'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)!

Happy Halloween

I'm not all that into Halloween (or at least not this year for some reason), but with 4 little girls who are VERY much into it, I kinda don't have a choice.

Here's how our Halloween preparations have been going so far......

Aylish and I spent yesterday afternoon doing this (I know what you're thinking.....ohh the talent!)

This year there happened to be a pumpkin shortage...what a pumpkin shortage?  Yes, it is true, the radio said it and they never lie on the radio.  Anyway, the Worsey's were without until...I offered 2 dozen chocolate cookies for a pumpkin on facebook...we had one within minutes (thanks facebook, and Amberlea).  This is our carvin' creation - we got the pattern for the face from one of Richard's school photos, he was WAY more ginger back then! (I'm laughing even if you're not!!!!)

Ok now serious, time for the costumes (please excuse the bathroom shots, with so little time to get all four ready I didn't have the time to even leave my hair/makeup station to take pictures in a nicer setting, at least you can't see the toilet right?!):

 Yeehaw, Keira the cowgirl (farmgirl as she calls it).  Richard is convinced this isn't a costume in Southern Alberta, he's right.  This costume is totally her idea, all stemmed from 2 braids I did in her hair a couple of weeks ago - oh how I inspire my girls :)

 Aylish the fairy princess, such a delicate thing (yeah right, I've already had to fix the wand twice)!

Shannon the....popstar, she's a popstar people, not a ____!

Rylee decided not to dress up this year!!!  LOL!!!  Yes that is her hair and yes I'm dreading combing through it later!

Ffion was disguised as a newborn (her outfit is newborn size and she's 7 weeks today) - she totally pulled this off!

All in all, I think we're having fun, and I have to remember that if you put your whole self in and you shake it all about, you do the hokey pokey and you turn your self around (now to the point) THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Yummy

Nothing better than digging in to a yummy cupcake!  Thanks to Amelia for bringing cupcakes for the kids to decorate at playgroup this morning......as you can see Aylish pretty much loved it!

One of those days......

Do you ever have one of those days when the sound of the little feet running to your bedroom just make you feel like crying?  Not because you don't just adore your kids but really - is sleep time over already?

That was me this morning.  Let's just say I really didn't feel like doing ANYTHING.  If it wasn't for my kids cross country race I might have considered having a jammies day (something I've never actually done).

BUT

I didn't, I got up, got the kids and myself ready and then...this is what happened......


7 loads of laundry



2 kids running in the cross country race

3 loaves of banana chocolate chip bread made

3 batches of playdough (I love the picture of the city the girls made, they spent an hour and a half on it, it was a special surprise for Dad)

1 trip to the park

2 homemade pizza's

1 apple crisp

and finally - 1 floor mopped!!!!!

All this while still maintaining my sanity with 5 little girls who were all home this afternoon (and let's not forget Ffion who hardly slept all day and had a rather healthy appetite).

I think I also stopped a couple of times to go pee, though I could be mistaken!!!  I love being a mom and all that it entails - though I think tomorrow I might rest from my labours somewhat!