Two little five year olds.......

The top picture is Abigail this afternoon with her 5th birthday cake. The bottom picture is Lloyds Mum Terry, with her 5th birthday cake!

Unfortunately taking a picture of Abigail with her cake outside was not possible today as it was -19c most of the day!

two bites...........

Sobeys two-bite cinnamon scones are to die for! They are so so good but they do not take just two bites to eat them...and they are so good you can never stop at two bites! I knew I shouldn't have bought them!!! I am sat here having a coffee and some scones while I wait for the potatoes to boil....

The children got home around 3:15pm...they'd had a good day and had lots of news......Susannah took a poem to show her teacher - one she had written at home last year...and the teacher loved it so much she asked to keep it and wants Susie to read it to the class tomorrow!

They are all excited about the Valentine Celebrations at school tomorrow....if they were still homeschooled we would have been heading to the science centre tomorrow for the homeschoolers workshops....we were really disappointed in the last ones though....so I don't think they will mind missing that! We will head to the science centre soon though to see the Lego exhibit...it was in Calgary last Fall when we were down there.......I wish they would change the science centre exhibits more often...the children get bored after a while...we didn't bother to renew our membership this year.

Val called to confirm brunch tomorrow....I am so looking forward to meeting her!

Christie - remember the words you gave us...the magnetic words? Well we didn't have anywhere to use them as our fridge is not magnetic......so today I bought a magnetic board and I am going to attach it to the big mirror in our bathroom...and then Lloyd and I can leave each other messages each day! I am going to leave the first one there for him to find tomorrow morning! Thank you!

So the Doc gave me new meds today and this afternoon I looked up the monograph for the drug (handy that DH works with Pharmacists sometimes lol!) and it says I should take these new meds with Imitrex or other drugs that effect blood clotting properties in the blood!!!! So why on earth was I prescribed them when the Doc knows I am on Imitrex???????? So Lloyd is checking with his colleagues as to whether I should take them or not......you know some people would just take any drugs they were prescribed and trust the Doc...or would just read the drug company's info sheet and be satisfied...but I like to know the truth about drugs I take....so I always read up as much as I can and search for people who have taken them and ask about side effects etc.....half the time people get side effects not mentioned in the info sheet......

Anyway, we will wait to hear back from Lloyds colleague...he works on the Electronic Health Record so these are the Pharmacists MOST up to date with drug interactions...

Tomorrow Chris has to take money to school for an auction...(did I already write about this?) the girls in his class were given a brown bag each and they have to fill it with a lunch they have made......then the boys have to bid for the lunches...and they get to eat lunch with the girl whose lunch they buy! So how much would you send???? How much do you think he should pay for a lunch? Of course he wants to buy the lunch of the 'hottest' girl in class...so he wants to take the most money...but his friend says he is taking $25!!!! $25 for a brown bag lunch!!! Am I being mean or is that a lot???? I think $10 would be better but I will give him $20 and no more!!! It's a sandwich and a bag of chips kind of thing lol!

Lloyd just called to say he's on 21 and will be home in a few minutes :) actually he called and said 'stick the kettle on!' and I told him he would be home in time to stop me eating the whole box of cinnamon scones!

Tonight I want to work through some of the book club questions about The Glass Castle. Once the kids are in bed at least!

Finished!!!

My first altered paint can is finished......it's a gift for the staff at school...full of candy and treats for Valentines day. I love the handle but I'm not too happy with the actual sides of the tin......

I have a few more of these to do though so I have some to practice on......I love them! You can by the empty (unsused) paint cans at Home Depot for about $2 or $3!

For Isaac..............

Here is a picture of Abigail with the lovely card Isaac chose for his cousin! Hello Isaac....you see, you chose the card and posted it and it came all the way over here to Canada on an airplane and the postman brought it to Abigail!

Abby says 'Thank you'!

loss..............in all shapes and sizes.....

Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion, a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size.
by Mark Twain

New bike

Abigail sat on her new bike...for some reason we forgot to pick up stabilizers even though we talked about them in the store so Lloyd is picking some up tonight....but I have pushed Abby round this floor a few times and she has enjoyed sitting on the bike :) She can ride it later tonight :)

Gift opening time..........

Laundry is in but I haven't washed the floors yet - thought I'd get distracted awhile here :)

Here are some pics of a very sleepy looking Abigail at 7am this morning opening some of her gifts!

Ok off to firefox to add the pics...grrr at IE!!!

cold hands...

It was -23c when I went into town this morning.......Sams gloves are always ALWAYS threaded through his winter jacket....ready to go! Well not today! -23c and NO GLOVES!!! So I used Abigails spare winter coat (that we leave in the care for emergencies) and put his arms in the sleeves and use it like a kind of blanket over him.....he is NOT happy and constantly pulls his arms out......his hands then get VERY cold VERY fast and he cries and cries...but will he keep them tucked up??? NO!!!

Poor Samsam...he was NOT very happy in the dollar store today with red sore and cold hands! Silly boy!

Home for a while...

1:11pm......sitting and relaxing finally.....Abigail had fun at preschool and Sam seemed ok so we headed into town and I went tot he Dr's......he changed my meds so I have to go back in 3 weeks and see how I am reacting to them......wish me luck! Sam was great in the Dr's office luckily.....and I went straight in as they had had some cancellations...

After the Doctors we went to Sobeys for the cake and a few bits and pieces...then to the dollar store to get some shovels but there are NO shovels to be had in Sherwood Park :( I need 15 shovels (spades) like for a sandbox/pit.......but the stores won't have them for another month :(

I guess I will have to go with plan B....although I don't have a plan B so thats something I need to work on!

Get home and the phone is ringing....my Sister Clare to wish Abby happy birthday......but Abby wasn't home so we chatted a while...she has flu right now - silly girl didn't have a flu jab this year!!! CLARE - HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON!!!! Clare is my newest reader to my blog.....I spoke to my Nephew Isaac too...he's almost 6! I asked him if he had cooked dinner for Mommy because she was ill and he said he didn't know how to cook anything...so I asked if he had given her a get well hug and he said no because if he gets too close he'll get the flu too! I thought that was cute!

I ran around the house tidying up after this morning when Abigail shredded all the paper from her gifts....and envelopes....tidied the kitchen and packed away the groceries and then ran out to get Abby from preschool. I stopped off at the local store to pick up a copy of the Edmonton Journal.....

Back home and we have lunch.....then my Mum phones to say Happy Birthday to Abigail.....my Mum is going in to have her Gall bladder removed tomorrow......GOOD LUCK MUM - WE'LL BE THINKING OF YOU!!! Then I spoke to Lloyd on the phone for a while...now the phone hasn't rung for a while YAY and I have vacuumed the main floor ready for me to wash the floors...although part of me is wondering why I am bothering as Derek is coming tomorrow to scrape the ceilings so I will ahve dust and mess EVERYWHERE!!! But the floors NEED washing so I really should.

I have to finish the paint can for the staff tomorrow for Valentines Day...I'll take a picture later......I also have a special picture of Abigail that I need to take later to go with something special Terry gave me......I'll post that later too!

So now I am going to stick another load of laundry on and then wash the floors....the girls have dance class tonight and we have to cut the cake and all that jazz!

Mommaspaz we should meet - I would sooo LOVE to meet you!!! That would be so great! I'm not as scary as you'd think lol! Honestly!!!

shouldn't be here.............

I shouldn't be sat here right now...I should be upstairs getting dressed...getting Sam dressed.....but I can't seem to get going today.

I have so much to do and have to leave the house in less than an hour but here I am sat at the computer drinking coffee.

Today is Abigails 5th birthday which I find really hard to believe because that means Lloyd and I have been together 6 years this weekend.......and that is UNREAL! The time has flown and yet we have done SO MUCH in those 6 years......moved across the globe, built two houses (one in Scotland and one here)had two children....homeschooled, schooled, and endless other 'adventures'........

And Abigail is now 5. She woke up this morning and came down to find her new bicycle all set up for her......and then she opened her other gifts before the children left for school.

I have to take her to preschool and then go into town.....so much to get and my Docs appt too.....

Sam has a fever.....not sure I should even go into town with him...he won't let me give him any meds....but if we don't go this morning then that means I have to go this evening......and Lloyd would have to pick the cake up......

So yes...I should go upstairs and get dressed.

Have a great day everyone...

Happy Birthday Abby Banana!!!! I hope you have a wonderful 5th birthday baby girl!