What Motherhood has done to me!

Before Kids

After Kids

My Vacation

There have been two instances' lately that we were meant to go on a vacation of sorts. Neither of these have worked out for one reason or another. So Ant being the hero that he is took me on a mini vacation today. We headed out early this morning with only 2 trips back for essentials, a cell phone and oh lets just say you can't cross the border without proper ID :P So we headed down to Duluth for a little R&R. The kids did great on the drive there, 3 hrs, a sippy cup of juice and a snack kept them happy all the way.



We had a relaxing lunch....relaxed is relative I guess.....



























We toured the mall and found a new car.......




Other then the taunting that this was my big vacation for the year we had a great day. Thanks Ant :)
Oh and in warmer news, thats what the temperature is about to do here......-1 by the end of the weekend.

Making Dinner

Take chicken out of the freezer
Watch bambino's pour the dog food all over the floor
Clean up dog food
Put chicken in oven*
Stop Ethan from playing with water cooler
Take Frozen veggies out of the freezer
Run into the living room after a large bang followed by a howl
Calm crying child
Return to frozen veggies
Prevent Ethan from throwing 18 liter water bottle at the dogs
Return to frozen veggies
Prevent Ethan from yelling and chasing Tim
Return to frozen veggies
Get frozen veggies cooking
Stop little fingers from clearing of the counters
Get juice ready
Stop Ava from emptying the recycling
Give out juice to occupy busy toddlers
Toddlers occupied by throwing sippy cups at the dogs
Shed a tear
Enter child into time out again
Remove food from oven*
Round up children
Place children into highchairs
(forget to strap in)
Start serving out food
Child standing and bouncing on the back of high chair
Freak out
Run and rescue child from certain death
Strap child into seat
Serve dinner
Watch all the food end up on the floor
:)

*I say oven , but lets be honest here it's a toaster oven

More Family day pics

What could be a better day then a little Barney and chocolate chip cookies??????

Family Day 2008

Well at least Ant was home for some of Family Day, I woke him up from a nap to snap this pic. I took more, but this one seems to have most of us looking at the camera and no one is crying. Unlike.........

Happy Family Day to ALL!!

In the Game of Box

Ant got delayed in Timmins and ended up being held there till tomorrow morning. Which left us to our own devises here at home.......a game of Box anyone :P




For some reason this pic reminds me of Toad in the story Wind in the Willows. I'm not sure why, Ava wasn't making any funny noises or dancing around, may be the scarf????
She is in love with this scarf, and I mean love. She puts it on and wanders around the living room like the princess she is.












Ethan making a big stretch to get inside this one, but ended up just pushing it around.

I love my dogs,

but I must admit I am tired of taking them with us everywhere we go. I'm not talking about the breathing/barking parts of them. I'm referring to the hair they no longer want. Why they think we want to carry it around I'll never know......they won't talk to me and I'm fine with that because if they did I would spend a lifetime trying to convince people they talked and.......there's a movie about that isn't there...... Any way, as you can tell the hair situation is making me a bit batty. Our old house was simple, wood floors cleaned up nice. But here the carpet, the toys, all covered, covered I tell you. Well the point of all this.....I snapped, I couldn't take it any more. I got out my vacuum* and I tore the house apart. I vacuumed ALL the toys, I moved ALL the furniture, I even vacuumed the dogs them selfs(i so wish i was kidding on the last one). Now do I feel at piece? I do, but there is still hair everywhere!

Anyone have any tips for hair management?

Please do not recomend we get rid of them or we WILL send them to live with you :P


* i use it daily as well, just so your all not thinking i'm going crazy for nothing