Beauty Mark

It is the cutest little mark!

Coffee Just Taste Better...

In a dark mug! I have had this conversation with a few friends of mine on how coffee taste better from a mug with a dark inside. I totally agree with this. I got some mugs for Christmas from Alex and Lauren and I just love them. I just treated myself to some more. I also love love the colours!

All We Needed Was A Breath Of Fresh Air...

Today has been one of those days where we drove each other nuts. To cure this we all went outside. We had such a great time. After about an hour of climbing the highest snow mountains, making snow tunnels and lying in the snow staring up at the blue sky we were ready to come inside. All we needed was a breath of fresh air.

I took these photos of Scarlett while I was outside barbecuing and she was staring at me through the back door. She also helped clean up my old doll house that my grandad made for me when I was little. It still needs to be fixed up more but it is playable now. I cant believe my grandad handmade all the furniture. Scarlett just loves it!

Locket Found=Happy Happy Scarlett

Scarlett lost one of her lockets this evening and it made her the saddest little girl. It was a heartbroken cry that I have never experienced with her before. It brought me to tears. I didn't know what I was going to tell her if I couldn't find it for her. We looked everywhere for it...and when I was sitting on the floor consoling her I looked down on the ground and it was right there! It was the strangest thing. Her tears changed to BIG smiles! I never knew these lockets were that important to her. My dad gave them to her and I am pretty sure they were my grandmas who has passed away. I am going to have to get her a special box or little bag for them so she does not misplace them again.

Mobile

Scarlett found a big stick outside yesterday so we turned it into a mobile. It sits as a center piece on our kitchen table.

A First For Scarlett

Scarlett wrote her name for the first time today! I am so proud of her! She wanted me to do it but then insisted she could. I would write the letter on another piece of paper and she would copy it. Oh and that is a bucket of sand with a shovel beside it. We are really missing summer around here. I aways get the winter blues this time of year so we have been making spring and summer pictures to hang around the house to help me get through the rest of this cold weather.

There's No Place...

Like the laundry basket!

I started my blog last night, picked out my photo, did some editing then signed into my blog. I always look at the other blogs I follow first and last night I really got into them one of the blogs lead me to another blog which had me crying and I totally forgot to do my blog! I do stuff like this...That is just me! Here is my post from last night!

Early Morning...

Snuggles.

I love love love this baby!

She is tiny, sweet and has the most amazing big blue eyes!

Don't Smile...

I was trying to capture "real" smiles from the kids using reverse psychology and I was saying "Don't smile, don't you guys smile..." well I guess Scarlett was smiling and Ronyn took me seriously so he thought he would help her out!

Scarlett also drew some lovely red roses today!

Coloring Themselves...

We started our day today by dragging out the BIG paper roll and tracing our bodies! I love doing this from time to time to see what they turn themselves into!

My sister gave me this link on facebook and thought you might want to look. This guy is super talented in picture taking and his girls are his inspiration. His pics are really good and his girls are too cute! If you like taking pics of your kids you should really check out his blog.

http://kristinandkayla.com/

Sock Pants & Sorting

For the past few days I have tried to inform my 3 year old that you are to wear a dress or skirt with tights. She replies with a "These aren't tights, these are my sock pants!' Socks pants have become a regular part of her wardrobe lately. She also has a pair of purple sock pants which she is wearing while sorting all the books...

The Scarey Stuffie

Say hello to Scary Stuffie, as Scarlett calls him. Scarlett likes to go to her Nana's houses and "adopt" all of their stuffies to come live in her room! This one is from Nana Brown. All the stuffies have a special spot in her room and are treated very well, no matter how scary or ugly they are!

Can You Find The Letter....

Tonight Scarlett and I worked on some letter recognition. She started playing with the alphabet magnets so I pulled out the flash cards and we matched them up. I was very surprised by how many she knew. She starts school in September and I am having very mixed feelings about this. Scarlett is ready for school. She is ready to get out there and start this big adventure and make friends that are "girls", she does not have any friends that are girls! I on the other hand am not ready to let go....She is my sweet baby, my last baby, I cant believe how fast this time has gone....Hug your babies because they really don't stay babies for long!

Window Water

I just love the texture of this picture. I forgot to turn on my dehumidifier last night and when I woke up this morning my windows were very wet. Before I cleaned them up I snapped a picture!

Big Blue Ball

I picked up this exercise ball today at Giant Tiger as I need to expand my work out with my trainer Bob! You know Bob right? From the Biggest Loser. He meets me almost everyday in my den to make sure he gives my body an extra good work out! Boy do I ache. Traivs and I have been working out to this Kinect game for a few days now and we are both sore! We cant wait for the day to come where it is just the new normal feeling and we both stop complaining about it! I find it challenging to work out at home but I have no time to go to a gym right now and this just seems like the next best thing. I do know one thing if I never use this big blue ball I know the kids will!

Arrr Matey

Ronyn has been playing Pirates of the Caribbean on XBox. When he was done it was imperative that he dress like Captain Jack! He has been this way for many of his superhero influences. He really wanted me cut up his nice brown layering shirt, that he still wears often, to look more tattered and more like Jacks but I had to say no. It was a perfectly fine shirt! He was just has happy to improvise and use the vest I made for him out one of my old brown T-shirts. He sure does make one cute pirate with the sweetest smile!

We Played Them All...

Scarlett got out all her favourite board games today for us to play on our girly day. She will only play by the rules for so long until her rules start to take over and then the pieces turn into little me and yous that end up running around eating all the candy, climbing up ladders, sliding down slides and eating all the cherries and apples!

Smile..

I feel like I have to teach Scarlett how to smile again :) She is giving me some weird one eyed, I'm to cool for you ones lately...

Mommys Little Helper

Scarlett was my little helper today. It was our "girlie" day (girlie days are when Ronyn is at school and it is just us girls) and we did everything together! She helped with the morning tidy, making cookies, washing dishes and even made her dad a tea when he was done snow blowing the driveway. I returned the favour by playing barbies, reading stories and dancing! She was attached to me at the hip today and I loved it! Oh did I mention she even helped me with my workout!

Ouch

These things are why my tongue hurts! But I love'em and cant stop eating them. Sour Keys are definitely something that when they are in the house I can not leave them alone! I am really in trouble as my sister got me this BIG bucket of them for Christmas. I gave one to the kids today and Scarlett made the cutest little sour face! I wanted to take pictures of their reactions but both of them declined. Ronyn didn't even flinch! You can tell he is like his mama!

Look What I Can Do!

This is the face and pose I am getting lately from Scarlett when I want to take pictures of her. It is followed shortly after with an "OK now no more pictures!"

Scarlett is so proud that she can close one eye. All day I hear "Mommy look what I can do!" and I mean I hear it allllll day......

Cherry Pie

Who doesn't like a big piece of cherry pie with whipped cream?.......Not me! I love cake. Ronyn on the other hand LOVES pie. We went to my mother in laws for dinner tonight and I think he ate 3 pieces of pie with TONS of whipped cream. We told him he better slow down as we didn't want him to end with a belly ache. It is so funny to watch him eat his pie as he first licks the cream off with his tongue then uses his fork for the cherries!

Outside

I never gave them a choice today, I said we are going outside and I began to get myself ready and they followed. Just as we were heading out the door the phone rang so I thought I would take it outside with me and have a little chat while the kids played in the snow. While I was talking on the phone, shoveling the deck off and putting on and tucking in mittens I ended up dropping the phone in the snow! It began to sound a little weird so I ended my conversation and put the phone back in the house. I am such a multi-tasker, but sometimes not so good at it. I also wanted to take my camera outside for the first time in the cold weather. I didn't think it was a good idea after what I did to the phone, but I did it anyways. I just stood outside the front door and snapped a few pics of them before we came inside. A lot of them came out really goofy as I was trying to do it fast. But I did get one good one of them!

Cozy Feet

It looked nice outside today but no one wanted to go out to play. I really wanted to get some fresh air but the kids just would not go! No matter what bribery I used they just wanted to stay inside. So we had another day of hanging out playing playmobil and watching Wall-E. We painted, and also played a little Wii. The kids were quit content but I thought it was a rather boring day. I hope tomorrow I can at least get Scarlett to take off her slippers and put on her boots!

The Little Sitter

Scarlett drew this picture of her getting babysat by her brother on PBSkids.org



Usually after dinner the kids like to play the Wii and the lap top. Tonight Ronyn played a transformer kid quiz to see what transformer you are most like. One of the questions was if you had to babysit your little sister what would you do with her? A)lock her in her room and yell at her until she is quiet B) Watch TV and play games with her all night C) I cant remember it as I was too shocked with A! Well Scarlett was right beside Ronyn when he was answering this question and she was so happy when Ronyn picked B that she gave him a big hug and kiss. I was then told that I had to leave the house as Ronyn was going to babysit and I needed to not be around as that is what moms do when their kids get babysat. So I told Ronyn he could babysit while I went and changed the laundry. After the 2mins it took me to change the laundry over I proceed to go upstairs where I was met by Ronyn who was going to pay ME for letting him babysit...I told him he had it backwards and I was to pay him. Well he was so excited to receive 25 cents to put in his piggy bank and was asking when he could do it again! I think maybe it is time to start with allowance and chores.

Ronyn

He is an amazing little boy who loves Lego, Superhero's, Myth Busters and How's It Made. He is creative, funny and has a very soft heart! He is getting freckles on his nose and has a chipped front tooth that someday will be gone. We have the exact same chin and share the same blue eyes. He has this giggle that makes me smile every time I hear it. I am so blessed to have this little boy I call Ronyn in my life!

Beach Glass

When I go to the beach I look for glass. I have been doing this since I was little. It makes me wish I would have kept all the pieces I searched for as a child. I love the beach and love the treasures it holds.

Peanut Big Top

My sister kindly got Scarlett Peanut Big Top Lalaloopsy Doll for Christmas. It was one of the most sought after dolls this past Holiday. Peanut has not got much attention until today. Scarlett thought that she should pose Peanut on her head and I should take pictures. It was really cute to see what she came up with and when she was ready she would say "Now" meaning snap that picture.

I also just purchased her a little table and chair set for her from Kijiji. I love buying used things as it saves it from going to the landfill and it saves money. With a little bit of soap and hard scrubbing you have a new to you treasure. I thought the table set would be good for tea party's, playmobil and for her to entertain her guests. So far it's only been used to get things from the top of her dresser. Now I don't know why I didn't think of that!

Don't you think that Lovable Labels would look great on Scarlett's storage system? It would teach her to stay organized and that it is a lesson that would stick with her!http://www.lovablelabels.ca/

Check Them Out!

Me

This is me....and I don't fancy my picture being taken. But I thought that I would give myself a challenge today and do a self portrait. I must say self portraits are hard and it is even harder picking one that you like and want to post. Anyways this is me and I prefer to be behind the camera.

A Quiet Start To A New Year

We brought the New Year in by doing nothing all day! It was kinda nice. We played Lego, made rice crispy treats, stayed in our jammies, undecked the halls and had breakfast for dinner. Wishing you a cheerful and happy 2011!