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Babyboo....

Sticky Mission

I'm cheating tonight.  I took pictures but none that turned out well enough to post :(  So thinking of our mission something sticky reminds me of an episode of Black Adder, where Edmund says, "Thats the stickiest situation since sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun".  Of course I couldn't find that clip online.  I did however have a great time watching clips so instead of a picture tonight you get a video.  For those of you unfamiliar with British comedy this was a classic series starring Rowan Atkinson (Mr.Bean), and Hugh Laurie (Dr.House).......

Girls Night

This is probably a rather boring picture for today.  It will hold good memories for me though.  Today is the first time since I moved here that I ordered in!  Its only been a year and a half.  I told DD that I was going to order a pizza and her eyes bulged out of her head before she jumped for joy!!  So we ate pizza, drank pop, watched Annie and cuddled.  Good times!

I also discovered that my cats have the ability to work together to open a pizza box and steal the cheese off an entire slice.  I am going to sleep soon if I could just get rid of the pizza and pop gut rot.....uggg!

My Disney Princess

We were lucky enough to go to Disney's Princesses on Ice tonight.  Here is my princess showing off her princess picture.  Dressing up was half the fun!

Our other favs.....TinkerBell, the elephant on skates, and the group skaters!!!!  (Or maybe these were the only pics that turned out...they skate fast ya know!)

A big thank you to everyone who helped make this night happen!!!!

Hiding

It's getting to the point where the kids don;t want me snapping their pictures anymore.  So here is me saying SMILE and Flapjack hiding his face....

And this is where it got interesting....see that bowl?  Its about to hit the floor....

Oh ohhhhhhh.....GOTCHA!

I Have Heart

I had to take a picture of the kids being cute because......

I was boring the cat trying to take a close-up.

Changing Channels

I'd like to change the channel, but once again the remote is missing.  It's no wonder I can never find it.

The Lamp

Well here it is.  I have very few things that I have dragged around for very long.  Most things were lost a year ago.  This is one of my favorite items and survived along with me!  This is a pottery Lotte lamp made here in Canada complete with its original Bakelite lampshade.  I found it in a dumpster behind a college and I can just imagine it having endured years in the teachers lounge.  When you clear the 70's out of your space I win!!!!

I posted this and then realized I should have included something else in this picture to show off the size of this lamp....its 4' tall!

Gone Bananas

I stocked up on bananas this week.  Since reading the book 'Banana' I have been passionate about enjoying my bananas.  I know that shipping a fruit so far is bad for our environment but I also see the value in supporting the people growing the crops and the plants themselves.  So for your enjoyment here are a bunch of organic bananas and a bunch of baby bananas.  The organic bananas are only a few cents more then the regular.  There is no difference in the amount of pesticides in the fruit you buy but where it does make a difference is to the environment and the workers who apply the massive amounts of the chemicals to the plants.  The baby bananas are the perfect size for a kids lunch bag or snack.  They taste much more like the bananas our parents ate (yes bananas have changed!).  They are more dense with a stronger flavour but are creamier then the regular bananas.  My favorite part is that the peels can look extremely bruised but the fruit inside rarely is, unlike the regular bananas that it the peel is bruised the fruit inside is almost inedible.  Try some!!!

Assuming Shapes

I am either out of lettuce or overflowing with cat.

Moon Sand and Monster Trucks

DS loves his moon sand almost as much as his Monster Trucks.

He had to try out all these trucks tho to make sure the monster truck was the one he wanted to play with.  He also likes to add the crayons like logs to drive over and pile into trucks and loaders.

It all makes him this happy.  I think I should keep him away from Indigos pictures because I swear I have seen this face before!

Cherish

Cherish the moments they actually get along.....

Walking, Walking, Walking

I must have broken my own personal record today for walking barely anywhere and taking forever to do it.  I walked for just under 5 hours.  Before Lupus it would have been 2 hours max and I would have accomplished all sorts of stuff.  Now I go  s l o w.  I stop to rest.  I swear.  My feet swelled to completely fill my boots.  Gah.

One of the people I see on my walks is the crossing guards.  Our crossing guards are older women who do it cuz they love it.  This past month we had a guard have to go home because she was having a gallbladder attack.  Seriously?!  I wouldn't go to work in agony like that would you?  I appreciate them so much.  Some days they are the only adults I speak to!  They can also recite the weather forecast, remember every child's name and teach them safety at the same time.  I'd say that is not too shabby for someone we see for a few seconds everyday.

My Dogs

My poor feet.  They never stop being sore these days.  They make me walk funny, they swell everyday and I'd like to trade them in for a new pair.  They are a whopping size 10 and are usually wrapped in some sort of wool sock.  I haven't been able to let go of my addiction to wool work socks since I started wearing steel toed boots every day about 15 years ago.  I still own the boots but rarely wear them now.

Luckily I have my trusty footstool to rest my poor dogs on.  It was an auction find for $2 and I love it!  I put a wooden place mat on it to use it as a coffee table too.  The only downside is that the cats love the stool and it tends to collect cat fur almost as well as my wooly socks.

Retro Dance Fest

Twirling and spinning feeling light on her feet.  Being a girl and dreaming of being a star.  What makes her dance so?  The Lawrence Welk Show.  Strange huh?

Cheesy

The perfect grilled cheese...

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm cheese!

Blue Water and Back Brushes

One day he will be pretty mad I posted this picture!  Here is Flapjack waiting for the tub to fill.  He has lined up his cars and backhoe in anticipation of bath fun.  Speaking of fun the reason the water is so blue is because of Crayola Bath Colour Dots.  Cool eh?  Also cool is my bath brush.  All fat chicks should own one!!!!

Places to go in Strathroy

Flapjack and I had to go to the doctor today so we got a few other things done while we were downtown.  First we stopped off at Clubman the barber on Frank St. for a haircut.  There is no phone to make appointments, you show up and if he is busy you go to the white board at the back and write your name in the day and time you want to come back for an appointment.  He gives the best little boy haircuts ever and I love supporting the community.

Flapjack halfway through his cut with the appointment board behind him....

Then I thought I would visit Hinagal across the street at Under The Moon.  She was AWOL but Flapjack had a great time with the toys anyway.

I also learned that her screen name is not pronounced hin as in shin but instead hin as in hiney ;)  It was a good day out with my boy.  There were no fits to take pictures of and he waited for me to catch up to him for the most part.  He was so incredibly good even with two sore eyes and a UTI that I bought him a full size chocolate bar and let him eat the whole thing!  I'm sure he was wondering who this strange woman was allowing him all that chocolate.

Snow Much Fun

Cleaning up after fun in the snow....not very happy about it though.

Annoying and Annoyed

Lots of things annoy me.  I could do a 365 blog just on things that irritate me.  This is one that is an ongoing everyday kind of annoying one.  I snapped this pic when I had arrived early to DD's school.  Normally this entire street is diagonal parking for parents picking up their kids.  This is early enough it hasn't filled up yet.  You may think this is a snow removal beef as you can tell this sidewalk is never cleared well.  Its not.  I live in Canada and can manage to walk on well packed snow.  My beef is with the cars that park here.  Follow that sidewalk all the way to the car parked blocking the sidewalk.  When we arrive there my three year old will have to pull his wagon out onto the road and walk behind parked cars as they don't give us any room on the sidewalk.   GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Faux Earrings

I have asked DD is she wants her ears pierced but she doesn't like pain so the answer is still no.  In the meantime she likes to use hair clips as earrings.  I may have to find some clip-on earrings for dress up.

Someone Get a Plunger

Someone get a plunger cuz there is one giant hairball in my sink and I swear it is giving me an evil stare.....

FlapJack by Wafflegirl

Just one of my lastest fav pictures of DS snapped by his sister.

Bye Bye Harbles

Here is a cute pic of the boys when they were kittens.  I wouldn't be able to take this picture today as Ernie has decided he loves his brother.  I mean he is trying to really really show him some love.  So I have called the vet and the time has come to have the harbles removed.  Three weeks until the appointment, this place is gonna be crazy until then.  I hope they both forgive me!  I have no doubt there will be funny pics of cats with cones on their heads coming up soon.

Pictures of Pictures

I finally got around to filling three collage frames with pictures.  It quickly demonstrates how poor my picture taking skills are, however a few of my blog pics made it into the frames!

Some of Strathroy's finest outside my window this morning.  They are coming to take me away haha heehee....

With Johnny Depp who almost makes it all less creepy....

Pizza Fix

It's been a blue day for me today.  Nothing fixes blue better then cheesy pizza.  To bad the kids didn't really leave me any....

Popcorn Pumper!

DD came home extra hungry today from school.  She started with a chopped red pepper and mini pitas with red pepper hummus to dip them in.  Then a sliced apple.  When I started worrying about her eating her dinner she asked if they could have popcorn instead......Oh alright!  I recently acquired an old popcorn maker to rid our home of those nasty teflon encrusted microwave popcorn bags, and just happened to buy some loose popcorn today!  Here is the result!

Not too shabby!  The kids thought all the popping corn was hilarious and I can see this being a regular treat now.  Just add some cartoons and.....

Mama has time to write her blog!  Ohh and no dishes to wash.  Its a shame that I really don't like popcorn all that much.  I'm not a fan of the bits that get shoved into your teeth.