Friday Freebie: 'I Spy' Book

Dylan loves I Spy books so when I saw the idea on Delia Creates blog for DIY I Spy Books, I knew I needed to make him one. He loves it especially since his toys are featured. He'll dig through his Duplo blocks to find the physical matching pieces as well as searching the photos. :) Here's a peek at a few of the pages ... The fun part? I'm sharing these pages with you. The alphabet find page is a bit different. It's 6 squares like the other...

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grow

One of those bittersweet moments in the past week, we took our final photo in front of the giraffe growth chart. I wasn't good about getting these on a monthly basis as I hoped, but we did take several over the last 3 years. Here are the first and last taken at 1 and 38 months respectively: Supplies: Rocketman kit by Deena Rutter; Blossom kit by Karen Funk; In Stitches - Bright Basics by Robyn Meierotto; 2peas Island Style and Adobe Caslon Pro...

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Moving Organization

This is it. The week of closings and moving. Here's how I've been getting us ready ... Basket of moving supplies - I found this idea at A Bowl Full of Lemons and it's been so helpful! I used a small plastic crate we already owned from the Dollar Tree. In it, I placed a plastic cup to corral markers, pens & scissors; printed box labels (see next item); and assorted tapes (packing & painters). It's easy to move around the house, easy to spot...

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NC Aquarium at Roanoke Island

The first of two pages detailing our fun at the NC Aquarium at Roanoke Island earlier in the month: Supplies: Linen Line No 3 by Morjike & Agnes Biro; July Freebie by Anne Langpop; Recollect kit by Sara Schmutz; Nautical kit by Celeste Knight; Just the Way You Are and Caflisch Script Pro fonts. Scraplift of Aquarium page 2 by Jennifer Valenc...

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Football Tee

A couple weeks ago I shared a birthday t-shirt I made for one of Dylan's friends. I had a creative spurt and couldn't stop there. She regularly tailgates (and attends a few games, I believe) with her parents before Duke football games so I made her this Pinterest inspired shirt as our gift: Close-up shot: ...

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Wordless Wednesday: Ocean Sunrise

Linking up to Wordless Wednesday and Sarah Halstead This photograph is available for purchase in my Instcanv.as gallery he...

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Toddler Moving Books

This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links. After a suggestion from a friend, I made a request from our library for a couple of age appropriate books about moving to read to Dylan. While we've been telling him for about it for a few months, taken him to see the new house several times, he's seen the boxes piling up, etc. - we don't fully expect him to understand the concept at age...

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Cape Hatteras

One of the two lighthouses we visited last week was Cape Hatteras. Dylan was so excited to see one in person. He, Trent, my mom & I all planned to climb to the top, but Dylan was just a few inches too short (small vertical photo on right). Nonetheless, we had fun on our adventure. The rangers did let us in to look up (perhaps just as well we didn't climb - that's a lot of steps!) and Dylan & I got our cancellation stamps in our National...

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from a toddler's view

While moving photos off my point & shoot camera after our vacation, I found a number of shots taken by a certain toddler. ;) I picked 8 to feature in this scrapbook page. Always fun to see a different perspective on our adventures. Supplies: 8x8 Border Album, Page 5 template by Audrey Neal; 52 Templates No. 29 by Tiffany Tillman; Beach Ball papers by Robyn Meierotto; Just the Way You Are and Myriad Pro fon...

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Wordless Wednesday: Cows

See more of my CowParade photos here and find out more about the parade here. Linking up to Wordless Wednesday and Sarah Halst...

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OBX 2012

We were fortunate to spend the past week at the beach with friends and family. We had the same group from last year plus my mom and the mother of one of my friends (altogether 8 adults and 5 boys ages 3 and under). Nags Head Fishing Pier With a hurricane out in the Atlantic stirring things up, the waves got more intense as the days passed. I took the above shot on a walk to the Nags Head Fishing Pier on Friday morning. It was amazing watching...

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Princess "Three" Tee

The one girl in our playgroup of ten kids is turning 3 next week. I was honored when her mom asked my help in making the birthday t-shirt: Looking forward to seeing her wearing this and celebrating the day in princess style. ...

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Wordless Wednesday: Chalk Family

Mama, Dylan & Dada by Dyla...

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Pirate Spyglass

Dylan's imagination has grown in the last few months. He's really enjoying costumes and pretend play so much more that I've started expanding his costume collection. Most recently we added a pirate hat. Of course, all good pirates need a spyglass to help when searching for treasure so we dug around the house for supplies to create one. Here's how to make your own. Supplies plastic or paper cup toilet paper tube aluminum foil tape glue (if desired)...

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