we had such beautiful weather for most of this week! we made it out on a few walks to the lake near us... kai is enjoying his new rocket ship thingy (see pics below) -- he has been asking for this for his birthday since one of hallie's classmates brought it for show and tell on a day kai was there. he hasn't stopped thinking about it. so the classmate got him one for his birthday! how nice. it's just a cheap little thing but lots of fun!
hmmm.... i'm not sure what else is new. oh! i had a nice chat on msn with my friend TESSA in australia this morning! we even made her a quick video (the kids) and were able to show her, and she showed us some videos too. there was one from her trip, when she came to visit -- but i hate seeing myself on camera!
tessa told me that it's our 10 year anniversary of friendship! it's so funny -- we met online when we were just 14 (oh maybe 11 yr anniversary then?? oh whatever!) in a chat room. this was back when chat rooms were ok to chat in LOL, and internet was not very common. it was dial-up only, and i think we were one of the first people on our street to have internet. and of course i was hooked from day 1! so tessa and i became penpals and chat room friends. we sent each other letters, pictures, gifts on birthdays and christmases, and we chatted. i remember one christmas we chatted all christmas eve and all christmas day too, telling each other what gifts we received... (she got to open hers first, being 13 hours ahead!) same thing with easter too, chatted the days away!
anyway... tessa was planning a trip to the USA and she made a special trip up to canada, just to see me (and the kids!) and she stayed with us for a few days.... 5? and it was just so neat! so neat to hear each others voices (although she did call me once on my wedding day, to wish me luck, but i was half asleep!) and just hang out. it was like we had known each other forever (which we had, i guess?!) and it was awesome! kai was about 8 months old i think, when she came.
sooooooooooooooo..... today was nice, we got to chat a bit, catch up, share videos & pics, etc. and i can't wait until the day comes where i can go visit her in oz! kipp won't go, he won't fly :( so i could go alone when the kids are old enough to leave behind, or i could bring them all with me (yikes?!?) or maybe just have a trip with 1 of them? who knows. it will be a while because i can't quite work out HOW it will happen in my head yet. but it WILL happen!
ok, i'm off to watch some tv and relax! it's been a busy, stressful, busy, fun, busy week! and no, our house has not sold yet, nor have we had calls. it's weird, because another house in this neighborhood was priced $5000 higher, it was a bit bigger (100 sq. feet at MOST, maybe less?), no garage (just like us), and no hardwood, no upgrades, and it is already sold. and it was on the main road, which is weird. ours has such a nice location!?? anyway i'm just sad that there has been really no interest in our house. i don't think it's overpriced at all when i look online. on the same comfree page as us are ONLY duplexes. so???? another few homes just went up for sale and they are ALL more than ours, and SMALLER. so what the heck?!?!? our house is cute... yeah some people might not like the krazy colors or something but they can be painted! so, we just wait. we're in no rush but it's tough to keep the house somewhat clean when i have 4 kids ages 4yrs and younger home with me all day, and a 7 yr old who comes twice a day to help the littles ones make a big mess ;) soooooooooooo please wish us luck that we will at least have some phone calls or something?!???? bizarre!
kai did not want any part of the pumping cleaning out... he did not look pleased, so kipp did his
hallie having fun!
kai, checking out the pumpkin but still not going near it!
hallie's drawing on her pumpkin
a friend of ours, i had to share this beautiful mural her mommy painted on her wall!
this was right after kipp got angry with hallie for some reason and i was trying to lighten the mood... ha!
oops, this belongs with the galaxyland pics but these boys are buddies!
nice teeth kai!
boo!
kai got some pumpkin guts on his arm (thanks to his sister tormenting him!) and he was NOT impressed, started crying :(
my dragon, kai! being a goof!
kai's "ew" face!
kai and emerson!
my cuties!
cute pic
another cute one!
BOO! hallie's eyeball pic
hallie's scary teeth
what a mess! pumpkin gunk!
ewww!
nice black teeth my dear! (black icing!)
my froggy! miss emerson!
so cute!
