My mean April's Fool

Okay, it was mean and cruel, but hey I'm the mom! ha ha...I told them after our "opening ceremonies" of school, I had an announcement. The announcement;
NO SCHOOL Today!!

Then I said,
April Fool's!!!
Gabriel's eyebrows are so furled! bha ha haoh of course I had the camera, that is what I do..it is with me pretty much everywhere!!
Look at my precious girls face!!! Such trust and joy! Only to dash it....
Can't you hear her little voice going "aaaaaaaw mom!"
We only did math and grammar, and then we were done...and they love school anyways, just are drama children along with me!!

How we begin school! Take a glimpse....

First we say the Pledge of Allegiance. I am dead serious...this is my country and I love it!

Then we have warm up body exercise, toe touches, jumping jacks and....push ups and choice of sit ups, crunches or leg lift. I do them too! Yeah mom!

Then we do out loud Bible reading, we have done 3 books in the New Testament so far and we are tackling Genesis right now...
One of the fun parts of homeschooling is having hot tea thru the morning while we do our lessons.
After bible reading, we open in prayer for the day. Everyone has a week then we change. This is also the person that tells us to Salute Flag, leads calisthenics and anything else I ponder that week and need them to do.

$20 - You can win!!

This is completely different challenge!You don't make a layout, you leave love!!
The winner (with the most comments) will win a
$20 gift certificate
forANYTHING
in
Creative
Victorian
Designs
store.
To play, you post to this thread
how many comments
you have
right now
with the date.

example:

AnneofAlamo-4/1/2010 -472 comments
This count is for post in the gallery and in the forum,
they all go together
...so the more you chat,
the more posts/comments you have.

The one with the most on April 30th
will win $20 Gift Certificate!
YEP $20...

I will check the final count for each person
that registered in this thread
with their beginning count
and figure out the winner!!

Now go
leave some love
!!

I got published! And forgot!

I didn't apply, so I guess that is why I put on the back burner of my brain! Sarah Barber of Sarah Barber Designs (pretty nifty name eh?) is one of the designers that lets me fiddle around with their designs. I babble....focus....focus....She is now going to be writing a monthly column in The Artisan Notebook. Sarah's column will be all about art journalling and all things vintage, so make sure you head on over to The Artisan Notebook site and grab yourself a copy. You can take out a 3 month subscription or purchase a one-off edition of the publication. And I believe you will find a discount coupon to Sarah's store on page 89 of the April edition and look out for Sarah's column on pages 22 and 23.My layout is with Irene's on page 23!! The aTc was made with Sarah's prompt in The Artisan Notebook, and using Sarah Barber's kit; For the Birds.

Sarah is uber talented! I am very happy on her team, I get a bit of a giggle and wow whenever I open her kits. aTc's are dear to Sarah's heart and her CT team..which I am on...lol we have a blog to help you play with aTcs!

The third challenge is up right now, and a beautiful aTc mixed bag v.3 has been released to help you in the challenge....you don't have to use the kit, but oh you will so want to, look at the colors:

Incentive: Sarah has just released ATC Mixed Bag v.3 into her Digiridoo Scraps store, and she's offering it to you for 50% off! Go to the her CT Blog; Beautiful Gems for details on the challenge and the coupon code!!! This is my aTc for the challenge! Simple Things! :)

Whew! That was alot of words..I gotta go.

Our Flyer for Easter!!

Hosting a template challenge!!

Creative Victorian Designs is not just a store,
but a forum of fun challenges where you win things!!
I made this template and it is available in the forum FREE!!!!!!
Click on Template for links!
I used Ruby Rynne's London Calling to make the layout!
I love it!!
Way out, way out...yeah that is how you get out of the tube in London!


For completing this challenge,
which is uploading to the gallery
and linking in the forum
you will receive this beautiful frame
that I made just for you!!
Well and all who play!! ha ha


The frame is made from this months featured kit,
which if you go to the thread
for this challenge there is
a coupon to get it at a discounted price!!!
woo hoo


Now it is your turn...come play and enjoy!
Come on over and play!
Remember, the most important part is to have fun!
That is the goal!!

Enjoy Easter with Dawn Inskips Sale!

Originality! Hand made elements, and precious looking on top of that! I am awed by Dawn's work everytime!! Sunny Smile available at Pickle Berry Pop and Catscrap TODAY

I love this pic, Eric took of us in Chico, this past weekend! You can even see my new bifocals! ha ha haBe back later with more....I have been sooooooooooooo busy lately!!