Allen's World

Independence

For the iNSD Journaling (be inspired by a piece of Word Art) Challenge @ MScraps. Everything from my "Me Do It" kit. Font: Augie. Journaling reads:

4 years old, and you called yourself “spectacular.” Yes, indeedy!! I think this was the beginning of your sartorial independence!

Splash!

For the iNSD Recipe Challenge @ MScraps. Everything mine from MScraps from the A Year of Hope: Kit 1, Me Do It, Little Bits, Playdate, & Wordy Shapes kits. Font: Another Typewriter. Doodling mine. Journaling reads:

You had the best time at the waterpark where we went for Andrew's birthday party. I was really  astounded at how brave you were--even if you did come up with a highly unusual way to keep the water out of your nose!

And some more

(It's interNational Scrapbooking Day on the 5th, and this is the one day a year I give myself permission to scrap my fool head off... so enjoy, or get out of the way! *laugh*)

For the MScraps iNSD Template Challenge; template by Soco. Texture on background layer by me from my CU Textures 1: Fabrics. Fonts: Bauhaus and Another Typewriter. Journaling reads:

I was SO terrified to see you out there in those big waves, and absolutely stupefied that you clearly were having the time of your life. Now that I'm looking at the pics instead of taking them, I'm delighted that you did something really hard on your own!

[NB: we went to this huge indoors waterpark for Andrew's birthday!]

Wonder Reborn

Everything with my "A Year of Hope: Templates 5" pack @ MScraps. Font: Acoustic Bass.

For the All About Me challenge @ Mscraps (May). Template mine from A Year of Hope: Templates 5. Everything with my Mother Light kit, also @ MScraps. Fonts: Luna & Boulder. Journaling reads:

Mothering is the hardest job I've ever had, and ever will. What do I do best? I so often feel like a failure that I don't know how to answer that question. I can be patient, at times. I can give him all my attention--at times. I can help him learn, and I'm as open to his questions as I can be. Most of all, I think I'm best at loving him--he is so much to me.

I mother this child, and feel very lucky to do so. Hopefully he can take my best, and leave the rest, and carry me in his heart forever.

Stonefield Beach

Fabulous day yesterday...

Hope your afternoon was as glorious as ours!

New Bike

New bike = happy 9 yr old... =)

This was the bike Daddy bought him at Thanksgiving as a surprise, which didn't get given till his birthday. By then, it was too small! *laugh* So they had to build him the next size up, which is actually a small adult bike... But we'd brought Allen's old bike up to the shop to be repaired, and he found this on the floor waiting for him. Took a few seconds to sink in! I don't have any pictures of that moment, though, just from today when we went back for the new one.

He was pretty darn happy to see this one, too. =)

Details of the new bike.

Still a bit of a reach...

Concentration

More relaxed

Whee!!

 

 

Yachats Blues

A surprise sunny early evening at Yachats River Beach...

Ancient tree stump emerging from the scoured sands

A gull flying off to dinner

Some greens, too

A boy, and rocks, and water

Light skating off still pools

River gold

Mossy canyon

Perfect beach

 

A Work of Art

Used a digital watercolor technique by Rahul Jha.

Everything mine @ MScraps, most from my kit "A Year Of Hope" or in production. Fonts: Pristine and Good Vibrations.

Little Journalist

Allen all dressed up to go to a town meeting today...

Black Panther

Everything with my A Year of Hope kit @ MScraps. (The last layout doesn't really follow real days, heh).