The girls were about nine months old in this picture. They loved laying around together. They played with each other’s hands and it looked as if they were whispering secrets as they turned towards each other.

I just love looking back and remembering these sweet moments!!

Post linked to: Finer Things Friday at Amy’s Finer Things

Credits: Saffron Blues by Trixie Scraps and Bella Gypsy
Scraps by Number: Just Call Me Alli by Stolen Moments

Credits: Tuesday Template 7/27/2010 from Scrap Matters; Saffron Blues page kit Colab by Bella Gypsy and Trixie Scraps

Will has a favorite bedtime story. It’s Go DogGo!

Credits: Storytime by Sarah Bennett & Jude Toone; Scraps by Number: Just Call Me Alli by Stolen Moments Design

He picks this book every time he’s given a choice.

Do your kids have a favorite bedtime story?

Our upstairs bathroom is mostly used by our three children, so I decided to decorate it in a fun monkey theme.

I was able to purchase a shower curtain with matching towels, washcloths, mat, toothbrush holder, and cup at Target.

But it did not come with matching prints or anything to put on the wall.

After living with blank walls for weeks, I decided to make my own prints, using the Two Little Monkeys digital scrapbooking kit by The Design Girl at ScrapMatters.

I had several frames that I had purchased in Germany, so they were odd sized, but I was able to create my prints the exact size I needed using Photoshop Elements. I think the actual size was 13 X 18 cm.

In the end, I decided on these three prints…

And as of now, I am absolutely in love with them!!

These framed prints make a perfect addition to our monkey bathroom!

How do you find creative ways to decorate your home?

Post linked to: DIY Day at A Soft Place and Works for Me Wednesday at We Are THAT Family

I absolutely love the Tuesday Template Challenge at Scrap Matters.

I am making it a goal to participate in these challenges as much as possible.

With this week’s template, I made a page for the girls’ fifth birthday.

I hope you enjoy these pages, posting them really helps to keep me motivated to keep working on them.

Doing challenges and using templates for the layout are two other big motivations for me!

Credits: Tuesday Template Scrap Matters 4/27/10 by WM squared designs; Birthday Girl kit by The Design Girl at ScrapMatters; Fonts – Problem Secretary, Pea Stacy’s Doodles, & Pea Shannon

Yay…I completed these this weekend for the kids baby books!!! Only four moths to go until they’re completed.

EA:

MC:

Will:

Credits: Twirl page kit by Shabby Princess (EA’s page), Family Times Word Art by Tina Chambers (EA and MC’s pages), the Bella Collection by Shabby Princess (MC’s page), Modish Boy page kit by Shabby Princess (Will’s page) and Boys and Girls Word Art by Suzanne Walker

The theme for this week’s I {Heart} Faces challenge is collages. I made a collage of pictures of EA and MC’s first birthday and this gave me the perfect opportunity to do the same for Will’s first birthday.

I love this page because I’m able to include so many pictures in it!

My husband was deployed during Will’s first birthday, so we celebrated by opening presents at home with friends, watching a video message from “Daddy” on the computer, and having cake at the PX food court with our FRG.

Credits:  For this page, I used a birthday overlay set that included the frame, and swirls. The stickers came from Birthday Stickers Element Pack by Elizabeth Weaver at DSP, and the background paper came from the page kit Festive Birthday also by Elizabeth Weaver.

We took these pictures of MC last Sunday afternoon. She loves these sunglasses and was so eager to pose for some pictures on the deck in the afternoon sun!

Credits: Page Kit – Birds of a Feather WM Squared Designs at ScrapMatters; Tuesday Teplate 4/13/10 by Sarah Bennett at ScrapMatters;