Party day

Today was the big day. A's 3rd birthday party. Here's a photo of *most* of the kids. Getting a group photo of kids at this age is next to impossible.Pin It

Beach boy

This is my son at Richmond Beach last night at sunset. We had supper there with Grandma. J taught A how to throw rocks into the water.

Today we've been getting ready for the big party tomorrow. Running around.

Grandpa arrives tonight.Pin It

Union station

Took the boys downtown today and we went into Union Station. Fun place for them to run around. Love the old architecture and little features. Would be an elegant place for a reception or party. I got A to give C a kiss - how sweet!

I also went to the cake store this morning to get colours for icing the giant cookie for A's birthday.Pin It

The last book I read

The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope.

Over 800 pages.

Good read. Sorry to say goodbye to all the characters.Pin It

Dahlias from my garden

So, I can't take any credit for these since we bought them at Sky Nursery and Wight's but I wanted to show them off anyway.

I love dahlias. I tried to grow some from tubers but they haven't done very well.

Hopefully I won't kill these new, established plants.Pin It

You know you're a mom when.....

you derive great satisfaction from extracting a booger from your baby's nose.Pin It

Photo of me - brave, eh?

Me at Richmond Beach - August 6th.Pin It

Zoo trip today

I decided to take the boys to the Zoo today. We hadn't been since early June when we went with Grandpa.

We had to wait in line for 30 minutes! Yuck! And that was after having to search around for parking. I wish people could park better. So many spots wasted by bad parkers.

We didn't see many animals - not enough time. We did pet a bunny rabbit. A and C both liked that. A saw an owl - big.

Got stuck in traffic on the way home so it took just over an hour to get back. They both slept in the car. My brain was going to mush sitting in the car for so long.Pin It

I'm a gardener - here's proof!

I just harvested my very first cucumber. Yeah! I think I'll make tzitiki - can't spell it but I know what it is!

I harvested a small number of peas a while back but didn't get around to eating them.

I need some googly eyes to put on my cucumber to make it Larry from Veggie Tales.Pin It