Our little boy is growing up

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To this in a day!

Hudson had a hair cut last week and asked our hairdresser Mary to cut it short so that's what she did. I think he looks a lot more grown up now. I know that Auntie Sharon and Uncle Andrew will be very happy to see Huddy with all his locks cut off but I'm not sure I like it as much as with a bit of length. He has had lots of favourable responses to it though.

He turns 3 in 2 days time so I suppose I can't prolong the inevitable of him growing up but I'm really a bit sad that he is getting so big so quickly. I don't have a baby anymore (although they will both be my babies forever) and it makes me even more clucky, lol.

We're all gearing up for the big Pirate party this Saturday. Hudson has requested party bags, party food and parcel the parcel (otherwise known as pass the parcel, lol), his main concern is the lollies I think don't you, haha. I'm still trying to think up ideas for pirate food - any suggestions would be greatly welcomed! So far we've got fish bites, cheerios made into small boats, milky way treasure chests, gold nugget cheezels and pirate bread (the pirate version of fairy bread, lol). Oh and cupcakes and the Pirate Ship cake of course too :)'. Hmmm think we may need some fruit to counter act all the junk. I'm sure he'll have a great time whatever food we do.

Very sad news

Last night our beautiful big boofy Cosmo was hit by a car and died. We are all totally devastated and can't actually believe that he's gone and that we won't ever see him again. It all seems a bit surreal at the moment and I'm feeling extreme guilt for not putting him in the house before I went out late yesterday afternoon, if I had he would still be here.

Cosmo was a very gentle, easy going cat that took a lot from the kids. His favourite position was on the back of the couch on his back with his legs splayed or sitting in a box / pram / basket. We loved him heaps, he was more than just a cat he was truly part of our little family.

We've told the kids (one of the hardest things I've done for a long time) but I don't think they really understand. Hudson keeps asking for Cosmo and wants to cuddle him. Ella understands more, she keeps telling us he's in heaven and has lots of love with him. Cosmo's sister Cleo has been very loving and affectionate so I'm sure she's aware he's not with us anymore.

So I thought I would share some photos of our beautiful boy, it's amazing how much they can make you love them.
We will miss him heaps :(

August 123 Challenge

Here's my layout for this months challenge - Self Portrait, at least 5 colours and lots of bling. I 'heart' these Sassafras Lass papers and have had them for a little while but this is the first time I've scrapped a layout using them, they are so bright and fun!
So come on ladies, you have until the end of the month to get your layout into Charmane and Karlene and you could be in the running for a prize! We all love a prize don't we especially a voucher to spend on scrapping goodies :)

For the Royal Highnesses, the Prince and Princess.....

I just thought I would share with you the 2 Castle albums I've just finished for The Scrapbook Princess. I did one for Ella and one for Hudson (using the old style album) and wrote the journaling in a 'fairy tale' story way so it told a little story about each of them. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out in the end even though they were a bit of a long process - mainly due to my lack of motivation, lol.
The photos here are quite small so if you want to see them better then just click on them and they will open in another page bigger,





I used all Basic Grey Archaic papers for Hudsons, love the colours and the dinosaurs/dragons are very cute!




I used the Fancy Pants Kaitlin range for Ella's book, really pretty colours and patterns.

The photos really don't do them justice I think, they sort of look unfinished in the photos but in real life they look like they are, maybe that's just me though. Has anyone else noticed that with photos of layouts or off the page things?

August 123 Challenge.

Ooops I should have been on here earlier to let you all know the new criteria for the 123 challenge for August.

1. Lots of Bling
2. A Self-Portrait (Arrggh!)
4. More than five colours.

So come and join in, you have until the last day of the month to get your layout in and you could be in the running for one of the great prizes!!

Some photos......

Here's a few pics of the very 'Pink' party that Ella had, all of them have been taken by the very talented Megan. For some reason my computer isn't allowing me to download my photos so I've pinched Megans, hers are a lot better than mine would be anyway, lol.

We've survived!!!!!

Well the Princess is happy and very pleased with how her 4th Birthday Party went, Huddy is raring to go and on a sugar high and Col and I are totally knackered!!!

We've had such a fantastic but frantic few weeks here with Andrew, Sharon, Max and Mima staying here, a surprise visit from my Mum and Dad (which was the best birthday present ever!!!), my 40th Birthday and Party (which I'm still recovering from and which my Darling Hubby did such a brillliant job of organising), a wonderful surprise visit from Miss Kirsty for my Birthday, a huge sale at The Scrapbook Princess and now Ella's 4th Birthday. We've survived though and have had an absolute ball the whole time but being the 40 year old that I am now I'm finding I don't cope too well with all these big things happening now, especially when they all happen at once, lol.

I will be back tomorrow with photos to update you all but I really need to go and just vege on the couch for now, lol.

Oh Me Oh My!!!!

A while back I applied for a Creative team position on the 123 Challenge blog thinking it would just be good experience to apply and lo and behold I made the creative team!!!!!! I'm a bit gobsmacked really, I wasn't expecting it at all especially seeing I've only done the last 3 months challenges. I loved doing them all and love the fact that it pushes me to use or do things that I wouldn't normally do in my scrapping. It's lots of fun so I urge you ALL to have a go!! The 123 Creative Team has been announced now so check it out on the blog.

Congratulations to all the very talented ladies that also made the Creative team.


I'll be representing an online site on the 123 Challenge blog - Scrap with V so I will be popping over there as soon as the craziness calms down here and introducing myself to all the lovely ladies there. :)

Here's my layout for this months challenge : Use string as a border, Use Orange, Green, Pink & Maroon {will allow Red} & Stamping.


















Also the next 123 Cybercrop will be held on Monday 17th of August starting at 7:30pm - we would LOVE to see you there! MORE DETAILS SOON!
Winners of the 123 June Cybercrop will be announced Soon!

Big excitement in the Fletcher house!!

The first is that we have Andrew, Sharon, Max and Jemima arriving here next Monday for nearly 2 weeks and the kids are so, so excited about having them here. I love the way they all play so well together (not that it looks like it in this photo taken last time they were up here), we are planning a few special days out with them to make the most of their visit. I wish they could stay longer as I know their visit will just fly by so fast and we miss them all so much. I know Sharon's response to that would be to move back home but unfortunately it's not that easy. I wish it was. We will just have to make do with the couple of times a year that we see them.

The second excitement is that Hudson has finally decided that he wants to wear big boy jocks!!!!! He tells me he's not a baby anymore but a big boy so needs to have his 'wiggle' jocks on. I'm very excited about the idea of having no-one in nappies anymore but not really looking forward to the time I know it is going to take him to get it all down pat and all the accidents I'm sure he'll have. Keep your fingers crossed for us that it happens quickly, lol. It also makes a little bit sad as it's just another sign that my baby is growing up, sob, sob!

I want to go on this!

Check this out- what a treat.

I think this would be classify as one of my perfect getaways, time to get messy and create and time to indulge and be spoilt, what more could a girl want?????