the women, the grandma and the works

On Friday, Renee, Diane and I went out for coffee, and saw...

The Women. Loved it. Go see it with your girlfriends.

On Saturday, K and I, and the kiddies went new car shopping to replace our smashed-up soccer mom mini van. We are thinking of replacing it with something less soccer mom mini van-ish... but we are just waiting an eternity for the insurance company in the shopping stage.

Then, the kiddies and I were off to the airport to pick up The Grandma, who is here for a visit. I just had enough time to bring her to our home, give her my cell number and K's, and leave her with Miss S for the night, so I could take R to the Sens game! {Well, she says she misses the kids, and I miss having a baby-sitter, so...}

R and I had so much fun at the Senators game. This was our first time experiencing the Sens/Habs rivalry up close... love it! I have to admit, it is still hard to get used to a new team - I still have loyalty to my team back home, but I am converting to be a Sens fan too. Can't wait to see both my teams play here later in the season - what jersey will I wear...hmmm?!

And tonight, we introduced The Grandma to The Works...yummy! The kiddies wanted her to drink out of a measuring cup...good times!

today's naptime scrapping

I still had these fall photos {old photos from a fall, back home - I am so not a chronological scrapper!} on my desk and my 'fall' paper, so this is what I did...

{Sometime last week I passed the 100 post mark on this blog - yeah!!! - yet I am still unable to get a good photo of my layouts!}

Nap time scrapping continues to be tricky. Today R was tired, and he actually wanted a nap. He said "I am tired. I didn't get enough sleep last night"! Hmmm, that sounds familiar - sounds like...me! Oops, I am constantly reminded that the kiddies repeat everything I say.

But Miss S, she never wants a nap anymore {and I am so not ready to give up on a 2 year old napping yet}. Her new trick is to wait until I think she is sleeping, and then quietly sneak into her big brother's room...and play with his toys. This is what she did today, and R slept right through it! I always find Miss S {she is not as sneaky as she thinks she is} and then I have to put R's toys back just so - he does NOT like anyone touching his things. Oh, the drama...

my boys...

with their matching 'do's! They have been having fun at floor hockey {R now goes onto the gym floor, if Daddy goes with him - so that is progress that we can live with}. I am betting that R will be out there on his own very soon, with Daddy cheering from the sidelines.

I'm just laughing as I'm typing - remembering a story R told us last night, about "how handy it would be to be a monkey. Because {Curious} George can hold a juice box in one hand, an apple in another and hold a book with his other two hands..."! That would be handy - I know I could use more hands with these monkeys some days!

eighty-two years young

but R thinks he just turned 15! It was so great that my Grandpa was here to celebrate his birthday with us...

We celebrated last night with a wonderful dinner at Baton Rouge, and then cake at home! To my {surprise, and} delight the kiddies behaved exceptionally well at dinner {'cause you know I was worried about that}! We had a great visit with my Grandpa this week and will be sad to see him go {he, however is probably looking forward to some peace and quiet - although I know he will miss the 'little rugrats'}.

Happy 15th Birthday Grandpa!

here's to fall

To celebrate the first day of fall today...

here's a layout of R playing in some leaves at the lake back home {totally scraplifted from the Fall issue of Canadian Scrapbooker magazine}!

And some other layouts done last week while the kiddies were napping {it is getting harder and harder to get them to nap, so scrapping time is becoming rare}...

The above layout is of Poppa {my Grandpa}, who just happens to be in town visiting us right now, and Miss S, last Christmas.

And this one, because I had all my lovely new Fa La La {Making Memories} papers {and some Anna Griffin} still sitting on my desk...

Happy Fall!

winter album, part deux

and finally...that is all!

go sens go

The Senators start the pre-season tonight, playing at Scotiabank Place against the New York Rangers.

It's that time of year again! I will be watching the game on TV {K is at the game but I gave away our other tickets as I don't think Miss S is ready to sit through an entire game}...Go Sens!

winter album, part one

I made this 'winter album' for R at the crop this past weekend. I have been wanting to put it together for a while, and was setting aside embellishments that were blue, white and icy. I love that the acrylic album itself has an 'icy' feel to it, too. All of the photos {from a few different days} are taken at 'the Lake' back home, where we spent a great deal of time. We were lucky to live in a 'lake community' where you could go swimming, fishing and play tennis, etc, in the summer and go skating and tobogganing, etc, in the winter. It was a special place for us - K and I both grew up in the community, and a few years ago bought a home there ourselves, so that our children could grow up there too. Well, that obviously didn't happen, as we are now living 'out east', so this album will be a reminder of home as well as an album showcasing R's winter fun and skating progress.

I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, so scroll down to see a crazy amount of photos...

There are more photos to come {for those of you that hung in there to see them all}!!!

tiny dancer

Miss S is a ballerina {or bawa-wina, as she puts it}! For the first class I just dressed her in regular play clothes, and thought I would wait and see how the teacher wanted them to dress. Well, you know I couldn't resist - today, I went out and bought Miss S this ensemble...

How adorable is that! This program promises to teach Miss S grace and creativity {um, graceful and toddler are not two words that usually go together, are they?} while learning basic ballet and jazz. I just want to see her in a tutu!

OK, I couldn't resist...


This is the tutu that Grandma gave Miss S for dress-up, but maybe she could wear it to class, right? Tonight for bedtime story, we read Angelina Ballerina and Miss S told me that she can curtsy like Angelina!

Watching Miss S dancing is going to be delightful!

Ta-dah! I cannot wait to scrapbook these photos!