Percy2626's Stuff

Reusable Stainless Steel Straw Giveaway!

2012-01-03T08:24:00.000-08:00

For those of you who are trying to produce less waste and be healthier, my sister is giving away a reusable Stainless Steel Drinking Straw. Perfect for those who drink a smoothie every day for breakfast!

Check out her blog for the giveaway post.

While you are there, check out the rest of her blog for other food ideas or really cool bird photography!

Happy Reading. :D

Halloween is Everywhere!!!!

2011-10-31T23:20:00.001-07:00

Saturday Rick made this Shrimp Primavera for himself and his buddies when they were going to watch UFC at our house.

The kids and I were out doing some shopping. When we got home I looked in the bowl and found this:

Savannah was super excited when I showed it to her! :-D Happy Halloween everyone!

Biking

2011-09-23T22:00:00.000-07:00

I think this was the girls' favorite part of the summer. Biking at the campground. Too bad this is the last weekend to do it. We'll have to bike around the block for the rest of the nice weather here.

Roasting Marshmallows

2011-09-23T21:45:00.000-07:00

So lately I joined Pinterest and of course have spent a lot of time on there like most others that join. It has helped me to find a lot of new ideas for crafts, crochet and things to do with the children.

So far this is their favorite thing we have found on there. It's a play campfire. "Roasting" marshmallows on skewers was so much fun! If the flames look a little funny to you it's because we didn't have red, yellow and orange tissue paper, so had to settle on red, green and blue! The best part was listening to the older two tell the two year old the fire was hot so he wouldn't knock it down by touching it. The grey paper at the bottom is newspaper rocks. I didn't want to risk using real rock in the house with young children. They loved helping to make the whole thing.

Thinking Disney!

2011-09-23T21:28:00.000-07:00

The Disney Store at our mall moved downstairs to a bigger location. This past weekend they had a reopening ceremony that I was able to take the kids to. They got to participate in the "Hot Dog Dance," a parade, and calling Tinkerbell to save the store from the villains! They each got a foam microphone for doing the dance and a character mask for the parade.

Then, the highlight of the day for them was meeting Goofy. He and Mickey Mouse flew all the way up here from Disneyland on a Disney plane. For real! There was a Disney staff member there with them that I was able to talk to while we waited.

This is Savannah talking to Goofy after the rest of us went to the side to let the next people have their turn.

She just stayed and stared at Goofy. So he patted her on the head and gave her a kiss!!!! She was so excited about that. It took me a minute to get her away. She thinks all the Disney characters are her personal friends. I guess that is what happens when you visit them every year.

Of course, she and Daddy have been discussing visiting the Princesses again. I won't argue with that! :D

5 Going on Cute!

2011-08-31T05:45:00.000-07:00

Yesterday night Daddy stayed at a hotel again without us for work. Something he has been doing a lot of this summer with his new job. Savannah thinks he is having holidays without us. What else would you be doing at at hotel?

Last night I took the kids for a scooter ride to 7-11 to get treats for bedtime snack. Really I just wanted a Slurpee, but needed to give them some kind of motivation to get all the way there and back.

On the way there, Savannah discovered a toy phone she had put in the pouch on the front of her scooter. She is much faster than L on hers. So while waiting for us on a corner, she decided to get out her "cell phone" and call Daddy. Just as we came up to the corner I heard her saying "Hello Daddy, I love you!" She had a huge grin on her face the whole time.

Then tonight after she was asleep I went to check on her and discovered she had snuck into our room and taken Daddy's fuzzy wolf blanket off our bed and covered herself with it in her own bed. What a stinker, but at least she wasn't sleeping on Daddy's side of our bed this time! :D

During her prayers she thanked Heavenly Father for the fun holiday we had scootering to 7-11! Guess I will have to take them on more scooter rides before the snow flies. We saw and heard the first crunchy leaves on the sidewalk last night.

On the weekend we went to a scrapbook store with Flower Gramma. Gramma was still waiting in the checkout line to pay when I took the kids out to get them in the car. She overheard another lady say to her friend, "Did you see how cute that little girl in the blue skirt is?" I think Daddy is going to have his work cut out for him when she reaches dating age!

What cute things have your children or others around you been doing lately?

Sleeping in a hotel after Auntie Chelle's wedding this summer.

When it's lost, check the speaker!

2011-07-04T21:50:00.000-07:00

This is one of our surround sound speakers. It sits just behind to the side of the TV. See the large hole in it? It is a magnet to young children.

Over the years I have found lots of missing things inside of it. Last night we caught J with his hand in the hole. I've noticed lately that the toy car selection seemed much smaller than normal. So today I took the back off and this is what I found!

7 lego type pieces, one egg shaker, one Garfield figurine, one piece of garbage and 5 cars. Quite the haul.

Making Pepperoni

2011-04-10T22:28:00.000-07:00

This afternoon we helped Daddy make pepperoni. Savannah was so excited to help! She is holding the "natural casing" as Rick loads it onto the sausage press.

Closer up with the pepperoni in front of her waiting to be smoked and cooked.

Funny story: Savannah wanted to do all the jobs. So when I had to leave for a bit she exclaimed, "I guess it's just us now Daddy!" She thought that meant she could crank the lever all by herself after that.

Funnies

2011-04-10T12:53:00.000-07:00

Just a couple things from recent days out of the mouth of Savannah:

1. After a particularly short stop at at stop sign: "Mummy, Daddy didn't stop like this, One, two, three!" She held her fingers up to count to three. She doesn't know where she learned about a three second stop. She says it wasn't playschool, so who knows? I am amazed she learned it well enough to apply in a real life situation.

2. While doing my hair: "Mummy, there are still peanuts in your hair!" Me: "Peanuts? You mean knots?" S: "Yeah, knots." (I guess the rats that make rats nests in your hair we busy collecting peanuts in mine last night! Hehehe)

I'm sure there will be more of these to come in the next while. Got any funny kid stories to share?

Apparently we had a warm day or two this winter

2011-03-25T21:27:00.000-07:00

The 17th and 18th of this month were quite warm days. The 17th Savannah and I built a pretty good sized snowman in the backyard. Unfortunately we didn't have time to finish the detail work. She convinced me the snowman at least had to have a carrot nose before we could go in for the evening.

The next afternoon when she looked out she was sure that a bunny had eaten the nose! They sang a song about that at play school earlier this year. I finally convinced her to go out and look on the ground for it. The whole snowman was a lot smaller as it had melted quite a bit that day. Pretty soon she let me know that a bunny named Savannah had eaten the carrot and handed me the stem end of it! :D

Then she tried to fix the snowman, but just ended up with a head on the ground. So then I got her some buttons for the face and helped her put the hat and scarf on.

This one kind of shows how small the head actually is.

This one shows you the surprised look on his face!

If we had made it on the 18th I'm sure he'd still be standing as a solid iceman. We are still hoping for Spring, sometime soon.

Is it Easter yet?

2011-03-25T20:46:00.000-07:00

Someone here sure wishes it was! The minute we were done opening presents on the last day of three Christmases we had this past December she said, "Yay! Now the Easter Bunny can bring me chocolates!"

Today we had a fun day which ended with her buying some things at Build-A-Bear for her Kitty. Kitty ended up getting bunny slippers a ballet type dress and these bunny ears. The sunglasses are ones that Gramma Susan bought in Mexico last year. They are too small for Savannah now, but they fit Kitty perfectly. Tonight you get pictures of Savannah all dressed in ears and sunglasses. What a goof. Maybe tomorrow I'll post a picture of Kitty. Or maybe not, she's not as cute as this bunny!

Giant Flashy Billboard????

2011-02-16T14:55:00.000-08:00

Does anyone else out there have children with giant flashing billboards over their heads that say "GIVE ME STUFF?" What kind of stuff, you ask? Anything and everything!!!

While delivering papers Savannah has made an elderly friend that likes to give her presents. Some for me as well! The first thing was a stuffed toy. Then at Christmas we got two bags of gifts! Now she is wanting to give her some more stuffed animals from her collection.

Also delivering papers she has been given money to buy ice cream with (more normal since tips are always appreciated!), bandaids for a scrapped knee while just a block from home. That lady is a nurse and did a great job of bandaging her up. Ugly bandaid on the bottom, Princess one over top! :D

Then while on our recent trip to Walt Disney World twice she was given big Mickey balloons. First one, then two more. Mind you, these are $20 each balloons. (We have since passed these balloons on to friends as they are not airplane friendly!) Then walking into the Magic Kingdom people gave us a stroller to have! It sure was nice. Came in very handy for the long afternoons of walking. Not that Savannah needs a stroller, but it's great for hauling around all the stuff we needed. Savannah loved it too, she always jumped on for a ride.

Yesterday, while at the Toronto airport (while in a 6 hour wait for the next plane) a cleaning lady gave Savannah a bottle of orange juice, because "She is just so cute!"

I think we are in for years more of "getting stuff!" After all she IS "just so cute!"

Snorkelling!

2011-01-22T22:05:00.000-08:00

Tonight was an exciting night at the swimming pool. Savannah is super excited that her ears don't have tubes again because that means she can put her head under the water.

We let her take her snorkel gear to the pool to practice for our next vacation. She loves swimming with goggles, so we thought she'd like this even more. We were right. For awhile Rick pulled her around the pool while she floated. After the hot tub to warm up, she and Mummy went down the water slide, our usual 5 times.

After that we were in the hot tub a short time before she wanted to go back to the big pool. She kept getting her snorkel tube under the water, so I helped her keep it out and floated her around the pool again. After going around once I noticed she was relaxing more, so I let go of one of her hands. She didn't panic, so I switched hands. Still okay. Slowly I let go with both hands without her knowing. Success!

I took her hands and floated her around the pool another time. I mostly only held one hand at a time. Then in the shallow part we tried no hands again. This time Daddy saw it! After that, she didn't want me to hold her hands anymore. She had a hard time moving anywhere, but she did manage to get around a bit. I walked beside her and made sure she kept her snorkel tube above water. Of course I had to pull her out a time or two and help her clear out the tube, but on the whole she did great!

Our little fish is growing up. Pretty soon she'll be off to her own school! :D

Mum's Christmas Quilt

2011-01-17T13:58:00.000-08:00

Some time ago I was going through things in my craft room and found a bunch of handkerchiefs that came from my Gramma's house. I decided they were too special and pretty to just leave laying in a drawer for the rest of my life. So, after some pondering, I decided to make my Mum a quilt out of them.

First I sewed them onto squares of white sheet material.

This is a close-up of the embroidered monogram of one of my Grampa's handkerchiefs.

As there were only 10 handkerchiefs and the quilt was going to have 12 squares, I had to figure out what to put in two more squares. My Gramma LOVED Lillies, so a Lily was a natural choice. First I drew a Lily on paper using this photo of one of my own Lillies to copy from.

I cut out the petals for patterns and then used them to applique orange material pieces onto my background material. Here is the pattern after I sewed the material onto the background.

Without the paper.

This is the finished Lily after I embroidered around each petal, made a stem, leaves, pistil and stamens.

This is what I wrote in the other square.

One of the handkerchiefs.

Finished quilt laying on our bed.

The finished quilt, hung in a doorway at Mum's for this photo.

A Little Christmas Fun!

2011-01-16T21:38:00.000-08:00

These are a few photos of Savannah's play school Christmas concert day and one of a plate of goodies we gave to friends.

More quilts

2011-01-16T21:23:00.000-08:00

These are a couple more quilts I did last summer. One for a boy I baby sit. The other for a friend's little boy.

Getting my Quilt ON!.... Catching up, sewing problems

2011-01-16T21:19:00.000-08:00

This post was originally written at the end of September 2010. I didn't have the time then to upload the photos, so am finally getting around to it!....

I've been quilting up a storm again. Seems like now my craft room is more organized and clean, I actually feel like being in there now. It's been nice.

This is a quilt for the birthday party of a girl that Savannah goes to Gymnastics Playschool with.

The next is for a girl in our Joy School (home Playschool) from last year.

Keep in mind these parties are on the 3rd and 4th and Daddy's party is also on the 4th! I think we are going party crazy these days!!! :D Good times, good times.

We were party crazy those days, but it sure was fun! Now my sewing machines are all broken, so I'll have to get at least one fixed. I have 4 and none of them work right now. One is an Antique treadle sewing machine. It serves as an end table and storage area. One is a denim machine. Not sure what it's problem is. Something to do with the tension I think. It keeps breaking thread no matter what I set the knobs to. My "good" sewing machine seems to have a similar problem. My old one that used to belong to my Mother-in-Law broke a plastic piece that is supposed to hold the bobbin in place. I'm sure it has tension issues too. So I'll have to take those three in someday and see what my options are.

Understanding

2010-12-21T21:47:00.001-08:00

If you haven't read "Sushi," read it before this one, or you will be lost! :D

Tonight I was reading Savannah a bedtime story. I had choosen one entitled "Santa's Eleven Months Off," by Mike Reiss. It talks about what Santa does the other 11 months of the year when not preparing for Christmas. As I was reading, Savannah told me that Daddy read her this story.

In the part about February, Santa goes to Hollywood. One line says "Sunshine! Sushi! Flashy cars!"

OH! Sushi! Guess that word stuck with her.

Sushi!

2010-12-21T10:07:00.001-08:00

Savannah was playing in the tub this morning. Just as I was getting her out, she had a conversation with "Sushi." She was saying "Goodbye Sushi, I'll see you tomorning!" I asked her if she knew what sushi was. Thought maybe she had named a fish that. Nope, it was a Ladybug! Funny girl.

Mongolie Girl

2010-12-18T21:27:00.000-08:00

We have a favorite restaurant in our family. At least for 2 out of 3 of us, it's the favorite. Mongolie Grill. Savannah absolutely LOVES it. I mean who wouldn't. You get to make your own stir-fry. There is a large variety of vegetables, meats and sauces to choose from. If you don't like your meal, it's your own fault!!! Our favorite part though, is the rice wraps, paper thin wraps that you put your rice and stir-fry choices into. Then you fold it up and enjoy every delicious mouthful. MMMMmmm, I'm getting hungry now! :D

Savannah also loves that they make her "kids" chopsticks, complete with a rolled up napkin and elastic (like a spring action lever) to make it easier for her to use them. No worries though, if they don't do it, she is perfectly fine handling the adult chopsticks too.

So a couple times lately we have been "just driving by" on our way to do other things. The first time we passed it the way we usually drive to it. So it was no surprise that she noticed "Mongolie Girl." Today, however, we drove past it from a different direction. I wouldn't have even noticed. From the back seat we heard, "Mongolie Girl, I see Mongolie Girl!" I don't think we could sneak past it if we were trying too.

No, we didn't go eat there. It's a little more expensive these days, so it's a once in awhile treat. Too bad. I LOVE Mongolie Grill too.

Ho Ho Ho Hum

2010-12-03T21:44:00.000-08:00

I have a strong dislike for November. We've decided next year we are just going to call it Remember! Maybe it's just because it comes after the excitement of Halloween and before the excitement and joy of the Christmas season. Maybe it's more than that. It seems like almost every year something not so nice happens during that month for my family.

So years ago, I started decorating for Christmas about the first week of November. This year I started on the first. It was great. Christmas decorating always puts me in a good mood. It takes at least a month for me to decorate, a little at a time. Mostly due to the large number of Nativities I own and the garland I loop around the walls next to the ceiling.

This November was pretty good for me. I got a lot of my decorating done, just a little bit left. Maybe I'll get some more decorations! :D I've also done a cookie exchange of which most of the cookies are already gone. Cake class has been a lot of fun as well.

The best part of November has been Savannah's excitement for Christmas. She kept saying things like "Christmas is coming soon, but we need a lot more snow!"

So amidst all the ho hum of everyday life we are in full swing for the HO HO HO and happy times of December. Having kids at this time of year is great! I can hardly wait to see her joy on Christmas morning.

Happy December everyone!!!

Budding Picaso

2010-11-22T08:24:00.000-08:00

Savannah has recently started drawing people. Not just faces, the whole person. I think this was a drawing of me. She tells me I am pretty. Only in this picture she says I have crazy hair. No kidding!

She asked Daddy what kind of monster she should draw. This is her version of a scary one.

Dat Ta Da!

Cake Class

2010-11-21T20:37:00.000-08:00

For our anniversary, Rick got me cake decorating classes. I finally found a time to take them and started last Saturday. This is the cookies I practiced making icing stars on. The designs came from our class book. I just happened to have the Lifesaver Mints in my pocket to make the baby carriage! Savannah was so excited to eat those cookies after we got home.

This week we decorated cakes. We had to do the cupcake design, but I had already showed it to Savannah in the book, so she was super excited about it. Tonight we had friends over for super and their oldest girl thought I had put Smarties around the base, not just icing. Of course all the children wanted a piece of the cherry on the cupcake! I think the decorating turned out okay, but I am not a fan of the icing we have to use. Hopefully I can figure out how to get our own icing to work for future cakes at home.

There are still two weeks of class left. Next week we are decorating cupcakes. The final week will be another cake with our own design on top.

Next year I am hoping to do the fondant class. I got the big kit with all the tools, so now I need to learn how to use them all! :D Good thing I like cake a lot.

The Bed Beg Strikes Back! (or again)

2010-11-21T20:16:00.001-08:00

So, a couple nights ago, when we went up to go to bed, this is the scene that greeted us!

She's all tucked in sound asleep. If it hadn't been for the leg on top of the covers, I'm not sure we would have even noticed her right away. :D

Bed Bug!!!!

2010-11-04T21:40:00.000-07:00

This is a problem we have been having for years! I blame it on her Daddy.

Reason number one:

I told him we weren't to have kids in our bed, but night number one she woke up every time he set her down, so he just brought her to our bed. I had a bad feeling about that. Think I was right. :D

Reason number two: Daddy always put Savannah to sleep when she was a baby. He'd hold her on the couch and bounce her to sleep. Worked like a charm. Got so good at it that when she was a little older she told him not to bounce her because she didn't want to go to sleep!

Reason Number 3: As soon as she was able to climb out of her crib, she would come toddling out of her room, dragging her Princess blanket with her. She soon learned that Mummy would just take her back to bed, but if she bypassed Mummy and walked around to Daddy's side, he would pick her up and put her in the middle. His excuse? "She's just so cute! She can barely see over the edge of the bed and there she is, holding her blanket and poking her Daddy!"

Now she has her own Princess bed, as well as a "spare" toddler bed in her room. If she accidentally wets the bed she can change and sleep in the toddler bed. It's come in handy a few times.

A very happy girl the first night in her Princess bed last year. Don't be fooled by the excitement Mummy, I'm still going to come sleep with my Daddy!!!

This was the scene sometime this summer. We had been downstairs watching t.v. and she was to be asleep in her bed. Somehow she learned how to sneak quietly to our room with her pillow and blanket. She'd been happily sleeping for a couple hours before we found her!!!

Reason Number 4: "Daddy's So comfy!"

This is a photo at a show home we visited recently. She's not actually asleep. I think this is her dream bedroom! (Other than ours of course)

About a week ago I think she thought if she hid at the end of the bed we wouldn't find her when we got in there and she could sleep in our room all night!

Just a couple days ago, yet again she was in our bed sound asleep when we arrived. Completely covered in a blanket cocoon.!!!

Last night she woke up around 2:30 or so and we got her changed and put into the "spare" bed. She was crying about coming to sleep with us, so Daddy went and tucked her in thinking that would keep her in her own bed. Not so, about 5 or 6 she ended up in our bed again. Neither of us woke up, so we are not exactly sure what time it was.

Anyone have any ideas on how to get this Bed bug to stay in her own bed before she gets too big?

She's still cute. She knows not to poke Mummy (the sleeping bear) either. :D So most nights she arrives in our bed, she stays in our bed. Yep, I blame her Daddy.

Here's hoping for a good night's sleep tonight. Free of Bed Bugs, of all shapes and sizes.

Halloween in four days!

2010-11-01T21:04:00.000-07:00

Day 1 - Thursday, October 28th, 2010

Play school Halloween party day. The kids and teacher lined up so we could all take their photos at the beginning of the class. Savannah is Sleeping Beauty. She says it "Sleeping Eauty."

This is their "scary face" photo. I don't think Savannah quite knew what to do!

Day 2 - Friday, October 29th

Our radio station decided to give candy away to Trick-or-Treaters from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. We just happened to be in the city that day and after our Dr. appt. we drove over, got into our costumes and got our photo taken with Crash and Mars! Savannah was a bit scared of them. She has no idea what a nun or Catholic priest are.

This is the receptionist, Taz. Savannah says she is a Princess. She gave Savannah a lot of candy as we were the first Trick-or-Treaters at 11:15 a.m. There were only about 20 in total.

Outside we found the NOW! van. Savannah loved the "Poke-E-Dot" car and the little puppy on it.

Her "scary face!" Guess it's an "improvement" over the play school scary face.

Day 3 - October 30th, 2010

Posing with our Pirate Potatohead Jack-O-Lantern.

Another play school type pose!

So excited for Trunk-or-Treat!

The table cloth from Daddy's birthday party and a few new dollar store items as well as a few things from previous years made for a pretty good Halloween trunk if I do say so myself! This was our first time doing a Trunk-or-Treat so we weren't sure what to expect. It was a great time for everyone and so many kids!!!! Savannah got the hang of things pretty quick and after making the rounds once with an adult, she proceeded to make two more rounds!!!! I ran out of candy before all the kids made it around, so I "recycled" some of the candy Savannah had safely stored inside the car. She ended up with more than a shopping bag full anyway. Some people were giving out handfuls of candy!!!!

Closer up view of the trunk.

One of the coolest homemade costumes ever. This young boy was a Lego block. During this photo he was in the middle of doing robot like moves hiding in the block and then coming out again. He also fancied himself a comedian, but Savannah didn't understand his jokes.

Handing out candy - my witch hat changed to a crown so I could be Sleeping Beauty's mother!

Long time friends, Nora and Drew. You can read Joelle's blog too, she is hilarious!!!

Another trunk nicely decorated for the evening.

The SUPER family

Savannah was having a temper tantrum, but turned into a happy kitty as soon as the camera started to flash!!!

Day 4 - October 31st, 2010

The neighbors always do a super scary yard. This makes for an evening of Halloween music and twice scared Trick-or-Treaters. Rick thinks it is hilarious to scare the older kids that come over still watching the neighbours place. They aren't expecting anything since we don't do much decorating. He opens the door and makes some sort of noise to make them jump!

The empty chair is where the neighbour sits dressed like one of the dummies, so when the older kids come around he can get up and scare them! He has a "chainsaw" that he cuts the heads off the other dummies with. This year I saw someone else in his yard take off running after one of the kids halfway down the block. Poor kid.

Eating some of her loot. This is only about half of it.

My favorite part of Halloween. I go Trick-or-Treating with Savannah and take around a pillowcase (and the wagon) and collect things for our local food bank. The haul this year included quite a lot of canned soup, some "meal helpers", a box of candy (next to our Jack O'Lantern) and 6 kids toothbrushes. Love it!

At one house the lady was giving Savannah 2 bags of chips and a whole bunch of candy. When she said she didn't have anything for the food back, Savannah took one of the bags of chips and put it in my food bank bag! That's my girl, always sharing with everyone.

Here's hoping next year will be bigger and better! I've learned a few things over the years and now we take a wagon to collect all the goods in. Think next year I will deliver flyers prior to Halloween to remind everyone I am coming.

Officially Spoiled by Gramma's Mail!!!

2010-10-07T21:24:00.000-07:00

A few days ago Savannah got a card in the mail from Auntie Michelle. On the way back to the house she says "Maybe she sent me some smushmallows!" I said, "No, there aren't any marshmallows in there. I think it's just a card."

Upon arrival to the house, she gets the letter opener, opens the envelope, takes the card out and holding it my one side shakes it and exclaims, "NUFFING!" Poor Auntie Michelle! Don't worry, I read the card to her, it was very nice.

Flower Gramma used to send flower seeds for Savannah's garden this Spring. Lately the cards have contained home made magnets with the cute Telus bunnies, hippos, etc on them. So, guess Savannah expects every card to come with something in it!!!

If only life and mail was that simple and good all the time. Here's hoping you get "Something good" in your mail today.

Nice try!

2010-10-01T20:39:00.000-07:00

So tonight Savannah and I went to Tim Horton's to share a chili and a bun meal. We like to spread the chili on half the bun each and eat it that way. There is always leftover chili for the next day as we HAVE to share the doughnut dessert. Tonight it was one of those icing sugar covered ones filled with strawberry goo. MMMmmm. Savannah enjoyed the goo more than I did, I just like the doughnut!

After that we went to Walmart to get some supplies we needed for Daddy's upcoming birthday on Monday and a few odds and ends. Savannah is super excited about this party. She came up with the theme. Photos to come on Monday or Tuesday.

On the way home (at 8 p.m.) she decides to say "I have a surprise! Why don't we go swimming!"

Nice try little girl, nice try. Too bad it's bed time. :D

Surprise!

2010-09-28T18:23:00.000-07:00

Daddy and I had just finished eating supper and were waiting for Savannah to finish hers.

A few minutes later she comes sauntering out with a sparkle in her eye.

She says, "Daddy I have a surprise for you. Maybe we could go swimming!" Big grin.

We laughed.

Now Savannah and Daddy are off at the pool while Mummy gets some cleaning, quilting, quiet time and blogging done! What a good surprise.

Is it Christmas time yet?

2010-09-27T23:01:00.000-07:00

Savannah: Can we make a Christmas tree?

Me: Not yet, closer to Christmas we will get a tree to decorate.

Savannah: I want a Christmas tree now, I like Christmas.

Me too, Savannah, me too!

Think we will start making Christmas crafts soon. Savannah was checking out magazines for ideas today. She found several cute things we can make together. We are gonna be having lots of fun around here in the next several months. :D

Hobbies

2010-09-09T21:10:00.000-07:00

I have a LOT of hobbies, too many to remember actually. Lately I have been doing several baby, toddler and preschooler quilts. A few years ago I made a few larger ones as part of a humanitarian project. I also have one that I am sewing by hand and have been working on, off and on, for years.

I have to get one more finished tomorrow that is for a birthday that went by a week ago already! Then I promise, there will be more photos on here of all the quilts I have done. At least of all the ones I can find photos of.

To all my Facebook friends, I'll let you know when they are on here! :D

Have a great day/night. See you on the sunny side! (Here's hoping it's not raining again tomorrow.)

Birthday Party Tomorrow?

2010-09-03T22:03:00.000-07:00

"Sure Savannah can come." We got the call for Savannah's friends' party approximately 24 hours in advance. A couple years ago I started making quilts for all the kid's birthdays we go to. Well almost all of them. This one was no exception. Could I pull it off? Here's what I did in a few hours! It's not perfect, but it will do for a 4 year old!!!!

Apparently no one can see the "K" on first look. Look at the purple squares! The material is kind of fuzzy, so they don't look all the same color in the photos.

I am NOT a Runner!

2010-09-01T22:42:00.001-07:00

I'm really not, but this is the second year I have participated in our Stake Duathalon. I do the short adult one, 3 km run, 10 km bike, 3 km run. I have to admit that the last 3 km run I pretty much walked the entire thing. A fast walk, but still a walk. My legs were hurting units by then!

My goal this year was to beat my time from last year of 1 hour and 33 minutes. Unfortunately my time this year was 1 hour, 33 minutes and 58 seconds! This year was much harder though, there were strong cross-winds blowing on us every second of the race. A couple times my bike was almost blown off the road! I am super glad little missy was with Daddy while I was racing this year, instead of being pulled behind me or pushed ahead. Although, a part of me really likes the idea of a stroller in front of me. It's something to lean on and hide behind!!!!

Last year Savannah got out of the stroller about 50 feet from the end of the race and ran across the finish line. She was so proud of herself! This year we entered her in the under 11 race which is 1 km run, 3 km bike, 1 km run. I thought she would be fine for the running part, but wasn't sure about the biking. She just figured out how to steer (sort of) this summer at our campground. She's still pretty unsteady on that part.

She managed 1 km run and 1 km bike. Then she was done. Off to breakfast and swimming with Daddy so Mummy could do her run alone this year. They saw me cross the finish line and then Savannah wanted to go race again!!! All day she wanted to go back to the race. Silly girl.

Later we went back to take these photos at the finish line. See the movement of the sign and our hair? It was still windy.

Savannah is a crazy photographer, she kept taking photos until I got to her to take the camera away! This one shows you the cute shirts we got with Mr. Potatohead cartoons on them.

On mine he's doing a duathalon, on Savannah's he's doing a triathalon. Unfortunately neither of us are swimmers, so we do the duathalon. S will be able to do a triathalon someday if she wants too. She is an athlete!

I repeat, I am NOT a runner. My legs were screaming at me for several days afterwards! Think I'd better do a little training for it next year. Anyone want to join me? If I can do it, so can you.

Sleeping Comfortably

2010-09-01T22:35:00.000-07:00

April 2007

August 2010

S: "I'm gonna be a big girl. I'm not going to sleep in your bed tonight. Yes, I want to sleep in your bed."

Mummy: "No, you are a big girl you sleep in your Princess bed."

S: "But Daddy's so COMFY!"

Doesn't look like much has changed in the last 3 years. :D

Excuses, excuses, excuses!

2010-08-26T16:43:00.000-07:00

We stopped at a Tim Horton's to get a snack for the road on the way to Flower Gramma and Grampa Sheep's house.

Savannah got a yogurt and berry cup to try. She loved the berries, but not the yogurt so much.

So then all of a sudden she had a "tummyache." I told her then she shouldn't have any Tim Bits (we had 20 waiting for "dessert").

S: "Yes, I can have some Tim Bits"

Me: "Then I guess you can still eat your yogurt too."

S: Dejectedly, "Okay."

So she ate a bit more, very slowly.

Later she says, "Mummy, does this food make you grow?"

Me: "Yes, it makes you grow bigger."

S: "I don't want to be a giant!"

Me, trying not to laugh, "Don't worry, you won't be a giant."

S: "I don't want to scare you."

Oh Savannah, what will you think of next?

Cirque du Soliel

2010-08-15T22:24:00.000-07:00

We finally got the opportunity (and took it) to go see a Cirque du Soliel show. This one was called Alegria. It was AMAZING! Too bad you can't take photos there. There was so much to see every second of the show! I think my favorite parts were the joke skits put on by the clowns, the interesting costumes, and the singing by a lady we call the Princess. She was dressed in and all white "dress."

One of the clowns gave her a "letter" with a heart balloon attached to it. Our Princess was given this balloon at the end of the show! How special is that?

Here she is with the balloon the next day. I had to blow it up again to take a photo, and then it got a hole in it, so it is not as heart shaped as it originally was, but the photos still turned out well. The show and busy day wore out Savannah, so we had to wait until morning for the photos. She was still just as excited about the balloon from the Princess. Guess we will be checking out the Cirque show in Disney World the next time we go there too. Great show, great memories.

Special Lillies

2010-08-13T20:54:00.000-07:00

All my Lillies, except for one kind, have been given to me over the years by my Gramma. Turns out this year I have some very special ones! The first three photos here are of an Oriental Lily that we didn't know anyone had. It's beautiful and I have three of them!

These last two are of an Oriental Lily (I believe it is called Star Fighter, or something similar), that I purchased several years ago. They smell wonderful. Still waiting for "smell-o-vision" so I can't share that with you, unfortunately.

Dainty

2010-08-13T20:36:00.000-07:00

Mamma and her babies

Cute little dainty flowers. Any idea what they are?

Chickweed! Aren't they beautiful when they are not in your garden?

Master Chef and Puppies

2010-08-13T20:28:00.000-07:00

The chef's newest creation:

Ingredients: Bakery bread, no butter, half a fresh strawberry, one blueberry, 1/4 of a ripe banana, and half a lemon cookie!

Mmmmm delicious!

Pretending she is a puppy like King. Most of the week she called him Kingdom!

H2O Paint

2010-08-13T20:17:00.000-07:00

Savannah wanted to help paint the porch at the farm. So, we invented H2O paint for her to use. It worked perfectly in an antique Beehive Syrup can. She put several coats on the steps and door over the week we were there. A great way to keep her entertained and "helping" us!

Beauty

2010-08-13T20:12:00.000-07:00

There's nothing more beautiful than a healthy field of wheat and a curious child.

Snowmen in August!

2010-08-13T20:03:00.000-07:00

Savannah does not like to eat potatoes, unless of course, they are the fry variety. These, however, caught her attention and her appetite. It's funny what a little fun can do to your tastes! Notice the fresh garden pea eyes and fresh garden carrot noses. Mmmmm, yummy "snowmen."

Roadside Attraction

2010-08-13T19:20:00.000-07:00

These were in a ditch, I believe in Manitoba.

They are called Brown Eyed Susans

So sweet

This is Goldenrod with one of a million flies that were enjoying the nectar!

"During"

2010-07-26T18:00:00.000-07:00

This was a couple weeks ago, but I wanted to leave a bit of space between the "before" and "during" posts. Of course, it is still not done, but much better. "After" coming soon!

You can see some of the plants now! Still lots of work, but at least they can see the light somewhat!

A lot of the garden plants are very tiny, but you can see the beans in these photos.

My "crew." They did a great job while they were focused on the weeds.

See the weed piles at the front of the photo?

Hippo Sauce

2010-07-13T11:41:00.000-07:00

Savannah likes to say "Wheeeeeeee" and raise her arms up (like on a roller coaster) whenever we are traveling up a hill or around a corner. Last weekend she was doing both through an underpass.

Suddenly she said "Hippo sauce". " Hippo sauce is too dangerous for you Mummy!" "Hippo sauce is too dangerous for Daddies."

I asked her, "What is hippo sauce?" "Hippo sauce is not for Mummies and Daddies."

Me: "Who is hippos sauce for? Kids?"

S: "Just for me."

I guess it shall remain a mystery.........

"Before!"

2010-07-10T21:02:00.000-07:00

Yes, there is really a garden in there. The stakes are where the pea rows are!

Can you see the potato plant? The rest is Lamb's Quarters.

The lines are where we planted the rows. Guess it slowed down the weeds! :D

I pulled out weeds to the right of the peas and the left of the next row. Savannah pulled out all the weeds in between where I pulled. She is now a professional weed puller! As long as I show her what is a weed and what's not.

I LOVE my Flowerbeds...

2010-06-29T21:51:00.000-07:00

and so does Savannah. A selection of a few flowers so far this year.

Savannah was super proud to show everyone that came over our Bleeding Hearts this year. She would also point them out at everyone else's houses on the street. Today (July 11th) she was very distraught to see that they are all finished in one spot for the year.

For Auntie Jillian

2010-06-29T21:32:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't know, Auntie Jillian is a bird biologist. She spends all the time she can banding and studying different species of birds.

At the zoo, we came across this nice lady, sitting all by herself with several bird feet/legs. There were Cassowary, Eagle, Goose, Great Horned Owl, Burrowing Owl, and two others I can't remember.

These are the Great Horned Owl and Burrowing Owl

See?

My favorite new fun fact we learned is that Geese have a valve in their leg that they can use to shut off the blood flow to their feet. It helps them not to feel cold when standing on ice and snow in the winter. Their foot is mostly cartilage so they don't have to worry about frostbite like we do. They turn the blood flow back on when they need it again.

We're going to the Zoo, zoo, zoo. How about you, you, you. You can come too, too, too. We're going to the Zoo, zoo, zoo.

2010-06-29T21:07:00.000-07:00

The Cutest Exhibit at the Zoo!

This is one of the dinosaurs that she thinks is going to protect her!!!!

We saw a "map" with giraffes on it and that's where she wanted to go next. They are her favorite because of the baby one.

Ice cream, another favorite! This was a cute statue. Glad she posed for a photo here.

Ground Orchid

We call these "Kevin" from the movie "Up!" Kevin is always looking for his girlfriend. There are a lot at the zoo.

We've never seen this before as there is a playground that we always get stuck at. Nice idea someone had for photos. Yes, she got her ice cream too.

Dat da Da and a Poppin' Good Time!

2010-06-29T20:53:00.000-07:00

Come see what I made Mum! Dat da DA!!!!

(That's how she says Ta Dah!)

When we went to the zoo on Friday, Savannah and I found this popping corn. Looked like fun!

Ready to be popped. The kernels that fell off, I just put in the microwave. I have no idea if they popped or not.

I couldn't take photos of the actual popping process, but if you ever find one of these I highly recommend doing it yourself!!! The kernels pop mostly on the side touching the bottom of the microwave. So everytime a kernel pops the cob JUMPS wildly into the air. Some of the popped kernels stay attached to the cob for a bit and then fly off later. Sometimes they shoot unpopped kernels off the cob. They sounded like bullets hitting the side of the microwave!

Be careful opening the door! Only a couple kernels fell out.

"That's lots of popcorn," says Savannah. MMMMmmmm, delicious.

What?

2010-06-29T20:31:00.000-07:00

Can you say HELP???? My daughter needs makeup lessons! She got a kids make-up kit for her birthday and a few days ago I let her do her own make-up and nails. Funny girl. The colors matched her dress though.

Flower Gramma, here is the humpback whale we made for you and phoned you about. There is a mountain and river too.

The Not so Great Mouse Detective

2010-06-29T19:22:00.000-07:00

Ever since about two days after her birthday last year, Savannah wanted to have a "Mouse Birthday" for her next one.

I thought maybe she meant Mickey or Minnie Mouse since we'd been to Disney World so much. No, all I could get out of her was just "a regular mouse."

So this year for a couple months I searched for mouse birthday party stuff, or at least something I could use to decorate the cake with! Nothing. Just some small plastic bags with cats and mice that I thought I could use for treat bags. I ended up forgetting them and not doing treat bags since there were too many kids to do the craft I had planned. No big deal, she had lots of fun anyway.

Back to "a regular mouse." We were driving home one evening exactly two weeks before this year's birthday and party. Because of construction we took a different route than normal. Suddenly Savannah shouts "There's my Mouse Birthday!" I thought she was just excited about the upcoming party and was starting to explain that it was in two weeks. Then I looked to the side and saw .......... Chuck E. Cheese! Yikes!!!! I told her we were having her "Mouse Birthday" in our backyard with all her friends. She said, "OK." Whew, that was close!

Thank goodness she is still small and mostly easy to please. Can I keep her this way???? Please? :D

Right now she is sitting behind me with a Belle doll making up a story about Prince Charming marrying Belle. I think she's getting her stories mixed up, but it's cute.

Now she has the story straight, the Beast will marry Belle. Singing is involved in the story too. Wish you could hear it.

When did Swiper move in???

2010-06-29T19:19:00.000-07:00

Apparently Swiper, the sneaky fox from "Dora the Explorer" has moved in!

Savannah keeps asking me if I want to come see Swiper. She always calls him "That sneaky."

Putting away her Bubber tonight she kept saying "No swiping, no swiping!"

I hope he moves out soon. I preferred the Racatoon (Raccoon) and kitties that she used to carry with her everywhere. Even the dinosaurs that protect her (because of the zoo exhibit) are better than "that sneaky fox!"

Before and After

2010-06-25T22:54:00.001-07:00

Got the usual haircut, June 11th. This is my 4th time getting this much cut off.

Sorting

2010-06-25T22:51:00.000-07:00

We got a new dishwasher recently. I made the box into a "house" for Savannah and her friends to play in. I've been letting her decorate it with markers. One day I asked her what she was doing when she had been in there for an unusually long time. Her reply? "Sorting"

Looks like she was doing a great job of it.

Sister-in-laws Facebook Status from Thusday morning!

2010-06-25T22:48:00.000-07:00

I thought this was very cute.

Amberly is exhausted!! Didn't get to sleep until 1:30 this morning because my wonderful son woke up at 11 because of the thunder storm, and not because it was scary but because it was "cool like wire works mommy"

Dance photo day

2010-06-25T22:43:00.000-07:00

She didn't want just a dance photo, but was happy to pose with her items from Dairy Queen's grand re-opening.

She was very upset about removing the Children's Festival tatoo from her leg for dance photos, so was extremely happy to get this one. It's much nicer and was way easier to get off in the end!

Balloon for Daddy. It's a reindeer on a purple motorcycle. Just like Daddy's!

Children's Festival

2010-06-25T22:06:00.000-07:00

Playing with something called Bubber. She had a great time, I think this was her favorite part. We now own purple and red Bubber!

Magnetic building set

Inside a tank, swinging from the hand holds!

She is not a "Lost kid"

Ever since the Alligator in Florida, she thinks she NEEDS to ride on statues.

Hanging up the "pants" she made out of tissue paper. We now have a clothesline in her room to put crafts and treasured pictures on.

Dancing to Bobs and Lolo. They were our favorite act. Savannah also liked the magician after them. She tries to do magic sometimes now.

In the tank again

Kitty face

Puppy balloon

What a great way to spend a couple days with fun in the sun!

Professional Gardener!

2010-05-16T22:30:00.000-07:00

Yes, we have another gardener/ plant person in the family! :D Flower Gramma sends lots of cards with pictures of flowers on them. Those are Savannah's favorite. She puts them on display on our fridge as soon as we finish reading them.

A few weeks ago, Flower Gramma sent Sunflower seeds in a card. A couple days later, I decided it was late enough to plant them. So far they haven't come up, but we are hoping soon! A few days after that, more flower seeds came in the mail.

Then, no mail for a few days. Oh the waiting!

Then, mail came, Yay! When she opened it up, she said "Mum, there's no seeds in here, there's NO seeds in here!"

Oh the horror!!!! :D We had to call Flower Gramma immediately and let her know there was a problem with the mail again!

Two days later we were calling Gramma again to let her know Savannah is a good gardener, the radishes and herbs are growing. Then she was off to water the radishes, peas, lettuce and sunflowers.

Yep, she's a good gardener. Those plants are gonna get a lot of attention this year! I'm hoping for a bumper crop! :D

There'd Better be Mail!

2010-05-16T22:29:00.000-07:00

My Mum (a.k.a. Flower Gramma) started sending Savannah post cards in the mail. Then she sent a card. Well, after that she wasn't too impressed with post cards any more. She likes to use the letter opener! Much more fun.

Then she caught on that Flower Gramma is the one always sending her mail. She doesn't like days when we go and there's no mail for her. We usually have to call Gramma and let her know there is a problem!

Any time we go to check the mail she asks "Is there mail for me?" So now I just tell her we will have to see if Flower Gramma sent any. Much better than a bunch of toys that take up space in the house. We will have to make a scrapbook of all her mail.

Wonder if there will be mail tomorrow?

Mother's Day!

2010-05-16T21:35:00.000-07:00

I had a great idea for Mother's Day gifts this year, first time ever!

For my Mother-in-Law I made a scrapbook of our trip to Mexico in December.

Here are a few of the pages from it.

This is my favorite page. I just LOVE these photos of Savannah.

My Mum (a.k.a. Flower Gramma) likes mushrooms.

So when Savannah and I found polymer clay mushrooms in a magazine,

we just had to make them.

First, here is the card, inspired by the craft. I think it turned out nice.

Here are the 4 mushrooms we made and a Daddy's Lovebug.

We just had to make one of them too!

At playschool on Tuesday Savannah made me a sticker heart picture and a really cute necklace made from dyed penne noodles. The purple in it matched a sweater I wore to church and the light green and turquoise colors matched Savannah's dress.

Mother's Day I woke up to waffles in bed! MMMmmm

Then I went back to sleep for hours!

Just before I got up, Savannah helped herself.

She didn't even make a mess!

Later we had church (I wore the necklace). Savannah made me a flower craft. After church we went to supper at my favorite restaurant (Mongolie Grill).

After we got home I finally found my present. Rick likes to hide things right in front of my eyes! There was an iPod docking station right near our phone. I wanted one so I can listen to my iPod music in my craft room without wearing the headphones.

All in all, it was a GREAT day! :D

Sunshine problems!

2010-05-16T21:21:00.000-07:00

Was going to publish this ages ago, but thought there was something more to add to it. Now I have no idea what that was, so this is what you get!

Somehow Savannah has connected sunshine with summer time. Now yes, generally in the summer the sun shines. However, she thinks that just because the sun shines on any day, means that that day is summer time!

I've spent a lot of time saying, "No, it is still winter." or "Not yet, it's still Spring."

She wants to wear a specific dress and I've told her it is a summer dress.

Now we have more "problems." Same as every other family with children. She thinks that when the sun is out, it's not time for bed. Tonight she said it wasn't bedtime, "See?" and pointed out the window at the light.

She was plenty tired though. We went swimming and then she read library books we had checked out earlier. So pretty much as soon as she was tucked in, she went to sleep. We may have to go swimming a lot more for awhile!

2010-05-11T21:05:00.000-07:00

May 3rd, just after practice. As you can see from her outfit it was FREEZING out! I didn't take the camera to practice, so took these photos after. Didn't take mittens either, so that is why she has socks on her hands.

This was May 10th. Much nicer weather. At the actual practice. Auntie Amber, Jackson, and Grampa Cows came to watch too!

Telling Jackson about kicking the ball. Wanting to know if he saw her!

WINTER???

2010-05-11T20:40:00.001-07:00

So Spring supposedly came awhile ago. We had temperatures in the high plus twenties (Celcius) a couple weeks ago, but this is what greeted us Tuesday, May 4th. At 5:30 a.m. it was raining and very windy. The rain blowing against our window scared Percy (cat) and he woke us up with his howling! I'm guessing the snow started shortly after that. It snowed several inches that day. The snow was all gone just a few days afterwards. Today it was in the plus twenties again! Gotta love Canadian Spring!

The Irises are several inches tall already!

Proud to be Canadian! Just enough wind to show the flag.

Hmmmmm

2010-04-19T21:14:00.000-07:00

Do you think it's a problem, or maybe it's just been a long winter?

Friday was a beautiful day. +20 or so. I roasted in my jeans while we delivered papers.

So Saturday morning I knew it was going to be about +20 again. When Savannah got dressed I told her she could put shorts on.

Her response? .......... Take a wild guess???

You won't believe it!!!!

"Are we going to Florida?"

I think that's what happens when you go to Florida three times and you are only three yourself! It also helps that she wants to go to the beach there and play with her friend Aerie.

Also it has been pretty cold here the last part of the winter and in January I told her she couldn't wear her short pajamas to bed, shorts were for Florida.

Of course, three year olds still don't forget anything! I wish putting on shorts meant we were going back to Florida!

Have a great day. :D

Guilt!

2010-04-19T21:10:00.000-07:00

So we went to Costco late last week. On my way out I felt a tickle on my arm. Immediately I flicked at the creature I saw moving on me! When it was already too late, I realized it was a tiny spider. For a couple days I had actual guilt about the poor little spider getting squished by someone else because it couldn't cross the million miles of concrete to get to safety!!!! I like to think it made it safely in the end. Hope so anyway.

Spider rescue!

2010-04-13T07:15:00.000-07:00

My Gramma (a.k.a. Gramma G.G.) taught us to never kill useful creatures. That means, when you find a spider or bee in the house, you take it outside.

Bees are a little tricky. You have to catch them against a wall or window in a clear glass jar (so you can see you actually caught it). Then you slide a piece of stiff paper underneath to cover the opening of the jar. Carefully hold both as you remove it from the wall. The bee will be super mad by now! Open your outside door and aiming the jar opening away from your house, remove the paper. As soon as the bee flies out, close your door! Success!!!

Spiders are quite a bit easier. I've taken them out in dustpans, boxes, margarine containers, or simply on a piece of paper. The size and speed of the spider dictates what type of removal tool you should use!

Savannah has picked up on spider removal quite readily. She always thinks it's "her job" to do it now. Usually we are taking spiders out of the house and putting them in my flower bed to "eat mosquitoes."

Last weekend, however, we rescued a spider while cleaning "Daddy's work." It was a pretty good sized one. We just set it outside the office door. Later, while cleaning windowsills we found a dead Lady bug (Ladybird Beetle). Savannah informed me that Lovebug had a problem! She wanted to put it outside with it's friend, the spider. Then she proceeded to tell me the spider could eat the Lady bug!

She amazes me sometimes. Lovebugs are her favorite, I never thought she would tell me one could be eaten! Guess she thought that spider was hungry and a Lovebug with a problem would solve the other problem.

Oh what fun!

2010-04-07T21:44:00.000-07:00

We had a pretty good Easter this year. "Little Missy" to quote Flower Gramma, and I found a craft book at the library that showed how to make these fun little Easter Baskets. As soon as she saw them, Savannah told me the owl was for her, the rabbit for Colton, the chick for Logan and the sheep for Grampa Sheep!

We made a couple extra so Mya and Jackson and Sierra could have some too.

Saturday we went to the Calgary Zoo and met Jen, Wally, Logan, Colton and Sierra there.

Savannah and Sierra showing off next to the elephant replica. The metal on the tusks represents dental work done on one of the elephants at the zoo.

Auntie Jen, Colton and Logan

After the Easter Bunny came

He knew where to find Savannah's basket because we always put it in front of the fireplace. She will tell you the Easter Bunny knew where to find it!

Unfortunately the cute Princess slippers were too small, so we had to exchange them for brown moccasins. She LOVES them anyway.

Princess Tiana shirt. From Princess and the Frog. Ray (Uncle Ray!) and Prince Naveen as the frog are also featured.

Elf Oh Went!

2010-04-07T11:40:00.000-07:00

Any guesses what that is?

Sound it out... Elf...Oh...Went. Now say it faster!

It's SA-Snannah's pronunciation of Elephant!!!!

SA-Snannah is what we get now that I've tried to get her to sound out Savannah!

Oh well, it's progress.

Quilts

2010-04-06T19:05:00.000-07:00

This year so far I've been able to complete three child/baby quilts. This is the first one made for Savannah's play school friend for her 3rd birthday. They had the party early and then moved several provinces away! Savannah still asks where Gabby is.

The front is flannel squares of 5 different prints. The back is a solid flannel piece of a different pattern.

The second one we made for baby Magnus. The baby brother of Savannah's best friend, Mya, who is also in our play school.

The front is fleece squares with a pocket and ribbon loops for attaching toys. The back is a solid piece of fleece that matches the front border material.

This last one is for baby Quinn. Yet another baby brother of another girl in our play school! (I'm sensing a theme!) The front is similar to Magnus's blanket piece of blue cotton material.

The writing on the front of the last two quilts is the name meanings I could find on the internet.

New Contest

2010-04-05T14:55:00.000-07:00

Cristi's Creations is having another giveaway. She has cute hair clips and bracelets for children and the young at heart!

Happy Girl!

2010-04-04T18:29:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went to the big zoo again. It was nice to meet up with Auntie Jen, Uncle Wally, Logan and Colton for the day. Savannah lets everyone who seems remotely interested that those are "my cousins, my boys!"

So after the zoo and shopping we all went out for supper. Savannah was happier than a pig in mud because they made her "Nocheese!" It came with spinach and artichoke dip, which she loves, but they melted cheese on the nachos specially for her. Mr. Mike's is our new favorite place to eat. Delicious! :D

Ever since Mexico

2010-04-02T21:29:00.000-07:00

Savannah found a new favorite food while we were in Mexico. Nachos and cheese. We don't really have the same ones here though. Most of the places we eat out at don't even have them.

When she says "Nacho" it sounds more like "Nocheese" or "Noches."

Now, in most families that wouldn't be a problem. Only in this family, I am allergic to milk protein. So lots of times when I am ordering a meal I say "With no cheese."

Every time she hears me say that, Savannah gets excited and wants "Noches!" too.

Can anyone help me out with a way to make Nachos and cheese the same as in Mexico? Someone would be very excited and want to cook them up herself all the time!!!! :D

Have a great day. Talk to you soon.

Yellow and more

2010-03-28T22:05:00.000-07:00

From the other day when we were having Costco hot dogs, I neglected to blog about this funny conversation!

Savannah and Mummy like Ketchup on their hot dogs. Daddy has mustard, sauerkraut and hot peppers! Savannah saw me putting on the mustard for Daddy (he was paying for our purchases at the till). She asked "Daddy likes yellow?" I said "Yes, Daddy likes mustard on his hot dog."

Then when we were all sitting at a table she basically had this conversation with herself, but knew we were listening :

"Daddy likes yellow....mustard, but me I like Ketchup, yes, Ketchup is for me!"

Today I decided Savannah isn't just going to be a chef. She will be a fashion advisor, paper and phonebook deliverer as well!

All her clothes have to "match" these days. Usually matching to her means they are the same color, but sometimes not.

Since she has been about one year old she has helped deliver papers almost every week.

Once a year, for 3 years now, we have been delivering phonebooks. This year she has decided her part of the job is cutting the white plastic straps off the bundles. It's very important that Mummy and Daddy know that is her job! She also tells any kids along the way exactly what it is we are doing. Today she took a side job "helping" a lady catch her cat that had escaped out the front door. The cat was terrified of Savannah until the lady caught it and held it for Savannah to pet.

In general, Savannah is a very big helper of anything and everything anyone wants to do. Hope you all have "helpers" in your life too.

Waffles!

2010-03-27T19:09:00.001-07:00

I think that is Savannah's most favorite food. I thought she like Costco hot dogs the best, but today she only had two bites of that. I thought she would eat it later for supper, but when she was hungry she pulled this mornings leftover waffles out of the fridge and told me she likes waffles!

Of course they have to have strawberries and whipped cream (well fake stuff since I myself am allergic to milk protein).

The whipped cream is actually how the waffles got made this morning. A couple days ago Savannah found the NutriWhip container in our downstairs fridge. She brought it up and told me she wanted to make it. I said not that day, maybe another day. So we put it in the upstairs fridge "for another day."

Daddy is the one that always makes the waffles with his "Love bug!" This morning when she got up, Savannah checked the living room couch on the way to the kitchen. I heard her say, "Yay, Daddy's here!" Then she ran to the fridge to get out the whipped cream container. Of course she asked me if she could make it, so I sent her to ask Daddy.

Pretty soon they were in the kitchen cooking up some waffles. I got out the film camera to finish off the film (still not quite done). Savannah decided she needed her apron on before any photos were taken. It's actually quite amazing that she forgot to put it on first. She wears her special apron from Gramma G.G.'s that used to belong to Flower Gramma or Auntie Connie. Today she found Daddy's new apron from a sausage making course he took. So, of course, Daddy had to wear his apron too!

It will be great if she always likes to cook this much. She is going to be a proffesional chef soon.

So far Savannah's restaurant menu looks like this:

Waffles

Lettuce Salad

Chocolate chip cookies

Cake

Breakfast, a light lunch and dessert, yup, I think she has it covered!

Mmmmm waffles, think I'll go have some now. Thanks Chef Savannah!

I Believe

2010-03-26T19:33:00.000-07:00

...... in a lot of things. Things happen for a reason. Maybe sometimes we don't know why, maybe someday we will know. Maybe we won't, but they will help us to grow and learn.

I love the milk slogan from a few years ago.... "Always grow, grow all ways."

I also love the spirit that Christmas brings in most people, kind of like the Olympics did (also in most people).

Today the kids I took to the library program got play torches to represent dragon breath from the stories they were reading. I told them they were like the Olympic torch! Savannah just loves the Olympic torch. She REALLY wants to see it again.

This is our favorite video and a song I really like. I Believe It's the Olympic song from the Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010. Savannah freaks out every time the little girl in the video does too! :D Hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Unbelievable!

2010-03-26T19:31:00.000-07:00

March 20th we got the call that my camera was fixed, ready and waiting to be picked up!

Of course, as luck would have it, I was not home that day, but lucky for me,

Rick went and picked it up, so now it is ready for me whenever the photo taking bug bites me again!

What relief! I will have a great camera to capture all the fun of Easter this year.

I'm supposed to be catching up on my blog!

2010-03-07T21:27:00.000-08:00

Yeah right. Like that will ever happen!

While on our holiday I set the bag with my camera in it down on the ground so a Disney photographer could take our photo. Somehow I managed to hit the only teeny rock in the place! We didn't know until much later that the cover for the LCD screen cracked, like a windshield spiderweb crack! I wouldn't worry about it, but part of it was pushed in a bit and I am super worried that it would get pushed further and wreck the display screen. I was ill when I saw what happened. So anyway, over a week ago, we dropped it off at the camera store where we bought it. They sent it away for an estimate on getting it fixed. Still no word, just know that my camera will be gone for 6 to 8 weeks! The HORROR!

I am supposed to have time to catch up on blogging and scrapbooking now that I can't take a million photos every day. :D

So next Saturday Playhouse Disney is coming to a mall near here. Savannah is super excited that Strawberry Shortcake and maybe Mickey Mouse are coming to get their photo taken with her! You know, she is the star, not them. Rick said too bad I didn't have a camera for when we go. Then I had an epiphany! What did we do before digital cameras? Oh yeah, we have SEVERAL really good film cameras at home and plenty of film. Just Savannah will have to get used to not being able to see her picture right away!

Just a few more tidbits before I post this, with absolutely no photos today.

A few days ago S burped and informed me "I farted in my mouth!"

Today I told her it was time for bed. She said "but I'm playing." I told her she could play tomorrow. She replied "Okay Mummy" and got ready and went to bed!

She doesn't like Opiduses (Octopuses).

She loves Uzicked (Music).

She doesn't like it when we giggle at the things she says! She gets stage fright very easily these days.

She insists on pouring her own juice and gets her own snacks on a regular basis now. It's hard to keep track of everything she eats, until I find tidbits all over the place! I think she takes after her Mother. I still forget I've got a snack on the go and make another one!!!!

If she doesn't think she is allowed another snack she will get a prenzel (pretzel) or something else for herself and her brodder (brother).

She prays every night for a new baby brodder or stister (sister). Sure hope Heavenly Father answers those prayers soon. We are all waiting!

Signing off and anxiously awaiting all your comments! Night all.

St. Augustine and Valentine's Crafts

2010-02-12T19:50:00.000-08:00

Beautiful trees and clouds on the way to St. Augustine

This store was at the turnoff into St. Augustine

When they said "Shells Galore" they weren't kidding!

I LOVE shells, well pretty much anything from nature.

St. Augustine is the oldest town in the United States. There are a lot of historical things to see there. We walked part of the route, but stuck to mostly free stuff. There were plenty of things they charge to see, but we had a good time without doing them.

This is a 1902 Steam Powered Tractor

It was outside the old jail.

Read the sign.

This is the tree!

Another sign to read!

Savannah wanted to pose here, just outside the school.

While I was taking pictures of these signs, Rick was walking into the store without knowing what the store was!

So, Miss Savannah got her sweets! M & M's stuck on a chocolate covered pretzel stick. She loved it, of course.

Today we finally went to the Orlando Temple. After three years of coming here we made it. It is beautiful. Unfortunately it was too rainy and cold for many photos, but here are a few.

Some of my favorite flowers, Pansies, so I had to take a few photos of them.

Kim bought the girls some "mailboxes" to decorate for Valentine's day.

Savannah and Aerie had a blast!

This is the sides with their names

The rest of the sides were covered in flowers and hearts.

Upon completion Savannah decided to color and cut up paper for "mail" to put inside hers.

Denver didn't get a mailbox, so Kim printed off this Monster mailbox for him. It is much bigger! They are all cute.

Sneak peak

2010-02-10T19:00:00.000-08:00

Some highlights of our trip so far. Enjoy! Supposed to be just a few pictures, but figured I won't ever get more posted if I don't do it now, so picked most of the ones I liked the best. I take about a million pictures a week, so this IS the short version folks!

Flik and Savannah

Princess Savannah loving up the polar bears!

Comfortable? Yep, she has complete faith that her Daddy will not let her fall.

Silly Stitch

Lucky

Timon

Brer Bear and Brer Rabbit

Princess lessons after her appointment at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique. She had this grump on all morning! Was happy in the afternoon though.

Snow White

Times two. Oh-La-La Denver! She was supposed to kiss him on the cheek (she did that to kids the day before), but unfortunately for Daddy he still had to buy the chips and jerky because D held up his end of the bargain! Daddy should have had Snow White in on the deal!!! :D

Savannah was picking up all the Mickey sequins. These two nice folk came and helped her for a bit. They talked to her about how big of a job she was going to have picking up all those sequins. She was quite mad that they didn't help her finish the job!

A Daddy's Love Bug above Daddy's Love Bug!

After the Buzz Light Year ride

The Wicked StepMother and Stepsisters. They have a fun job.

Jiminy Cricket. My favorite.

I don't know where she gets these poses! Trying on a Chinese dress.

Princess and the Frog. Pretty self explanatory if you are Savannah. She just LOVES this movie.

Of course, she had to fall asleep two minutes before we got to see the "real" Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen! Oh well, at least there are pictures so she knows she saw them.

With Doug from "Up"

She wouldn't have anything to do with the other "Up" characters.

Rex at the Disney resort we stayed at the first time we went.

Hanging from the big door. I never got one of these photos last time, so made sure to this year.

With RC from "Toy Story"

Sandhill Cranes in the backyard of our friends'.

Hope you enjoyed our trip in pictures so far. More to come soon. I hope!

The Newest Car Model!

2010-02-10T18:55:00.000-08:00

I don't know where she learned this! Certainly not from us, but it's still pretty cute. The car is in M & M's world in the Florida Mall in Orlando, Florida.

More funny stuff

2010-02-10T05:57:00.000-08:00

We have funny games. We pretend to eat Savannah. Her arms are a particular favorite thing to "eat!" MMMMMmmmm tasty!

Recently she informed Daddy that "Sannanah is not tasty!" So funny.

Can she stay cute forever? Please???

Graduation!

2010-02-10T05:50:00.000-08:00

Savannah has always called me "Mummy." When Daddy or anyone else talk to her about me, they say "Mummy." Somewhere she heard something being called "Mum ma" or "Mama." December 23rd she suddenly started calling me that! I didn't think I'd like being called that, but it sure is cute when she says it! :D Now she calls me "Mummy" or "Mama" depending on her mood and the situation.

For Gramma

2009-12-16T20:46:00.000-08:00

Six months ago, today, my Gramma passed away. Six months ago, today, was Savannah's birthday. One of Savannah's middle names, was my Grandmother's first name. That's how special "Gramma G.G." was to me. I hope Savannah can always remember a little bit about Gramma.

Gramma was one of my most favorite people in the world. I miss her. She knew just about anything you could possibly ever really need to know. If you called she could tell you the answer to just about anything. She was better than "Google!" Now there are all kinds of things I'd like to know about, or how to do. I always think, "Gramma would know the answer to that!" Too bad I hadn't thought of all these questions sooner.

Mum and my Auntie Connie asked the 4 of us Grandchildren if we could write our memories of Gramma. They wanted them for different parts of the funeral service. This is what I wrote, it is still a work in progress. They liked it so much, they decided, along with Auntie Francie (Gramma's sister), that I should read it at the funeral service. Although I have stage fright, I did it. It was nice to be able to be a part of all the tributes to how great a person my Grandmother was. This is for you Gramma.

After reading this, many of you will see a lot of my Grandmother in me, I hope so anyway.

For Gramma, by Pamela

Gramma's Garden

Almost everything Gramma taught me I learned in her garden.

Always plant a garden, enough for yourself with plenty to share. Waste not, want not.

Be patient. The best things come to those who wait.

A little dirt never hurt anyone. Fresh vegetables from the garden are far better than any store bought ones.

A little hard work never hurt anyone either. Tend your garden with care.

Be kind to everyone and everything.

Enjoy nature. Encourage birds and other useful creatures to come to your garden.

Plant some things just for the pure beauty of them.

Share your knowledge with anyone willing to listen. Many times Gramma would be in her garden all day and not get "anything" done because she had so many visitors coming to see her beautiful flowers.

Always make time for others.

There should always be room for Lilies in your garden. One of Gramma's favorites. I thought they were, but anytime I asked, she always said Peonies!

Learn your A, B, C's - a for upfacing Lily, b for outward facing Lily, c for downward facing Lily!

Learn something new as often as you can. Gramma always gave gifts of books and magazine subscriptions to help all of us learn as much as possible.

Grow everything you can, your talents, friendships, knowledge and of course a garden!

Scrapbook testing!

2009-11-30T10:15:00.000-08:00

Trying out something new!

When you get to the page with 4 photos on the bottom, pause the slideshow, you can click at the bottom right to pause and move forward or back in the show. After you pause on the 4 photo page, click on the individual photos at the bottom and they will load as larger photos up top. Enjoy!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

"Ponsa Time"

2009-11-26T15:15:00.000-08:00

Three year olds still don't forget anything! We were on our way into the city to drop the kids off for shopping at the mall. Savannah wanted her vitamin. We told her it was at home. She still insisted on having it. Finally we told her she could have it when we got back home, if she reminded us. Almost 3 hours later we were on the way home. Savannah said "My vitamin's at home!" She was making sure we didn't forget. :D

Two nights ago as usual, I was tucking her into bed. After prayer, which she calls "Dear Heavenly Father," she had a different request. Usually she wants Daddy to come tuck her in right away too. This time she said "I want to do Ponsa time!" I asked her what that was. "Ponsa time!" I let her know I had no clue what that was. Then I asked her to do "Ponsa time."

"Ponsa time there was a Seepy E-UTee!"

"Oh!, Once apon a time there was a Sleeping Beauty!"

Then I proceeded to tell her a story about Savannah and her good day and how she was going to sleep now. What other Sleeping Beauty could there possibly be?

Have a great day all you believers and nonbelievers. Sleeping Beauty lives here!

Cristi's Blog Giveaway!

2009-10-28T07:18:00.000-07:00

Cristi's Creations - maker of my current blog background is having her first ever blog giveaway! Several nice prizes to choose from if you wish to participate. My friend Kim regularly uses Cristi's backgrounds, all cute and easy to use. Check them out for your own use and entry into her giveaway.

Halloween Confusion!

2009-10-27T16:36:00.000-07:00

Savannah is supposed to be going as Cinderella for Halloween this year. It's a costume we already had in the dress up clothes. We've just added fairy wings and a wand if she wants to be the Fairy Godmother. So far she has worn the costume to the Scarecrow Festival and then again this morning to play school.

Tonight she was supposed to wear it again for dance class. I made the mistake of telling her she had to wear her "Tinkerbell" costume to dance! She was Tinkerbell the last two years for Halloween. So immediately she latched on to my mistake! Tinkerbell and only Tinkerbell would do to go to dance class! Good thing I knew where it was, even the headband which was in a different spot then the rest of the costume. As soon as we got it on and made sure it fit, Savannah ran downstairs to get her Tinkerbell shoes from the dress up bin. She and the girls I babysit are always wearing those!

So I guess we shall see what she wants to wear when Halloween finally gets here! Thursday is another costume day as well.

Then on the way to dance we had this conversation!

Me: "What are you going to say when your teacher asks you what you are going to be for Halloween? (I thought she would say Cinderella, boy was I wrong!)

Savannah: "A dragon." (Thanks Auntie Jillian! - They played dress-up with a dragon costume on Saturday)

Me: "No, what are you going to be for Halloween?"

Savannah: "A dragon."

Me: "You are wearing your Tinkerbell costume, tell her you are Tinkerbell"

Savannah: GASPS! "That's so nice!"

Me: "You are funny Savannah!"

Savannah: Giggles and says something else funny, but I can't remember anymore!

Me: "You are being silly!"

Savannah: Giggles again. "Hamburger!"

We were passing by Boston Pizza. When I told her that it was "GASP, PIZZA!"

That's my girl!

Have a marvelous day with lots of FUNNY stuff in it!

Halloween Eyes!

2009-10-27T10:02:00.001-07:00

Savannah bought a book at Denver's school book fair called "Goulish Goodies" If you click on that and then on the photo of the book you can see part of the book including most of the recipe for the eyeballs and a photo of them in the book.

Savannah, Alicia and I made the eyes for Savannah's playschool today and some for Tick Toc Time on Thursday. They taste great! I'm so excited I can eat them too, just not the Smarties we used for the irises, but that's okay.

Savannah was super excited to make them and take them to share with her friends at school today. So excited she forgot about her backpack which usually has to go with her! The eyes have it! :D

More Daddy's Girl!

2009-10-27T09:53:00.000-07:00

For several days we have been hearing how Daddy is GORGEOUS! She always says, "Daddy Gorgeous!" Now we get to hear a few other people are gorgeous once in awhile, but mostly only Daddy.

Because of a song Daddy is also now "King of the World!" He said once he wasn't, but I told him he was King of Savannah's world and that's all that matters. Mummy likes this also because now I am the Queen! Savannah is the Princess and the other two are just Megan and Denver!

One day when Rick was leaving for work Savannah said, "I always sad."

Me: "Are you sad cause Daddy has to go to work?"

Savannah: "Yeah"

As soon as Daddy comes home from work she almost always runs to give him a hug and a kiss before she can continue what she was doing. If she doesn't get up in time to kiss and hug him goodbye in the morning, lots of times we have a very grumpy girl at home until she can see Daddy again! Sometimes we call him so she can give him a "phone kiss." Anytime I get a text on my cell phone she runs to it and says "Daddy!"

Yep, she's still Daddy's Girl!

Thanks!

2009-10-22T12:38:00.000-07:00

This is for Kim and www.Thecutesblogontheblock.com. I finally figured out how to change the background on here! YAY! Enjoy everyone! See you again soon.

Pamela

Scarecrow Festival and cuteness!

2009-10-17T20:41:00.000-07:00

The big spider doorway. It was the entry to the Halloween Dance. We didn't go in there. Savannah loved the spider though!

One of the displays. Doesn't "Daddy" look just like the skeleton, only with skin and a bit of hair? :D

A Jack-o-lantern display. This is what you get when you say "Say Cheese!" to a busy kid.

This is what you get when you say, "Look at Mummy and say cheese!"

This is what you get when you say "Are you smiling!" Yikes! Not looking forward to the next couple years of goofy face photos. This one is pretty cute though.

As soon as we got home it was her bedtime. So for her prayer she decided she had to say everything twice:

Dear Heavenly Father

Thank you for Mummy and Daddy

Thank you for Megan

Megan

and Denver

Denver

Please Bless Us

To have a good Day tomorrow

Jesus Christ, Amen

"Oh yeah, I say Daddy is Gorgeous!"

That last line comes from a discussion in Sears the other day. We saw a cute little boy with his Mum. I said to Savannah "Isn't that little boy cute?" She said, "Yeah, he's gorgeous!"

Where on earth did she get that from?????? Then she proceeded to tell me "Daddy is gorgeous too!"

What a precious little girl. I hope she never outgrows her cuteness or her love and admiration for our family.

Oh OH!

2009-10-03T20:55:00.000-07:00

I think we are in for some real trouble over the coming years with Savannah!

What kind of trouble? The B-O-Y variety!

Denver has a friend named Tristian. Savannah refers to him as "My boy!"

Who does Savannah want to see all the time. "My cousins, my boys!" In fact she has been demanding for days to go visit her cousins, her boys. When I say demanding, I mean all the way to the city and back she says/hollers to go visit, "Her BOYS!"

Look out boys, here she comes!

Planting our Garden

2009-10-03T20:00:00.000-07:00

We didn't have a real garden spot this year, so we planted peas, beans, carrots, lettuce, spinach, radishes, onions and cucumbers in our backyard flower beds.

This was the first day of planting. Savannah really wanted to help.

These are the first two rows of peas. I made the trenches and then showed her how to put the seeds in spaced nicely.

Doesn't she look so happy and proud to be helping?

First she did it just like I was. Then she decided to fill in all the spaces!

I thinned them out again for her and covered the rows. She helped pat the soil down over the seeds.

Next we planted a row of beans and she watered the whole thing with her little watering can.

The growing plants were a pretty big temptation at first. I had to replant several beans that she thought were ready to eat just after they popped out of the ground!

The next big temptation was peas. Every time we go to the car she had to (and still does) get a pea to eat (or several). Once in awhile she gets a little braver and searches for the hidden beans under the pea plants that fell over top and hid them.

The peas were much too tall for our homemade fence this year, so next year the fence will have to be much taller. They turned out to be sugar snap peas. VERY tasty, shell and all. Mmmmm

A few days ago I harvested the tomatoes and potatoes. One large pail of potatoes and 80 pounds of tomatoes from the greenhouse! I've made one batch of salsa (7 jars) so far. A new recipe to try. It's Pearadise Salsa. I use BerNARdin Salsa mix. It's a recipe that comes with that. We had a box of pears to use up, so thought we'd try it. Next will be a couple batches of Tomato-Pepper Salsa and LOTS of canned tomatoes. We use them in chili and all kinds of things instead of the boughten cans. Just figured out to do them in small jars instead of large ones.

Next year's garden is already forming in my mind and we haven't even harvested most of this year's yet! Lots of carrots and a few currants still to come this year.

Three Year Olds Don't Forget Anything!

2009-08-25T14:29:00.000-07:00

So we took the kids shopping at a big mall last weekend. Megan took Savannah for a bit to go shopping at some store that only Megan would be interested in. To get her to behave, Megan told Savannah that she would buy her an ice cream if she was good. About half an hour later they met up with the rest of us at “Old Navy” so I could try some outfits on Savannah. I couldn’t figure out why she kept talking about ice cream. After we picked out her outfits we went out to find Megan again. After asking her why Savannah was talking about ice cream she replied, “Because she didn’t forget!”

Have you ever noticed how various stores and businesses have different things they do for kids? Savannah equates the post office, doctor’s office, Salsa Tots and a music class to getting stickers. Walmart equals fries from McDonald’s which we do NOT get every time, just on long trips when we stop at specific Walmarts on the way. I like the convenience of being able to eat and do other shopping without loading a kid in and out of the car again! Savannah thinks Costco is about getting food samples, sharing a hot dog with Mummy and getting a smiley face drawn on the receipt as you leave the store. If the lady just tries drawing a line through the receipt, Savannah says “Smiley Face” quite loudly until the lady obliges her with one! Thank goodness the bakery counter people aren’t always at the counter when we go to Safeway. Don’t want her figuring out you can get a free cookie there all the time! Besides, that’s what Auntie Amber’s is for.

Mention the park or swimming might be on tomorrow’s agenda? Better be prepared to do that, or she won’t let you hear the end of it unless there is something even better planned instead. Drive by a midway set up somewhere. “Look Mummy! So FUN!!!!!” Cornfest is next weekend, complete with a midway, guess we’d better be prepared to drop a small fortune there! It will be so FUN though. Cornfest is something I look forward to all year. Guessing Savannah won’t have a problem going next time either!

Garage Sale Day

2009-08-25T14:16:00.000-07:00

A couple weeks ago I decided to have a garage sale. I have several rose bowls and flowers arrangement containers to sell or give away. Instead of just selling the containers I thought I’d try selling arrangements. These are a couple of them. Unfortunately none sold, but first we, then a friend of mine got to enjoy them.

Savannah did some of her own garage sale shopping from the items that same friend brought over for us to sell. Here she is in her “new” unicorn slippers, hat and purse full of toy treasures!

The Hair

2009-08-19T15:27:00.000-07:00

Here is Denver and his "Beautiful Hair!" Two before photos.

He even combed it so he would look good for the pictures.

This is what was to be an after photo. Then he wanted a design carved into the side. His hair was still too long, so it didn't work properly. He said he just needed a prison sign for these photos, he felt like he was getting his mugshot taken! Doesn't the expression on his face look like it too?

This is a final after photo, with the new shaved head and star carved in the side!

Daddy's Girl

2009-08-06T14:09:00.000-07:00

I think Savannah went into Daddy withdrawal when I took her to Manitoba for 10 days. She had lots of fun picking Strawberries, swimming, going to Auntie Francies', watching the parade and going to the fair. ( Oh yeah, during the parade a little boy was throwing play money to the crowd. Savannah got a pretend $10 bill and said it was Daddy's!)

When we weren't busy she was busy being a little stinker!!!!! Big attitude and lots of whininess.

Daddy had to come out to pick up a buffet for Mummy to bring back home. He got there really late. Savannah was so excited when she woke up in the morning and saw Daddy in bed! She had to come over and poke Mummy to show her that Daddy was there too. :D

Daddy spent the morning with us. Savannah was a changed little girl. So HAPPY! After that she was a GOOD girl for the rest of the trip. We didn't get back home with Daddy for two more days.

When we got home, Daddy was already camping. We just had to get ready and get out to the campground too. Savannah was excited to be home and play with all her things, so it took a little while to get her back in the car. As soon as we were in there though, it started! "We going canting, Mummy? Canting with Daddy?" Over and over until we got to the campground.

The funniest thing though was after we had been there for awhile. Savannah ran up to Daddy and said "You missed me Daddy!" Only she said "miss" instead of "missed."

Yep, I think she is glad to be home again!

Birthday Number 3!

2009-07-08T18:48:00.001-07:00

It's hard to believe Savannah is 3 already! The first three photos are from her actual birthday. She woke up in the morning to find Tinkerbell and the rest of the Disney Fairies all over the living room floor! She thought that was lots of fun.

When she was done playing Fairies I asked her what she wanted to do next. Her answer was "Hot Dog!" This is what she meant.

After that we got ready to go pick up her best friend Mya and her Mum to take them to the mall to "Build-A-Bear." Unfortunately I had camera issues, so had to get a disposable one to take photos there. Of course they aren't great, but at least they were something. Not going to scan them on here though.

Mya made a snow leopard and Savannah made a Kitty. It's grey with a pink flowery dress. She named it "Kitty!"

Hadn't planned on doing much else there, but ended up getting a short and shirt outfit for her as well and a Belle facecloth at the Disney Store. Yep, spoiled.

These next photos are from her birthday party on the 20th of June.

Ariel is her favorite princess right now so I thought it would be fun to make her an Ariel cake. I had a little trouble with runny icing this year, but it was still cute.

This is Savannah's best friend, Mya. The girls were playing with dress-up hair I got from the Dollar Store.

I used to babysit Cari. She brought her little brother to the party too.

Akaycia having fun peeking out of Savannah's playhouse from last year's birthday. It is well used by all the girls.

Playing with the hair, magic wands, and a new "golf" game I got for the kids to play with outside.

Big sister Megan, suntanning in the mess!

Time to open presents. I wonder what could be in here?

It's Seepy Beutie, Mum! (Sleeping Beauty). Unfortunately this doll has already had a beheading accident! She still brushes it's hair though. I really need to find some good glue and fix it one of these days.

More Fairies from Disney World

Blowing out her candles. Mya's Daddy, Tim says this was the best cake ever! He kept calling it the "really good cake!"

Serenity really enjoyed her cake, she kept trying to get more, as did her sister.

Now that I'm three I wonder what kind of trouble I will get into this year??? I'm sure Mum will let you know! :D

What Rick Got for Father's Day!

2009-07-07T20:22:00.000-07:00

I absolutely LOVE this photo of Savannah. So for Father's Day I got part of this printed on 3 golf balls for Rick. She thinks they are hers now though! I mean, after all, they do have her face on them! :D

I got him a chainsaw to cut wood for our fireplace and campsite. What's that compared to our daughter's cuteness on a golf ball?

As a few people have said: "You mean, he will be hitting Savannah's face?" No, these are too special, he will save them forever.