First Couple Days

These boys enjoyed the flight. And standing in the back of Grmpy's truck.

In Phnx we played at the hotel and munched at the crabshck.

Then.....off to Yma. The scenery was beautiful Reminded me of Albrta to see the mountains in the distance.

LOL

M and A were goofing around on the couch last night and they got a case of the giggles. I snuck the camera onto my lap to get a little video.

Feel The Love

The boys, all three of them, decided to make smoothies last night.

The other day at the store A saw this shirt and he HAD to get it for daddy. We gave it to him tonight as an early bday present. Then I caught this scene on the couch. So sweet.

Blast From The Past

This week...thirteen years ago.....M and I became a couple. This pic was taken just weeks after we started dating. (1996)

Here we are at the wedding three and a half years later.(1999)

Here we are on our honeymoon.......it took us nine years to go on one and it was well worth the wait!! (2008)

One of These Things....

Funny story......we decided to check out this local grocery store that is supposed to have the best produce. It sounds good in theory right??? Wrong.

Just a few reasons why we won't be going back:

1. We had the only mini-van in the parking garage.

2. We had the only children in the store.

3. The biggest bag of flour they sell is two pounds.

4. They don't sell frosted mini-wheat cereal.

5. A dropped a pint of blueberries and they went everywhere and we were trailing blueberries the rest of our shopping trip.

6. They don't sell dishwasher detergent. Seriously.

7. Nobody smiled.

That about wraps it up. Let me just say how funny it was to see M and E and A trying to pick up all the blueberries before any more got squished into the floor.

New Things

We are trying to introduce the boys to many new things. Tonight the boys tried TaiKwnDo. This was their first of three introductory lessons. After these lessons we will decide if they seem interested in continuing. Check out the super cute photos.

TGIF??

Why does it feel like it should be Friday already?? These are the things on my radar this week--and therefore on my counter-top.
1. Testing paperwork for A from his preschool.
2. E's school folder-homework for tonight and reading log
3. Art crafts home from A's school to be filed.
4. Valentine's for the boys to add names to for school parties.
5. Paperwork for M regarding soccer team assistant coaching.
6. Charity Valentine Form for school.
7. E's school project that we haven't started yet.
8. Paperwork needing cheque and info. for kid i.d. program at school.
9. Address and details of location for kids first TaiKwonDo lesson tomorrow.

Did I mention that I did my co-op at A's school yesterday and had my last Alpha class today(for which I brought baked goods.)
It seems we have finally settled in down here.....I love to be busy! :-)

Presto-Magic Ice Cream

The ice cream story. So grnny asked me to get some icecream and hide it in the fridge. Then when she was talking to the boys on Skype she did some abra-ca-dabra and told them to check the fridge. Presto-Changeo-Ice cream!!! Just like magic.

This is just a cute A pic.......and a pic of A taking a pic of me.

Remember that snow? That ONE DAY of snow? It's gone. It was around 10 degrees here today. Yup, the boys played in the park after school with their sweaters on. Crazy!

New in the Zoo

How did A fill his snow day? He helped me with breakfast....and he painted.

E did something pretty amazing last night....he lost his first tooth.

I accidentally left my bible bag on the plane. I have called ArCanda and they assure me their crack team of investigators is on the case. Or at least whoever I spoke to at their foreign call centre assured me that by entering 'lost canvas bag' into their computer it will magically reappear. (Or maybe they said that they 'centred a moss pancake bog into their patooter and so it will tragically be a beer.) Hard to say for sure.

Meanwhile I went and bought a new bible last night. And put my new tabs on the pages and put it in my new bible case. All very exciting.

Wonderfulest

E described today's weather as the wonderfulest he's seen. School was let out early and everyone in the neighbourhood made straight for the toboggan hill. We had a blast.....(I even took a couple runs down the hill with A on the back of his toboggan.) I used to think the boys didn't like the snow but it turns out it was just the -25 degree weather that accompanies snow up North. Snow with -5 degrees they like just fine.

Game Time

A and E received a new toy from a friend of ours. It makes it so much easier for them to hold their cards. E was at school but A and I played "GoFsh" twice. We each won a match.

And the BIG news.....IT IS SNOWING....yahoo. I got the call from the school and they are having early dismissal because of the inclement weather....believe it!

Daddy Who?

Well she is back!!! Hooray! The kids have already totally forgot who I am. Anyway, we all had a good time but it is great to have her back. The kids are looking forward to their "Mommy cuddles". Good night.

TA DA! Banana Bread Anyone?

Mmmy Comes Home Tonight!!!

Well, Johnna returns this evening. What a week! The boys are very excited to have her back. In anticipation, I told the boys we would bake a loaf of Banana Bread for her homecoming. Now I have never made one of these before, but hey, what the heck? The kids insisted that it have chocolate chips. There are also some shaved almonds and all the rest of the good stuff that goes into Banana Bread. I'm not sure how it will turn out, but here are the pics of the boys hard at work. If it doesn't turn out, and we'll know in about an hour, this post will be quickly removed. ;)

In the mean time, enjoy the pics.

A prepping eggs and E mixing ingredients.

Greasing the pan...very fun!

Ready for the oven!

Finished product photo to follow.....maybe!?

Cheers!

Ok. Not that I'm tooting my own horn here, but we had the most incredible meatballs for dinner this evening. Made from scratch and assisted by the boys, they turned out great and apparently are the second best meatballs the boys have ever had. (They came in close behind Granny's apparently). Anyway, there is a picture included. Funny story, I asked E to help and add a little bit more bread crumbs. He said sure and then emptied the entire container on top of the meat pile. Now that's a spicy (read dry) meat-a-ball! With a little digging we managed to save the recipe and they turned out great. After dinner, the boys decided that tonight would be movie night. (They are allowed a movie night on the weekend if they complete a full week's worth of chores). So....what goes better with a guy's movie night than freshly baked homemade fudge brownies and milk shooters? Nothing apparently, just look at those smiles. I think they were cheering "Hoorah for Mr. Mom!" Have a good weekend all.