Oh my God, Christmas is 5 weeks away! How did that even happen?!! I spent my week visiting daycares (the horror!) writing cover letters, writing Christmas lists, and attempting Christmas shopping a few times only to pick items up, walk around the store with them, put them back and leave empty-handed. Usually, I am excited about the Chrismas prep gong show but this year I’m feeling a little less enthused. I feel guilty saying that…I’m sure once we get our…
Yesterday Mairead and I went to the Remembrance Day service here in Fort Saskatchewan. Despite bundling her up in all of her snow gear, she complained loudly the entire time. Suck it up kiddo, people died so you could stand there and complain. Ooh, harsh. It was pretty cold though and we were both pretty eager to stop for hot chocolate on the drive home! I have attended Remembrance Day services as long as I can remember and I really believe it’s important (maybe now…
Like summer, fall is flying by! Halloween is less than a week away, I can’t believe it. And as if it were some cruel joke, Mairead doesn’t have school the next day…..let me paint a picture for you…..my house full of the neighbourhood kids all hyped up on Halloween candy. *shudder* Hello no! I think we’ll plan a Mommy and daughter outing for that day. I volunteered on a class trip with Mairead’s class last week and again in her classroom this week…
Here we are almost at Thanksgiving weekend already. Crazy! I feel like it came out of nowhere this year. Normally, my cousin Janna hosts Thanksgiving dinner at her house and we do Christmas dinner at ours. But with so many of the crew having to work this weekend we’re going to do a small feast at our house with our kids and I’ll have a plate waiting for Aaron when he gets home from work. He and I were just…
Happy fall! Crisp mornings and sweater scarves are in full swing around here already. Although getting my daughter to wear pants and long sleeves in place of her summer dresses has been a battle I just can’t win! We look ridiculous going places together while I am bundled up in layers and Mairead is still sporting flip-flops and shorts. I thought it was only teenagers who didn’t get cold 😉 We started this week off by hitting the snooze button…
I have been beyond slack on the blog lately, not totally on purpose. I have been making a few different dishes but none have been very blog worthy (until this morning). One attempt I was really hoping would turn out was a new cake recipe. I was a bit disappointed after we got rained out (and wasped out – the bastards) from a Bon fire last weekend so instead of missing out on the s’mores, I baked a s’more cake.…
Hello again! I know I’ve been away from the blog for a while. I’d apologize but anyone who has suffered through Cape Breton internet will understand…it’s damn near impossible! We’ve been back for about a week, but for a few weeks in August Aaron, Mairead and I spent our vacation back home in Cape Breton. There is nothing better than summer on the east coast! It doesn’t matter how much time you set aside, with so much going on and…
The count down is on! Mairead and I are heading to Cape Breton for a few weeks tomorrow. Aaron will follow us a week behind, but we are all looking forward to getting out of here for a while, especially me! I’ll take any excuse to leave this place haha. I should be packing right now instead of on here…..but I don’t want to. As my family can attest, I am not a light packer. I don’t know the meaning…
Watermelon is one of those summertime essentials. I think we all have memories of hot summer days spitting out seeds and juice dripping down our chins. It’s definitely a favorite treat in our house, but I came to love watermelon for a whole new reason in the hours after giving birth to Mairead. Don’t worry, I’m not going to go into detail about my birth story, it’s not for everyone’s ears anyway. It was too early, dire and brought me the greatest…
This week Mairead is at Whiz Kids Science Camp! Do you know what that means? It means I am walking in circles around my house because I have no clue what to do with myself! I haven’t had this much time to myself since before she was born. I don’t like it. It’s only a day camp but so far my little Einstein is enjoying it. The early mornings are also giving her a little taste of what it will be like to…