Deb, Dad, and Kev

Here's a picture of Deb (my sister-in-law), Dad, and Kevin. Don't get to see them much. And they haven't made an appearance on the blog. Thanks to Deb's facebook page.

The Best Birthday Present

While Amanda is in Vegas and Karim at work, I get to spend my Birthday with the cutest five month (almost 6) baby I know. Not too sure what we are going to do. This picture is a rare moment, because so far today we have cried, cried, and wait for it...cried. She's sleeping right now. Great Auntie Sue was able to put her to sleep. Apparently I have lost the magic touch and probably won't get it back until I become a grandmother. Funny how you lose that baby sense once the youngest is out of diapers.

Our Grandma

Sleeping Bella

I came home from a night out with some friends and I always go into the kid's rooms to kiss them goodnight. This was how I found Bella. She was sleeping at the wrong end of her bed.

Dwayne's 40th Birthday Party

Last night we celebrated a major milestone. Dwayne has officially left the 30's behind and enter a new decade and chapter in his life. We had some great friends and neighbours join us for the evening. Even Karim and Amanda were able to stop by.(sans Aveline who was at the Jud's for the night.)

Don't ask. This was even before he hit the Jack.The girls got into the act and posed for a pic.

Just a sample of what I needed to clean up after everyone left.

What I've Been Doing With My Time

I needed to do something creative to pass the time this winter. Since the kids are always misplacing their hats, I decided to start crocheting. These are just a couple of hats that I came up with. The girls love them because they can pick out colours they want.

The First D

Riley earned his first D this week. I knew this day was coming, I just didn't think it would have been this early in his education. He's only in grade 4. And to top things off it wasn't Riley who told me about his D, it was his teacher. Ouch for him and a shock for me. He had an opportunity to redo the test today and he decided that he didn't want to. So looks like Monday the teacher, Riley, and I will be sitting down and having a little chat. He is so capable of bringing home B's. He just gets lazy about it and doesn't try hard. Well that's about to change. Ahh the joys of motherhood. Sometimes I wish he was 3 again. It seems the older they get, the harder things are.

Bella came up with a new word the other day. We were driving and I was snapping my gum. Bella said I must have been a Championese Gum Snapper when I was a kid because I'm so good at it. She was trying to say champion but kept messing up. I thought it was pretty cute.