doodle time....

I spent time tonight working on the zentangle/ doodle that I started this morning:

My Sunday

My Sunday started with a relaxing morning doing art.  

I was in the mood to finish a zentangle I started :

This afternoon we went to Millennium Place.  I am determined to make the most of the Millennium cards we now have.  We went swimming and then the kids all went to the Youth Lounge and Gym.

We didn't leave until the sun was setting:

In the youth lounge I joined in and played foosball....

I got a Holiday London Fog (yum):

I also joined in and played table hockey:

The battle of the sisters:

Home and I had a lovely glass of wine while I caught up on my blog and waited for dinner to be ready....we had sausages cooked in gravy in the crockpot, with crispy roast potatoes, stuffing, brussel sprouts, carrots and yorkshire puddings!!  Mmmmm.

Now I have eaten too much and the wine has gone to my head a little and I feel all sleepy and relaxed.  The wine was a gift from fellow Brave Girl Coreena - and her hubby :)  xx

Lest we forget...

Art Attack....

Watching art videos online and reading The Artists Way....

and enjoying the relaxing experience of creating :)

Love this Strathmore Visual Journal.  The paper is delicious to work on:

Slowly but surely getting my art room how I want it:

Doodling late at night while everyone sleeps:

My Saturday....

My Saturday was lovely.  I woke up and let Rosie outside...made my coffee and sat in the living room to enjoy it....enjoying the nice and quiet morning before anyone else got up:

Rosie wasn't too keen on how cold it was yesterday morning:

We picked Cassie up after her work shift, and then headed to the library for a while.  Abigail stayed at home with Laurence...

Susannah, Cassie and Sam used the wii and played for a while, and I art journaled....

We popped in to Education Station for their 'Neighbourhood Store Day' celebration - we all got cookies and there were lots of toys and games to play with.  I got Sam a little plastic holder thingy for holding a hand of cards while playing.  He finds it hard to sort his cards and hold them without letting everyone else see his cards, so this is ideal :)  He LOVES card games...

We went for a drive out to check the mail box and then on the way home stopped off to take some pictures in the snow....this little guy crossed in front of us....

When we got home, Abigail and Cassie baked an amazing lemon cake, 

which we had with yummy jam.  It was excellent :)

The girls watched movies all evening, Sam played on Minecraft...Laurence went to the twins for the night...and I soaked in my fabulous bath for a few hours with a good book and some candles...it was complete bliss :)

snap shots.....

Canvas I started on today:

Rosie was fed up that I was too busy to play ball...

Someone has settled in well at our new home:

Scenic pictures from T's yard in the snow today:

Beauty School 101.....Royal Order style....

Today we were invited over to watch J perm T's hair :)

This was some CRAZY fun!!!  J had never permed anyones hair before - thankfully K joined us, who is a hair stylist!!!  :)  L and C also joined us...

While we were in the kitchen, the approx 10 children (???) all went sledding, played with the kittens and piglets, said hi to the llama and goats....played various board games and generally had a great time...I love how well our children get on with each other :)

It was such a fabulous afternoon - so many laughs, good friends, good food and coffee..generally just an amazing time was had by all :)  

Friday fill-ins....

1. One time, I was scared to drive out of Sherwood Park or in bad weather - not any more! 
2. hearing my kids playing or giggling together is something that makes me smile. 
3. Seven words I love: lovely, bliss, calm, friendship, create, home, love. 
4. more snow; bloody hell!! 
5. I looked out the window today and saw a winter wonderland. 
6. my friends ROCK and that's saying something!
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to chillaxing at home, tomorrow my plans include going swimming and Sunday, I want to see how the day goes! 

Our Thursday....

Roads were really bad and buses for school were cancelled.  I am having a few issues with my hands and couldn't drive, so Laurence drove us to MP to go swimming.  We met T, L and K - and their families there.  It was nice to be in the pool again :)

We also got our new MP cards which means we can go there as often as we like for a year - and take any drop-in classes, for FREE :)  Yay!  I plan to make a LOT of use from them :)  

After swimming I had a yummy bowl of apple and almond crumble oatmeal:

After a little rest at home in the afternoon, we headed to the farmers market to meet T and her girls and stroll around.  We got some cucumbers and tzatziki which we ate for supper - among other things (Abby and I had a big bowl of the potato and bacon soup from yesterday)  

We had homeschool group tonight - and it was my week to plan it as K and D are away.  I planned a couple of crafts and some group games.  

Unfortunately roads were soooo awful and traffic was going at 30 kph....so no one came and at 6:45 Trish and I were all set to pack up and go home - until one other family - with little children - arrived.  The children played together and then I organized some wheelbarrow races, a couple of games as well...then animal races...etc etc...we finished at 7:30 though so we could all head home early on the bad roads.

Then I soaked in he bath.  

All in all a good day...I have a doctors appt next week about the numbness in my hands...the last few days it went away after a while, but today it has stayed all day and I have no grip at all :(  I think it is probably a trapped nerved or damage from lifting so much this week because of the house move.