Shannon's Date

On Saturday Shannon and I braved the -20's temperature and ventured into Lethbridge for our date.  I must admit, I really didn't want to go (because it was freezing), but like most parents I'd do anything for my kids, and she was super excited about going, so we went.

She picked where we went for lunch - Firestone...yummy (apparently McDonalds is too babyish for her).  She's never been there before but knew I talk about it a lot so that was her choice.  She loved it, and loved the fact that she ordered herself a Dr Pepper - she took full advantage of the free refills too, let me tell you!  Every time the waitress asked if she wanted a refill she would say "yes please, it's Dr Pepper"!

We had to stop by Walmart after the date to find her some new winter boots cause believe it or not the ones we bought her in 2007 no longer fit!

Thanks for the date Shannon.....next time, you pay :)

'Sames"

Shannon came up dressed for school the other day and Aylish decided to wear the 'sames' as her.  I think she did a pretty good job picking out the 'sames' clothes.  When it came time to do her hair it too had to be the 'sames'.  

So here they are my 'sames' sisters!

Ouch

winter - that hurts!  I still can't get over the fact that a couple of weeks ago we had +21 degrees, and now look, today we're sat at 

-10....harsh.  

That's not going to stop Aylish though.  After spending 20 minutes outside I asked her if she was cold, to which she replied "no mommy, I hot in my fat pants".  

Funny, my fat pants don't make me feel hot - just fat!

Anyway, here's our first snowy picture of our house.  Doesn't our yard look great?   Manicured to perfection thanks to mother nature!  I love that my yard looks every bit as good as the beautifully landscaped ones down the street now!  

Well, raise your egg nog filled glass and toast to winter - - - here's to winter!

Took this picture to make my dad homesick.  I have a feeling though my previous 2 pictures might cancel this one out!

Tis the Season

For Skating!

Ooof, it's hard work taking a 2 year old skating for the first time (and probably the 2nd and 3rd times too) but it's just so dang fun to see how excited they get!

Aylish is VERY independent and was insisting that she didn't need my help, that was until she actually stepped out onto the ice and tried to skate off.  She learned a quick lesson on holding on tight when things get tough!  Although it was a lot of work (my back is still aching today) it's so fun to do things with them that just makes them smile, and this did.

Side note - Richard is holding her hand for this picture but that's only because I didn't want him to have to take a picture and stand on his skates at the same time.....if you catch my drift.  Bless his heart, he is getting a bit better at skating though I still think it's hilarious that for our first date we went skating!  I don't think he truly thought that one through, Canadians are pretty much born on ice, he on the other hand was more like that movie star...you know the one, I think his name was Bambi!  

Girls, girls, girls

Yeah, we got a lot of them in this house, all different but all good.  This week we've had lots of fun - all except poor Keira who's had a sore throat.  I happen to come across this video she took at some point this week (I can barely understand her in it).  It makes me laugh when I watch it.  She was not impressed that she had to miss school and spent the week being utterly B.O.R.E.D!  Luckily she is feeling better today after a 2nd trip to the Doctors to get a prescription....yay for drugs!!!  

Changing the subject completely, but keeping to this week, I went on a date with Rylee.  Richard and I feel it's really important to let our girls spend time one on one with each of us.  I loved as a kid when it was my turn to go out with my mom or dad on a date and I wanted my kids to have the same awesome memories.  We have one Mommy/Daughter and one Daddy/Daughter date a month.   This month is Rylee's mommy date and Aylish's Daddy date.  I love taking the girls out for a bit of one on one time, it's a fabulous way to just let them know that you love them and just talk.  

Rylee and I went skating and then out for ice-cream.  The girls are all taking skating lessons and Rylee spends a lot of time on her butt (poor kid) so I thought she would benefit from some one on one skating time.  She had a brilliant time, and so did I.  You might not know this about Rylee but if you can get her talking - - - there's no stopping her (oh, and she now like ice-cream again)!