some pictures from the last few days...

emerson, watching her brother and sister play outside, while standing at the front door....

one of my dayhome kids left last week, she is starting playschool so i'm no longer needed... but i got some pretty flowers and some other great gifts from them, which made my day!
miss emerson!
hallie, painting picture frames
thought this pic was cute!
for some reason, i love this picture too!
kai, painting picture frames... still in pjs! the kids love to wake up in the morning and just start doing "stuff" right away.... while mommy would rather slowly wake up, relax, lay around.... haha!
mr. kai
the kids riding bikes!
more painting pics. their favorite crafty thing to do right now is paint. have to go buy more actually...
emerson's new friend (my dayhome babe)

blankie!!!

a wonderful friend at telus made emerson this beautiful blanket!

it's got such a neat pattern to it!

and of course emerson loves it too!

thank you moe!!!

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhh oops!

left my camera at the playschool. i was in charge of taking the kids' pics for the first day of school. oops! i'll grab it tomorrow. already i've missed a couple of photo opportunities :( i feel so lost without it!

haircut

does anyone else dread going to the hair salon because of the lame small talk? i just wish i could sit there and not be talked to.... i hate small talk. man it just drives me NUTS because i have to answer, yet i know the stylist could care less! here is the conversation from today...

HER - so did you grow up in edmonton?
ME - yes (do you care???)
HER - so have you seen any good movies?
ME - (when? does she mean recently? in the theater? crap now i have to think....) hmmm last night we rented "take the lead"
HER - was it good?
ME - not really. (shoot, i just messed up the question. she asked for GOOD movies) have you seen any good ones?
HER - (starts blabbing on about the break up, telling me all about it. little does she know i've seen it already too.) so you have today off work?
ME - (stunned once again for a second) oh no, i don't work. (again, do you care?!???)
HER - have any plans for the rest of the day?
ME - what day is it? saturday? oh sunday. nope.
HER - you should be going out to show off your new haircut!
ME - um..... no. (thinking how i can afford to go out after this huge haircut???!)

anyway i just really hate small talk. the haircut & color today went sour. i told the color chick what i wanted for color and she basically said NO and told me what she thought and went ahead and did what she wanted anyway, despite me telling her not to. this got me MAD. so i was sitting there, getting more frustrated by the minute.... then onto the haircut dude. once again, i told him what i wanted, even showed a pic i found in a mag while i was waiting, and he said NO. he said he didn't think i would like it, and it wouldn't suit me. (does he KNOW me??!?!?!??) omigod i was REALLY mad now and about to blow my top. there was probably smoke coming out of my ears :( i said, "just do what you want to do then" and he replies, "oh, that's not what i like to hear. i want you to say 'i trust you'... " fine. do what you want.

so i left there fuming mad. after paying $222. i was NOT impressed. i felt like shit. i don't like being told all of my choices are not going to work for me. do they know me???? obviously not. now i have this nice haircut and nice, subtle highlights. how nice. i didn't want NICE. :(

so i called and told the manager and got a full refund. now i feel a bit better but i still feel boring and angry. what a waste of 3 hours :( i'll go again, ELSEWHERE, next time... maybe in 6 months, a year.... that's the thing. i never get my hair done. and as if i'll tuck away the refund for another haircut. hmph. i'm not happy. i'm going to bed.

happy anniversary to me

our anniversary was on august 31st, 4 years!!! anyway that's the same day i was out getting the new van, and just a busy week, etc. and the anniversary kind of just passed without much mention. (i did get kipp a card!) anyway i just received this email from my husband (who sent the email when i was out earlier...)

"You have an appointment at Eveline Charles this Sunday afternoon. You are getting highlights, cut and stlye. I have put the money into your account. Enjoy!! It's a late anniversary gift."

for kipp, this is a huge thing and i'm so happy with him! yay! i'm excited. he said he wants it to be drastic... hmmmm??? guess he's bored with the current me! LOL!

hallie's playschool teacher today told hallie she had lost a bunch of baby chub and was looking a lot taller! then later on she told me i was looking a lot slimmer.... which i'm not so sure about, must have just been the jeans. i don't think i've lost any weight.... ? but it was still nice to hear!

busy week!!!

playschool started this week... kai's first day ever was thursday and hallie's was today. i went with them and stayed all class (shortened 1 hour class) because it was just to get used to it all. i forgot to take any pics either day -- i'm slacking!!! so i'll take some on their first "real" days next week!

otherwise have been keeping busy with being stressed! LOL oh, i mean starting my dayhome girl, before & after school boy, deciding on if i should work part time (have been once again offered a job at my fav kids' clothing store.... 30% discount... i'd likely spend anything i made but it would still be awesome... should i do it??? 1 week night 6-10pm and 1 weekend day shift.... help?!??? i don't WANT to work, but it wouldn't involve leaving the kids with anyone other than their dad, and it would be an awesome discount and way to afford my shopping habbit. as it is now, i'm in there way too often... ), choosing stuff for the new house and having a VERY hard time doing so........... hmmmmm...... the list goes on!

we sold our van a few days ago! that was easy! that is now 2 vehicles we have sold using www.usededmonton.com !!

spent some time at the playground this afternoon with juanita and her kiddos. she also babysat today while i took hallie to school. yesterday, sara babysat the girls while i took kai to school and then we went to bp's for lunch after! yummmmmm.........

ok gotta run! sorry for the slacking!

tasha

some pics....

i have posted a few new posts tonight, and some earlier so be sure to scroll down to see all of the new posts!

"our family" -- by hallie (see baby emerson sitting, with the toys in front of her?? i guess she's the only one of us who has a neck, which is opposite in real life, she is the only one without a neck LOL!)

kai, lying on the floor... not into having his pic taken
kai!
i love the look on emerson's face here!
hallie wanted some pics of her twirling in her skirt!
and another of her with her skirt all pretty... her idea LOL!
my happy girls!!
this is on of my favorites! someone mentioned that hallie looks like she is 8 in this pic! haha!
happy!! (but who's head is bigger??!)

the whole picture thing started with me trying to get a shot of just emmy alone -- but hallie loves to get in on the action...
hallie loves her baby sis so much!

mmmmm..... shoes!

last thursday we were at a picnic... and miss emerson decided her shoes looked tasty! mmmmmm!!

ponytail!

on saturday i was out with hallie & kai, getting groceries and some other stuff... and kipp was home with emerson. once again, he surprised me by giving emmy her first ponytail! what a dork! her hair is just so krazy that the ponytail didn't work too well, but you can see it sort of peeking through the other hair, it's standing straight up. looks cute... but yes, her hair defiantely is something else! LOL ;)

today...

kipp was home today, and we had a lazy morning... i slept in a bit, kipp later took his car for an oil change... blah blah... i took the kids outside for some water play and then later kipp took them to the park while i stayed home with emerson. we had supper at my parents' and then my aunt & uncle came there for a visit.

tomorrow is my first day with new dayhome babe and i'm looking forward to it! she'll only be here for 4 hours, easing her way in with us over the next few weeks. no school for us until thursday this week, however tomorrow night i have a playschool meeting. is it weird that i like going to these kinds of things??

she's crawling!!!

watch out -- my baby girl is crawling! she turns 11 months in a couple of days. at this exact time, hallie had just started walking! here are some pics... i did a little video but i've never added a video to my blog so i'm not sure how! maybe i'll fool around with it later and figure it out.

wow!

i listed hallie's old halloween costume on ebay last week and i just checked it becuase it ended this morning. as of last night there was 1 bid for $11.99.... the final price http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=006&item=160025013925&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESO%3AIT&rd=1 is more than i paid originally! WOW! i wonder why???? oh well, ebay spending money for me!

it's official...

i'm no longer an employee!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm a stay-at-home-mom and i'm already loving it! woo hoo!!!! worked my last shift last night and it feels good to be FREE! :) i'm looking forward to the year ahead, staying home with my kiddos, having my evenings completely FREE and weekends too! the shifts i had been working in august were mostly weekends, both sat & sun, and a couple of weekday evenings but even just that really made me feel too busy.

and another happy note, my parents are back home and we're headed there for a nice dinner!

ugh!

don't you hate it when you stuff your face and then feel sooooooooooooooooo gross!!??!! that's how i'm feeling right now.... i'm tempted to make myself barf! ew, i couldn't do that... but i feel yucky! darn original joe's! LOL

had a garage sale yesterday, it went well :) got rid of LOTS and the rest went to the donation bin (most of it!)

ok gotta go, we rented 2 movies for tonight... friends with money and an american haunting!

update!

since a couple of you had asked, emerson seems to be doing fine... still quite wheezy but she is still doing ok! oh, a bit grumpier than normal too! i've kept her off milk by mouth thought for 2 full days now... i'll keep her off until the wheeze is gone.

and some news................... we bought a new vehicle! woo hoo!!

FOR SALE: 2000 dodge caravan, CHEAP! know anyone who needs a van??? we're willing to sell for pretty cheap so this might be great for someone!!

:( uh oh...

i think emerson has come to another hurdle.... i think she got some milk in her lungs, aspirated once again. i'm stopping all fluids by mouth until she is better. i hope this lung thing doesn't get worse than it already is this time....

tuesday...

we went to a nearby playground this morning with juanita and her kids. i had the kids all ready to go, dressed in shorts but we had to change into long pants and sweaters because it was pretty kool outside! i put both kids into some pants, only to realize they no longer fit. kai's were super short, hallies' wouldn't do up around her waist AND were short. soooooooooo had to pull out the next size already! yikes! kai is in a 4, hallie in a 5. i thought for sure their current stuff would fit until christmas. oh well....

kids driving the car at the park!

this afternoon, riding bikes and eating popsicles.


kai insists on riding hallie's old pink trike instead of his red one... LOL!




flowers for you, mommy!
emerson is getting closer to crawling! she gets into this position but doesn't know what to do after, so she sits back down! haha! my cutie pie :)