At the lake............

We were hoping to see Christie and her crew today but sadly they had to cancel....so we jumped in the car and went to the lake instead. We stopped at the playground for a while first and then walked from there to the lake........the children could spend hours throwing stones into the water and making them skip.....or drawing and writing in the sand with sticks..............we also collected many gorgeous leaves for activities tomorrow......................

I took a few pictures at the playground and then my camera switched off....batteries were dead!! They don't last five minutes in my little point and shoot! ggggrrrr so the pics above are the only ones I have!

This morning we started a new timetable for computer use........9am until 10am is Susie, 10am until 11am is Chris......11am until 12pm is Laurie and from 12pm onwards is my time BUT when I am not using it someone else may, including Abigail.............that is of course only for those days when we are at home......normally three days a week................it worked well!

The children also helped me just soooooo much in the basement helping me prepare the studio...they did a lot of lifting and carrying and sorting................they worked hard so they deserved the time at the lake :)

After the lake we stopped at our local store for some surprise candy bags :) For 50c you can buy little brown bags filled with candy but you just never know what you'll get :) they love those!

I think I'm all caught up now.....well, except for the other pictures from Banff that I still have to add but never seem to find the time!

Yesterday.....

Yesterday was such a crazy day for me...I am not used to rushing about running errands but yesterday was spent doing just that! I dropped Chris at the museum for his day at work. Then I took the younger 4 to the homeschool drop-in group.

I only had 3 dozen eggs to give away but they were quickly snapped up! I'm glad everyone likes getting them!

Lorraine had a big display of books, rubberstamps, workbooks.......magazines etc that she was giving away, so we chose some wonderful things from there (Thank you Lorraine)

Nancy did yesterdays activity...she did peg dolls but they were very creative peg dolls...Abigail made a Japanese lady complete with Kimono and her hair up in a Japanese style)

I am doing next weeks activity :) for a Thanksgiving theme I am doing log home building...the children will split into teams and have to build a log home for a newly arrived Pioneer family. I am taking all the supplies necessary :)

After HS group yesterday we went to the mall, bought Laurence some new runners, had lunch...got a few groceries in Safeway............

After the mall we headed to the garden centre for some gorgeous velvet Fall leaves for photo shoots, and then to Michaels for the pumpkins they had on 50% off...again for Fall photo shoots.

Then we headed to McDonalds where I cuddled a coffee and read the newspaper while the children played...we had to fill in time until 4pm when we picked CHris up from work............

After that we rushed home, I boiled eggs and made toast for a quick supper and then we dressed the girls and I took them to dance class.................

After dance class the girls showed us their 'moves' and then it was bedtime and Lloyd and I worked on my website.......then by 9:30 we headed up to bed......DH was soon asleep and I just lay there until 2:30 am (groooooooan) I couldn't stop thinking about lighting, about poses, about set-ups, about marketing ideas, about photography, photography, photography..................

DS woke me at 4:45 and I then lay awake until 5:15.....woke up when DH left at 6:30 and then woke up at 7am by DS.....thats when I decided to give up lol!

So that was Tuesday.......................

Dinners ready..............Italian Sausage in a spicy tomato sauce on wholewheat pasta with a side salad and crusty bread mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Back to dance...............................

Last night the girls returned to their dance class.........Susie got a big hug from her teacher which was lovely. Susannah will do tap until Christmas and then Jazz through to the summer. Abigail will do ballet...her homeschooled friend N has joined her in the class this year so she was VERY happy :)

When the girls got home they showed me what they had learned already and I took these pictures....Sammy (in his pj's) wanted to join in!!!

The Translator..............

Yesterday we were at the mall and I took the girls into the bathroom. While Susannah and I were drying our hands Abigail came out of her toilet cubicle and said something to us.......because of the dryer we couldn't hear what she was saying...so we had to get her to repeat it three times. There was a lady drying her hands beside us and when we wasked Abigail the third time to repeat it, this lady kind of rolled her eyes and said 'She said she's wearing two pairs of underwear!'

Abigail just grinned and went to wash her hands and the lady kind of laughed. I laughed out loud and said 'Oh that makes a change, she doesn't normally remmeber to put any on!' She laughed and left and I just smiled at Abigail and said 'well at least you're cozy' :)

It sure comes to something when a stranger has to interpret for you!!!

First Frost......................

Today we woke to the first frost of Fall..............it was just beautiful outside...everything glistening like a portrait created with Swarovski crystals. Even though I had had only 4 hours of sleep I just HAD to throw on some warm clothes and head outside before the sun melted this precious jewel away....................