i know this is hard to believe

but I came home from the long weekend without good photos to post. I think the lack of photos are due to the fact that I spent most of my long weekend shopping! I did however come home with lots of nice new clothes and scrapbooking goodies and stuff for the kiddies...and a year's supply of products from Bath & Body Works (love that store)! For our first long weekend in our new home we headed south and crossed the border into New York state. I was SO excited - I've never been to New York (can't wait to go to New York City...)! We stayed in Syracuse for a couple nights to do some shopping and take the kids swimming and to see some sights. The drive was just under 3 hours and very enjoyable - even considering Miss S has now become a back seat driver {me see cows, mom - mom stop - go back dat way - go back - me see bird S window...it is funny that she always directs ME even though K was driving...}. The Thousand Island area is very pretty - we drove over a great bridge - this is an area that I want to come back to and explore.

Here are the photos I do have from our big night out in Syracuse, NY...(don't get too excited - we have children...) This is us at Chuck E Cheese! Miss S was really fascinated by the 'big mouse'...

until his hat fell off and almost knocked her out...

She came running back to us saying 'big mouse scared me'. {Everything scares Miss S these days - that is her new favorite saying - me scared}. Taking my kids to Chuck E Cheese brings back memories of going to Bullwinkles in Calgary with my family and grandparents...

So that is pretty much it for photos - oh, except for this one. These are cupcakes {there is cake under all that icing, I swear} that K saw and had to buy for a treat one night...


Aren't they just so cute! The four of us couldn't even share one complete cupcake there was just WAY too much icing - but you know how much Miss S {OK, and me too} loves a good 'cuppy cake'.


On our way home from Syracuse we stopped in Watertown to see some sights {ie more shopping} and have lunch. I'm already planning our next adventure...I'm thinking Lake George in the Adirondacks...hmmm