Today we spent the day at my friend Ki's house - keeping her company and 'helping' with her garage sale!!  My help was basically me fetching lunch and buying half of what she was selling!!  lol!  I left Abby there for a while and Sam and I went to KFC to drop Laurence his wallet.  Laurence looked so cute and so smart in his uniform!!  First time I have seen him at work - he served the guy in front of me and I got to see him in action - so very proud :) 

We also popped in to the thrift store, where Sam bought some kind of block building toy thing that lights up - and I bought a math set because I needed a compass!  

We picked up lunch at Timmys and took it back for everyone.  Yum.  Sam bought a scooter at the yard sale, and Abby bought a bike....they played around the sidewalks and then headed to the park for a while.  If i can't keep this house then Ki's would be PERFECT - such a GREAT location:

Kaleigh has lent me The Hunger Games Trilogy:

Ki enjoying her coffee in the garage lol!  It was FREEZING lol - it snowed last night!!

And these are two pictures from yesterday that I really like:

Sam with his favourite flower - Dandelions!!  

And today he was most upset with Ki for digging them all up on her front yard and calling them 'weeds'  hahaha  So he went round fast and picked them all to give to me :)  

Artsy Saturday....

These star pictures are my homework for the online class I am taking 'I Doodle - Do you?'  I started this first picture and then decided half way through to have a go on a dark sky background created with Dylusions sprays.  I used blue markers and silver and blue glitter pens!!

This is the face I did for the 29 Faces in May challenge that I am taking part in:

Yesterday at Education Station we picked up this neat magnetic drawing board - the stylus pulls up the ball bearings and creates pictures.  It's good for practicing letters and for Sam holding the pencil:  

Friday fill ins

And...here we go!

1. When we go to Education Station I always get carried away but it's sooo much FUN!
2. My head is too big for most hats.
3. It'll be good to have Susannah home on Monday.
4. Japan in the Spring is a place I always wanted to visit, but haven't yet.
5. When I'm sad I make art; when I'm happy I make art.
6. The neighbours are just one thing I love about my community.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to going to Katies Crossing with Abby, Sam, Ki and Kaleigh, tomorrow my plans include Going to Ki's place to help her with her yard sale and keep her company, going to the farmers market near Whyte Ave and going to the funfair at Millwoods Towne Centreand Sunday, I want to have a relaxed day at home and possibly take Rosie to the off leash area! Monday is also a holiday and my plans are: Absolutely no clue yet, but if the weather is good we may go camping Sunday night and so may well wake up somewhere else on Monday morning - or just camp here at home maybe now the fire ban has been lifted a bit!

Our Friday...

Morning light through my bedroom window:

A visit to the library to get books and return dvd's.  Abigail found the book she wanted to read as recommended by her online homeschool friend Abby:

Today was chilly and although it was sunny most of the time, rain clouds kept threatening:

My Instagram friend Marie said this picture looks like Heaven:

We went to Katies Crossing with my friend Ki and her Daughter and had supper there

 (and ice creams lol):

As usual, a train went by while we were eating - in fact TWO did:

We stopped to take pictures on the way home:

We bought caterpillars at Education Station today.  They posted on Facebook that they had three kits left, so we popped in to grab one.  We have done the butterfly raising kits several times in the past, but the children really enjoy it, and learn something new each time: 

The caterpillars have to be cleaned out each day - the webbing and the poop has to be removed with a paint brush:

Abigail decided she wants to learn cursive hand writing - so we got her a book to help her learn and tonight we sat on the bed and went through several pages until she could do many of the letters and write her name:

I bought this kit for them to have a go with - and a Geology book for Sam's grade as he is obsessed with rocks and stones.  This morning we sat and watched the dvd we were given free at the Gemstone and Mineral show last week.  Sam enjoyed it so much that he sat and watched it again tonight while we worked on the handwriting:

My beautiful, crazy girl!!!

Susannah has gone away camping with a friend for the long weekend.  I am so glad she has gone away to have fun and be a typical teen for a few days!!  BUT - I miss her soooooo much!!!

We are so close these days that it is just STRANGE not to have her around :(  

Art journaling

I am LOVING my Dylusions sprays and now have every colour!!!  :)  

Sam and Abby are loving them too and worked in their art journals today.  I must photograph their pages tomorrow!!

Here are some art journal pages I have worked on in the last couple of days:

Stage One:

Stage two:

Stage three:

Stage one:

Stage two:

Stage three:

A simple page based on a quote I saw on Pinterest:

A work in progress:

Another page based on a quote:

Todays face for the 29 Faces in May challenge:

A hand doodle based on the work Sandi is teaching in the fabulous class

"I doodle - do you?"

The hand Sam doodled while I did mine:

Additions to my Dylusions collection - and a new journal - I bought two of these from Dollarama because they are my new favourite journal to create in and I was worried they might stop selling them!!

Abby watching Sandi teach her online class:

Our Wednesday.....

Coffee this morning - MUCH needed!!!

Chatting on the bed with Sam and he was explaining why he loves the BIG t-shirt to sleep in and how he can curl right up inside it!!!  :

Abby and I watched the week two videos from the online class we are taking.  Abigail then used what she learned to write her name and create mosaics inside:

Our facilitator came today to see how our year had gone.  The meeting went REALLY well and she was thrilled that we had such a great year!  She was extremely reassuring about a few things I discussed with her and I was really pleased to have the chance to talk with her.  She was thrilled with Sam and Abby's progress, and sat and looked through all their gemstones and discussed Minecraft etc with them.  

After our visit with the facilitator, we spent the afternoon out on the deck at the table - it was lovely and hot and Abby and I did some art while Sam played and collected sticks - which he WAS going to paint, but I think he got distracted down in the long grass with Rosie.

For lunch I made amazing Veggy Wraps (spinach wraps stuffed with cream cheese, cucumber, peppers and tomatoes).  They are sooooo good:

This was Sams artwork in his journal today - it is a 'surreal' face:

It was a hot day and so Abigail fed Rosie a freezy to cool her down:

Sam is OBSESSED with climbing trees at the moment, and I can't always say no - so sometimes I let him get on with it - so long as I am around to make sure he is ok.  He is sooooo fast and can go so high!    I love that he is able to be such a REAL boy and do things like climbing trees and playing in the woods and shooting his bow and arrow in our yard.  He loves living here sooooo MUCH.  He and Rosie are inseparable when the weather is good and they just want to be outside:

Tonight was the first farmers market of the year and we had sooooo been looking forward to it!!  Sadly by the time it ws on, the weather had changed completely.  It was cold, grey and very windy - and threatening rain.  We had a quick walk through the market instead of getting supper there.  Laurence and Sam bought Kettlecorn, and Sam bought a punch balloon.  I bought 3 huge cucumbers for $4.00  so we can continue to make the veggy wraps :)  

It was far too cold for us to enjoy the lemonade we traditionally have each week at the market.  I don't think they did very well today:

It started to rain just as we got back to the car:

I am still loving that it is so green everywhere now: