Got SNOW?!?

We did!

 

 And this pic of 'c' is so EXCITING!

Why?

Because last year she would NOT touch the snow...

She just wanted to go back inside...

This year I actually coaxed her in to picking up some snow!!!

And she was HAPPY about it!

Just check out that dusting of "white-stuff" on her mitts!!!

Maybe next year she will actually get IN to it...

 'g2' has NO problem with snow...

She  LOVES IT!!!

She LOVES to lay in it, make snow angels and spend many, many minutes enjoying it!

I say 'minutes' because this is the last picture I snapped today...

'c' was begging to go inside and 'g2' was NOT having anything to do with it!

She wanted to stay outside...and roll, lay and play in the snow...

I was the only one home so I had to bring them both in...

Last year 'g2' was able to stay out in the snow with her older siblings.

Perhaps the next time we get snow there will be someone else home and 'g2' can get MORE snow-time in...

Ketchup Kuties...

I don't get it...

But they LOVE it!

lol...

 Love how she's trying to clean up her face with her tongue!

 Not sure how to clean the hand...

 Just lick it too!

Everyone together now...

Awww...

;o)
Here's 'c'...

 She was so into it, she wouldn't even look my way!
lol...

Babez also LOVE...

...when Grandma reads to them!

So many books...

Thank you Grandma!!!

A Lion for Breakfast!?!?!!!!

Yes!

Indeed!

This morning I had a lion for breakfast!

Wanna see....?

Ok....

Here you go!

 She sat so nicely at my table and munched away on her breakfast...

I barely knew she was there!

 She even kept her bib ON!

She's a very sweet lion...Miss 'g2'...

But THIS pic...oh this one....

LOVE IT!

Even with the dried nose emissions!

Have a roaring good day!

Piano Players!!

Even though 'g' doesn't take piano lessons, she LOVES to sit down and play us a tune or two...

She now has a partner who loves to do the same thing!

'g2' really enjoys the time she spends with her big sis @ the piano.

It's truly music to my ears!

Play on girls!

So cute!!!

Today dh & I popped over to one of my favorite local Thrift Shoppes...

Just as I was walking towards the check out...

I spied this wee fellow...

LOOOOOOVE it!

Had to have it!

Good thing it was only a few pennies!

LOVE the colour!

LOVE the texture of the glass!

LOVE the raised printing on the glass!

Super cute teeny size!

Perfect for a single flower or a small bunch of field flowers!

Happy Buttertubs Marsh Trails to You!

Here's a pic from Sunday...

It's one of my faves and I just had to share it!

Here's the three bigguns...

They really do still love each other!

I love them and moments like this!

Tie Dye Fanatic!

I don't know what it is about it...

But I just LOVE it!

 Our waterfront Friday Farmer's Market features a terrificly talented local artist.

Scott lives on Gabriola Island and he does AMAZING work!

Here's the link to his site...

http://www.tiedupanddyed.com/index.html

He takes custom orders too!

He's currently working on a couple of wee hoodies for the babez!!!

ALL of my kiddos wear his art!

The babez have some super groovy onesies, 'z' has a couple of dresses, 's' has a couple t's and 'g' has t-shirts and even some undies!

Yes!

 He does undies!!!

They are SO COOL!

Here's a pic of some guy undies we saw on Friday...

 His "rainbow' work is SPECTACULAR!!!

Oh just SO GORGEOUS!!!

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He has some new styles of dresses that I absolutely adore!

Since 'z' already has a couple dresses I decided that she didn't really NEED another....

...but it was SO HARD NOT to buy another....

LOOK how FABULOUS they are.

Just another snap of the dresses hangin' in the cool ocean breeze!

One more to share...

LOVE the colour!

LOVE the blur!

LOVE the tie dye!!!

I also saw some dresses for ladies...

...a new style...

I was tempted...

but I didn't buy one...

When I was telling dh about them he said I should have bought one!

Ok...twist my rubber arm!

So when I go back to pick up the babez hoodies I'm going to see if he still has the one that I liked.

If not, I have an idea for one that I think would be cool for me.

Too bad I didn't have it for this next heat wave we're getting...

Yes... I'm not exactly sure what it is about tie dye...

... it just makes me so HAPPY!

Baptism Day!

Today was the day chosen for Miss 'Z' to be baptized!

We believe that at the age of 8 a child is old enough to know wrong from right and therefore is at an appropriate age for baptism.

Here are a few snaps from her special day...

[It's just not in me to choose only one...]

'z' with Dad

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'z' in her white baptismal dress

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I thought the flowers along this neckline were so pretty.

It really draws the eye up to that sweet face!

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LOVE that smile!

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She had a crew of people who love her there to share in this most special time!

[Although Grandma, Grandpa & Uncle Tony seem to have missed this photo op...]

Thank you to all those who made the time to be there!

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Grandpa & Grandma made a special trip up to be here!

I snapped a pic of them with 'z' once we returned home.

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It was a lovely time!

Well done 'z'!

These Babez LOVE to Rock!

Babez have discovered their LOVE of rockin'!

It can be a bit squishy, but they don't mind.

I'm a Birkis Girl!

Yes, it's true!

I'm a Birkenstock LOVER!

Check out my collection...

I adore each and every pair that I own!

And I receive many comments on them every time I wear them.

"Oh I LOVE your shoes!"

Hear that ALL the time!

And what do I say?

"Thank you! So do I!"

They just had to make it for at least ONE potd!

Do you have a favourite pair of shoes???

Or perhaps you have several!

Happy feet = Happy people!

Babez LOVE Books!

{'c' in brown polka dot sleeper, 'g2' in pink striped sleeper}
Yes, this is our bookshelf... well ONE of them...
The babez actually have a whole bin FULL of board books...
But lately they can be found over at this bookshelf...perusing the numerous titles...pulling a few off...and occasionally chewing on a corner....
See...

I don't want to discourage them so I make sure to keep an eye/ear out and we often stop and 'read' a few pages out of the 'paper-pages' books.
You're never too young to love books!
Mmmmm... tasty!

LOVE U!!!

So yesterday I was a good scrapper and spent nap times
tidying/organizing and clearing all of my desk surfaces...
So....TODAY...during morning nap time I was able to stamp together
these 5 cards!
Start to finish in less than an hour and a half...
Hoped they'd sleep longer but that's all I got this morning...
That's ok...it's more paper time than I've had in a while...