Elora & Santa

December 15, 2009
Merrit Island, Florida

Christmas Markets, Christmas Trees and Christmas Decorations.

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, Elora and I went with Peguy and Neil, and Neil's Mom, Angela, to the Christmas markets in Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart. It was a blast!! There was all kinds of great stuff, and I managed to score a few Christmas presents.

Then, that Sunday, Brandon and I picked up a Christmas tree because I couldn't stand not decorating for Christmas. Never mind that we're going to be away from home over Christmas, we're here now. At least the tree is artificial, so I won't have to worry about dealing with a dead tree when we get back. I just hope that Han doesn't knock it over while we're gone.

And, here are some of the other decorations around the house:

Happy Thanksgiving!

Old Photos, New LO

These are some pictures we had done a while back--6 years back, to be exact. I'm planning to do a new LO with these old pictures, when I find the time and the inspiration. They're fun pictures, I need to do a fun page to do them justice.
Here's my new LO using Kelly's new Great Outdoors Kit. It's my first time doing a photo cut-out like this, what do you think?

A Day in the Life of my Elora Baby

Crawling to do.

Naps twice a day.

Yummy fruit and cereal for lunch.

Toys to play with, mischief to find.

Things to inspect. (Like Momma's camera.)

Things to learn and practice. Really, she's a very busy girl. And on top of all that, she's finally getting some teeth in! The bottom left cut through a few days ago, and the bottom right is on its way.

Poor thing. At least the chilled teething rings help.

More pages

The first one is done exclusively with elements from Kelly's kits. Most of it is from Summersault, but the green paper (it's the border) and the stitched swirl are from Closet Confessions. And actually, I used that same green paper for the second one because I liked it so much when I was doing the cereal page but you don't get to see much of it.

There is another layout that goes just before the Halloween page, but it isn't finished yet. I'm stumped on it, so I'm taking a break from it and hoping that inspiration decides to pay me a visit. Hopefully, there will soon be more to come!

Halloween!

Elora was the cutest darn teddy bear ever!

I went as a beer wench on Friday, the 30th, and as a sorceress on Saturday.

The girls at the shop--those of us who dressed up, anyway. :)

After the contest, some of us went outside for more pictures. The trees and fall leaves made a great backdrop. And, finally, here are the solo pictures of the costumes: