This Week In Pics

Hamming it up for the camera

Amazon had an amazing deal on this pool
and the kids loved it, sadly some angry
animal took a big bite out of it 24 hrs later

Luckily delivery boxes will always be a hit

I have started cleaning up the gardens for
winter and Kate has been a big help

Owen did the Terry Fox run and was
very interested in the whole story of
Terry Fox and what he did

Her one year check up. 31" tall and 20.5 lbs 

Mmmmmm, spinach and cheese pasta

Owen getting some early morning hockey lessons

She was pretty proud of herself, me on the
other hand, not so excited

My Week So Far

Kate has been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately, she will wake up in the night and stay awake between and hour and a half and two hours. Plus Owen has been coming to visit me regularly during the night for cuddles, making me one exhausted mom.

I was standing at the espresso machine making myself a latte when I looked into the reflection of the artwork that is hanging right there

I took this pic after to get an idea of what
I was talking about

In the reflection I saw that Kate had figured
out how to open the screen door and
was heading on out for a walk, giving
me a heart attack!

We all went to the park on Saturday

Kate had to be wherever Owen was

She was very quick to get up to the
highest point. I took her down the slide
and she loved it

Owen's favourite spot

My official taste tester for my hummus

Woke up Sunday morning to find Owen
doing the dishes, nope, this was
not a dream

Sunday afternoon we had family over to
celebrate Kate's birthday

Leanne provided the decorations which
both kids loved playing with

Owen was an awesome big brother and
helped Kate o[en her presents

I served some of my rhubarb wine as
a spritzer

Fresh made pizza in the backyard was amazing. I think we
polished off 14

Yesterday Kate found my little cover up
and had to put it on and walk around
the house in it

She loved it

This Week In Pics

This was from the last couple of weeks before Kates Birthday. It has been a bit challenging for me to post as often as I wanted to so this is a catch up post!

Owen is loving being back at school

Kate really does love her pasta.
Dinner and a bath

I caught these two playing tag with
the vacuum

Kate still runs like mad when it
comes her way

I turn my back for two minutes and this happens. Yes, both kids
are in this pic

This is how she likes to eat her cheerios

We all took a walk to our local ice cream
shop for a treat and even Kate got
a wee little cone

Owen's cool dude pose

Caught mid yawn

It's been a tough few weeks of teething
and a cold for this one

One

Happy Birthday Kate. I remember this day a year ago still so vividly, and like that our little baby is one. As a birthday surprise, she decided that today was the day she would start walking. I had meant to post this on Thursday, her birthday, but my need for sleep was too much to ignore so it's been early to bed for the past few nights.

She had no idea what was going on but
she was sure excited

I made a banana cake with cream cheese
icing, safe to say she loved it

In fact, everyone loved it

mmmmm, cake

She even shared some with her brother

There was nothing left behind when she
was all finished

Time to burn off some energy after all that cake

First Day of School

We made it!! Our first summer vacation and we all survived, I was a bit concerned about having both kids home for the summer but with so much support from my family it went very well. Owen had two weeks at day camp which he had a great time and a week up at my parents which he loved. A lot.

On the labour day monday we quickly went through his closet to see if anything fit and what he wanted to wear for his first day back. I was quite surprised at how tall he grew in the past few months, wearing shorts and t-shirts every day you really don't notice the growth spurts!

Owen has been counting down the days till school and was really excited to start back. Kate was missing him by the afternoon, calling out for him and wandering around looking for him. She was really happy to see him when we picked him up at the end of the day. 

Last night Owen asked me if I could get him up earlier so he could have a shower in the morning, he wanted to be smelling clean everyday and asked if he could have a shower in the mornings now instead of the night. Oh boy, where has my little guy gone? Of course it was a half an hour shower this morning, hahaha.

Modeling what used to be a loose top
and long pants

It was a beautiful weekend so we all
enjoyed lunch on the deck

Mmmm, burgers. Even Kate devoured some

First day of school and it was a bit chilly,
Owen was determined to wear shorts though

Sooooo excited

It was a "leisurely" walk back home as Kate
decided that she wanted to walk

Of course stopping to check out everything

Ms. Mobile

Today I was texting with my Aunt and mentioned that Kate was refusing naptime today, her reply was that it was probably a growth spurt. Well, that got me thinking and yes, Kate's confidence in standing and cruising have really developed in the past few days.
A couple of hours after that text I was in the kitchen cleaning up and noticed one of the dining chairs slowly creeping by. No one helped her, she was playing quietly on her own and this happened. I was able to catch the last bit on video.

This also reminded me that when Owen started getting mobile I was in the depths of my recovery and don't remember any of it. Luckily a few videos were captured as well.

A Garden Update

I have been very busy this year in the garden both front and back and have been loving it so much. At some point I want to do a post to see how everything has developed over the season but I'm not that organised and digging for the photos will take some time. This is a quick post for now as Kate is sleeping and Owen is busy with lego. I only have pics of the front gardens right now.

The goats beard and beard tongue that were planted earlier this year, they
really haven't done much so need to be move to a better location

Around to the front you can see the small spikes mid front are
the obedient plants with the coral bells in front. Rabbits keep eating
the small flowers that keep trying to grow there. In the middle
is an assortment of coneflowers and zinnias we started from seed.

I popped into Humber Nurseries this week
and loaded up the trunk for $16. I was
pretty happy with my haul

In went the three small astilbes

There are three tall white Liatris, blazing star, but I ended up putting in five.
I also planted three purple coneflower that were already blooming but
again, the rabbits came and ate the flowers. I may need to rethink
these flowers for here, we have waaaay to many rabbits

Finally the back of this bed. You can see the zinnizs flowering up top with
our massive pumpkin growing next. Off to one side is the result of a free
pack of wild flower seeds I was given and I just tossed them on the soil.
Up front are three silver mound that I had transplanted earlier in the year.

A couple of poppies from the
wild flower collection

More poppies, calendula and not to
sure what else! 

Every few days it seems that more and more
flowers are appearing.

A quick shot of the window beds that I made the other year, I'm planning
on bumping this out and making it deeper this year, closer to the fall.