Happy Monday, folks! Around these parts, it’s the FIRST day of school, and this year my oldest is starting FIRST grade! The house was full of excitement after 7:07 a.m. this morning when Samuel woke up. Of course he woke up saying, “Mom, NEXT year, when I’m in 2nd grade, that is going to be AWESOME!”

Laughingly, I said, “Son, can we just get through the FIRST day of FIRST grade FIRST, please”?

He agreed that yeah, it’d be fun to get through first grade first.

And in case you haven’t noticed – yes, we have a THEME today!

So, let’s make our Challenge for Monday a THEME Challenge, shall we?

And because I’m excited about the FIRST day of school, let’s make the THEME challenge a bit of a CONTEST. Good idea? Yeah, I thought so!

Here it is:

Challenge – complete a NEW layout about “firsts” – could be about the first day of school, could be about your first time flying, could be about your first time eating sushi and not throwing up (ok, sorry, that was gross… but I do live with a 6 year old… and his FIRST day of school is the inspiration for today’s challenge).

Where was I? Oh yes, complete a new layout… about “firsts”…. post your link here in the comments!

On Friday, I’ll pick a random winner, and I’ll award a random prize. I haven’t decided what it will be yet, but past giveaways/contests have netted everything from $5 digi-scrap gift cards to Starbucks gift cards, to books from amazon.com (scrappin’ related, of course!).

There you go – take a chance, do a layout, maybe win a prize! And if Samuel has a great FIRST week of school (we can sure hope!), maybe I’ll pick a few extra winners on Friday!

Layouts… I want to see layouts…

Happy FIRST day!