Happy Birthday to me!

Last night Hubby helped the boys make cards for me. Here is the result:

The inside of the card my youngest made cracks me up. He loves fire engines and I love all things tea. So he combined the two.We plan to go out for tea this afternoon. We did that last year so it is becoming a tradition. I hope to have a mini getaway in a few weeks to also celebrate.

Here is a fun fact about my birthday. I was born on Easter Sunday and I thought that year Easter was awfully early. Well, this year it was even earlier.Pin It

Teaching small children about the Resurrection

We've been doing a few activities this week to teach the boys about the real meaning of Easter. We have Resurrection Eggs and we're going through those every night before bed (except when we forget!) You can buy resurrection eggs or make them yourself. I opted for the easier option and bought them last year. A's preschool went through them in class, which I appreciated.

We have a couple Easter books some of which we found at our local library. Our favourites are- The Very First Easter- Benjamin's Box: A Resurrection Story
- Easter Bunny Are You For Real?- The Easter Story
- The Week That Led to Easter

I bought Christopher a lift the flap Easter book but he will receive that tomorrow in his basket.Tonight A and I made empty tomb cookies. You can find the directions here. They are supposed to be hollow in the morning, like Jesus' tomb.

Happy Easter everyone! He is Risen!

Easter lilies image courtesy of Karen's Whimsy.Pin It

Lovely movie

I finally got a chance to watch the movie Once. I had been waiting for it to come out on DVD for so long! I loved it.

Here's the story line. There is a struggling busker with some great songs who fixes vacuum cleaners. He meets a girl. She is a pianist without a piano. She encourages him to record his songs. They write songs together and fall for each other but nothing happens between them physically - unlike every other Hollywood movie.

Here is a little taste.


There are so many great songs in the movie, NOT JUST the one that won the Oscar for Best Song - Falling Slowly. I loved "If You Want Me" and "When Your Mind's Made Up." I'm thinking of buying the soundtrack.

The only caveat I have in recommending the movie is the frequent use of the f word. Other than that, I recommend it to anyone.

The DVD has lots of fun extras that I always appreciate. When a DVD *doesn't* have fun extras I usually feel ripped off. :)Pin It

Crying over asparagus

No, A was not crying because he was being made to eat asparagus. Last night he was crying because he was having to WAIT for Mommy to cook the asparagus. I'm not making this up. :)

While I'm bragging about my kids and what they will eat, C was eating hummus and dark rye bread for supper since he didn't want the spaghetti Daddy cooked.Pin It

Libraries - no children allowed?

Warning, this is an angry post. I had an upsetting incident at a library and I'm steaming.

Here's the scene. We are in the children's section of the library (not our local one) and my 2 year old is exploring and chatting at a normal volume - believe me he wasn't being loud. I was tidying up some books my 2 year old had pulled out. My 4 year old is sitting a child-sized desk reading aloud from a book we had just checked out. We had been there less than 5 minutes. A "lady" in the adjacent section pops her head over the bookshelves (separating us from this anti-child fruitcake) and asks us to be quiet, we are "disturbing the computer users." Huh??????

Is the library intended for computer use or for reading and promoting literacy? We were in the children's section and my son was reading!

I wish I could go back and give that woman a large piece of my mind. She was not a librarian, by the way. (I think my reaction was complacent since I assumed it was an authority figure.) A child in the children's section reading a book aloud should not be told they are bothering a computer user! It is a small library so we all have to get along. Maybe she should go buy a laptop and pay for her own internet access! If you are that grouchy you need to stay home.

It also really bothers me that she said "users" like there were a whole bunch of people banded together wanting my son to stop reading. What a coward!Pin It

On the waiting list

That is our answer for the school we applied to for the fall for kindergarten. I've been waiting all week for the call. It came during naptime so I missed actually talking to the registrar. We are "accepted but on the waiting list." So, good news and yet uncertain. We are going to phone back and find out where we are on the list. Last year we were on the wait list for preschool but we knew we were at position #1 so we weren't concerned. We don't have a back up plan so I'm not sure what we should do in the meantime.Pin It

First school photo

First ever school photo - A at preschool.Pin It

Menu plan Monday

- Spaghetti (recipe here)
- Spinach Quiche
- Fusilli, Yellow Squash and Bacon (recipe here)
- Scribbit's Creamy Chicken Rigatoni - my oldest requested this
- Crock pot Beef Stew, Asparagus
- Crock pot Beef Lasagne, PeasPin It

Welcome party hoppers!

I'm joining the party a little late but I decided to participate anyway. I love meeting new blogging friends!

If you didn't know, there is a blogging party going on at 5 Minutes for Mom, with links to a whole bunch of other blogs and chances to win great prizes.

I'm Sheila. I'm a full-time homemaker. Stay at home mom doesn't really capture my days! I have 2 little boys - 4 1/2 and 2 1/2. My oldest is in preschool 3 days a week. I love to find fun links and share them. I also like to share the hilarious things my boys say and do. I'm Canadian born and raised so you might notice that I spell some things differently. Hi Leah!

I'm over 35 - that's as close as I will get to telling you how old I am. I love reading and sometimes I write a book review. Yikes, I haven't done that for a while! :)

Thanks for visiting! If you leave a comment I will be sure to stop by your blog.Pin It

My son's first interview

We are in the application process for a private Christian school. We had an interview yesterday with the principal. She tested my son one-on-one for about 10 minutes. Well, it seemed that long! Nerve wracking for me and my husband. We think he did just fine. He was asked about letters, numbers, shapes, asked to follow directions (one, two and three step commands), body parts, and my favourite - asked to draw a picture of his family. I asked to keep that part! :) He missed chin, hips and jaw. Do other 4 year olds know where these are? I don't think so.

We don't hear back from them until next week. Sigh. I had trouble sleeping last night. I need to relax. I guess the thing that worries me is that we don't have a backup plan.Pin It

Free magazine subscription

I currently receive enough magazines and could probably eliminate a few, but here is a link to a free year of Focus on the Family magazine.Pin It