Scenes from our walks....

These pictures are taken on our land - my back yard - scenes we see every day on our strolls with the dogs, on our quads or out and about with the children hunting for leaves or twigs for whatever craft we are up to :)

Christophers film screening at the Citadel.....

NOV 14 | METRO CINEMA

Youth Camp

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FAVA’S YOUTH CAMP SCREENING SPRING & SUMMER

November 14, 2009 7pm - 9pm Zeidler Hall (Citadel Theatre) 9828 - 101A Avenue Admission by donation.

Please join us as Edmonton’s up and coming young filmmakers hit the big screen! FAVA is pleased to present shorts from our Spring and Summer Youth Camps. From the Spring Break’s suspense narrative to our Summer Camps visuals put to songs provided by Canadian musicians; the screening will showcase the hard work and creative talents of our participants from 2009. Come celebrate their achievements with us.

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Flower fairy :)

After a library trip this morning, Abigail set to work this afternoon making things form the 'Fairy Crafts' book - I just love this fairy she made this afternoon :)

Homeschooling adventures...

Don't forget to check out our homeschooling blog to see what we've been up to lately!!

We laughed out loud :)

Yesterday, Abby, Sam and I had brunch with my wonderful friend Val....it was great to see her as we hadn't seen each other in ages...busy lives and then her wonderful trip to Hawaii!

Boy is she tanned - looking so great and healthy - and Summery....sooooo not fair lol!!!  Yep totally jealous :)  Val kindly gave us a bag of goodies from her holiday though and the children were thrilled!  I had a gorgeous turquoise sarong (my favourite colour!!!) as well as plenty of other goodies in the bag that I have now put on on my shelves in my craft room :)  The pineapple candies are wrapped so beautifully that I have them in a glass on the shelf and won't let anyone eat them hahahaha!

Abigail was given a gorgeous a real shell Lei which she adores and spends the whole time telling everyone 'It's made of REAL shells'!!

Sam was given a turtle shaped keyring - Val had chosen to bring some of these back from her holiday because they had seen so many turtles in the sea while they were in Hawaii.  She didn't think to read what was on them - just saw the shape and grabbed them!!

We didn't look at the keyring in detail.....but Sam loved it and carried it around all afternoon showing everyone.  Then just before dinner I was havinga  better look at it - and realised what it actually says!!!  So we passed it around at the dinner table and all had a good laugh!!!  :)

It has the silhouette of a big boobed lady on it - and it says "I got Leid in Hawaii"   hahahahaha   the perfect gift for a four year old ;)  

I think he should take it to pre school for show and tell on Tuesday :)

Yum!!

I am LOVING the roasted pumpkin seeds I made last week from all of the Halloween pumpkins!!  I have a big jar on my table but it's going down pretty fast  :(

I love popping them between my teeth - if you put them sideways between your back teeth and press lightly, they pop :)  It's addictive!!!

I roast mine in a tiny bit of salt and some paprika and they are soooooo good!  The kids love them too :)

Found!!

I was going through the pictures on Susannah's camera card last night and I found quite a few piccies form our holiday in Canmore back in August - pictures I had never seen before!!  This one was amongst them...I can't even remember Susie taking it....couldn't resist stealing it though ;)  

And so it is :)

This was my fortune from brunch with Val yesterday....so true :)  I was up and out early...lots to do...lots to do....

Remembrance Day activities!!

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I am preparing work and craft ideas to help us focus on Remembrance Day this week. Sam and Abigail have shown a lot of interest in everyones Poppies, and I want to take this opportunity to look at the Poppy and the reason behind them in more detail....

We will be reading stories, making crafts, and learning about War, peace and Remembrance. I will post pictures and links to anything we use this week. If you have any great links or ideas please do share them!!

New signature....

Just testing out my new signature!!!  Can I just say that I am LOVING Shimelles class 'Blogging for Scrapbookers' and am learning soooo much each day - I can't wait to start her next class in December.  Well, I wanted to add a signature and so here it is - I did it!!!    :)

ETA:  Oh poo - it was supposed to have a translucent background - but its WHITE!!  :(   Urgh.....too tired to change it now so think I will try again tomorrow!!

Thank you!!

Thank you to everyone who has dropped by my blog in the last few days - especially those of you kind enough to find the time to leave a comment or two - I know we have a LOT of blogs to get through on google reader!!!  This class is sure keeping me busy - I have loved all the blogs I have visited though!  So great to see everyones different takes on the various prompts and ideas!!

Thank you for all the comments on my blog header too - I took this picture of my Daughter in August, on a hiking trail in Canmore, Alberta.  We saw this rock and I thought it looked like the perfect sacrificial stone - or somewhere Snow White would have been laid...my Daughter was more than happy to pose for a few pictures - including some silly ones ;)

I saved this pictures for a special Halloween themed blog header.....I really need to change it!!!!  :)

Shadow girl...

I took my camera out for a walk yesterday afternoon and snapped a few pictures in the afternoon sun.  Such a gorgeous day with temperatures of 17c - 14 degrees above average.  I was so sad to see the sun go down!

Someone borrowed the camera ;)

I wonder what he's thinking.....

Thursdays heatwave :)

Yesterday was SUCH a beautiful day.  The temperature rose to 17c which is something like 14 degrees above average!!  The breeze was warm and it was just too good a day to spend indoors!  Abigail had her art class in the morning, and homeschool gymnastics in the afternoon, so while she was occupied, Sam and I made the most of the lovely day and headed to the local park and lake.  

We spent a quite a while at the playground.  I expected it to be busy - with parents and their little ones making the most of the good weather and lack of snow - but it was EMPTY!!  The park itself was surprisingly quiet too.  Another Mom and her two children eventually arrived, and even she commented on the fact that there was no one there.  

Before we know it, the parks will be unusable for months of winter, yet here we are on a gorgeous November day and no one was there to make the most of it!  

Sam and I walked around the lake and he had great fun balancing on anything there was to climb on, and sitting on the rocks and benches to watch the few geese that have yet to leave for warmer climes...

We had fun jumping and stomping in all the fallen leaves that had gathered at the edges of the steps.  Sam would run through them, kicking as he went...and then he crunched them all with his feet yelling "Let the wild rumpus start"...

We watched the workmen up in their little crane putting the Christmas lights in the trees ready for next weeks 'Celebration of Lights'...

Sam made me laugh when he asked me to take a picture of him 'dead'....and he lay down on the ground pretending to be dead while I snapped this last picture of him:

I think we've had a little too much 'Halloween' at our house lol!!!  ;)

It was a gorgeous day anyway and I'm so glad we made the most of what could be the last really warm day of the year....we came home and I went for a walk by myself with my camera (the above pics are all on my iphone) and we tidied up some of the yard outside ready for the big bin that arrives on Saturday.

Last night was date night and it was still 15c after dark when we went out - and 12c when we got home!!!  We went out for an Indian meal at our favourite restaurant - so nice to walk in and wave and find our own table - and have them come and say hi and make jokes and rattle off our usual order because we go there so often they know us..... :)  AND they had my two favourite desserts!!  :)  I was happy!!

After dinner we had a couple of errands to run and then we ended up sat in Starbucks chatting over our drinks for ages before we headed home.  It was a lovely evening of talking...oh and I met a lady from Bathgate in Scotland!!!  She has only been here 18 months and is quite homesick....we chatted for a long while with her and reminisced about Bathgate and Edinburgh, Livingston etc etc....so nice to meet someone from there :)  Her Brother and Sister in Law have been here the same length of time as us and love it here so she is hoping to settle down and love it too....

Thursday was a great day - I felt 100% better compared to the day before and it was so good to get out and get some fresh air and burn off some energy!!  So glad I felt better as I was really looking forward to meeting my friend Val the next day.....we had plans to meet Friday so that I could hear all about her very exciting trip.....