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Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Easter 2011
HAPPY BELATED EASTER!!!
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend celebrating in which ever way is important to you!
We had a AWESOME Easter this year!!!
William and I decorated the house a couple days before. He was a great help, however we did have several disagreements regarding the Easter eggs. He loves "eggs" which is kinda ironic considering he is allergic to them.
We started the weekend by driving to Fort Saskatchewan to stay with Clay's sister and brother-in-law; Meagan and Matt, and there dog Rollie! It was really nice to visit, and William was sooo excited to see Auntie Meagan and Uncle Matt! Saturday Clay and I headed out to look at some trucks, we test drove a couple that day and ended up buying one! It was a really nice day with just the two of us. William stayed with his Auntie and Uncle and had a BLAST! He was still going strong when we arrived back in the afternoon, Matt and Meagan however looked a little tired!!! Haha... We got to relax a couple hours in the afternoon because William wanted nothing to do with us, he was much too busy with his Auntie! (THANKS M&M). Saturday evening Clayton and I headed to Jubilation's for a nice date night.
Sunday we woke up late (yes M&M 715am is considered 'late' with William! lol). William found an Easter basket and some eggs that the Easter Bunny left! The eggs lead to a special Easter basket filled with goodies! The Egg's had jelly beans in them, which William soon discovered and they quickly disappeared. Luckily he also had a Banana. However after a 30min car ride the jelly beans and banana were re-discovered, and we had our first road side puke-cleaning adventure! Yeah!!!!
We went to Baba's and Gedo's house for brunch and had a great time visiting with family. It was such an amazing day the kids were able to be outside and had an Easter Egg hunt! Thanks to the big kids for being good sports and helping out the little ones!!! It was lots of fun! I dont remember doing egg hunts when we were little, but will for sure be adding this event to our easter celebrations in the years to come!!!
We arrived home that evening and continued our outside time by breaking in the deck chairs and pulling out the outside toys!
(The snow is almost gone, and I will put in a formal retraction to my previous blog post regarding how Spring had Sprung. Not 2 days after that post we had a huge DUMP of snow and icky weather which lasted about a week! I guess I jinxed us! sorry!!!)
AN UPDATE ON William's and My little garden experiment we started last month!
After transplanting the tomato plants we seeded in March, I have learnt a lesson, One or two seeds per peat disc is plenty. I had 3-4-5 shoots come up in each peat disc this year and had to transplant over 65 plants to larger containers last week. In retro-spec I should have transplanted a little earlier as they are super stringy and kinda sickly looking right now, but I am lovingly tending to my indoor garden that kinda got outta hand. I now have a 'green' table set up in the dining area, similar to my Mother's house. Not esthetically pleasing but Hopefully I will have lots of Tomatoes this year!!
I'll Keep you updated on the progress!
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend celebrating in which ever way is important to you!
We had a AWESOME Easter this year!!!
William and I decorated the house a couple days before. He was a great help, however we did have several disagreements regarding the Easter eggs. He loves "eggs" which is kinda ironic considering he is allergic to them.
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| BETCHA didnt know there is such a thing as EASTER BALLOONS! |
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| My Easter basket this year... Kinda sparse thanks to the resident 2 year old |
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| The object of many 'discussions' regarding not touching the 'eggs'. |
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| SO MY KID! He took over as beater licker this time! |
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| Decorating cupcakes for the weekend |
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| Finished product! Watch out Martha Stewart! haha |
We started the weekend by driving to Fort Saskatchewan to stay with Clay's sister and brother-in-law; Meagan and Matt, and there dog Rollie! It was really nice to visit, and William was sooo excited to see Auntie Meagan and Uncle Matt! Saturday Clay and I headed out to look at some trucks, we test drove a couple that day and ended up buying one! It was a really nice day with just the two of us. William stayed with his Auntie and Uncle and had a BLAST! He was still going strong when we arrived back in the afternoon, Matt and Meagan however looked a little tired!!! Haha... We got to relax a couple hours in the afternoon because William wanted nothing to do with us, he was much too busy with his Auntie! (THANKS M&M). Saturday evening Clayton and I headed to Jubilation's for a nice date night.
Sunday we woke up late (yes M&M 715am is considered 'late' with William! lol). William found an Easter basket and some eggs that the Easter Bunny left! The eggs lead to a special Easter basket filled with goodies! The Egg's had jelly beans in them, which William soon discovered and they quickly disappeared. Luckily he also had a Banana. However after a 30min car ride the jelly beans and banana were re-discovered, and we had our first road side puke-cleaning adventure! Yeah!!!!
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| Following the Egg trail |
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| Finding the Easter basket! |
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| During one of my chats with the easter bunny he told me that in the SPIRIT of Earth day (which was Good Friday this year) he found an basket from a thrift store and used some left over ribbon and spray paint to make it all fancy. |
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| Jelly beans...(insert horror music here) |
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| The egg hunt |
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| My boys putting together the Bike Trailer- LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!! |
AN UPDATE ON William's and My little garden experiment we started last month!
After transplanting the tomato plants we seeded in March, I have learnt a lesson, One or two seeds per peat disc is plenty. I had 3-4-5 shoots come up in each peat disc this year and had to transplant over 65 plants to larger containers last week. In retro-spec I should have transplanted a little earlier as they are super stringy and kinda sickly looking right now, but I am lovingly tending to my indoor garden that kinda got outta hand. I now have a 'green' table set up in the dining area, similar to my Mother's house. Not esthetically pleasing but Hopefully I will have lots of Tomatoes this year!!
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| Post Planting In March |
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| Pre-transplanting April 20, 2011 |
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| All the containers I had to wash, cut and prep for transplanting. |
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| My 'Green' table. As you can see the plants are pretty pathetic looking right now! |
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Evidence to Support my Claim of SPRING!!!!
I have been walking on egg shells the past few weeks, afraid to say out loud what my mind and heart keep telling me. However I feel that I have collected enough evidence to fully support my hypothesis, that SPRING IS HERE! I know there are skeptics out there and understand that many feel that this statement is risky. So please keep an open mind and read the following analysis of my findings.
1-The snow is melting... YES IT IS!!!! I can actually see GRASS!! It may have "snow mold" and be covered in dirt and sand, but its grass and my husband assures me that the dirty-ness will be washed away soon! Another way I know that the snow is melting (besides the fact that my Grass is visible) is because of the lake we have been diverting out in front of our driveway. See we live on the side of the street that does not have a side walk. Therefore it is where all the snow is piled from the snow plow. Permanent 6 ft snow piles have marked the entrance to our drive way all winter. These driveway guardians have began to melt causing a large "Loch" to develop at the entrance of our drive. Last week we spent time each night diverting our water to flow from our driveway down the street to the drain. Well in all honestly it never really made it "down the street", it actually just collected in our neighbors driveway, (oops, but Its not our fault we ALL have to contribute to "Loch" maintaince in order to keep our street welcoming!)
2- Mud boots and Splash pants are making a comeback! "Go play in the water?!?!" With the snow returning to its liquid state, amazing splashing opportunities have developed!! And mud boots and splash pants have became a must on any walk. William is pretty much set, a new pair of mud boots have been obtained and his Splash pants from last year have been pulled out although alittle short they are servicable. Prior to being a Mother you would not have caught me dead in a pair of rubber boots. In my defence when I think of rubber boots I think of heavy black rubber shoes covered in manure that your foot would slide out of while walking across mucky corrals. (For those who may not have realized, I grew up on a farm). However I was pleasantly surprised to see rubbers with attractive designs covering women's feet over the past few years! Now that I usually have to go rescue a wet toddler from the grip of particularly deep puddles I feel my vanity needs to stand aside for the practicality of dry feet. So we visited the local WALMART to buy a new pair of mud pants for William and for me to find a stylish pair of "rubbers", but they were sold out! Ahhh small town living!! So I am destined for wet feet this year, as once again I didn't jump on the MUD BOOT and SPLASH PANT trend early enough!
3- The Hermits have emerged! I never really realized how detached people get from the outside world during the long winter months. Now that the thermostat reads above 0 on most days, (and the side walks are mostly passable) more people are peaking there pasty white faces out of there homes and turning their noses in to the sunshine! I also suffered from "HERMIT-ISM" this winter, and am embarrassed to say how pasty white my skin is! People are venturing out poking around there lawns, walking down the sidewalk, PLUS they have the summer stuff out at the Walmart, and the garden center in the parking lot is starting to be assembled! If that's not proof that spring is here I don't know what is!!! LOL!
4- Canadian Geese have came back!!! Saturday we seen a huge flock of geese fly over head. And yesterday I had to have a discussion with William why we cant go over and play with the geese in the field. Tessa and I also had to have that discussion.
In conclusion, the evidence that I have described above conclusively shows that the white, dull, dry, blistery cold winter season has lost its hold and Spring has began to transform the dirty misery left behind. I cant wait to see my first flower!!!!
CANT TURN YOUR BACK FOR A MINUTE
1-The snow is melting... YES IT IS!!!! I can actually see GRASS!! It may have "snow mold" and be covered in dirt and sand, but its grass and my husband assures me that the dirty-ness will be washed away soon! Another way I know that the snow is melting (besides the fact that my Grass is visible) is because of the lake we have been diverting out in front of our driveway. See we live on the side of the street that does not have a side walk. Therefore it is where all the snow is piled from the snow plow. Permanent 6 ft snow piles have marked the entrance to our drive way all winter. These driveway guardians have began to melt causing a large "Loch" to develop at the entrance of our drive. Last week we spent time each night diverting our water to flow from our driveway down the street to the drain. Well in all honestly it never really made it "down the street", it actually just collected in our neighbors driveway, (oops, but Its not our fault we ALL have to contribute to "Loch" maintaince in order to keep our street welcoming!)
2- Mud boots and Splash pants are making a comeback! "Go play in the water?!?!" With the snow returning to its liquid state, amazing splashing opportunities have developed!! And mud boots and splash pants have became a must on any walk. William is pretty much set, a new pair of mud boots have been obtained and his Splash pants from last year have been pulled out although alittle short they are servicable. Prior to being a Mother you would not have caught me dead in a pair of rubber boots. In my defence when I think of rubber boots I think of heavy black rubber shoes covered in manure that your foot would slide out of while walking across mucky corrals. (For those who may not have realized, I grew up on a farm). However I was pleasantly surprised to see rubbers with attractive designs covering women's feet over the past few years! Now that I usually have to go rescue a wet toddler from the grip of particularly deep puddles I feel my vanity needs to stand aside for the practicality of dry feet. So we visited the local WALMART to buy a new pair of mud pants for William and for me to find a stylish pair of "rubbers", but they were sold out! Ahhh small town living!! So I am destined for wet feet this year, as once again I didn't jump on the MUD BOOT and SPLASH PANT trend early enough!
3- The Hermits have emerged! I never really realized how detached people get from the outside world during the long winter months. Now that the thermostat reads above 0 on most days, (and the side walks are mostly passable) more people are peaking there pasty white faces out of there homes and turning their noses in to the sunshine! I also suffered from "HERMIT-ISM" this winter, and am embarrassed to say how pasty white my skin is! People are venturing out poking around there lawns, walking down the sidewalk, PLUS they have the summer stuff out at the Walmart, and the garden center in the parking lot is starting to be assembled! If that's not proof that spring is here I don't know what is!!! LOL!
4- Canadian Geese have came back!!! Saturday we seen a huge flock of geese fly over head. And yesterday I had to have a discussion with William why we cant go over and play with the geese in the field. Tessa and I also had to have that discussion.
In conclusion, the evidence that I have described above conclusively shows that the white, dull, dry, blistery cold winter season has lost its hold and Spring has began to transform the dirty misery left behind. I cant wait to see my first flower!!!!
CANT TURN YOUR BACK FOR A MINUTE
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| I may not have trendy rubber boots but Thanks to my Favorite designer "Will-i-am" I have fancy indoor shoes! |
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| "Go swim in the Water, buddy?" William asked, and I turned around to see he was already dressed and ready to go! |
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