Life is Sweet

Oct 19, 2006

Oh Christmas tree................

Sam kept yelling 'BALL!' as he looked at the baubles on the tree.........

Abigail..............

some pics from Chris's 'lesson' this afternoon.........

I soaked in the bath and dyed my hair......just a box dye like always...covers my roots ;) read some of my magazine.......diner is ready...DH just came up the driveway......

Tomorrow our facilitator is coming.........it will be good to meet her and I am sure she will be a BIG improvement on the last two we had ;) I am pleased with this school board so far :)

dinner!!!

Magnetix - important

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06127.html

My sister made me aware recently that there have been no safety announcements/ recalls or anything else in the UK about Magnetix...my Nephew has some and loves them but they don't know the dangers....

So anyone who is in the UK (or elsewhere) please read the page at the above URL and be aware that these toys are VERY dangerous.....especially if two of the small ones are swallowed......

the afternoon........

So this afternoon......Chris wanted me to show him how to use the studio...lighting, getting clients to pose....different effects etc so we got all the others to pose for pictures for us......that was fun and he got some good shots...I will add them later!

I played a game of Alphabet Bingo with Abigail.....she won....

Susie showed me the dance steps she learnt at tap on Tuesday.......

The girls made peg dolls and dressed them up using fabric and pipecleaners etc

Susie practiced some Spanish...learning things about home...ie door, wall, floor, stairs etc etc....
and then she had me test her.....she did well.

The boys have been pottering about...........

I got up to date with happenings at LP.....if you get time visit www.ramblesnpictures.blogspot.com and cheer up Laura who is having a really bad day...leave her some comments...tell her a joke........make her smile!

Lloyd has a meeting until 5pm so will be home later than normal.......

I plan to soak in the bath and then Email off to some contacts for things for a project I am planning.......

I also plan to find time to join the gorup Heather mentioned on her blog http://myeclectic.blogspot.com/

Heather is sunning herself in Phoenix right now...I hope you are having a wonderfully relaxing trip!!!!!

Dan the Music Man..............

Last year I took my middle 3 children to see Dan the Music Man at the Log Cabin...they had sooooooo much fun that night and we bought the CD at the end which has been played constantly since....they know all the songs and dances! So of course when we heard Dan was back in town we HAD to go again! Laurence decided that at 11 he was far too old for Dan the Music Man, so we made it a girls day out...........it was so much fun......the girls danced and sang and had a blast :)

If you go to www.danthemusicman.com and click on 'my music' then you can listen to some of his songs................

Off to the show

This morning I took Susannah and Abigail to see Dan the Music Man at Festival Place.....it was a parentlink event which is always a good thing.....lots of games and fun as well as the show...and

great snacks always...and of course my friend Samantha who is always working there and the children adore!!!!

Before the show, they had a play room set up with play dough, crafts, dress up clothes etc etc......and as you can see, Abigail had so much fun dressing up in the great costumes!

Oct 18, 2006

disappointing evening............

So we decided to go out for date night anyway.......we found out that scholars choice is having a 20% off night in November so we decided not to go there as we need to buy a lot when we go....so we headed to the Olive Garden....NO spaces in the parking lot...not even down by Red Lobster......so we head down to The Keg....................NO spaces in the parking lot.....geez its cold and rainy why the hell is everyone out on a Wednesday night?????????????

So we drive back up to the Olive Garden...wait for a space and go inside to ask how long the wait is....20 minutes for a table but food will take 45 minutes after ordering because the kitchen is short staffed! We don't like to leave the children too long and didn't want to end up rushing our food so we didn't stay...ended up going to Montanas which isn't great food but was quiet and we could go straight in......

So we sat playing hangman on the paper table cloth etc etc and we ordered...the food was ok.....very fast which just shouts to me that its all ready made and not made especially for you.......

It was nice being out with Lloyd but just felt like a flat evening after driving around and trying to find somewhere to eat......we should have just gone in to the Park..................

To top it off, I really wanted a nice dessert but I didn't like any of the ones Montanas did......so we stopped off at Tims on 75th and grabbed a cheesecake to share at home....

Get home and the kids are all still up so by the time the chickens are fed and the children are put to bed...well any romantic thoughts seem to have slipped away lol........

I love date night, love being with Lloyd but tonights just wasn't great :(

Sometimes this Alberta boom really sucks because you want to go out and enjoy the evening but the restaurants just have no staff so everywhere is busy!!!

I think we will have take out at the weekend ;) gotta do something to make up for tonight!!!

Halloween decor...........

Susannah made these room decorations this afternoon...she followed directions from www.enchantedlearning.com and did really well...they look great :) Enchanted Learning is a great site even if you don't homeschool.....lots of crafts, printables....and info on every occasion you can think of...on places, people, animals, events..........