Go Canada!!! Our first Gold of Winter 2010!!!! :)

...and our first on home turf.......Freestyle Skiing - Mens Moguls


Well done Alexandre Bilodeau!!!!!!   Go team Canada!!!  Go for Gold!!!!  Yay  - three medals so far Bronze, silver and Gold and we're only two days in :)

Go Canada!!!

Don't forget you can check out all the latest results, videos, information and tons of fun things and info about all the Athletes, Vancouver and the Olympics HERE

Message in a Bottle....

Instead of a Valentine card this year, I made Lloyd a 'message in a bottle'....remembering that 'our movie' is Message In A Bottle.  I used a mini ice cream syrup bottle, and added a little sand.  I added tiny sea shells and a single paper rose.  Then I sprayed some paper with glimmer mist and wrote my message to Lloyd.....I tied that with red thread and dropped the scroll into the bottle.  

I placed the bottle into a little red bag.  

Lloyd says he thought it was extremely romantic - probably the most romantic gift/ card I've given him.....because of how it's connected to us personally I think :)  and he says he was really impressed :)  

He's been really sappy and lovely all day so I guess I scored points with this one :)  lol!  Even though I did cancel our plans for the day!!

I love you Lloyd

x

Can you find all 7 hearts???

I found this HERE

Just a little Valentine fun.....hope you are having a lovely day :)

Send a little love on Valentines Day.....

Download the song at Itunes or Amazon...buy the cd......send a little love to Hait!!

Abigail turns 8.....

Abigail had her 8th birthday yesterday...she was very happy with her birthday gifts - she wanted a play snowboard - which she got for our sledding hill.  She also had an easel for drawing and painting, DS game, books, money, jewellery.....

Her treat for the day was to go to Chuck E Cheese.  I have only ever been there during the week - on a school day (oh the blessings of being a homeschooler) so going on a Saturday was a little (lol) different!!!  The food there is dreadful, the noise is horrible and it's basically just a big waste of money - but kids LOVE it......sigh....it's a casino for kids - yep - get 'em while they're young!!!

Lloyd and I sat and chatted while the children played and frequently brought us their ticket winnings to look after.  I slipped out for a while and headed to the book store next door.....

Home for birthday cake after picking big brother Chris up from his sleepover/ filming/ editing day....

Happy Birthday Abby :)

Behind the scenes of the opening ceremony....

Kitty's close-ups.....

Silver monster?????

Or cuddly pussy cat????

The Great Backyard Bird Count!!!

This weekend is the Great Back Yard Bird Count!!!  Just 15 minutes a day and you can help keep track of birds in North America!!!  Great prizes to be won - and this is a great little project for kids!!  help them learn about the birds that visit their yard!!  Or take a walk this Family day and help them spot some birds and write them down to log them for the bird count!!!  Just 15 minutes is all that is needed!!

Visit THIS website to learn more and find links to pages of activities for kids too!!

Go Teams!!!! :)

And I have the biggest respect for Georgia.  What should have been their proudest moment - one of the most exciting days of their lives turned in to one of their saddest moments:

Opening Ceremony scenes.....Vancouver 2010..

Go Canada!!!!!!

After enjoying the evening watching the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, I'm off to bed!  

Goodnight!!  :)

Well done Vancouver - you did us proud :)

I Believe :)

Butterfly collection....

I saw this project on  Ali Edwards Blog and thought it was so sweet - I already had the butterfly punch and it reminded me of the frames filled with butterflies that we love to see at the Museum each time we go.  I thought i would make one for the front room now that Lloyd has painted it and it is a completely new colour theme....

Last night I bought a little shadow box at Dollarama and today I painted it and then punched out the butterflies - I wanted their wings to be up so they'd look a little 3-dimensional.  I like how it turned out - I wanted the frame to be a little rough looking - I may even take some sand paper to it and rub off some of the paint still......

I think these would make great little gifts - I think Susannah might make some of these for her friends at the end of Summer as goodbye gifts!!  The frame was a dollar and the butterflies are made from paper scraps...

Ali also made a frame using hearts and today Rhona posted her wonderful heart shaped version too!    Very quick and sweet gifts to rustle up for Valentines Day or birthdays - or Mothers Day!!!  They'd make a great new baby gift too because I think something like this would look beautiful on a nursery wall! 

Olympics.....

Although marred by tragedy with the very sad death of 21 year old Nodar Kumaritashvili  the torch carried on it's journey towards the Olympic opening ceremony today.  It traveled through Stanley Park in Vancouver - carried by Arnie and was passed by him to good old Brit Seb Coe!!!!  :)

You can read about it HERE.

Such a sad event to have the death of such a young athlete.  The speed at which they throw themselves down those icy shoots - on not much more than a kitchen tray.....I have to grit my teeth and cringe when I go down the water shoots at the swimming pools and water parks!!!

My thoughts are with that young mans family - how awful - they must have been so proud and so excited and thrilled to have had a Son at the Olympics....he must have been so thrilled and so excited to be there...all that excitement for tonight and for this week........

And all that aside - the Olympics aside - the sport aside - to lose your Son like that :(   and in the media too :(  Tragic

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