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last week

Saturday, April 14, 2012

This was last week in photos.

And the “entertainer of the year” award goes to……!

Icing 365 cream cookies at my sister’s house. (she is the queen of cream cookies!!)

Branch clean up evening.

Running. Running. Running.

(and pigtails!)

First time dyeing Easter eggs = success!! (thank-you, $2 Dollarama kit!)

Easter story scavenger hunt.

And another Easter hunt with the Krahn cousins.

These photos made it into last week’s pages of my Project Life album.

I’ve had good intentions of sharing from my album…one of these days!!

Happy weekend, all!

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he

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

He has lost 5 teeth.

He finally seems to have adjusted to grade 1 and the loong day of being gone. I now usually have a happy boy meeting me at the door after school instead of a tired, out of sorts boy.

He talks about his school friends a lot.

He has a quirky sense of humor..according to his teacher.

He blows me away with the stuff he’s learned in grade 1.

He is reading at a grade 2 entry level. (reason enough for him to believe he should be promoted to grade 2 RIGHT NOW!)

He still likes being read to. (one of my favorite things to do with him.)

He loooooves store bought chocolate chip cookies.

He is signed up for baseball this spring.

He doesn’t like haircuts.

He is competitive.

His favorite game right now is Scrabble.

He is a daddy’s boy. Well, that would be an understatement. He adores his daddy!

He loves his “screen time”. (Wii etc.)

He loves getting new clothes and shoes.

He would choose a slushie over ice cream.

He is very talkative when all is right in his world.

He makes me want to give parenting my all.

He makes us proud.

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she

Monday, March 5, 2012

She is 15 months.

She is a go-getter.

She had her first visit to the emergency room. (I see more visits in our future.)

She LOVES Lacey, our cat. They like to visit at the window. Poor kitty…it’s going to be a rough summer for her.

She has mullet hair, and probably will for a long time to come. LOL.

She did however keep a clip in her hair for about an hour yesterday! (not long enough to make it to church, but it’s a start!)

She loves to yell “bye!!” if she hears someone ending a phone call.

She says “hi!” when the door opens, “amen!!” at the end of prayers, and other little cute things.

She is adventurous…4 wheeler rides are FUN!

She is reckless.

She makes us think twice about doing things like going out for meals or grocery shopping. Yes, she is the child that will try her utmost to climb out of the shopping cart and grab everything. Yes, I am usually a sweaty mess by the time I leave the grocery store.

She gives the best kisses. Big, open-mouthed, wet ones.

She is big into hugging too. She especially likes to hug pictures of cats and babies.

She sparkles.

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we would like to take this opportunity to say…

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

I hope you get to spend it lovin’ on those you love!

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winter sunday

Sunday, January 22, 2012

I welcomed this low key winter Sunday with open arms.

It included some camera fun with the boy.

I dug this camera out yesterday and he’s been having a blast with it.

I received this camera as a gift from John when we were dating more than 11 years ago. It’s a whopping 2 mega pixel!! It even has a video feature…but no sound. lol.

J requested hot chocolate after having just come back from skating.

He snapped this one…

…which inspired this shot.

Prepared with milk…as per request…”the way Auntie Susan does it.”

Later we took Little Missy outside for her first snow experience!

She was somewhat flabbergasted at first.

Notice her standing still in that photo?? Yeah. We don’t get too many of those moments around here.

It didn’t take her long and she was all over it!!

First snow experience = success!

Heading inside after first snow experience = much protesting.

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baby J

Friday, January 13, 2012

We interrupt my month-long absence from the blog world to bring you a few photos of a very special little boy!
My niece gave birth to this precious little one on New Year’s day.

Isn’t he the sweetest?

He was sooo well behaved for us.

His little hats were crocheted by one very proud grandma!

Here’s a little peek into his room.

One with mama. She’s a natural.

And one more of the little man.

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a week of christmas

Friday, December 16, 2011

9 days and counting.
With 2 advent calendars and one paper chain going, we’re sure not to lose track of when the big day will arrive!

It has felt pretty Christmasy around here this week already.

Monday was gingerbread train day.

The train proved to be a lot less frustrating than the houses we’ve done in previous years! So far only the wheels have…ahem…”disappeared.”

Caroling on Tuesday.

Even Megs got to join in on the fun.

She did have to ride in the cab of the truck instead of the hay wagon though.

Mr. Handsome’s school concert on Thursday.

Now why would any 6 year old boy be so opposed to wearing a button up shirt when it makes him look so cute??

And party time with my high school girlfriends tonight!

Despite the broken centerpiece vase and the cream puff filling that flopped, (the main course is yet to be made…!), I’m thinkin’ we’ll have a great night.

Have a great weekend! Hope it’s a Christmasy one!

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advent

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Jonas will be counting down the days with this $2 chocolate calendar.

He set it up in his room last night.

So, for the next month, he will be coming down for breakfast with chocolate breath.

And we will be counting down as a family using this calendar.

Reading the verse together each night at suppertime.

Simple, but I’m hoping it will be meaningful.

I am conscious of the fact that now is the time we are creating memories and traditions that our little family will look back on one day.

How about you? I’d love to hear about any advent traditions you may have.

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celebrating one!

Monday, November 28, 2011

Little Miss M turns one tomorrow!

We already celebrated a couple of weekends ago.

Here she is sittin’ pretty…just waitin’ for her guests to arrive. (not that she had any idea she was waiting for them..lol)

We got things underway as soon as everyone had arrived….wanted to make sure cake and presents got done before the birthday girl decided it was time for bed.

Lots of helpers with the gifts.

She really had no idea what was going on, but she has been enjoying her new gifts.

Cupcake time.

And guess what? I actually made them from scratch.

Used this yummy recipe for the cupcakes, and this one for the buttercream icing.

Jonas very kindly offered to blow the candle out for her.

And then she proceeded to very calmly eat her cupcake.

I think I was expecting her to get crazy with it, but she ate it very slowly and deliberately.

And then the rest of us got to enjoy.

I had this little album set up with the food…it holds her newborn photos from the hospital.

It contains proof that she did have hair at one point in time.

And seriously, in some ways those pictures felt like yesterday!! You do forget some of the details, but I think there’s some that kind of just stay with you.