Fairy Princess

Happy Hallowe'en - here she is with the wand and all the other bits and pieces.

Masked Preschooler

Here's the small girl with the mask in place...

Shell Car

This car reminds me of the toy car that hung out by my office a few summers ago.

Magic Wand

Part of the small girl's Hallowe'en costume. She picked it out herself!

Rainbow Birds

Auntie Rebecca came over to visit tonight and brought J a rainbow bird mobile for her room.

Dentist

Today was J's first real dentist appointment. She had been once before when she was about 18 months old and they just got her to open her mouth and the dentist did some gentle prodding.

Today she actually had her teeth cleaned. I went first so she could see that it wasn't scary and then she went.

Her cleaning was much more civilized than mine...she didn't have anyone climbing all over her!

Success

My first loaf of bread maker bread was only so-so. This loaf was perfect. It was a straight whole wheat loaf - the other was supposed to have nuts and fruit in it...but that's a long story...I made a 2lb loaf and I wouldn't do that again - there wasn't quite enough room in the basket for it. But it's good. Even thought it took 4 1/2 hours to make...YUM!

Blue Skies

Small Slow Cooker

I have a big slow cooker, but there are so many things that I like to make that need a smaller pot, either because they don't cook well in the big pot or we just can't eat THAT MUCH of whatever it is...so today J and I went and got a smaller slow cooker...we'll see how it does.

Chatty

Almost Christmas

I dug around in our storage room tonight and got out our cards for Christmas. They'll sit around collecting dust for a few weeks, but maybe I'll actually get them out before Christmas Eve this year.

Puppy Tails

Goodbye old friend

See the crack...my almost daily companion coffee cup met its end this morning. My helper was carrying too many things and it crashed to the concrete floor. It was on its last legs and that fall did it in. Ah well, time for a new cup.

Bread Making Semi-Fail

This is the first loaf to come out of our bread maker...it had some issues. But I will try again. For sure.

Ice Cream Treat

J has been asking to go back to Granville Island for ice cream for a while...instead, we took her to DQ tonight and she loved it!

Saturday Chores

My Saturday included a bunch of chores...one of them was reorganizing this drawer in the kitchen.

Hippos

J opened her Hungry Hippos game last night...it's a hit!

Waiting for Sara

Exhausted

It's hard to see, but on her pillow is her eye mask. Because the lights were keeping her awake. Whatever works...right?

Model

Mommy, take my picture, take my picture!

Loveable

The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

There are three connect tunnels by our park. They run under a busy street and allow easy access to the other side, without crossing through traffic, to pedestrians and cyclists. J loves riding her bike in the tunnels, so we spent some time down there before dinner.

Last Of The Strawberries

I think we finished the last of the strawberries for the year...this last batch was kind of hit or miss and I threw a lot out...oh well, on to pears and apples and citrus...

Colour

Everyone around me has been fighting some bug for the last week or so. I have felt fine. Until around 3:30 this morning. I stayed home today with flu-like symptoms. Apparently Alex thought I needed cheering up so he came home with some brightly coloured flowers. Lucky me!

Rack

I've been meaning to do something about our cookie sheets and cutting boards for a while. They're sort of leaning inside a cupboard and they fall over all the time. I was out tonight and saw this...I hope it works!

Gobble Gobble

Guess what I'm doing this weekend!

Those Round Things

We picked these up (they have pretzels in them) on special at the grocery store. I don't think they were a big seller as they have had their price slashed for "quick sale." They're a hit with J though!

Plums!

Shoulder Ride

Grocery List

We got this little folder thing as a sample. I was using it for my grocery list, but someone seems to have claimed it as her own. I love how she went and found a special card for the card slot (she has a collection of used gift cards)