Aiden is THREE!

#AidensThrillingThrees

It's that time of the year, my baby just turned three! I haven't blogged in a while about Aiden and his adventures, but we have done a lot this year ! 

Aiden's birthday party was so much fun! He had a blast, of course I made the decorations, and had so much fun doing so. 

Here are some fun pictures from his three year old photo shoot ! 

Thank you to my bff JULIE for taking these amazing pictures.

My little monkey 

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Hey Yall !

This week's spread, its from last weeks free printable, before the ink. I go back to school this week, so i wanted something that would be functional for school, however I think I am going to switch it up for the upcoming weeks. 

Below, is where you can find your free printable!! I hope you enjoy! Please tag me on instagram with the hashtag #PlanWithMel and if you craft, use the hashtag #CraftWithMel

I've also created an instagram for planning and crafting. 

Please click the link to visit my instagram and DM me if you would like to inquire about an item posted, or if you would like something custom made.

@melslittledesigns

This weeks FREE PRINTABLE is something I was working on this summer, but didn't have the time to finish. 

Happy Planning!! 

oxoxox;

#PLANWITHMEL

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Hey Yall!

So let's get right into it, I wasn't feeling too hot this week, so I figured I'd inspire myself with my weekly spread. This week was inspired by this heidi swapp washi tape from michaels. All of the Heidi Swapp products at michael's are 40% off!!!! 

This week, I took my pictures with the flash... I'm not sure how I feel about it :(

But here his my #PlanWithMel for this week, before the ink!!! This week's spread is all about love, it is encouraging to me to LOVE! Love myself, love my son, my honey, my family and friends. Especially, love life. & Even when you're feeling down, keep pushing.

Use the hashtag #PlanWithMel on instagram so I can see your weekly spreads! Use the upper right side links to follow me and add me on facebook. Working on making a dedicated planning instagram soon. 

Here is your free printable, I'm also going to work on getting this done in the beginning of the day instead of the end. 

\This is the layout I use for next week, so keep tuned how it looks in my planner! It's personally my fave! i hope you all love it as much as i do! It took forever to make. 

Don't forget to tag me !!!

#PlanWithMel

oxoxox;

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Hey Yall ! 

I'm so sorry I missed my post on sunday :( this week has been crazy getting everything ready for school, as I will be a senior in college this year, I am trying to make sure everything is perfect, and my school just does not seem to want that for me at the moment. lol 

another reason why I haven't really posted is because I am trying to get organized!! The next two pictures are how I have combine my washi and stickers in a thirtyone travel cosmetics case! everything fits great!! it may not be the real deal, but it works for me and I already had it laying around ! 

What kind of pens do you use? I LOVE the Papermate, inkjoy gel pens. They're currently my favorite. I have also used the staedler pens, but I seem to write too hard for them, and they became very dull quickly. I have also fell in love with sharpie markers! 

This week, I am trying to practice "lettering" I would love to learn to do all of the cute letters, so that's how I sort of decorated for the week. I know it's not anywhere near perfect, but it's a start. This is a judgement free zone! lol 

If you letter, or are trying to letter, tag me in your pics on instagram I would love to see!!! 

IG: @adventureswithaiden (link on the righthand side)

OKAY, here is your free printable. I promise to have another this sunday. I just didn't want to go an entire week with nothing. :( these are super similar to the first weeks stickers, but different colors!

click the picture to be directed to the .pdf file ! 

don't forget to add me on social media! and tag me if you are able to use any of my stickers! use the hashtag #PlanWithMel on Instagram!! I will be making my instagram public soon, or will be creating one specifically for planning. 

oxoxox

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Hey Yall!

Welcome back !

i hope everyone enjoyed last weeks stickers, please let me know if you had any problems or if something was wrong so i can make everything better ! i love sharing what i can do, but i'm still a beginner, so if anyone knows any tips + tricks don't hesitate to comment below !
Totally forgot to introduce my planner to you! I have the hellolifeplanner happy planner, purchased at hobby lobby! I customized mine, by keeping it simple, and adding my name with sticky vinyl and using my cricut.

Raise your hand if you used your 60% off Michael's ? I did, but late, and with a whiny baby... I didn't find anything i realllllly wanted.

 I did find some super cute stickers by MAMBI - however this particular set, I could not find on the mambi website or michael's. please let me know if you find them or a link to them.

Okay. now let's get to the good stuff. Below, is your FREE printable for the week. it seems a little blurry on screen. please let me know if it comes out bad when printed, so I can come up with a solution. I have found that when printing on high quality the sheets come out soooooo much better !! Here's mine, using my printable! sometimes i just put a little washi, but since it is the beginning of the month, and I start my senior year of college, I thought I would step up my game. (let's see how long that lasts) lol 

Please share with me if you use any of these ! i would love to see ! 

Tag Me on instagram: 

@adventureswithaiden and use the hashtag #PlanWithMel 

Add me on facebook: Melissa Lee Aleman

 (links on the right) 

oxoxox, mel

Speech Therapy.

Many of you don't know, but Aiden has been in speech therapy for about 6+ months now. We started out with one program, and wasn't too happy with it. Now, with the speech therapist from home health, we are loving it!!! He adores it! Everything about his therapist we love. He sees it as a friend coming to play, but she is so instructional with him. & is very firm with him about making him say the words before he gets what he wants. He has improved so much, I could not be happier. From going on a few words like "mama, dad, no, juice," and tons of babbling and pointing... to sentences like "i want juice please, i want go outside, i love you mom, i love my dad, mama let's play." can you imagine how happy we are!? His dad and I are so impressed, sometimes it's so hard to say no to him if he uses his words! 

We started potty training last week... that'll be another post. 

Here are some pictures from today, we just did a little shopping. 

Aiden bought some Lego Duplo's from Target  

sitting in the car, ready to take off for the day!

& of course, my little model. he's always ready for the camera. Although I was running out of storage so these are all of the pictures I could get. Plus it was HOT! Texas Heat drives us crazy. 

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To start off this planning spree, I would like to test this out. Located below, you will find a picture of a sticker sheet I created. I am hoping that you will be able to click / print. Let me know if it works in the comment section !

oxoxox, Mel.

NEW SERIES: Plan With Mel

Hey yall. It's Mel!
I'm starting this series on my blog with Aiden because planning is apart of our daily life.
without my Happy Planner, and my cricut, I could not get through the week. How else would i remember appointments, birthday parties, play dates, etc. ? I'm also starting my senior year of college this fall 2016, so it's definitely time to buckle down and get organized. I hope with this blog, we can all share ideas, and I can give back to some of my planner friends. I will be adding some printable sticker sheets along with pictures of planning, hopefully every sunday. But let's get real, I'm a mom... sometimes things don't go as planned.

Always An Adventure with Aiden

Today was very relaxing, as it is the week before mommy goes back to school :(

Aiden is having a great day since its like a playdate, just us two!

We set up a track with these cute, colorful v-tech tracks. It's so cool, because he can use his v-tech cars on it, or even his Thomas trains. He got creative and used his little easel as a tunnel!

What is life without his very own Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. He had some applejuice and chicken nuggets to snack, as we were playing.

Then this cute fishing game! AMAZING for fine motor skills !!! also, kind of annoying once we put the batteries in.

 

 

 

 

 

I still get wildly enthusiastic

about little things...

I play with leaves.

I skip down the street

and run against the wind.