Last stamping night...sniff sniff...

Well I'm all done my stamping classes for another year. Which is just in time because staking lessons fall on the same night...and swimming lessons...and any other evening lessons that the boys are interested in!

Thanksgiving dinner

Dad, Lucie, Chris and Jeff (Kathryn's fiance)


Party On Jeff! Where's your mullet?

Me and Mom

Aaron looking as svelte as ever

Auntie Heather and Alex shooting Turtles

We had a very nice dinner with everyone, the food was great, the chocolate fountain worked awesome (Auntie Anne was right, microwaving in small batches is the way to go!), the company was great and there's enough leftovers that I don't need to cook dinner tonight! Yippee!

You gotta love him!

This is Joseph's swim mask but his little brother was just so pleased with himself when he finally figured out how to put them on! My kids sure crack me up!

We had a semi-quiet Saturday, I cleaned while the boys made a mess...typical Saturday...

Tomorrow we have 13 people for Thanksgiving dinner, the boys made place cards for everyone, they are so cute I'm sure I'll have a picture of them to show everyone.

Enjoy your turkey dinners!

Thirteen Things I Love About My House 1) Location, location, location – we couldn’t have asked for a better neighbourhood, we’ve got almost everything we need in walking distance or within 5 minutes of driving 2) Lots of windows on the main floor – you can’t beat natural light, it reduces the electricity bill too 3) Upstairs laundry – when you think about it almost all the stuff I wash are stored upstairs, clothes, linens…I think the only exception would be kitchen towels 4) 3 bathrooms – we’ve got a fairly large powder room on the main floor and 2 full baths upstairs one for the boys and one for us 5) A fairly open floor plan on the main floor –our living room is open to the kitchen and the eating area is on the other side of a breakfast bar/counter so it’s all fairly open 6) Wide hallways – they do take away from the room size but I think it makes the house brighter and roomier looking 7) High ceilings – I think they’re 9 foot ones 8) Big bedroom – it’s a must seeing as we bought big bedroom furniture (who would’ve thought to measure it first?) 9) A window seat upstairs with a slide out cubby for storage 10) A room on the front of the house which turned into the ideal playroom (minus the French doors which are wrapped up in the basement) 11) Gas fireplace in the living room –it’s just so cozy, that was one of Alex’s favorite past times as a baby, to have his naked time in front of the fire on his blankie or sheepskin 12) Maple cabinets – I find it the perfect in between of not too dark and not too light 13) Huge corner storage cupboards in the kitchen – you can cram a lot into those things and then just close the door!

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All I Want For Christmas is My Two Front Teeth!

(Ignore the chocolate milk all over Joe's face please, his mouth was still frozen and he was quite messy, although I also could have just washed him up a bit before the picture)

My monkey on the monkey bars.

Both my monkeys on the teeter totter.

Well it's a quiet dayhome afternoon, we spent the morning at the park and wore everyone out! The little napper is napping in Alex's room and the big boys are playing in Joseph's room which doesn't happen very often so they're pretty well behaved and gentle with his toys.  That leaves me a chance to clean out the window seat cubby and still keep an eye on them.  I think it's a win-win day for the dayhome!

Joseph's started 2 new programs today!

Here's a picture from Joseph's new computer program. I think he designed part of it on computer and then drew in the other parts using stencils...I think... I'm not sure of the actual name of the program but I do know it's through the Children's Technology Workshop which is run by our good friend and neighbour Jacquie. Joseph had a lot of fun and is looking forward to Thursday already.

Tonight was also Joseph's first skating lesson. Aaron said that for the first 20 minutes of the 30 minute class Joseph just kept saying 'I can't do it' 'I can't do it' but once he skated he got more excited and tried harder.

And where was Alex?! Well, last night Alex had an upset stomach in the middle of the night and was sick all over his bedroom, from his bed to the playpen, to the pillows to the stuffed animals...and the list goes on and on...now remember that I don't have a dryer at the moment...eeeeeeeeeew! I washed everything right away last night to get out that curdled milk/sic smell and hung everything over the shower curtain rods in both bathrooms and then disinfected Alex's room before it had a chance to set in. Alex had a pretty quiet day with out another big blowout but was exhausted from being up for quite a few hours in the middle of the night. So, Alex skipped out on skating and hung out with me instead...and had a nice leisurely bath.

Last night we'd actually picked out a new washer dryer set at the Brick but they kept screwing up the paperwork and weren't honoring a deal that they had posted in 3 different locations in the appliances section so in the end...after an hour of waiting with my two impatient little guys we just asked for our money back and will be heading to Trail appliances tomorrow night to pick up a set. So, tonight I'm still washing and hanging a few things over the curtain rod.

You do what you have to do!

Hmmmm....How did I spend my weekend?...Well...

It all started Friday night over at Christina's house for Bunco. Woo-hoo! We all had a great time and met some newbies. I won the hostess rights of the next party which will also be a dress up party. Woo-hoo again! That means I can wear my new wedding dress 3 times this month (once for Ladies Night, once for Trick or Treating, once for Bunco night). Saturday morning came waaaaaaaaaaay too early for this girl but I headed on over to Kathryn and Jeff's house to help with the painting before the furniture would be moved in. I actually didn't paint a single thing! I steam cleaned/stain removed the carpets, did lots of taping and then stripped wall paper borders instead. After a day of work I picked up some subs for a quick and easy dinner. Or so I thought. About 2 hours after Aaron indulged in a few bites of his toasted tuna he was praying to the porcelain king. My poor husband got food poisoning. We got to the emergency at 12:30 at night and Aaron was given some toridol for the pain, gravol for the nausea and a couple of litres of saline for the dehydration. We finally got home at 4:30 this morning just in time for Joseph to wake up to start his day at 6:30...sheesh...give Mommy a break! I pulled an almost all-nighter yet managed to entertain my boys today, do recycling, do some laundry, and just as I head out to take the boys to Courtney's birthday...yep...the dryer quit. So, after the party I get the boys all settled in and ready for bed and then head to the laundromat to finish drying our laundry. Clean sheet night just isn't that great if they're cold and wet sheets! So, we're off to buy a dryer tomorrow night. So much for having a practise skate before we take the boys to lessons on Tuesday night!