Apr 19, 2008

Amber girl


Amber taking a stroll in the side woods....

Best friends.....


Sam and Rosie......

My bargain!



A lady on LP was selling a Leapster LMAX (or whatever it's called). It came with the charger and everything and 8 games and was $125. I figured this was a GREAT deal and thought I'd get it and put it away for Sam for Christmas! I met this lady and her lovely family when they cam to have their pictures take a couple of years ago and I knew it would have been well looked after. Lloyd drove round to get it from her. In the end we decided we'd let Sam have it now but it would be used as a treat for when we need him to be quiet - time like at the Doctors or at breakfast...when he needs to sit quietly! So far it has worked wonders and he LOVES it :) If e need Sam to be distracted for a little while then Sam will happily sit and play with his little Leapster learning toy and play a game or colour on it for a while. Here are a couple of pictures of him curled up with his sisters playing a game with them!

I don't like computer games and the children rarely play on them - we put the playstation away for 6 months recently and to be honest I don't think it was missed - and in the summer it probably won't get touched! But this little Leapster was worth every penny - I'm glad we didn't pay full price for it but it was definitely a bargain and worth every penny as it's a great way to get my busy little boy to sit still for a little while when I need him to :)

Jasper......



Obviously NOT taken today....sigh.....seeing that we are in the midst of yet another bloody snow storm.......but taken a few days ago while we were all outside enjoying the gorgeous temperatures that we do occasionally get in the deep freeze we call Canada!

Ripping carpet out......

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Abby the Chipmunk!!

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Check it out :)

Abby did this while I was ripping out carpet, and sent it to me :)

Snow

We woke up to snow.....and it looks as though we might wake up to snow for the next four days. I am so done with cold and snow. And all Lloyd has been muttering all day is "I bet its not snowing in Atlanta"!!! So today it's Atlanta! Why Atlanta I don't know....I guess because it's warm and sunny and there are plenty of IT jobs there and thats the place he's fixated on today ;)

Love you Lloyd.

Laurence is on his way to West Ed. Mall to go swimming. It's his friend Amelies birthday party. He'll be back late tonight. Tomorrow Chris is off to the same place for a party for his friends birthday. Susannah is invited to a pool party for her friends sister - different pool! It will depend on the weather for hers though as we have to drive her.....

Last night was fun - we went to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks at the community halls Family Movie Night. They are always so much fun. It's always free, and you take blankets and snuggle down and watch the movie on the big screen at the front. They sell popcorn and candy etc and its just really nice! Last night it was really busy! Susie was there with her friend but we didn't meet up with them until afterwards. Laurie, Abby and I snuggled up and enjoyed the movie and then afterwards went to find Susannah. I ran into a friend of mine - Lucy (Val, Lucy has Wednesdays off now and would LOVE to join us for breakfast!!!) who noticed my new hair colour (I've gone DARK lol....actually I love it too - I wanted a change so went dark brown - I am used to changing my hair colour a lot and hadn't changed it in ages)

We were home from movie night by 9pm so I still got to spend some of the evening with Lloyd :)

This morning we got up and headed out for some groceries and to Home Depot...then we headed to Carpet Superstore to pick the linoleum for the mudroom and main floor bathroom. We have terracotta tile right now which we hate and we want to put linoleum over the top to lighten up the rooms and make them easier to clean and more family-friendly.

Now we are home and plan to spend the rest of the day relaxing inside.....I am going to paint my hive which is sitting in the mudroom - Lloyd is going to change the light thats in there. We are going to remove the carpet in the bedroom.....I have some emails to send. It's -10c outside. BLOODY COLD :(
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