saying goodbye

When I was saying goodbye before I went to work, this afternoon, Matthew got sad. I asked why he was sad and he said,

" I love you too much."

i always tell them...

if you have a brother, you'll always have a friend.



(cozy sweaters made with love by Great Auntie Anne-Marie)

ten on tuesday {the caleb edition}

Ten things about Caleb on this Tuesday morning

1. He is in the middle of a "language explosion" and learning new words everyday.

2. His two new words this morning 1) pear 2) backpack.

3. He is totally in love with Sesame Street and particularly the dvd What's the Name of that Song (which we all refer to as "La dee da dee da")

4. He has begun throwing little temper tantrums.

5. He loves wearing silly hats around the house, but is not too crazy about wearing his toque outside.

6. (I'm almost afraid to write this because I don't want to jinx it) He is sleeping through the night almost every night.

7. He likes to play trucks and cars. When he plays trains with Matthew, his favourite train is Percy (we had to buy an extra one to avoid conflicts)

8. It is pretty much the cutest thing ever to see him hug his big brother.

9. He is the same age that Matthew was at his birth(20 months).

10. He is getting to be such a big boy, but is still a snuggler, a hugger, a kisser and a mommy's boy (and a daddy's boy, grandma's boy and grandpa's boy too!)

Some silly hat pictures:

ten on tuesday

1. I got my hair cut and colored today and everyone keeps telling me how dark it is. I hope I don't look too "goth". Nobody likes a goth kindergarten teacher.

2. Caleb's favourite word is bum.

3. I bought a beautiful new coat last week.

4. Matthew went back to preschool today (after being sick last week). They are learning about dinosaurs this week.

5. We haven't been sleeping too well lately.

6. I cleaned off my scrapbooking table on Saturday and it's already messy again.

7. It's kind of nice out today.

8. I have a meeting during noon hour tomorrow.

9. I also have a meeting after school tomorrow.

10. We need to go lamp shopping and mattress shopping on Friday. What kind of lamps are "in style"? How do you buy a good mattress?

best friend

This is Matthew's best friend, Simon.

I just love this picture, because it really shows how much Matthew likes his little buddy. I love the big smile and Simon's red hair.

(ps. He drew it on the back of 12X12 scrapbook paper, so I had to photo stitch the scan together-it's huge and it looks so cute on our fridge!)

"sick" or treat

The boys were sick on Halloween. Actually, they're still sick, but the big news is that they were sick yesterday for Halloween. Matthew stayed home from preschool with a nasty cough and Caleb is coughing and sneezing all over the place. Thankfully, Matthew was not too upset about missing the Halloween party at his preschool. He was content to stay at home and make Halloween drawings and construction paper "costumes".

And of course they went trick or treating.

Before I tell you about that, let me show you the picture that I took from my car on my way home from work.

Yes, that's snow. It stopped snowing when it was time to trick or treat. But it was still cold.

Here's my silly little clown. Recognize the costume? ;)

And here's the little tiger.

Can you see the winter jacket under there? For him, it was all about the candies.

And did I dress up for Halloween? Of course, I did. Did you?

(obviously, I couldn't wear my Snow White costume outside in the snow)