Monday, January 31, 2011

Miss Piggy

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I arrived at daycare for pick up today and found a little piggy waiting for me.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Calendar

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We spent the afternoon at the airport having lunch with my good friend Heather and her friend Maia. As usual we exchanged our Christmas gifts a little bit later than Christmas...Heather gave me this awesome calendar which is waiting in my bag to go to the office tomorrow.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Most Important Book In The Kitchen

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This little black book holds all my important recipes. The recipes that my mom used to make. Recipes that my grandma and my great-grandma made. Things I've had at other people's houses. You know...good stuff that's not from a cookbook that I own. Very important. And irreplaceable.

Friday, January 28, 2011

Buried

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J requests multiple blankets and toys in her bed these days and sometimes it's a little difficult to find her under all that stuff.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Painted

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I played with Paint.NET a bit on this one...not convinced I like this effect, but that's okay...

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Goodbye Christmas

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It's taken a few weeks, but Christmas is finally packed up and ready to go back to the storage room.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Sick Bed Entertainment

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I've been powering through the books. Might have something to do with them being kidlit and YA books...and it might have something to do with staying home sick this week...

Monday, January 24, 2011

Yum!


I can't have hummus right now because I can't have chick peas, but this black bean hummus sure is tasty!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Fairy Songs

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J got this for Christmas and it plays music...she loves it. We're not in love with it.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Swimming Lessons

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J took Alex in the water with her at swimming lessons today. She had a blast with him!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Darkwing

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We went to the library on Sunday and I picked up a few books, including this one...I read the Silverwing trilogy a few years ago and this one caught my attention.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Wet, Heavy Snow

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It stuck around, but it wasn't as bad as everyone said it would be...

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Old Esso

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I had a bit of time to kill before my naturopath appointment this morning so I went for a little walk in Yaletown.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Ready To Go

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It's ready to send...I offered The Good Daughter book on my reading blog to a commenter and it's now ready to go to the post office...

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Ready For Monday

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Alex got a new insert for our slow cooker last week. The ingredients for tomorrow night's dinner are ready to be dumped in the slow cooker tomorrow morning...organization seems to be the key to getting through the work week.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Dinner At The Grandparents

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J had a great time tonight. We had dinner with Alex's parents, brother, and niece. I didn't get very many pictures and this was the only one that was in focus, but J and her cousin LOVE playing together!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Plane Spotting

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We went to the airport to have lunch with my mom before she went to Hawaii last week. J and Lallie spent some time sitting at the restaurant window watching the planes taxi in and out.

*Taken January 9, 2011 by Rebecca

Thursday, January 13, 2011

What Is Missing?

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Hmmm...maybe this. Because we're finally getting new blinds in our office. Thank goodness. But I miss my little city. It will be back soon!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Snow!

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Snow day tomorrow???

Monday, January 10, 2011

It's Fixed

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Alex is wonderful and went and got a new insert for our slow cooker. It's fixed and we're ready to start eating yummy slow cooker food again! Tonight it's soup night.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Work Treat

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I can have coffee while I'm on the GAPS diet, just not with sugar or milk. I made myself a nice warm cup the other day at work and while I still prefer milk in my coffee, I'm getting used to it black...

*Okay, so after four years of taking a picture a day (except August 17, 2008 because I was unexpectedly in the hospital having J), I've decided that if I don't like the picture I took, I'm going to use a picture from another day. I took today's picture on January 5, 2011. I will still take a picture a day, but I'm going to try to post pictures I like, especially if there is a recent day with multiple pictures that I liked...

Friday, January 7, 2011

Sesame Street

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We had to pick up a prescription at the drugstore tonight and J was a little restless and not thrilled to have to wait so we found something fun to distract her. J was excited to take this stickers home and carried them around the store very proudly until it was time to go when she handed them over the cashier. She went to bed with seven muppets stuck to her pjs...what she didn't realize was that there was more than one sheet of stickers in the pack! The rest are stored away for another day!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Play Dough

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J also got some play dough from Santa...a great distraction while we get dinner ready!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Graffiti Artist

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J got bathtub crayons for Christmas from Santa...bath time has never been more fun!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Cowl...

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Kelsey's Christmas gift is almost done...almost...I thought I'd get it done before Christmas, but no. Then I thought I'd get it done before we left Kelowna. Guess not...

Monday, January 3, 2011

Hot Chocolate Face

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Our last morning of vacation...tomorrow it's back to reality...until then, we're going to enjoy ourselves...

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Room

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I'm devouring this book...a great way to start off 2011 since I've challenged myself to read 24 books...that's a lot when you have a toddler!

Saturday, January 1, 2011

And So Begins A New Year

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Happy New Year! The new year appears to have brought some beautiful weather to Vancouver. But it didn't bring some much hoped for sleep to our house. We've already been up for almost three hours.

J slept in yesterday until almost 9:00, but there was no such luck today. She was up and ready to party at just after 5:00. And she didn't stop singing last night until just after 10:00...the first day of 2011 looks like it might be a long day.

When I went in to her, I was hoping she just needed a blanket, but no, she was sitting up, saying "Mommy, I awake. I get out and play." Hopefully, I took her into our bed thinking, maybe, just maybe she might go back to sleep. But no, she didn't. Instead she nailed both of us in the ribs with her bony elbows and knees, took the covers off everyone because *she* was too hot, and tried to start a group medley of "special songs" (aka Christmas songs).

I gave up at 6:00 and judging by Facebook, a number of my friends and family were just opening their front doors at 6:00 after an evening (and early morning) of celebration.

Sigh.

I'm old. And just to prove it, I'm looking forward to a nap this afternoon when J has her nap...a nap with no kid in my bed.