Merry Christmas!

This was our hostess club layout for November, showing how much you can do with rub-ons. No stamping, no stickers; just a nice layout from our booklet, pretty paper (Pear & Partridge), and coordinating rub-ons.

My kids

This isn't necessarily scrapbooking-related. Or maybe it is. When I began scrapping 8 years ago, I began with my ultrasound pics from when I was carrying my son. At the time we began scrapping, he was a toddler. Right before that, I had his photo taken with Santa; I still have it on an early scrap page. In between, it's been hard to get those. He doesn't like to have his photo taken much, and when he did, my daughter was going through phases of incredible shyness. I don't think I have had a decent shot of the 2 of them with Santa since. Until today. The stars were aligned, and this happened.

But every time I see it, I marvel at how my son has grown. He'll be a teenager before I know it. Look at him, he's almost too big to sit on Santa's lap! When did this happen? How much longer will my little guy believe he is actually on the real Santa's lap?

I had to blog the photo, because it made me think of how I value my scrapbooks. It is a way of freezing time, albeit only in that book, so I can always look back on my pages and see the baby he used to be, when he is growing into a man before me.