our christmas tree... with the beautiful babygate in front to keep the critters out! so far it's working wonderfully! i'm almost tempted to wrap some presents and put them under there, although that might be just a bit too tempting ;)
Sunday, December 10, 2006
more....
ok this is GROSS but i had to still take a picture. emerson choked on her milk, not out of the ordinary for her, but i don't think she's ever spouted it out of her nose before like this! EW! and of course, it didn't even phase her ;)
hallie's hair had been braided for 2 days and then we took it out -- she had nice waves and thought it was really neat! they didn't last long... she has poker straight hair -- must be from her dad because mom's is krazy wavy!
action shot of kai playing mini soccer with liam - and don't ask why he was wearing a helmet??! LOL (he's just a weirdo!)
emmy had spaghetti stuck on her face and she didn't even notice... LOL! she cracks us up!
little buddies
another gross emmy shot - but it's not blood... this time it was a chunk of crayon that she ATE and made quite a mess of. this was first thing in the morning.... breakfast?!?? she still looks half asleep!
whenever i see the kids all sitting together, i grab the camera. it's a rare moment and it doesn't last long! 
monday
i'm behind in my blogging -- blogger has been horrible with uploading pictures -- has anyone else noticed this?? (it could be my poor, pathetic computer and not blogger??)
speaking of our crappy computer -- telus just sent us some mail saying if we switch to telus long distance (we're currently elsewhere because telus was pissing me off!!) they will give us a FREE dell computer. um..... ok sure! so i'll have to call and find out more info tomorrow. we already have telus internet, telus TV, and telus phone but just not LD. interesting....
ok back to last monday... we had a bunch of friends over to make gingerbread houses and for lunch, and i used my parents' house! it was great! pictures below...
madison hard at work!
moira and hallie, working away on their houses....
amity & big brother nolan!
emerson - cutie pie!
1/3 of the crew, working away on their creations!
speaking of our crappy computer -- telus just sent us some mail saying if we switch to telus long distance (we're currently elsewhere because telus was pissing me off!!) they will give us a FREE dell computer. um..... ok sure! so i'll have to call and find out more info tomorrow. we already have telus internet, telus TV, and telus phone but just not LD. interesting....
ok back to last monday... we had a bunch of friends over to make gingerbread houses and for lunch, and i used my parents' house! it was great! pictures below...
madison hard at work!
moira and hallie, working away on their houses....
amity & big brother nolan! 
emerson - cutie pie!
1/3 of the crew, working away on their creations!
Monday, December 04, 2006
weekend pictures
sisters
hannah's 1st birthday party! what a cutie!
kipp - not wanting his pic taken
kai, sporting some glasses from the bday party bag LOL!
hannah with her daddy
tarah (she was one of my bridesmaids, and we were also roommates once upon a time -- then we've not been as close lately but it was so good to see her at the bday party and i hope we can get together soon!) and baby hannah and the puppy mascot dude!
emmy!
hallie girl!
here is a picture of hannah and emerson in january 2006
here is a picture of hannah and emerson in december 2006, 11 months later!
hallie with her gingerbread house at grandma & grandpa's house, decorating gingerbread houses with our cousins and their kids!
oops double picture post, but it's a cute one!
Sunday, December 03, 2006
raisin bran conspiracy
there is a raisin bran conspiracy! they put 2 scoops of raisins in raisin bran -- is that PER BOX??? no matter what size? i am convinced that it is. normally there are a lot of raisins but we bought a JUMBO sized box and there are barely any raisins.... i'm so ticked!!! it MUST be that 2 scoops went in, but since it's jumbo sized, there are more bran flakes and therefore, i get barely any raisins in each bowl. ugh. never buy the jumbo raisin bran.
splash!
these pictures are from the other night... bath time! pretty soon they won't all fit in the tub at the same time.... or maybe they will in the new house's soaker tub! usually emerson just goes in for 5 minutes and then the other kids get to play longer while i get her ready for bed.
i editing this picture but not the others -- does it look better than the rest?
i editing this picture but not the others -- does it look better than the rest?
Saturday, December 02, 2006
festival of trees!
thursday afternoon i took the kids to the festival of trees. i had my 3, plus my dayhome babe and my before & after school boy who is 7. (he has thursday afternoons off) everyone had a lot of fun! we got there late which i'm going to blame on parking and the stupid ONE elevator at shaw conference center. the ONE elevator is supposed to service all strollers and all wheelchairs, seniors with walkers, etc. and it's super slow too. it was frustrating! i even carried the stroller, with 2 babies in it, down one set of stairs between canada place and shaw conference center because i couldn't figure the elevators out. sheesh. we met up with sara and juanita, however juanita was done there already by the time we made it... and so we went through with sara and her kids! (sorry J!)
kai
hallie and madison
decorating cookies
princess emerson
the kids by the gingerbread house village that my dad made - he makes 4 and they raffle one off each day of the festival. the money goes to charity.
this was a shadow thingy and i thought this picture was kind of neat.
spin art!
kai
hallie and madison
decorating cookies
princess emerson
the kids by the gingerbread house village that my dad made - he makes 4 and they raffle one off each day of the festival. the money goes to charity.
this was a shadow thingy and i thought this picture was kind of neat.
spin art!
busy weekend!
our weekends lately have been lacking in family time... i find that i often take the kids out and kipp has been at home for open houses or whatever else.... sometimes we have bday parties and kipp doesn't overly like joining us at those ;) anyway -- this weekend we decided to spend some time together, finally!
saturday didn't go as planned... we had planned to get our christmas tree and decorate the house for christmas. that didn't happen. instead, i took the kids to my parents' this morning for brunch with my cousins and their kids. (visiting from calgary) kipp stayed home because there was a "big soccer game" on. ha!
then i took the kids to toys R us to get a quick bday gift, some soothers for emmy (because i keep losing them everywhere we go!), and a sippy cup to replace hallie's lost one. what a mistake! the quick trip was not so quick. it was insanely busy! the parking lot, the store, the tills, the exiting the parking lot -- all took forever! note to self: don't go there on a weekend day until AFTER christmas.
then we proceeded on to a little friend's birthday party. my friend, susie, from high school - her little girl turned 1! it was a great little party and i'm so happy we went to help celebrate! on the way there, we got stuck on a hill going downtown because there was an accident at the bottom. this delayed us by 25 minutes! it was a looooooooooong 25 minutes with a hungry, tired, baby in the van. ugh!!
so we got the party very late. we weren't planning on staying long to begin with because we still had to buy the tree, etc. have our family afternoon. that didn't happen. the kids were having so much fun, and i was having fun catching up with susie, jen, and tarah -- we didn't leave until 4pm! yikes! it was great though!
on the way home, i stopped at sears, looking for a tree they had advertised for $49. i dragged the kids into the store, even though 2 out of 3 of them were sleeping when we got there.... and this tree didn't exist. no such item. false advertising?!?? i was not pleased. so we left tree-less. the rest of the trees were $200+ and that is just krazy to me!
sooooooooooooooooooo we went home, squeezed in some daddy-kid time, and that was the end of our "family day".
TOMORROW, however, will be a family day! finally! we're going to get the stinkin' tree, then hopefully do some best buy shopping (kipp has been eyeing up a new tv for the new house, and there happens to be a great deal on some stuff right now), and then do some ikea window shopping for things for the new house (table, bed, etc.) and some yummy ikea lunch too!
then i'm going to my parents' with the kids, to meet some friends, and make more gingerbread houses. (this will be round 3 of houses for the kids -- 3 more to go after this) then home for a family pizza supper and family play time.
maybe next weekend will be less busy -- nope -- because uncle derek is coming to visit!!! WOO HOO we can't wait!!
an emmy-daddy moment! aw!
i think this is the hugest smile i've ever got out of emerson! and wow -- she is still drooling an insane amount. is this normal???? i think she is still having trouble swallowing her own drool.... hopefully she gets a hold of that concept before she is .... grown up LOL ;)
saturday didn't go as planned... we had planned to get our christmas tree and decorate the house for christmas. that didn't happen. instead, i took the kids to my parents' this morning for brunch with my cousins and their kids. (visiting from calgary) kipp stayed home because there was a "big soccer game" on. ha!
then i took the kids to toys R us to get a quick bday gift, some soothers for emmy (because i keep losing them everywhere we go!), and a sippy cup to replace hallie's lost one. what a mistake! the quick trip was not so quick. it was insanely busy! the parking lot, the store, the tills, the exiting the parking lot -- all took forever! note to self: don't go there on a weekend day until AFTER christmas.
then we proceeded on to a little friend's birthday party. my friend, susie, from high school - her little girl turned 1! it was a great little party and i'm so happy we went to help celebrate! on the way there, we got stuck on a hill going downtown because there was an accident at the bottom. this delayed us by 25 minutes! it was a looooooooooong 25 minutes with a hungry, tired, baby in the van. ugh!!
so we got the party very late. we weren't planning on staying long to begin with because we still had to buy the tree, etc. have our family afternoon. that didn't happen. the kids were having so much fun, and i was having fun catching up with susie, jen, and tarah -- we didn't leave until 4pm! yikes! it was great though!
on the way home, i stopped at sears, looking for a tree they had advertised for $49. i dragged the kids into the store, even though 2 out of 3 of them were sleeping when we got there.... and this tree didn't exist. no such item. false advertising?!?? i was not pleased. so we left tree-less. the rest of the trees were $200+ and that is just krazy to me!
sooooooooooooooooooo we went home, squeezed in some daddy-kid time, and that was the end of our "family day".
TOMORROW, however, will be a family day! finally! we're going to get the stinkin' tree, then hopefully do some best buy shopping (kipp has been eyeing up a new tv for the new house, and there happens to be a great deal on some stuff right now), and then do some ikea window shopping for things for the new house (table, bed, etc.) and some yummy ikea lunch too!
then i'm going to my parents' with the kids, to meet some friends, and make more gingerbread houses. (this will be round 3 of houses for the kids -- 3 more to go after this) then home for a family pizza supper and family play time.
maybe next weekend will be less busy -- nope -- because uncle derek is coming to visit!!! WOO HOO we can't wait!!
an emmy-daddy moment! aw!
i think this is the hugest smile i've ever got out of emerson! and wow -- she is still drooling an insane amount. is this normal???? i think she is still having trouble swallowing her own drool.... hopefully she gets a hold of that concept before she is .... grown up LOL ;) 
Friday, December 01, 2006
SLOW!
uploading pics to the blog is painfully slow tonight for some reason.... so i'm going to stop here and i'll add more tomorrow.... :) i've been bad at updating -- had a busy week!
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