rain, rain go away...

Ugh! We have had enough of this rain already! When is it going to go away so we can play outside again? The only upside to all this downpour is that my kiddies look adorable in their rain gear...

Rain, rain, go away...come again another day...

our little cupcake

Celebrating our little cupcake and her 2nd birthday...

We had a great day celebrating last weekend with Grandma and Grandpa. When asked about her birthday Miss S now proudly says "me blow out candles". She loved her cuppy-cakes and all her wonderful presents. My little baby is growing up into a beautiful young girl so quickly!

happy birthday shar!

Just thought I would share photos of an album I scrapbooked, documenting my long and wonderful friendship with Sharlene, on the day that she is celebrating her birthday! I made an album for Shar that I gave her before I moved. These photos here are of my album, that has the same layouts as hers but with slightly different paper and embellishments. {Once I saw hers all complete, I realized I wanted one too - to be able to look at some of the photos of us through the years all together in one place}...

All the layouts are 8x8 and were made with Making Memories paper.

The title page has a photo of Shar and I on her wedding day {I was her Maid of Honor}...

These are from our elementary school days together...

and junior high...

high school...

vacations together...

Shar as my Maid of Honor...

This is K and I holding Shar's little girl, Miss P...

Here is Shar with Miss S, and the next generation of friends, R and Miss P...

celebrating holidays together and our children having playdates together...

This is the pocket page at the back sewn together to hold extra photos...

This is the Making Memories album that I put my pages in...

Cheers!

sand, sun and fun

Some days as a stay at home mom are...challenging, to say the least. But then there are days like this...

The kids and I had a blast at Andrew Haydon Park today, just playing at the waterpark and in the sand, enjoying the view of the Ottawa River. I drove by here the other day and thought R would love to come and play on the pirate ship. What I didn't realize until today, that made it even more cool, is that it is a waterpark too - you can turn on the water so it splashes down the slide and on the play structures. We had a picnic by the river and just played...all day.

cosmic fun

We had a great time at the adorable Miss C's 4th birthday party today! The party was at Cosmic Adventures, a huge indoor play area. Thanks to our gracious hosts we played games, had lunch and cake, were entertained with magic tricks and face painting, and ran around like mad all through the 3-storey play area! Good times! I am definitely keeping this place in mind for our kiddies parties next year.

Here are my little party animals just before we left the house...

Yeah, they look like trouble don't they?

We also had a great {no kids allowed} night on the town in our new city with Renee and Mark the other day - thanks again you two! So nice to have a night out with K and new friends. We had a nice dinner at a local restaurant and got introduced to one of Mark's favorite pubs downtown, Pub Italia...and what he calls the "Beer Bible". Great pub - we will be going back to sit on the patio and sample more from the "Beer Bible"... motivation to find a local baby-sitter!

an update on the soccer star

'cause so many of you had encouraging words for us! R went to his last soccer game, joined in and had fun! He says he listened to his coach, and even scored a goal!!! And it was Team Picture Day this week too, and parents weren't allowed in the room - R went in by himself - and he said he even smiled when asked...yeah R! Can't wait to get those photos!

K says he did all the drills on the field with R and it took some encouragement to get R to join in the game, but he did it...and we are thrilled with the progress. I'm sure it will just get better each week!

happy father's day

Happy Father's Day K!

Just a few of my favorite photos of you being the best Daddy ever to R and Miss S!

And Happy Father's Day to my Dad too! Thanks for visiting us - come back soon...