Definitely Maybe

Have discovered (much to my disgust) that the word 'definitely' is spelt thus, and NOT, as I have believed for EVER like this: definately. Well. Since I consider spelling to be one of my strongest skills I have got the right hump.

Got one of my layouts into Scrapbook Inspirations this month, so that's cool -

our first Geocache!

Hah! Now I know what all the fuss is about - have seen this 'geocaching' talked about on blogs all over the place, and a friend of mine does it, but I (naievely) thought you needed an in car GPS system, but no! She has a hand-held GPS receiver and away you go! Cool - we went off on Saturday to give it a go with her and Oliver really enjoyed it - it gives the whole 'going for a walk' idea some point and I think Mark would enjoy it as a family

activity too. Gonna get me one of them receivers....

happy scrapping

Peeks of my latest Scrapbook Sisters projects:

liking the look of these.....

Throughout the evening I have painted and used a clear gloss on these letters, and they are looking pretty cool -

Will be using these on a layout later (hopefully)

Investiture

Tonight Oliver was invested into the Beavers. (!) It sounds like there should be a punchline to that..... anyway, he seems pretty chuffed & being home-taught and all, it is good for him (I hope) to have this type of 'teamy' thing going on.



Also, I am really happy with how well his reading is coming along. He has protested and resisted reading all along, and, since I was an avid and fluent reader from a very early age, I have been almost fanatical about the importance of reading. I am sure I have cocked up in this respect - I should know him well enough by now to KNOW he is the type of kid who will do stuff when he is ready. (potty training, walking, bike riding, swimming etc etc...) I have enrolled him in 'Booktrack' at the local library which has kindled his interest in books, and this is fantastic. What is also so very interesting about reading is that it seems to have suddenly 'clicked' with him that there are some words out there which he can 'read' without having to 'read' - and that, I think is the essence of becoming fluent in anything - instant, unconscious recognition, and it delights him (and me).


On the scrapping front, I have done couple of layouts for the Scrapbook Sisters, which I will post in due course, and I am pleased with them. I intend to enter the Best Of British Scrapbooking competition this year, and want to do some new layouts for that. One of my layouts is due to be published in next month's issue of Scrapbook Inspirations, so I am looking forward to that.

the Judo Championships

Yesterday was Oliver's first Judo Championships. I had no clue as to what it was all about, having never attended anything like that before - athletics and badminton were my games - and when we arrived it was bloody huge! It was for all the Devon Judo Centres and there were 5 'mats' (battle grounds in reality!) laid out for 'fights', there was elevated seating for spectators, the judges were black belt blah blah Dans in full 'battle dress' - I felt intimidated!! Oliver, in common with most of the other little ones in his group, bless, had no idea what was going on - they had to basically 'fight' each other, using judo holds/throws that they've learnt (not much) so far. There was a total lack of agression/will to win with the little ones - they just sort of 'fell' over and allowed the other person to hold them down! It was quite funny to watch, but I think he enjoyed himself - hard to tell at this age - but it was one of those things that they just kind of have to DO to 'GET' if you know what I mean.....?? I am just very concerned that he a) truly enjoys Judo and b) doesn't do it because he thinks there is no way of NOT doing it.

A little bit of scrapping

I managed to do a little bit of scrapping whilst away. I don't normally take anything with me, but squished a couple of small projects and all my 'necessary' stash into a vanity bag, newly purchased for the purpose, and spent a few nights scrap-happy. It is a SBS project, here's a little look: