Xander finally went in for his 4 month visit with his doctor this morning. While we waited I took some pictures since I am always interested with the jars filled with stuff in the rooms. I don't know why, just a weird quirk I guess, haha.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
4 Month Visit
Project 365 - Day 6
Xander finally went in for his 4 month visit with his doctor this morning. While we waited I took some pictures since I am always interested with the jars filled with stuff in the rooms. I don't know why, just a weird quirk I guess, haha.
Xander finally went in for his 4 month visit with his doctor this morning. While we waited I took some pictures since I am always interested with the jars filled with stuff in the rooms. I don't know why, just a weird quirk I guess, haha.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Just Dance
Project 365 - Day 5
After what felt like forever (at least in the eyes of a preschooler) Ariel got to go back to ballet this morning. She was practically dressed and ready to go hours before it was time to leave. Mommy's tiny dancer, love you sweetie!
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So at the moment I am trying to nurse Xander and blog, a new technique that I won't be trying again, but I am running out of time in my day and I really wanted to post. I need extra dinner prep time tonight because I am trying something new from my Biggest Loser Families cookbook in honor of the show starting again tonight. Meatball subs with some veggies on the side. I must say I am enjoying the family version of this cookbook because they have several items you can make ahead of time to freeze and use it with various recipes. I made the sauce on the weekend and froze a few, so today I will make up lots of meatballs. I have a feeling the troops will enjoy it and who knew it be healthy to boot!
This morning while Ariel was at ballet I went down to the docks to take some pictures and I lucked out as the heron was there...
... and then some swans came floating down. There have been a few hanging around in the fields lately, and every time I see them I don't have my telephoto lens with me.
So when I went to pick up the princess, only 3 kids showed up for class. Apparently they didn't read the online newsletter that class was starting, oops. We walked with one of the other moms down to the bakery to get a cookie treat for our girls. She also has a little boy a few months older than Xander AND she is a gymboree nut like me! Hahaha, so we talked about the new lines and gymbucks coming up.
When we got home we had a mail box bursting with goodies, including our new dvd copy of Arthur's Christmas! I do not know what happened to our vhs copy but its lost or we loaned it out to someone... either way it was not Christmas in our house without it. Its by far one of my favs, basically cause they equally cover all the bases with the different faiths. Its really cute and its out of print now, and strangely it wasn't on tv this year, or maybe I missed it. Soooo, I found a copy on ebay, brand new for $7, so I am happy and so is Ariel who is reliving Christmas as she watches it right now. Haha.
Christmas as you saw in the picture yesterday got backed up. It was a huge job that didn't finish until late last night. I had to take a brief break for dinner, but once Ariel was in bed I got back at it. All that remains is the garland on the stairs, but my hands are still sore from crushing 5 fake trees down to fit in our little Christmas closet. Our living room seems so much bigger now... but I still miss the tree. Ariel was pretty sad too, she keeps asking when it will be back. Its gonna be a long year, haha.
Just in case we forget his name, hee.
Xander has his 4 month visit to the doctor tomorrow, trying to get back on track again. I think he grew more length wise, but I don't think his weight has changed much. We shall see! Ariel has pajama day at school tomorrow while we are off at the doctor's. She still is really whacked out with the fact she has to wear pjs to school. I keep asking what pair she wants to wear, only to get back 'that is just silly mommy'. They get to take cereal for their snack as well, cool times!
Sunday night we had Aunty Deborah and Uncle Blair over for dinner. I made Nana's lasagna recipe and there wasn't much left over, haha. We had a nice visit and Ariel was totally loving the extra attention. She was in full performance mode until she went to bed. Xander was also an angel, smiling and cuddling. Sometimes these guys are just too cute for words... and then other times, well you know, haha.
This afternoon I managed to take both kids to Safeway for a grocery shop on customer appreciation day, woot. Both were well behaved and I was pretty pleased to get out of there quickly with my long list. We also managed to zip into London Drugs for a photo album to send some pictures to Grammy, huzzah.
Well I better start making meatballs... we have some friends coming over tonight, so much fun ahead tonight. Whee!
After what felt like forever (at least in the eyes of a preschooler) Ariel got to go back to ballet this morning. She was practically dressed and ready to go hours before it was time to leave. Mommy's tiny dancer, love you sweetie!
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So at the moment I am trying to nurse Xander and blog, a new technique that I won't be trying again, but I am running out of time in my day and I really wanted to post. I need extra dinner prep time tonight because I am trying something new from my Biggest Loser Families cookbook in honor of the show starting again tonight. Meatball subs with some veggies on the side. I must say I am enjoying the family version of this cookbook because they have several items you can make ahead of time to freeze and use it with various recipes. I made the sauce on the weekend and froze a few, so today I will make up lots of meatballs. I have a feeling the troops will enjoy it and who knew it be healthy to boot!
This morning while Ariel was at ballet I went down to the docks to take some pictures and I lucked out as the heron was there...
... and then some swans came floating down. There have been a few hanging around in the fields lately, and every time I see them I don't have my telephoto lens with me.
So when I went to pick up the princess, only 3 kids showed up for class. Apparently they didn't read the online newsletter that class was starting, oops. We walked with one of the other moms down to the bakery to get a cookie treat for our girls. She also has a little boy a few months older than Xander AND she is a gymboree nut like me! Hahaha, so we talked about the new lines and gymbucks coming up.
When we got home we had a mail box bursting with goodies, including our new dvd copy of Arthur's Christmas! I do not know what happened to our vhs copy but its lost or we loaned it out to someone... either way it was not Christmas in our house without it. Its by far one of my favs, basically cause they equally cover all the bases with the different faiths. Its really cute and its out of print now, and strangely it wasn't on tv this year, or maybe I missed it. Soooo, I found a copy on ebay, brand new for $7, so I am happy and so is Ariel who is reliving Christmas as she watches it right now. Haha.
Christmas as you saw in the picture yesterday got backed up. It was a huge job that didn't finish until late last night. I had to take a brief break for dinner, but once Ariel was in bed I got back at it. All that remains is the garland on the stairs, but my hands are still sore from crushing 5 fake trees down to fit in our little Christmas closet. Our living room seems so much bigger now... but I still miss the tree. Ariel was pretty sad too, she keeps asking when it will be back. Its gonna be a long year, haha.
Just in case we forget his name, hee.
Xander has his 4 month visit to the doctor tomorrow, trying to get back on track again. I think he grew more length wise, but I don't think his weight has changed much. We shall see! Ariel has pajama day at school tomorrow while we are off at the doctor's. She still is really whacked out with the fact she has to wear pjs to school. I keep asking what pair she wants to wear, only to get back 'that is just silly mommy'. They get to take cereal for their snack as well, cool times!
Sunday night we had Aunty Deborah and Uncle Blair over for dinner. I made Nana's lasagna recipe and there wasn't much left over, haha. We had a nice visit and Ariel was totally loving the extra attention. She was in full performance mode until she went to bed. Xander was also an angel, smiling and cuddling. Sometimes these guys are just too cute for words... and then other times, well you know, haha.
This afternoon I managed to take both kids to Safeway for a grocery shop on customer appreciation day, woot. Both were well behaved and I was pretty pleased to get out of there quickly with my long list. We also managed to zip into London Drugs for a photo album to send some pictures to Grammy, huzzah.
Well I better start making meatballs... we have some friends coming over tonight, so much fun ahead tonight. Whee!
Monday, January 04, 2010
Goodbye Christmas...
Project 365 - Day 4
Packed up the Christmas stuff today, hence the lacking of a real blog entry. I will post tomorrow, but at the moment my hands are sore from dealing with fake branches, blah!
Packed up the Christmas stuff today, hence the lacking of a real blog entry. I will post tomorrow, but at the moment my hands are sore from dealing with fake branches, blah!
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Fishy
Project 365 - Day 3
I was working in the nursery today at church... you never know what might be required of you to do... or eat for that matter. Hmmm, fish sandwich... sorry Dory.
I was working in the nursery today at church... you never know what might be required of you to do... or eat for that matter. Hmmm, fish sandwich... sorry Dory.
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Rain
Project 365 - Day 2
It is still raining here... and by the sounds of things it may be lasting several days more... so maybe a few days of rain pictures will be coming your way.
It is still raining here... and by the sounds of things it may be lasting several days more... so maybe a few days of rain pictures will be coming your way.
Friday, January 01, 2010
2010
Project 365 - Day 1
I was trying to figure out what might be a good starting point for this project, especially since its the start of a new decade. Finally inspiration struck me when I was tidying Xander's closet and came across his Olympic track suit he received as a gift. Needless to say, its perfect... welcome to 2010!
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I think that may be how I handle days when I plan on posting and need to post my regular picture for the project. That way its right at the top, whee.
Yes, here we are, a new year, new decade and yet we enter with the same weather we went out on .... rain. Oh well, more reason to stay inside and do nothing. I ended up sleeping in with Xander till 10ish, which was heaven. After all the work for our little dinner party last night, I was pretty zonked. Of course I took pictures so you can all have 'pretend' calories where as I need to do some major workouts this week, haha.
Yesterday morning I walked down into town with my reusable bag in hopes of filling it with treasures for dinner. In my mind I had a rough idea what I wanted to do, but you never know if you will find what you need to make it. My main goal was lobster, however the shop I usually get my little sea creature friends from no longer has their live tank. Doh! So I had to settle for the tails alone, but really in all respects that was fine since I spotted some lovely cuts of meat behind the counter and decided to add steak to the meal. Picked some veggies and then while passing the bakery spotted the perfect element for dessert that required no work from me, woot.
Grabbed some Subway sandwiches for lunch for the troops since I didn't need them trashing my kitchen. Got started on prep work and managed to watch a Youtube video about presenting lobster tails on top of their shell, so thought I might try it for fun.
While things were cooking, I set up the table for our candlelight meal. Added our funky 'wedding' dishes (we didn't pick out the regular china pattern when we got hitched) and topped it off with a picture of the family, since it was a good reason to be thankful for going into a new year.
First course was some brie stuffed mushrooms from a recipe I got from the Pioneer Woman Cooks. Super easy and very tasty!
Ariel was eager for the next course, I guess you can say the princess is back to herself and her regular appetite.
Next was our main meal with our steak and lobster tails. The steak was cooked in our rotisserie oven and the lobster was broiled, and soooooooo good.
With it we had baked asparagus...
... and a twice baked potato with blue cheese. Ariel loved this one... but then who wouldn't?
We stuffed ourselves and all agreed that it was far better than going out. Finally, to top it off I brought out my surprise dessert finds, kabobs! The store had put on a few of the different desserts they had in small pieces on the skewers. So the perfect tastes of chocolate covered strawberries, cream puffs, mini cinnamon bun and chocolate mousse cake. A perfect end to our meal.
As I cleaned up Ariel got ready for bed, but not before Mommy got a picture of her in her super cute outfit. My little golden girl.
When Ariel was in bed, Ken and I watched some of my Whose Line is it Anyways dvds I got for Christmas. We pulled out a bottle of sparkling wine to use at midnight, only to discovered our long saved bottle from 2000 was corked strangely (basically slipped right out with strange discoloration around the cork) and did not seem like we should attempt drinking it. Poopy! Before dumping it out, I used it for some artistic pictures...
At midnight we opened the deck door and listened to the crazy people partying down the street. Xander wasn't too sure what to think of the noise outside, but enjoyed the Black Eyed Peas on the tv special. Shortly after that we went to bed... really once you have kids staying up past midnight really isn't that exciting. Haha.
So that brings us back to now, and our lazy day. We were expecting some friends over but they want to wait a few more days to make sure there are no sick bugs left in our home, understandable of course. Ariel unfortunately didn't quite get it and had a little cry because her friends weren't coming, but not much you can do to try and explain to kids they are a big walking germ.
I am looking forward to getting back on a schedule with Ariel, and I am sure she is too. Lots coming up next week, school is back in session, ballet starts up again and for 10 weeks we have swimming lessons too! Yay! I got Xander some swim trunks so he is all ready to go for his first dip in a pool, I am sure he is going to love it as much as his baths, hee. Ariel will be taking her first lessons in a class without Mommy, so that should be interesting. Wish us all luck!
We also got an email today from my cousin Kyle's fiancee with the dress Ariel will wear to fulfill her flower girl duties in their wedding this summer. Oh it is just adorable! We all oohed over the beautiful dress, can't wait to see her in it. I love that her color is Tiffany blue, so pretty... I remember there was a chance of being Canuck blue, glad Lindsay won that battle!
It is also very different from the dress she will most likely wear in the other wedding she is also a flower girl for, so that is very cool. Hoping I can find a dress for myself just as nice... but I guess that means no more blue cheese stuffed potatoes. Haha! It was fun for the night, but I have turned back into a pumpkin (literally, lol) and need to shred some of this extra Christmas weight. Guess I better go plan some healthy meals for the new week, see ya tomorrow! I'll leave you with what just came to find me at the computer, hee, never a dull moment around here.
I was trying to figure out what might be a good starting point for this project, especially since its the start of a new decade. Finally inspiration struck me when I was tidying Xander's closet and came across his Olympic track suit he received as a gift. Needless to say, its perfect... welcome to 2010!
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I think that may be how I handle days when I plan on posting and need to post my regular picture for the project. That way its right at the top, whee.
Yes, here we are, a new year, new decade and yet we enter with the same weather we went out on .... rain. Oh well, more reason to stay inside and do nothing. I ended up sleeping in with Xander till 10ish, which was heaven. After all the work for our little dinner party last night, I was pretty zonked. Of course I took pictures so you can all have 'pretend' calories where as I need to do some major workouts this week, haha.
Yesterday morning I walked down into town with my reusable bag in hopes of filling it with treasures for dinner. In my mind I had a rough idea what I wanted to do, but you never know if you will find what you need to make it. My main goal was lobster, however the shop I usually get my little sea creature friends from no longer has their live tank. Doh! So I had to settle for the tails alone, but really in all respects that was fine since I spotted some lovely cuts of meat behind the counter and decided to add steak to the meal. Picked some veggies and then while passing the bakery spotted the perfect element for dessert that required no work from me, woot.
Grabbed some Subway sandwiches for lunch for the troops since I didn't need them trashing my kitchen. Got started on prep work and managed to watch a Youtube video about presenting lobster tails on top of their shell, so thought I might try it for fun.
While things were cooking, I set up the table for our candlelight meal. Added our funky 'wedding' dishes (we didn't pick out the regular china pattern when we got hitched) and topped it off with a picture of the family, since it was a good reason to be thankful for going into a new year.
First course was some brie stuffed mushrooms from a recipe I got from the Pioneer Woman Cooks. Super easy and very tasty!
Ariel was eager for the next course, I guess you can say the princess is back to herself and her regular appetite.
Next was our main meal with our steak and lobster tails. The steak was cooked in our rotisserie oven and the lobster was broiled, and soooooooo good.
With it we had baked asparagus...
... and a twice baked potato with blue cheese. Ariel loved this one... but then who wouldn't?
We stuffed ourselves and all agreed that it was far better than going out. Finally, to top it off I brought out my surprise dessert finds, kabobs! The store had put on a few of the different desserts they had in small pieces on the skewers. So the perfect tastes of chocolate covered strawberries, cream puffs, mini cinnamon bun and chocolate mousse cake. A perfect end to our meal.
As I cleaned up Ariel got ready for bed, but not before Mommy got a picture of her in her super cute outfit. My little golden girl.
When Ariel was in bed, Ken and I watched some of my Whose Line is it Anyways dvds I got for Christmas. We pulled out a bottle of sparkling wine to use at midnight, only to discovered our long saved bottle from 2000 was corked strangely (basically slipped right out with strange discoloration around the cork) and did not seem like we should attempt drinking it. Poopy! Before dumping it out, I used it for some artistic pictures...
At midnight we opened the deck door and listened to the crazy people partying down the street. Xander wasn't too sure what to think of the noise outside, but enjoyed the Black Eyed Peas on the tv special. Shortly after that we went to bed... really once you have kids staying up past midnight really isn't that exciting. Haha.
So that brings us back to now, and our lazy day. We were expecting some friends over but they want to wait a few more days to make sure there are no sick bugs left in our home, understandable of course. Ariel unfortunately didn't quite get it and had a little cry because her friends weren't coming, but not much you can do to try and explain to kids they are a big walking germ.
I am looking forward to getting back on a schedule with Ariel, and I am sure she is too. Lots coming up next week, school is back in session, ballet starts up again and for 10 weeks we have swimming lessons too! Yay! I got Xander some swim trunks so he is all ready to go for his first dip in a pool, I am sure he is going to love it as much as his baths, hee. Ariel will be taking her first lessons in a class without Mommy, so that should be interesting. Wish us all luck!
We also got an email today from my cousin Kyle's fiancee with the dress Ariel will wear to fulfill her flower girl duties in their wedding this summer. Oh it is just adorable! We all oohed over the beautiful dress, can't wait to see her in it. I love that her color is Tiffany blue, so pretty... I remember there was a chance of being Canuck blue, glad Lindsay won that battle!
It is also very different from the dress she will most likely wear in the other wedding she is also a flower girl for, so that is very cool. Hoping I can find a dress for myself just as nice... but I guess that means no more blue cheese stuffed potatoes. Haha! It was fun for the night, but I have turned back into a pumpkin (literally, lol) and need to shred some of this extra Christmas weight. Guess I better go plan some healthy meals for the new week, see ya tomorrow! I'll leave you with what just came to find me at the computer, hee, never a dull moment around here.
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