More Please!

This shot melts my heart! I am so glad that I ran downstairs this night to grab the camera to capture a memory before it ends! My son is almost 3 and still has a bottle at bedtime - whatever! He is my baby and I don't care! When he needs a refill and he knows that we are in the livingroom he quietly sneaks his bottle with his little hand out the door. He never says anything he just waits there for someone take the bottle from his hand to refill it. Once it is refilled we can find him snuggled back in his bed waiting for it! Love him!

Aaahhh A Day of Scrapbooking!

Since "Cheese" was replaced yesterday, that left me nothing but time for myself today! Jack fortunately got a 10 disc set of Thomas videos that he has been watching on and off today, so that left me time to do what I want! So out came the trimmer and adhesive! I scrapped our family picture with Santa, and managed to finish a day timer for myself!

Loving these last 2 days with only one kid! Jack says he wants to stay at "Drannies" next - sounds good to me, just gotta make sure it is days when Mardi is at school!

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Dead Fish!

Ok 9 days exactly is what it took me to officially kill the hardiest fish available! Yep "Cheese" kicked the bucket! Thankfully it was Jack's fish and he didn't notice!

Mardi is staying at my parents' place for a couple of days so without her giving the fish constant attention, Jack seems to forget that they are here! So it was really easy to pack the deceased up and take him with us to the pet store to get another replacement for free! He never even clued in that I was picking out another one and taking him home!! He was too mesmerized with the puppies and kitties to care!

Now the new "Cheese" seems much more vibrant than the original! And I bought them lights for their aquariums today so they are in their bedrooms and they can be their nightlights now! Geez I hope I remember to feed them - now that they are off the kitchen table!!! I need Mardi here to remind me!!

Damn fish!!! Glad the kids love them! JD figured that I should have got a replacement "Goldie" while I was there - would save the trip in the future if my luck doesn't change!! Better give the in-laws directions to the pet store in case they need to replace any while we are gone for New Years!!!

We Just Got a Head Start!

So we as a family of four decided to do Christmas a little earlier this year! My hubby has to work during the holidays and he didn't want to miss the opening of stockings and the laziness of a Christmas Day, so Sunday night we put out cookies and milk for the big guy! And so Monday was our Christmas Day!

We had a wonderful day - kids were up by 6am - and we were down opening presents shortly after that! They were so excited to see they got all they asked for and more! Our gift to the kids this year were aquariums and fish for each of them! That was the hit!

Mardi named her fish "Goldie", even though it is a betta fish and is as red as can be!

Jack named his blue betta "Cheese"!

Love it!!!

Now to carry on with the rest of the week and split up the gift receiving by a few days! Looking forward to it! That is how you can stretch out the holidays - if the kids don't know what the calendar is you can get away with it! And good luck to all of you that get to cram it all in one or two days!

Merry Ho Ho!

No More Cookies!!

If I see another sugar cookie it will be too soon!

We made one batch this weekend and the one batch turned into 8 dozen!!! You can tell by some of the decorating that I was so done with it all!!!

2 dozen will go to the school Christmas concert tomorrow night.


2 dozen will go to dance on Thursday.







The rest will be eaten at Christmas and Boxing Day, oh and a couple will be left out for Santa!




Glad to be done!!!

Here's What's Cookin'!

So today while Mardi is at school I decided that the deadline for gifts to send to all her teachers is quickly approaching! Not only does she have a teacher but there are 2 teacher assistants in her room, and of course we can't forget her dance instructor!!! Ahhh! So one quick and easy gift is homemade almond bark. Looks good and tastes even better! That is what I did this morning.

Tomorrow I am going to tackle sugar cookies - we need to take some to her dance class on Monday, and then some to her Christmas concert on Tuesday. So if I make them ahead of time they can be decorated this weekend when it is bloody cold and no one wants to leave the house! Plus I should have lots left over for the kids to have fun decorating too! Win win!

All I Want For Christmas...

So Santa was a huge hit this year - however a little last minute jitters resulted in JD and I being involved in this years picture with Old St. Nick! Mardi was fine but Jack wasn't so sure!

Thankfully they asked for the same things they had written in their letter, so Santa should have no problem delivering - that is if Toys R Us delivers to my door soon!!!

The kids are bouncing off the walls these days! Mardi is excited for her upcoming Christmas concert, and Jack is enjoying the sight of wrapped presents!!! I think we are celebrating early again this year because JD has to work from the 23rd right to New Years Eve. So I think Santa will be dropping stuff off here on the night of the 21st! Not my idea - rather their fathers! Whatever - might as well get away with it while we can! That opens up Christmas Day for me - maybe I will make a trip to see my laid up Dad and his nurse my Mom!

All is well!

The last post I was worried about my Dad and his hip replacement surgery - well that is all behind us now. I was able to bring him and Mom home yesterday morning. He was glad to be out of the hospital - since this was his first stay in his 52 years! Lucky shit! So now he is on the road to recovery - long road that is. But in 6 months it will all be behind him.

We took the kids to the Santa Claus Parade in High River last night - what a blast! The kids loved it - especially the candy. The weather was amazing! This was the warmest parade we have ever watched in December! It was +4C oustide. Then after that I went shopping with my best friend Christie (had to throw that BF in for CK!), and her sis-in-law MaryAnn. Just a great time out with girls and no kids! Too bad a bar couldn't have been involved - one is nursing and I assume the other is attempting at kid #2!?

I have been also spending some time in front of this computer lately too! Thanks to Kacey and her ability to sell Creative Memories, I bought the Storybook Creator from her this summer. This is my avenue to create a Christmas letter to mail out this year! I am having so much fun doing it - I can be found playing with it until 11pm nightly! JD has read it and loves it! CK did one last year and ever since then I wanted to try sending one myself. This will replace Christmas cards this year! I am not in the mood to make 30 cards so I will send you a letter hot of the press instead!

Surgery Day

I have to admit I am a little worried. My Dad is in right now getting a hip replacement done. Not sure when the kids turn into the "worrying parents", but it happens!

I drove him and Mom up to Calgary last night, went out for supper and then sadly dropped them off at a hotel to stay the night before surgery this morning.

I know in 3 months he will be laughing, but all I can think about is the pain he will be in when he wakes up after surgery today.

I am planning on going up to see him as soon as my hubby gets home from work. I am not looking forward to seeing him with oxygen tubes wrapped around his face, but thank goodness they told me about them in advance.

So I will rush home after dropping Mardi off at school to sit by the phone and wait for Mom's call saying he is out and in recovery.

I think I need to stop watching all those damn hospital shows!