more smiles

this has seriously been the most amazing month!

there is some "gossip" about me. heehee

craft gossip. yup. go HERE.


it's been a long and busy couple of weeks. i am really looking forward to putting my feet up and watching a movie with the kids. or maybe even just sleeping while they watch the movie. either option sounds great. i have a hair appointment to look forward to. ahhhh pampering. one of these days i need to schedule a massage and then the hair appointment in the same evening. that would be bliss.


before i forget...i have decided that learning to take better photos is soooo worth it. again, i came across the most perfect photo moment and did not have my camera! murphy's law strikes again!! this morning there was a bit of hoar frost and light fog. clear skies. a completely visible full moon. even better were the colours with the sun just rising. i really hope i get another moment like that when i have my camera and the knowledge of how to do the photo justice to the real thing. a nice way to start the day don't you think?

oh happy day

was it just less than a week ago that i was having one of those "terrible, no good, very bad..." days? and as the book says...."some days are like that."


AND....check out my comments from yesterday too. notice who wrote a comment?! wahooo!!!! thanks Sally!!! {{hug}}

here are some pics from yesterday....

i got these great paints that are non-toxic. they can fingerpaint or brush paint. or both!

Kiara took the painting quite seriously this time.

both of the kids painted three pictures each. our dining room wall is now more bright and cheery!

Kiara is still experimenting with brush strokes and such. Aidan is just starting to make recognizable pictures. so neat to see them develop artistically.

and then we headed outside with our sidewalk chalk....

i cannot believe that I took this photo!

we did silhouettes of each of them. and an extra one for Aidan that looked like he was jumping. it was at this point that we noticed our garage package being delivered.

way in the distance.....you can see Aidan watching every move of the delivery vehicles. and right here?! another thrilling photo for me. caught her in the act of jumping!

yes...he is watching the delivery. an exciting day for Aidan.

and that is our garage. sitting in our driveway.

and to toot my own horn....as soon as i saw the two windows on the top of the pallet...i knew that it was just a matter of time before the glass would get stepped on by someone "perusing" the alley. and then i noticed the boxes of nails on the other pallet. Kristian was away in Calgary at a meeting and i knew it would be late before he was back. and not to tempt fate.....i moved everything off of those two pallets except for a package of shingles and the door!! a little tricky since the trusses and concrete blocks took up the entire driveway! i got one scratch. had one "incident". but it was a successful move.

don't tell Kristian....but i had moved the windows over to the trusses while i moved to the other side. i was nearly done moving the first window when i heard a bang. a wind gust had come up and caught the last window on the truss....and it fell. i am still amazed that nothing broke. and thank goodness it didn't! i was much more cautious of my moving process after that. nothing was more breakable than glass....but picking up thousands of nails didn't seem like much fun.