The Love Continues

One of the most delightful things about a garden

is the anticipation it provides.
~W.E. Johns~

Much Love Monday continued into Tuesday. The sun was shining. The air was somewhat warm. I decided it was time I get out of the house, treat myself to a Bold Mint Cafe Misto at Starbucks and stroll through Chapters -- one of my favourite things to do!

Chapters is blooming with all things Spring! It was so relaxing to walk by the unique assortment of gardening gifts (a few pictured above), the stacks of gardening books gracing the tables and the beautiful spring colours overflowing on the shelves. I smelled the candles, browsed the books and toured the magazines. I was stopped by a lovely associate to introduce me to the new free Plum Rewards program. I'll have to check it out.

It was a perfect way to spend an hour! I could have lost myself in the store for a lot longer if I didn't have to pick up Bella from daycare. There's always another day!

I had a Parent Council meeting last night so that took up most of the evening. When I came home the kids were sleeping so I relaxed with Steve on the sofa, checked my emails and watched a bit of TV. He dozed off and so I went upstairs, got my jammies on, turned on OWN and watched Oprah's Master Class featuring Oprah herself. I really enjoyed watching her talk about her life. There's something about how she speaks that inspires me.

Today it's raining, but with so much happiness that filled my life yesterday it has spilled over to today!

Enjoy your Wednesday!

Much Love Monday

It's finally starting to feel like Spring! The temperature reached somewhere around 12 degrees today. The wind was crazy strong! I could hear the hum of the waves from the lake while standing on my front porch [one of my favourite sounds]. I managed to run a few errands and treated myself to the May Canadian Gardening magazine. My mind has been in gardening mode for the last few weeks now. I can't wait to get out there and start prettying up the garden! Not long now. Come on warm weather!

Are you loving something this Monday? Join in the love!

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 :(

Wordless Wednesday

Kids Say The Darndest Things: Man vs. Woman

Conversation between Bella and Lucas while they were getting ready for bed...

Lucas: You don't have a wiener, Bella.

Bella: I know.

Lucas: You have a vagina.

Bella: No I don't. Stop saying that.

Lucas: Yes you do.

Bella (not understanding Lucas and getting frustrated): No. I. don't!

Lucas (in his sweet, reassuring voice): Yes you do, Bella. We all have privates.

Bella: I. don't. have. privates! (not understanding what privates actually means)

Lucas: Yes, everyone has either a wiener or a vagina, a bum and armpits.

Happiness is...

climbing into a freshly made bed of warm sheets straight out of the dryer. And now my little man crawled in beside me because he can't sleep.

sigh

Goodnight!

Master Bedroom Mood Board

Our master bedroom is in desperate need of some freshening up. Every time I walk in the room a want to yawn, and not because it's bedtime. The room is just so ho hum. I've been looking through magazines, browsing blogs, Googling and wandering stores for ideas.

The previous owners painted almost the entire house in Hillsborough Beige by Benjamin Moore. I say almost because the bathrooms were painted another Benjamin Moore colour that I can't remember the name of at the moment. While the paint in the bathrooms is a nice colour, it's a colour that doesn't work with the fixtures except the white toilet and the white pedestal sink in the powder room. Not quite sure what they were thinking? It was actually one of the things the previous owners pointed out in a you might want to think about changing the bathroom paint colour conversations. One day we'll re-paint the entire house, including the bathrooms, but for now I'm going to work with Mr. Hillsborough because I don't mind the tone all that much. It's one of those goes with pretty much everything sort of colours.

[Hillsborough Beige by Benjamin Moore]

I've always wanted a chandelier for some added sparkle. I think it makes a room feel grand and elegant. It is the master bedroom after all. I'd also like to incorporate some of the gazillion family photos I've taken over the years. And colour! Not hello, look at me! colour but some variation to add a bit of depth because, as you can see, everything is very beige, beige, beige [yes, there is a bed sitting in the middle of the room just in case you missed it next to the beige wall, on the beige carpet, under that beige duvet].

Here's what our bedroom looks like at the moment...


The dresser was my grandmother's [there's another one beside the door to our room that houses the tv]. I remember telling my mom when I was in my early teens to never get rid of my grandmother's dark wood furniture, and she didn't. The dresser [along with the rest of my grandmother's pieces] is well loved and that's just the way I like it.


See that picnic looking basket to the left of the bedside table?


It's been there since the day we moved in because I didn't know what else to do with it. It has been the catch-all for my clothes. I was curious to see if there was anything in this basket and I found a few pregnancy magazines. My youngest was four years old this past February. To the recycling bin they go.

Remember these curtains? I never did hang them in Bella's room. I didn't think an all white curtain looked quite right in the space, and so back they went. I still love the pinched pattern look they have and so I've been coveting the duvet cover from the same collection.

And on to the mood board. It's still a work in progress but it's coming together. I found some pillows at Bouclair [I can't seem to find them on their website] in black, beige and brown to break up the white duvet and pull everything together. Hopefully I'll make my vision come alive sooner than later.

1. Ribba picture frames from Ikea 2. Akira Duvet from Bouclair
3. Heritage Aged Iron Chandelier from Home Depot
4. globe curtain rod from Google images 5. Haiku Curtains from Bouclair

I am...

enjoying a me moment.

Bella had a fever that started on Saturday around dinner time. We spent most of yesterday on the couch together snuggling while the boys went to visit the grandparents.

Her fever registered between 101F - 102.5F for almost two days and finally broke this morning. After hardly touching food yesterday, two Pogo Sticks (yes, this was her breakfast...I took what I could get into her) and a cup of apple juice later, she's now contently watching The Little Mermaid while I take a breather.

It's so tiring watching your little ones sick. Thankful she's getting back to herself again!

Marbles For MS

I love when kids do something so wonderful for others.

Marbles For MS

Thank you, Connor!

Missing You

Missing you today, dad xox

If I had a single flower for every time I think about you,
I could walk forever in my garden.
[Claudia Ghandi]

June 22, 1940 - April 1, 1993