Well, for today at least.  I actually sat and scrapped.  My rhythm was a little wonky and I had flow problems with my page but at least I was scrapping.  Weird to feel creative but not able to be creative.  Oh, the drama of it all!  LOL

So here is the page.  Not totally happy with it but that happens sometimes.  The point is that I got the story down and I have captured the moment.  I think we all feel pressured sometimes to make "perfect pages" but that is not what scrapbooking is about.  I want my pages to look nice of course but scrapbooking is a way for me to express my life on paper - record my thoughts, my memories, and other such gushy/weird stuff!  I struggle with this all the time because of course I put my pages out there for publication BUT I always try to remember what it is about for me.  Not just a pretty page for publication. OK, sometimes I love to make a pretty page - just for my own joy but it is more to me. More than just stuff on a page.  It really is me in paper form.  Yup, that about sums it up.  Me in paper form.  I like that.  I think I will add that to my little book of notes.  Scrapbooking: Me in Paper Form.  Can't you just see it as a title of a book??

But I digress.  This was supposed to an intro to a scrapbook page.  Instead I got all philosophical on you when all I wanted to say was that it was ok to not make every scrapbook page into a masterpiece. 

Stop.  I am just going to post it. ;)

This is Magnus playing the other day in one of the toy buckets.  Happy as can be - picking out toys from the bottom and happily talking to himself.  Totally cute.

And now I off to think deep thought about the meaning behind scrapbooking.  Remember, me in paper form.

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Are you sick of me yet?  I think the sunshine had gone straight to my head!  Ta ta for now! :)