ten on tuesday

1. Matthew's birthday is in a couple weeks and we are planning a pirate birthday party. Argggg! It's lots of fun! Anybody have any fun ideas?

2. We were blessed with a visit from Maya and Auntie Faye this weekend. I'll try to post some pictures soon.

3. I have been drinking (at least) one rootbeer float a day since Saturday night when I got the clever idea to buy vanilla ice cream and a 2 litre of rootbeer. Yummm.

4. Matthew's farewell for preschool is on Thursday. I think I'll make tarts again and bring them for the potluck.

5. I'm a little bit worried about weighing in at my weight watchers meeting on Thursday night (due to the rootbeer floats and cherry tarts)

6. Caleb's imagination is developing like crazy and he pretends his crackers are people talking to each other. And then he eats them. It's so cute.

7. We have a new computer! And it seems to be working!

8. I made these grilled chicken wraps for supper yesterday and they were quite fast and yummy. :)


9. Matthew was excited to borrow this book from the library today.


10. And Caleb wanted a pirate dvd and found this one. Arggg! (practicing my pirate noises)


Thanks for checking in on me! I'm predicting that I'll be quite busy for the next month or so, but then I'll be on summer holidays! Yippee!

if I had a million dollars...

You know that song, If I had a Million Dollars by the barenaked ladies?

Well, it has become a favourite to listen to in our car. And it has prompted some silly things to be said.

"Mmmm, a cake car. Mommy, can you imagine a car made out of cake?"

- Matthew, in reference to "I'd buy you a K-car"

"Haven't you always wanted a Mon-Keeee?"

- Matthew again

"Sausage song, sausage song"

- Caleb, in reference to "pre-wrapped sausages"

"Mommy, what's a 'he-mu'?"

- Matthew, not understanding the word emu

But the sweetest thing of all, was on Mother's Day, when Matthew told me a secret,
"Mommy, if I had a million dollars, I would buy grandma a new mom"

remember me?

Hello! Remember me?

1. I've been computer-free for almost a month (well, except for a few peeks at school and at my mom's) and I'm a new person.

2. Not really, but I do get alot more done around the house :)

3. I finished my cards for the card swap last week! Really, really early for me.

4. Don't ask if I've mailed those cards yet.

5. We have been having some very beautiful weather around here lately. Hooray for May!

6. Yikes I just realized I didn't even show you any pictures from the wedding last month. Well, actually I didn't get very many good ones. But here's one of the little ring bearer (Matthew) taking a nap between the ceremony and the reception. He had soooo much fun at that wedding.



7. Some other things that we've been doing are:

playing outside




and going to the park (sorry no photos)

8. We actually made butter one day too! (like shaking cream in a container. really. we did)

9. Today we went to a petting farm with Matthew's preschool. It was so much fun.

Can you tell that it was fun?

10. Caleb was so excited at the farm too! (he's been so shy lately) But he was talking like crazy "Hello cow! I Cale. You cute." It was adorable and he said it to every animal (the llama, the horse, the turkey, the sheep, the goat, the bunnies, well you get the picture)