One of the things that I have been waiting for when it comes to Natalie is for her hair to be long enough to but in a pony tail or pig tails. Tonight I was successful in convincing her to allow me to do this! Here is the results! Yes those are ice cream pjs!
Big Bits of Everything
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Come on Spring!
Here in Manitoba we have been waiting for spring to come. Currently in our backyard in Gimli we still have 3 feet of snow. However there a few puddles on the sidewalk. Natalie had her first puddle jumping experience. She happily discovered this long standing, time passing activity for all little ones when they see a puddle of water. Luckily for Natalie she has her puggle C.C. to join in with the splasing fun!
I personally can not wait for the snow to melt and we can enjoy the outdoors again. We live in a resort town on Lake Winnipeg. It will be great to be able to walk down to the beach again and enjoy the warm sand on our feet and the sun on our faces.
Bring on the spring flowers!
Saturday, 24 November 2012
Natalie turns 1
So on November 22, our little girl turned one. We got her a cupcake that she destroyed!
Today we had her birthday party, despite the weather we had a good turn out. Thank you to everyone who was able to make it! Here are some pictures from this weeks festivities!
Today we had her birthday party, despite the weather we had a good turn out. Thank you to everyone who was able to make it! Here are some pictures from this weeks festivities!
Getting ready to open her gift from Aunty Shira, Aunty Lauren and Aunty Jamie! |
I LOVE BLOCKS! |
Using the icing as hand cream - and throwing on C.C. |
One big mess! |
Showing Grandma how good she is at walking now |
Testing out our new sleigh/wagon. There's room for C.C. too! |
Carter wanted to try it out too! |
Me and Natalie, Karyn and Carter, Joanne and Emily |
Ladybug birthday cake - thanks Aunty Kayla! |
Our little book worm :) |
Getting ready to eat birthday cake! |
Me and Natalie! |
Saturday, 1 September 2012
Welcome Baby Emily
Today I went a friend's baby shower, she had a little girl aug 17th. So we met baby Emily. She is just beautiful. Natalie and I are excited about having a little girl for her to play with. She is just amazing. I can not even express just how happy I am for my friends, for their little arrival.
Monday, 20 August 2012
Garden Fresh
We have been doing a lot of canning the last couple days. I made some crab apple jelly, and pickles. And tonight we juiced about 50 pounds of apples to make some hard cider. We are for the most part still new to doing all this, but we do enjoy the results.
Thanks to a childhood friend, I have successfully made my first batch of pickles. The recipe for the brine was so simple:
4 quarts water
1 quart vinegar
1 cup sugar
1 cup pickling salt
Boil all together. Sterilize jars and lids, I put in some garlic and dill weed to add some seasoning. There is no need to process the jars. So it really is one of the easier ones I have seen.
I also made some apple jelly the recipe for that was:
8 cups fresh crab apples
water as needed
3 cups white sugar
For this one I actually doubled everything, as we a ton to use. This is I actually made last year, and loved the results, so I decided to make more. Our garden has been great this year as well. We made some garden boxes at the beginning of the summer and planted our favorites! Some carrots, cucumbers, corn, peas, edipomme (soy beans), beans, tons of tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, and a little herb garden of basil and rosemary.
Thanks to a childhood friend, I have successfully made my first batch of pickles. The recipe for the brine was so simple:
4 quarts water
1 quart vinegar
1 cup sugar
1 cup pickling salt
Boil all together. Sterilize jars and lids, I put in some garlic and dill weed to add some seasoning. There is no need to process the jars. So it really is one of the easier ones I have seen.
I also made some apple jelly the recipe for that was:
8 cups fresh crab apples
water as needed
3 cups white sugar
For this one I actually doubled everything, as we a ton to use. This is I actually made last year, and loved the results, so I decided to make more. Our garden has been great this year as well. We made some garden boxes at the beginning of the summer and planted our favorites! Some carrots, cucumbers, corn, peas, edipomme (soy beans), beans, tons of tomatoes, peppers, strawberries, and a little herb garden of basil and rosemary.
Sunday, 12 August 2012
Weekend of Visits!
Natalie and my Grandpa |
The whole family has been patiently waiting for my grandparents new condo to be ready, so we can move them, across the street!
In the afternoon, we headed to Miami, for our friend Martin's baby Liam's shower. He was a cutie putie! Each time Natalie got a glimpse of him she would just start to giggle, and smile like crazy!
I am super excited for Martin and Jessica, their little guy is already a heart breaker. It is just amazing how a lot of our friends have either just had or are having kids as well. Natalie will have friends to play with.
And today, my good friends from Human Ecology came out to our place for the first time since we moved here in 2009. It was great to catch up, and just visit like we use to. It definitely made me miss living in Winnipeg, and being able to have impromptu visits.
Thursday, 9 August 2012
Our Puggle
first picture of C.C. we still had not named her yet. |
during her non-running around fast time. |
sleeping on a huge pile of blankets |
Over the last 3 years C.C. has really made her self at home, and part of our family. She is very projective of Natalie, and Natalie loves her dog. It is amazing to see the two of them together. We were a little worried at first as to how well C.C. would react to there being a baby in the house. But she was in love with Natalie right away. When C.C. leaves her toys close to Natalie, and she goes to get them she is so gentle, to make sure she doesn't startle Natalie, or take one of Natalie's toys by accident.
Her favorite word is walk. because it means she gets to see other people and dogs, and get treats from the the ice cream store.
first time playing in the snow |
sleeping on the blanket in the laundry basket |
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