HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A SKELETON PEE IN THE WOODS?

Happy Halloween Eve!!

AN AFTERNOON WITH MY WEE ONES

After a busy few weeks with photo sessions and the subsequent editing, the kids and I decided to go to Granville Island Friday afternoon and hang out together. It continues to be one of our favourite places to visit. We often pass our time chasing pigeons, feeding pigeons...and ducks, ordering up a coffee, playing at the park, chasing the pigeons some more, visiting the Kids Only Market, spending a few loonies on the ride ons and purchasing a $5 gift. Clara bought yet another little purple satin box to keep her "treasures" in...Sam some jumping beans and Will a whoopie cushion.

I genuinely had such a nice time with them...with no distractions of a messy house and unfinished work on my computer.

pick me up!!

I LOVE YOU SO MUNCH

Clara gave me a card this weekend. It said "I love my mom so munch. Love, Clara."

I love her so munch too!

BATH TIME

Bath time is part of our evening routine. I would like to think it helps calm the kids and helps transition them from play to bed, but the reality is, is that it is totally insane.

A bath time activity you should never allow, is slip and slide. This is where Sam pours 4 buckets of water onto the bathroom floor, followed by Sam and Will smearing 2 bars of soap onto the floor, followed by the 3 kids running naked through our bedroom and sliding across the bathroom floor on their bellies. Although totally fun, the end result was one head injury, water damage in our adjoining closet and a stinky old wet carpet house whose stink is only now beginning to fade, 16 days later.

And here is bath time going from fun to not so fun. Will's new move is the neck pinch.

THANKFUL

Thankful for a wonderful weekend on Pasley, full of family and children and good food and good company. And thankful also for the 72 minutes where I curled up on the lawn chair in the sunshine and read a book...and sipped some wine and stared out at the ocean.

Thank you.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

#18 MAKE A CHOCOLATE CAKE FROM SCRATCH

Done.

Although not as good as Judi's chocolate cake, I was very pleased with the end result.

Will was too...

(I just realized I have not posted my 36 things to do before I turn 37. In fact, I still have so many summer photos to share. Make a chocolate cake from scratch is number 18 on that list. I'll post it tomorrow when it is not midnight and I'm not exhausted).

HAPPY 38th

Happy Birthday husband!

I was thinking about the first birthday we celebrated together (as a couple). I took you to my favourite Italian restaurant for some tortellini alla panna and bought you a volleyball as a gift, and then we kissed in the parking lot for 42 minutes. I thought you were so hot and I was already madly in love with you.

18 years later, things have definitely changed. I mean, who has time to kiss for 42 minutes?! Never mind that we have 3 kids, an OCD dog, a summer cabin, lots of debt, some grey hair and soft tummies, and a lot more to worry about than what to wear to the Tragically Hip concert. But I also feel so blessed and so proud and thankful to be your wife. I love this life of ours...a life we get to share together. And I still think you are so hot and I am even more madly in love you! (true story).

Hope all your birthday wishes come true!

PARKS, HOT TUBS AND BEARS (OH MY)

We have just recently returned from a 3 day family weekend in Whistler. 90% of the time was spent in the hot tub, pool or gigantic bathtub and the other 10% of the time was spent at the park, strolling through the village and playing cards. We also saw several bears, which was very, very cool.

Thank you R+L for sharing your place. It was a much needed and very much enjoyed family time with Jake. The kids have also decided this should definitely be our next house to rent. I agree, although I am certain I would never leave that bathtub!