra one off. Turns out, her wristband had just migrated up her arm! So the teacher cut of the original and put on the new one.


On Day 3, she was still the last one to board the bus, but with less clingyness. When the bus went around the block to leave our street, it passed our house. Jamie happened to be walking back at that moment and waved to Sofi who was sitting in the front seat. She was ALL smiles. When I picked her up, I asked her again: How was kindergarten? She said: A little more fun. After we got home, I decided to break out the new paints I got on Monday. Both girls did a little art then shared a snack.

Then Sofi wanted to play a game where she was the teacher and I was student Sofia. It was a great way for her to act out what goes on in the classroom instead of prying it out of her with endless questions. I found out that her art teacher has "two babies inside her" and will be going on maternity leave soon. I found that when they go to art class, the kids hold hands. One kid is assigned to be the leader and one is the door opener/holder. I found out that her teacher is teaching them about respect and manners. I found out who the tallest kids in the class are. I found out that one of the boys wears glasses. I found out that the teachers thinks there are many "good readers" in the class. And on and on.

Tomorrow, I will be going to the class to take photos. Wish me luck! I know it will be fun but I hope all the photos turns out well.

favorite author

Sofi: You know who my favorite author is?

Me: Who? (I thought she was going to say JK Rowling. Jamie is reading her the first Harry Potter book at bedtime.)

Sofi: Demi.

While she was waiting for me to put Z to bed tonight, she was reading "The Empty Pot" by the light of her nightlight.

Two Peas in A Bucket digi pages

I've enjoyed my first month as a member of the digital creative team at Two Peas in a Bucket. I've gotten EIGHT pages (including a hybrid page) scrapped this month using their fabulous kits and templates. Here are my latest.

"happiness x 2" using "This Year" by Jen Martakis at Two Peas in a Bucket.

"the year in Sofia" using Katherine Teague's Year in Review Templates at 2Ps.

I also used: Borderloos by Katherine Teague at Two Peas in a Bucket. Holiday Party (Free Kit) by Brandy Buffington (background paper) at Two Peas. Olivia kit by Kitschy Digitals (fabric roses)
"all bundled up"using Brandy Buffington's Cabanarama kit at Two Peas and a free template by Jen Martakis.


"what will the new year bring" using Jen Martakis' THIS YEAR TAGS kit at Two Peas.

a prize and a trip to the mall

Sofi completed her activity sheet for the local library reading program so we headed down to the library to pick up her prize. I didn't tell her what it would be so I could see her face when the librarian handed her the big case of art supplies! She absolutely loved it: crayons, colored pencils, oil pastels, markers, water colors, art eraser, ruler, pencil sharpener. What a perfect prize for Sofi who continually raids my scrapbook supplies for her own art projects. Yay for Sofi!

After lunch, the girls and I went to the mall so I could pick up my own prize: a plastic scrapbooking storage chest. I've been busy organizing my scraproom for the past few days and need more of these chests but I don't want to pay full price for them. So I buy them one by one, each time using a 40% coupon from Joann's. At Michaels (yes our mall as both a Joanns and a Michaels! Lucky me.), I also picked up a much-needed Slick Writer in black and American Crafts D-ring 12 x 12 album in black (on sale) and a totally unnecessary pack of K & Co. chipboard alphas designed by Carolyn Gavin - designer of Eco Jot. They were only 97 cents I later realized. Plus I had a 20% coupon for my entire purchase. I might have to go back and get more of the same line.


And here are my cutie-pie girls hanging out together on the new leather recliner we got at Ikea. The chair is way too big for our space but it is comfortable. It is the official video-game playing chair for Jamie (and Sofi).