Our Month

Another month has flown by so quickly, we celebrated easter at my parents house for an extra long weekend and Rob and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary with a lovely day spent at home with Owen at school. Bliss.
The past week has been another tough one with both Owen and I quite sick. Looks like we are over the worst of it and we will be back to school and work again this coming week.

Owen was pretty excited to be going to Oma and
Grandpas for a few days.

Somehow he managed to find our old boxes of Lego,
if he wasn't outside, he was at the Lego

Playing in the mud with Oma and Aunt Leanne

He was excited each morning to go and get eggs
from the coop

Of course nothing tops getting rides in the bobcat

We arrived during syrup production and got to
take part

When did he get so big?

THe Easter bunny even stopped by thanks to
Leanne and Mom

We all decorated eggs

A couple weeks later my Mom came down to our place for a few day and
brough along this amazing quilt she had made for Owen.
So lucky.

The request for hat and mitts had been replaced with
"sunglasses mommy" before going out

As usual this is the only pic I got while my Mom was
visiting. Owen was quite adament that she
is "Oma, not Mom", I made that
mistake often!

Then fever, sore throat and earache kicked in

Only six days after Oma helped plant our seeds
and we have growth!

This year Owen has been really enjoying the garden
seeing everythig coming up

Another sick day, at least we got outside a bit

Just because there havn't been enough cute pics
of Owen in this post already

I somehow managed to build a new flower bed and finish planting
all my new bulbs. This is a small part of my grand plan
for redoing the front yard.

Happy BIrthday #3

We had a wonderful time celebrating Owen turning three last weekend. No big party, just some great family time together. This was this first time he really got it and was quite excited for the day.

Friday at school was a great start to his Birthday weekend.
Birthday treats and well wishes from everyone

Friday night on the patio, hanging out

Saturday morning surprises

Balloons, bubbles and trucks. So happy!

Good times

The big surprise of the weekend...
Lego. Such a hit.

He asked for a square chocolate cake and I was able to whip
one together, with the help of some edible googly eyes.

The rest of the day was spent outside with friends

Playing,

riding his bike,

more bike riding

some crashing into Mommy of course

Run little dude, run

Eventually we made it to the park where he proceeded
to quickly climbed to the top. It did take some time
to get back down!

Past Couple of Weeks In Pics

It has been a difficult few weeks for me so I have taken very few pictures unfortunately.

Friday the 6th Owen came home with Pink Eye which
quickly spread to both eyes.

By Wednesday the 11th, when he should have
been going back to school, he became very ill
with Bronchitis.

So there was a lot of sleeping on Mommy.

A lot. Poor little guy.

After an entire week off from school/work both of us were
ready to get back. It was a busy week and by the
time the weekend came the sun was
shining.

Owen's logic was that Spring was here so we can
blow bubbles now.

Sounds like pretty good logic to me!

This past Saturday he woke up and was asking to
go to Play Group, somewhere we haven't been
in a very long time, and he had a great time.

Sunday we went to the park but he was more interested
in exploring the school.

Hopefully the next couple of weeks will be better.

We finally caved and did it...

Sunday night, in the basement, towel around the shoulders, a youtube video tutorial and the promise of a Kinder egg after...

First a hair cut then what? Shaving?

Oh wait, already doing it!

Monthly Update??

Unfortunately it has been a very long time since I have made the time to post. Life as a working parent is a busy one; out of the house by 7:30 am, drop off Owen to school, get to work for the day, pick up Owen around 4:30 - 5:00, get home, get some dinner in all of us and enjoy our evening together before getting ready for bed. I have had a few months of work now and have settled into the routine pretty well, I'm able to stay awake longer than Owen in the evening.

So now that I have that all sorted, I've started working out! It's no secret that I've put on a lot of weight in the past two years and now I feel I have the energy to do something about it. I started in mid January going twice a week to see a personal trainer. As expected, it has been about a month of pure exhaustion while I get used to it but it has proven to be such a great choice. My mental health has improved greatly as well as my physical, both were not doing so well. I'm looking forward to gaining some more fitness and start running again, I've started slowly on a treadmill without any balance issues so far. 

Coming home one night after working out. Yes, I'm smiling.

I also had an MRI recently to check on the remaining tumor. Turns out I was supposed to have one six months after the last but due to a miscommunication it ended up being 16 months. I'll be honest, I was pretty stressed out for the few days waiting for my results, I don't know if I could do this all over again! 

Well, good news, nothing has changed since the surgery so next MRI is scheduled for two years from now. What a relief.

Oh, and to top it all off, I turned 40.

Not to sure how I feel about that yet.

Recap Of The Past Few Weeks

 I have realized its been a busy couple of weeks here only by the fact that I have almost no pics on my phone! Here are the few that I did manage to shoot.

Dec, 27th and the weather was balmy. The kids loved it

My attempt at macarons turned out
surprisingly well

Owen and I spent a couple of days up at
Camp Kelly and we had a great time

Cracked open one of the ciders I bottled in Oct and
its starting to taste pretty good

New Years day we all bundled up and went for a
fantastic hike on the local trails

We'er pretty excited to get Owen into his first pair
of skates, he's still not sure about it

Rob had extra days off during the Christmas break
so we were treated with pancake breakfast
on a couple mornings

Happy New Year

In the interest of getting this posted before the year is over...Happy New Year!
Rob and I were in bed before midnight and Owen even slept in for us. Rob made us all some blueberry pancakes then we headed out for a wonderful hike on one of the many trails very close to our home.
What a wonderful way to start the New Year.