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

Summer fun

Saturday we went to a local fair. A went on the huge slide with his daddy. I went down it, too. It was actually pretty fun. A asked me to write about the slide on his calendar - that was a first - him asking me to write something on his calendar. (I write down milestones or funny things he says on this calendar in his room).

Sunday was the company picnic. Love all the free food. The weather was terrific. The forecast was for rain. A & C went on the pony ride, the circus train and the play equipment. A went in the inflatible house. I got some good photos of them. Saw the billionaire president & founder taking video of his daughter riding the horse.

Today A went in the neighbour kid's electric sports car for the first time. M & M play with A every day now. A went to their house while I went grocery shopping with C.Pin It

Daddy go away!

Tonight as my DH was putting my toddler to bed, he was told (nicely) to go away. I guess he was ready to go to sleep. Too funny!Pin It

Swimming

We went swimming yesterday - well Daddy & A went with A's friend and his Mom. Baby and I stayed dry and watched.

A loved it. He has no fear of the water. He loved going under.

The pool was packed but it still went OK - after A. got over having to wear plastic pants over his swim diaper.

I was so glad that A. enjoyed it so much. I don't want him to be too afraid of things.Pin It

Photo of my toddler

Decorating gingerbread cookies with Grandma.Pin It

Thursday thoughts

CBS was pretty good this morning. Someone asked for prayer in parenting their 2 1/2 year old boy. I really appreciated her honesty and tears. There hasn't been enough of that in my group. I prayed for her while I had my rest time today.

C & A slept at the same time today - ahhhh. Heaven. A seemed in a better mood after CBS.

It's been raining forever. Yuck.Pin It

Christmas photo #1

C. in his Santa hat - December 25thPin It

Christmas memories

A. really enjoyed spending time with his grandpa. He called him "Papa" for a while. They ran around the circle, built train tracks, garages for cars, and went for a walk.

A. was excited to open presents. He would draw in a breath as he saw what the gift was.

A received big boy briefs from Uncle and Auntie with a Thomas theme, a magnetic map of Canada from his Grand Dad, Percy lego train, 3 Bob the Builder DVDs and a collection of little ABC books from us, a book on feelings from Grandma & Grandpa and a Bob the Builder calendar and ABC window clings from us.

C. received a sleeper and a sweatshirt from Grandma & Grandpa, an NRA bib from Uncle, an outfit from us and a discovery ball from us. The boys received socks from Grandma & Grandpa.

We almost didn't get a turkey. J & I were grocery shopping at about 4 pm on Christmas Eve and Safeway was all out of turkeys. We got one from Albertsons.Pin It

We're moved in.

We moved into our new house on Saturday. Exhausting. I wish I'd found a babysitter for C. since it was next to impossible to pack with him around. He really wants to be held these days. He can really roll, too. On moving day I put him on a blanket in the middle of an empty room and went into the next room. I came back shortly and couldn't see him! He had rolled so far!

Tonight J. is at the old house cleaning it out. I gave both kids baths tonight. That's so physically exhausting.

I'm looking forward to having time to work on this house. So many things to do besides unpacking. Curtains, etc.Pin It

We get the keys today!!!!

Yipppeeeee! We get the keys to our house today!! How exciting!! We're meeting our realtor at the house at 4 pm.

Rebecca watched A. this morning and C. napped for an hour. I got lots of packing and labelling done.

It's even sunny today which is so great.Pin It

Signed papers for our house today

J and I signed the papers today for our house. We hope to close tomorrow. Unreal. It still doesn't seem real. Our neighbour watched our toddler which was a big blessing. I can't imagine him sitting through all that.

Packing is going OK. It is hard getting much done with 2 kids at home.

We're moving Saturday. We're going to Mary's for Thanksgiving.Pin It

Bad day - feeling down

I had a bad day. Sunday wasn't the best either. I still have a sinus infection. Going to the doctor for antibiotics tomorrow. Both kids have colds. A. is really trying my patience. I find myself getting very angry and frustrated with him. He whines so much, repeats one phrase over and over, and sometimes ignores me when I ask him to do something or come to me.

The move has me worried and stressed.

I'm sad that my parents continue to resist coming to visit and when they do come it is for the shortest possible time. It really hurts me that they don't want to spend more time with their grandchildren. They are missing out on C's development. I don't know why they can't see that the best way they could help with our move is to help watch the kids before, during and after the move. I could ask them that flat out but I don't want to risk beign disappointed for the hundreth time.Pin It

Time for a photo

My baby, last month.Pin It

Halloween

A. wore his costume in the end. He resisted it when we did a "trial run" on Saturday when I bought myself a costume (which I never wore). We went to trick or treating at J's work. We planned on going to the Halloween party there but it had already ended when we got there - about 4:30. Pretty lame.

He gradually got the hang of the trick or treating concept. At first he wouldn't accept treats. He found that scary (someone putting a treat in his basket). At one person's door they had a bowl on the floor and he dumped the whole thing on the floor! He eventually said trick or treat (his version)and said thank you and accepted treats or took one.

We also trick or treated on our street. Several not home/not answering. I think not answering when you have the lights on and the curtains open and are sitting at the dining room table is very lame. An older man had a bucket of pennies and dimes he was giving out. I thought that was fun. We got treats from 3 houses on our street.

We had about 15 trick or treaters at our house. Mainly older kids.Pin It