AbbieM125
LOAD8 | 512
This was a 10 minute layout. I used three sheets of PP from a 6x6 tablet. There is about 1/2 inch of each color left over. Score!
As soon as I made this page, I started thinking about the date the photo was taken (January 29, 2008) and realized it was not quite two months after a shooting at the mall. So this page became a two-page layout. Page two has my two blog posts from December 5-6, 2007. The links will be on that page. It 's surreal that it all happened.
CS TPS, PP LB, Stickers Webster's Pages, LB, Brad BG
Mall Days
Those days when we had nothing scheduled, yet we were itching to get out of the house, those were mall days. I would meet up with another mom - someone from MOMS Club, Gymboree or Sammie’s dance class, or no one at all - and we would go to the play area at the mall. There were two malls near us - Oakview had a decent play area but there was an awful pattern of random kids getting “dropped off” (aka unsupervised) while the parents shopped. (I’m not kidding.) We would only go there if we wanted to shop afterward or meet for lunch. Or we were feeling lazy; it was a lot closer to our houses. Many times we would meet at Westroads. The play area at this mall was out of the way and clearly meant for younger children. Plus, the play area was across a small walkway from Scooter’s coffeeshop (Caramelicious please!). That was always the first stop before playtime. I even remember bribing my kids with playtime and Goldfish crackers if they could stay by my side and wait for my coffee. (AS IF we weren’t going to stay and play. Ha!) I loved sitting and watching the kids run, jump, play, make-believe and make new friends. We moms, whether we knew each other or not, would sit and chat, sharing stories of motherhood and sleep/shower deprivation. It’s amazing the things complete strangers would tell each other - but we were all the same. Moms. Out and about with our kids. 1.29.08
LOAD8 | 512
This was a 10 minute layout. I used three sheets of PP from a 6x6 tablet. There is about 1/2 inch of each color left over. Score!
As soon as I made this page, I started thinking about the date the photo was taken (January 29, 2008) and realized it was not quite two months after a shooting at the mall. So this page became a two-page layout. Page two has my two blog posts from December 5-6, 2007. The links will be on that page. It 's surreal that it all happened.
CS TPS, PP LB, Stickers Webster's Pages, LB, Brad BG
Mall Days
Those days when we had nothing scheduled, yet we were itching to get out of the house, those were mall days. I would meet up with another mom - someone from MOMS Club, Gymboree or Sammie’s dance class, or no one at all - and we would go to the play area at the mall. There were two malls near us - Oakview had a decent play area but there was an awful pattern of random kids getting “dropped off” (aka unsupervised) while the parents shopped. (I’m not kidding.) We would only go there if we wanted to shop afterward or meet for lunch. Or we were feeling lazy; it was a lot closer to our houses. Many times we would meet at Westroads. The play area at this mall was out of the way and clearly meant for younger children. Plus, the play area was across a small walkway from Scooter’s coffeeshop (Caramelicious please!). That was always the first stop before playtime. I even remember bribing my kids with playtime and Goldfish crackers if they could stay by my side and wait for my coffee. (AS IF we weren’t going to stay and play. Ha!) I loved sitting and watching the kids run, jump, play, make-believe and make new friends. We moms, whether we knew each other or not, would sit and chat, sharing stories of motherhood and sleep/shower deprivation. It’s amazing the things complete strangers would tell each other - but we were all the same. Moms. Out and about with our kids. 1.29.08