K Is For Kindergarten

Bella made it through her gradual entry week of Junior Kindergarten with flying colours! I think the real deal will be on Monday when she takes the school bus for the first time. I'm sure a few tears will be shed (mine, not hers sniff sniff).

Marble-riffic!

Bella and I stopped by the mailbox yesterday and received some very special mail. Connor's painting arrived! Bella was super excited and has been carrying it around with her everywhere we go.

Thank you, Connor!

You can visit Connor's website at Marble For MS.

first post about Marbles For MS here.

Let's Celebrate With Will And Kate

It was quite the royal affair this morning watching Will and Kate's wedding. I'll admit, I didn't get up in the wee hours of the morning but we did tune in the moment we got up and joined in the celebration, with tiara in place. I pvr'd the ceremony so I'll be watching its entirety later on today.

I remember the day Charles and Diana got married, sitting at the bottom of my mom's bed, every TV station plastered with photos from the event. It's not a very vivid memory but a memory none the less.

As we were watching Will and Kate waving from the horse drawn carriage, Bella announced that she was going to marry daddy so she could be a princess too, a little melt your heart moment.

I'm not sure if Bella will remember today, the day Will and Kate got married, but at least we have some pictures to commemorate the event.

Bella wouldn't let me turn the channel.
She kept calling Kate a princess

clips from the ceremony

waiting with the crowd to see the newlyweds

the newlyweds appear

Easter Monday

The kids are home from school today but Steve had to work so it has been a pretty relaxing Easter Monday.

I managed to pull all the moss out from between the patio stones and sweep the patio with patio sand before the rain started.

Bella has had an art-filled day

Lucas was playing with a friend and is now lounging on the sofa playing his DS with his best friend, Tiger

Bella finished her painting

and then remembered her big chocolate Ariel...YUM!

How was your Easter?

Feeling Icky

Bella is still feeling out of sorts. This cold, cough, runny nose, whine-fest, icky feeling is lasting longer than I had anticipated. The sofa and Dora have been her best friend this week. Poor Bellybean :(

You Sunk My Battleship!

My little man was home from school yesterday with a sore tummy. We snuggled and played a few board games, and that's when I caught him in the act....

Gotcha!

Custom Compact Camera Case

[photo taken during our recent trip in February to Punta Cana]

After waiting a few weeks, my new personalized camera case arrived in the mail to house my Canon SD1400IS! I'm giddy with delight as I've been looking for a camera case for awhile now.

When ArtsCow's Custom Compact Camera case went on sale for $4.99US (reg. $9.99) I couldn't pass on this great price. Can I get a Woot! Woot! I love finding a good deal {thanks for the heads up Sheba}!

Creating and ordering the case was quick and easy. While the quality of the picture on the case could be better, I'm not complaining because at $4.99US it really was quite a bargain.

You can create your very own personalize products too by going to ArtsCow. Sign up for their newsletter and get deals delivered to your inbox.

A Gift From Shutterfly: Free Holiday Cards

My friend, Sheba, has made some wonderful cards for a few different occasions online at Shutterfly. When she posted on her blog about receiving 50 free Christmas Photo Cards from Shutterfly just by blogging, I had to join in! Thankfully, I haven't done my Christmas cards yet.


I've already started playing around with creating my own holiday cards. It's real easy, fast and fun! There are so many beautiful cards to choose from with tons of different layouts and options to add your own pictures and personal message. I'm having a hard time narrowing down my choice to just one! Shutterfly has some other great things you can make as well such as photo books and photo calendars -- both wonderful ideas for gifts for the grandparents!

If you're a fellow blogger and want to join in the fun of creating your own holiday greetings, sign up here to get 50 free cards for yourself! This offer is the perfect way to get started on sending out holiday cards to your all the wonderful people in your life!

Boo! Halloween 2010

Halloween was quite the event this year!

Lucas really got into the excitement of ghouls and goblins, even requesting the house be decked out in scary decorations. I've never been big on Halloween decorating but I seem to be getting more and more into it as well (oh, Dollarama, how I love thee). The things we do for our kids! He also discovered if you hit the townhomes, you can cover more homes faster. Oh Lucas!

This was the first year Bella made a costume request -- Hannah Montana, of course. I knew one day we would have the best of both worlds.

And I got to wear my wedding dress princess costume again.

Hope everyone else had a spooktacular Halloween!

Wall Bling

Recently, the question, "What do you have on your walls?" came up. We don't have much wall space in our house as it's fairly open concept, but I've managed to fill most of the wall space we do have.

What do you have on your walls?

Picture Wall

I finally got around to adding some pictures to the wall going up the stairs. No nails this time. I found a new love - 3M Picture Hanging Strips. They are awesome! Make sure to use the proper amount of strips for your frame. I found out the hard way. Thankfully there was no broken glass.

[pictures from our trip to Punta Cana in January 2010]

Project 52 [week 7]

[craving strawberries]

[craft time]

[I've never noticed the xoxo on the peanut butter lid. Maybe it's new?]

Project 52 [week 7]

I remember back in public school in 1988 when Calgary hosted the Winter Olympics. One of our school Olympic activities was to make the Olympic rings out of hula hoops wrapped in streamers. The teachers hung them throughout the school. It looked amazing! I also remember getting a taper candle with a red cup attached to it (from the gas station I think) -- a mini Olympic torch. It stayed in my memory box for many years. I wonder if it's still there? The rush of energy the Olympics brought back then was so strong. That same rush of energy is in the air today as Vancouver hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics, only this time it's golden!

Here are a few pictures I took of my TV during the first week of the Olympics...

[Team Canada at the opening ceremonies]

[Canada's first gold on Canadian soil]

Project 52 [week 6]

I'm a few days late but better late than never.

This week is dedicated to the Superbowl. I'm not a football fan but I do enjoy getting together with friends and watching the halftime show. This year we had people over to our house which meant there was a bit of cleaning up to do...

[A little Superbowl betting]

[Lots of hungry fans]

[refilling the ice bucket]

[boys and their beer]

[time to turn on the dishwasher]