Saturday, 24 March 2012

Mommy and Katie's Day Together

Katie and I decided to have a day together so first off we had a bath and watched Beauty and the Beast while lounging in the nice warm tub:)  We meant to paint her nails today but time got away from us:(  Tomorrow:)
Next we came down and made chocolate chip cookies because she asked for some cookies for her to decorate.  I figured, kill 2 birds with 1 stone...I've been all over this blog www.foodgawker.com and I LOVE IT!!!!!  I am making a lot of new recipes this week and am very proud of myself for leaving my comfort zone and trying new dishes.  Anyways, back to Katie's day...After the cookies were finally done and ready to be decorated we used some of the cream cheese frosting that I had from the cinnamon rolls that I had made on friday night.  We colored them pink, purple and teal, added some mini m&m's and some red sprinkles and the kids had a blast!  They were both so good at it and Kyle really enjoyed eating the leftover m&m's;P
After that we played some trouble and then bed.  Oh how I love early bedtimes:)







































































Sunday, 18 March 2012

Finally putting up some pics!









































































































Well here you go...finally some new pictures of us:)  I end up taking a lot more pictures with my phone and iPad so eventually I will have to suck it up and post those pictures here too but if you are on FB then you are able to see those pictures there.
The last day of Feb is Stand Up Against Bullying and everyone wears pink to show their support.  Kyle looks pretty dang good in Pink! LOL
Chris and I got to go out on some dates recently and we went and saw Chris Kattan one night and Norm MacDonald another night.  It was so much fun to go out with good friends.  I have pics of us with the comedians but they are on my phone so you will have to wait.  We all celebrated St Paddy's day by wearing green and a silly little leprechaun "peed" in our pancakes and eggs.
The kids and I went for a picnic at the park with our friends and Airdrie 360 asked to take our pictures and we are hoping they will be up on their website.  I LOVE having our pictures taken:)
I know I am looking forward to spring and summer.  Looking at getting the kids a swing set this year.  Almost have our decision made...
Chris is now using up his earned days off and he will have at least 2 long weekends every month until the end of sept.  We love having Daddy home!!
Hope you are all having a great year cuz I know we are!

Monday, 27 February 2012

Sad Today:(

I'm sad today because my parents are leaving:(  It's been a wonderful visit filled with laughter, food, games and lots of hugs and kisses for all of us.  We will miss you guys very much and thanks so much for a great visit xoxo

Thursday, 9 February 2012

New Ideas for my Blog

So, after chatting with Di, I've decided to steal some of her ideas and add some posts about my recipes and some other stuff.  There will still be lots of posts and pics of the kids;)

Thursday, 2 February 2012

My Parents are coming for a visit!

It's been a long time since my parents have been out here and they are arriving tomorrow morning!  The kids and I are very excited!  I'm sure we are going to have a great visit and I'm really looking forward to not having to take Kyle with me to go get Katie;)
The weather has been really good lately.  We've been able to go to the park and the kids are really enjoying it:)  I've got some videos from my phone to upload but too tired to do it now so you will just have to wait:)
The kids and I went to Blue Grass Nursery this morning to see Balzac Billy the groundhog and see what his prediction was for winter.  He said 6 more weeks but if it's like the weather we've had recently I am going to be ok with that.
The kids and I went swimming on Monday and Katie is really trying to teach herself to swim and they both LOVE the water.  My little fishes.

Saturday, 21 January 2012

It's Been a VERY Cold Week!!

This past week has been super cold! Brrr!!  After dealing with freezing cold temps and 3 out of the 4 of us sick, I asked Chris...why do we still live in Canada??  I'm a proud Canadian but this week really tested my loyalty.  Why can't we buy a warm island already?!?
Poor Katie got sick on tuesday afternoon and we thought it only lasted 12 hrs but later on wednesday she starting her fever again:(  It wasn't until friday morning that she went 12 hrs without a fever.  YAY!  Friday was wacky hair day at her school.  She looked so cute:)
Chris and I have had colds and also headaches all week:(  I asked on FB if anyone else was getting headaches all week, trying to see if it was from the weather and quite a few people are.  Little Kyle was doing so good on staying healthy until midnight friday.  He woke up with a terrible cough and vomited a little bit from it.  He was so upset by his cough, I felt so bad for him.  I took him to the dr on friday morning and he has croup.  We got him some meds and have his humidifier on full blast to try to help him.  He's also got a cold and just sounds and looks so sick:(Last night when we were putting the kids to bed, Chris gave Kyle a kiss good night and Katie came over to give Kyle a hug and a kiss goodnight, when Kyle said "NO! I'm sick!"  HAHA  It was so funny but poor Katie got her feelings hurt.  We told her Kyle loved her so much that he didn't want to get her sick.  He apparently doesn't feel the same about us;p

On a happier note...my parents are coming for a visit!  It's been a long time since they were last out here and the kids are very excited.  My parents will need a vacation after their trip here I'm sure just to recover from my kids!  They are so busy and talk so much!  It's exhausting just listening to them:)  Kyle is saying so much now.  He also has been working hard at not being so shy anymore.  He still takes some time to warm up to certain situations but he really gets out there and plays.  We went on a play date last week and he really enjoyed playing with the older kids. 

Kindergarten registration has begun and we still haven't registered Katie yet but are pretty sure we are putting her in the Francophone school here in Airdrie.  Right now the school is small but they are hoping to have the new and bigger school built in Reunion in 2014.  Fingers crossed since it will be super close to our house.  If we don't send her there we are thinking Magic Mountain and if not there then maybe the Catholic school.  I can't believe my baby girl is going to Kindergarten next year:(  I'm very excited for her but also sad because it means she really is growing up:(  It is all happening way to fast for my liking.








Top two pics are Katie and bottom one is me. I think we look a lot alike...especially the hair!  Same part and everything
I've been playing with the apps on the iPad and really enjoy the photo apps.  The kids also really love the iPad.  Kyle is OBSESSED with trains!  We thought it was just Thomas but no, it's any kind of train.  He has a few train apps and one of them is just pictures and videos and he will watch that thing all day if I let him!  It's kind of funny but also weird.  HAHA  This morning after we ate breakfast Kyle stole my iPad to play trains and Katie was on the laptop play Disney Princess.  She is really good at the computer and using a mouse.  I'm very impressed. 

Work is going very well for Chris which is nice.  Classes for him will resume in March I believe. 
Looking forward to a couple date nights too since we will have company *wink wink*

Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Christmas Pictures




















Katie wrote her letter to Santa and glued on pictures for him to make it easier.  What a nice girl;)
I loved Christmas 2011 and look forward to so many more with my beautiful family