Stylin'

Nan got Julie these boots and boy are they a hit! If Julie happens to see them she grabs them, scoots over to us and demands that we put them on her. (It's quite funny, she has this grunt / growl that basically means, "Hey, I want you to do THIS" and usually hands us something or points to what she wants. Shortly after these photos I took the boots off for bed and she was devastated I tell you.
They are pretty awesome boots, thanks Nan!

Family Fun

One night last week I was trying to practice with my lights a little bit, but nobody was cooperating with being my models...with the result being a grouchy Mom and mad kids! So Dad jumped in and made it more fun, and we all had fun together. It ended up more being us all playing than me really practicing -so you will see where I don't have the backdrop fully in the shot etc. But we were just goofing off and having a good time, it felt good! I particularly love the picture of Eric leaning back and taking Darrel's photo. he loves walking around with that camera and often tells one of us to say cheese!

Sometimes Dads just know the perfect thing to make a kid laugh. Thanks honey!

Go Big Or Go Home

 Last Tuesday the kids and I made sugar cookies. Armed with our Pillsbury cookie dough (I admit to being super lazy and just bought the dough) and enough sprinkles to decorate dozens of cookies we got busy. As always with my Jack sprinkles were liberally spread on any cookie he decorated. I smile to myself when I see him do something like this, because his "go big or go home" shows up in so many things he does. Colouring every inch of a picture -going over the lines to make sure none is missed, adding more glitter glue than can dry in one week, and topping a cookie so that it has more sprinkles than actual cookie. Love it. Apparently the brown chocolate sprinkles are branches, and the green sugar crystals are the leaves -pretty good thinking I'd say!

Julie seemed to enjoy her first foray into cookie decorating/licking/eating.

And Eric wasn't far behind Jack in his decorating enthusiasm.

Lots of fun was had by all, we picked up some more cookie dough on Saturday when we grocery shopped so we could do it again this week.

Displaced

We, (well Darrel), ripped out the bathroom last weekend. So, for the next little while smaller people need to get clean in different ways. After seeing Julie having her bath in the sink Eric decided he wanted one too instead of a shower in our ensuite. The sink upgrade comes in handy again!

Halloween

Here's a couple quick shots of my men heading out trick or treating. Jack got lots of compliments on his robot costume. Easiest costume I've ever made, hands down. The metal stuff is from Home Hardware, insulating thermal stuff, and then dryer vent tubing. Throw on some reflective tape, voila! Eric insisted on being the spider again, even though the costume was two sizes too small. Isn't it funny how kids go for the familiar sometimes, despite the availability of other things. Karly gave us a dragon costume that Luke had outgrown and neither of my boys would where it (despite much begging). They wore it around home, but when it came down to actually going trick or treating they both ended up being something they have been before.

Despite Halloween being my least favourite holiday ever, (yes really, I hate it), I somehow ended up rostering preschool, kindergarten and attending a church trunk or treat in the week leading up to the great day. Yay me! And not wanting to be lame Mom I wore the sombrero from Darrel's costume last year. The things we do for our children.

 

The weather has been fabulous here lately, I'm pretty fine with it being 5C in November. It can stay like this all month as far as I'm concerned.

In other news, we probably are not going to BC for Christmas, booo whooo! But as Julie has reached that awesome stage where being in a car seat for more than 20 minutes is painful for her and anyone around her, it may be a good thing that we aren't making a 10 hour trek to see the fam. But I'm still kinda bummed about it.

I'm reading an awesome book right now, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Non-fiction, very interesting and while in many ways it is a science book it's totally approachable. I would definitely recommend it.

Darrel is going up to Grande Prairie for work this week and will be away on our anniversary, 8 years on Tuesday. Yay us! We are counting our trip to Halifax as our anniversary present (pretty sweet, I want to go on a trip for every anniversary now!) so it will be a low key day. I sure am glad I'm married to Darrel. He is pretty awesome, and the great thing about 8 years is that we are starting to figure out how to work really well together, and ignore the things we can't change. hahaha! Seriously though, we are pretty good for eachother and I know I can count on him. I look at our kids and think, wow, I wouldn't have a Jack or an Eric or a Julie if we weren't married. 

Well, that's what's up in our household, love to all of you out there!

Kirsten