It's Getting To Be That Time of Year Again

Yes its almost that time. The time when we begin to long for cooler weather, shorter days, weekends off with no school. And it is also the start of birthday season. And birthday season means not only counting down to each kid's birthday (Hey, Jimmy, this is your last Tuesday ever to be seven!) It means time to come up with new ideas for the birthday cakes.

In the past we have had lots of Pooh Bear and Tigger cakes,

 and castles,

 and Barbie cakes decorated to look like American Girl dolls,

 flowers,

Power Rangers,

and cars.

Lately we have encouraged the 'Make Your Own Cake' trend.

And a few rebels have chosen to go the non-cake route, choosing instead Cinnamon rolls, or Pistachio Pudding, or  Lizzie's favorite: the Ice Cream Sandwich Dessert.

So with the first of this year's birthdays upon us (not counting Naomi's, whose bday was waaayyyy back in the springtime) I am faced with the choice: Do I pull out an oldie but goody pan like this Scooby Doo resurrected from my childhood

Or do I come up with something new? Only 24 hours left to decide...

Beginning to Pull it All Together...

Now comes the next phase of this Week In The Life project - putting all those photos we took last week together with the stories and getting them into an album. So far I have Sunday done. I used Ali's template ( well, actually I made my own based on her template) for the first page of each day with a large focal photo.

Then I added a collage for the opposing page, adding just a few word strips,

And a third page talking about a major story in our life right now - Elijah's Diabetes.

I may add a 'regular' layout I did based on some pictures I took of Elizabeth and our observations of some of her peculiar habits.

And that will probably be all for Sunday.

I hope to be back tomorrow with the completed pages for Monday.