Benjamin's cake

Benjamin with his cake. He wanted a bunch of stick people looking at a big banner. This is what I came up with using his idea. Note: there are only 10 candles even though he turned 11 :-) Jessica counted wrong!

Now we have the extra candle added.

Couple of online crops/events

Come join the Scrapbook Heaven team for 12 days of Holiday Cheer! Create something fun for Christmas (decorations and gifts) that you will be proud to give or enjoy yourself through the Holiday season!

Starting today -- Nov 13th - Nov 24th at Scrapbook Heaven.

Prizes: one for projects completed and one for the chattiest of the participants :-)

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"Who loves The Apprentice? Ever wonder how it would play out on a scrapbooking forum? Well, now is your chance! Join us starting Monday November 10th (sign ups will remain open until the 14th) on the Lovebug forum to play along.

The game will run through the New Year so lots of time for fun, inspiration and competition.

This event will encompass a variety of things, including challenges, posting, shopping, games etc etc...maybe even some blogging if you choose. All current, past and new members are welcome to join in the game and as always, no judging will take place. Everyone has an equal opportunity of becoming "THE APPRENTICE"

How will this be like "The Apprentice"? * it will have tasks that you can complete or choose not to complete * it will have prizes * it will be challenging and fun!

How will it be different from "The Apprentice"? * absolutely no one will be fired * there won't be any cut-throat antics, (but there will cutting of paper and there will be silly antics, of that I am sure!) * I have way better hair than the Donald"

If you join us, please sign in and give my name as a referral -- we'll both get points for it! Hope to see you there!

My baby is eleven!

Our youngest turned eleven yesterday. What a special boy he is! He is certainly a delight to be around -- always something to smile or laugh about :-) He is a very huggable and loving child, and he is very sensitive. Benjamin is very interested in numbers and basically anything to do with science. He has a great knowledge of trivia. We just love him to pieces!

He opened his gifts at breakfast and hugged and thanked everyone after each gift/card. Lunch was his choice - quesadillas. His cake? Well, he prides himself on remembering every birthday cake since his first. This year he showed me a drawing of his idea. I expanded it a bit and came up with something her loved. I'll post a photo of the cake later -- had to use an old digital and our new camera is still at the shop!

For now, enjoy a few photos of Benjamin through the years.

What a sweet boy!

Always curious...

His 3rd birthday cake

With a twinkle in his eyes!

The cutest reindeer, ever!

Funny!

Ho, ho, ho!

Loves extremes and is a risk-taker!

Watching the ducks at Bowring Park.

With his Great-Grandpa. He spent most of his visits this summer, cuddling with Grandpa.


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Benjamin!! We love you!

Blog CANDY!!

Alecia's got some AWESOME blog candy up for grabs! She's put together a mini-kit complete with embellishments! Check it out!

challenge layouts

Worked on some challenge layouts this weekend. This one was for Deanne's "A Scrap Addict's Sketches".


I used a sketch by Lindsey Krauss (Sisterhood of Scrap - Sketch Saturday) for this next layout.


And finally, this layout was for our Monday Challenge at Sisterhood of Scrap.

Lots of layouts

I did quite a few layouts this past weekend -- some were for the Revive and Rejuvenate crop at Just Cre8, others were just for me :-)

I bought some Basic Grey "Urban Prairie" which I absolutely LOVE, as you can tell by five of my layouts above!!

Thanks for looking!

Blog CANDY!!

Tammy's got some blog candy up for grabs! Go take a look!!

Happiness is.....

fresh-baked homemade bread -- and of course TOUTONS :-)

I usually mix up bread dough in the morning (or get my oldest son to mix it -- his arms are much stronger than mine) and by lunch time, the dough has risen enough for us to make a few toutons. Delicious!

Basically, a touton is just a small bit of dough, flattened and fried. Many Newfoundlanders will fry them in pork fat, but we just use butter.

As for toppings, some of us like just butter, others like butter and molasses or butter and maple syrup, one even likes a mixture of molasses and syrup. Whatever the topping is, we all love toutons!

Oh, a few hours later we can enjoy some fresh, hot bread, maybe with some homemade jam -- now that's perfection!

Sketch reveal....

at Just My Sketches. Here's my layout:

Pop by and see what the rest of the dt has done :-)

Crop this weekend....

I'm hoping to take part in the Revive and Rejuven8 Crop at Just Create this weekend. Lots of challenges and also some make-n-takes! Drop by and check it out :-)