day 109

It was a good mail day. Not only did I get my laptop back in one very shiny piece - but Annique got mail, too! There are never ending fights over the girls' Leapsters, so I went in search of a used Leapster for Annique. It arrived today and she is just thrilled with it.

day 108

Just because Madeleine's teeth are falling out, doesn't mean Annique has to do faceplants from barstools to try and get rid of hers. So - her first busted lip. She was a lot better about icing it than it seems in the picture. She just sat calmly with the cloth on her lip for 15 minutes - and then made this face when I took the picture.

day 107

He might be playing on Medium, but this ups the difficulty somewhat.

day 106

There must be something *really* good under Memere's fridge. Like old Cheerios or something.

It's Saturday, its -40 so we can't go anywhere. Dad's at work. It must be time to call and see if any friends would like to come over. Fortunately, one did.

day 105

Look, Mom - I'm mending!

The last time I took a bunch of things to my mom's house to be mended, I came home with the un-mended mending, and a little tin filled with thread, needles, pins, a tape measure, etc. I suppose that is a hint?

day 104

Oh - and here's another reason. They don't always get along this well, but most of the time, the do.

day 103

If anyone's looking for a reason why having kids 15 months apart is a good idea - here's one.

day 102

Ok, today the laptop really going out. As long as the UPS guy will brave the -40 temperatures to come out this way.

day 101

First lost tooth - or, what she might look like after her first bar fight.

day 100

Awwwww - we went to visit friends - and their new baby, today. She was born just before Christmas.

day ninety-nine

Madeleine lining up a shot. We also took Annique skating - I am learning that its probably not a good idea to put BLADES on the feet of a child who is overdue for her nap. I'll have to post the video of that on my other blog.

day ninety-eight

Girls, meet the King. I don't know why, but I guess it comes from growing up in a house where turning off an Elvis documentary would be a criminal offense - so we all sat down and watched an Elvis special tonight.

My six year old had the usual one million questions. She also had an opinion on what caused his untimely death. "maybe he shouldn't have been singing so much, and he could be at home with he's family!"

Maybe.

day ninety-seven

current photo of our village/RM office/fire hall

One example of how we might change the signs, notice the red and white logo we're incorporating into our signs.

New project - we're doing something pretty exciting in town, a 'branding' project to promote our bilingual community. I'm helping to coordinate it so I took a bunch of pictures around town and I'm photoshopping some ideas in for enhancing our signs. So if I say I'm working on the branding project, I guess this is the best way to show what that means.

day ninety-six

It's time. I can't put it off any longer. The box arrived from HP. The EHD arrived and everything is off the laptop. I just have to call UPS to pick it up. Maybe - I'll do it tomorrow.

day ninety-five

Sometimes, I just have to watch her make a plan and carry it out. If I interfered when I saw her going to the pantry to get the chips, then I'd have missed her pulling the purple chair over to get to the stool, getting a plate from the counter, climbing up on the purple chair to the barstool, and dumping the chips onto the plate so she can eat them. She was so busy, it scared the crap out of her when I asked "What are you doing???"

day ninety-four

With the sisters back to school, she's got a lot of day to fill up on her own. So, when she's quiet for too long - go check.

day ninety-three

The girls are home! They tried zipping themselves into Grandma's jacket. They've got school tomorrow - holidays are officially over, and back to the old grind.

day ninety-two

My parents took the kids to the lake - they've never been there in the winter time when there is ice on it. Their friends next door were very glad to see them - and wondered if they brought their bathing suits. Now, I didn't think to pack bathing suits (for the hot tub) but I did send their skates so they were able to try skating on the lake for the first time.

day ninety-one

Going to Grandma's - only two of the three are going, but one of them doesn't know that yet. I was worried the baby would freak out when my mom drove away with her sisters and she didn't get to go too - but she took it pretty well and enjoyed her brief stint as an only child.

day ninety

Annique and I bowling on the Wii - it really is fun for the whole family

You thought I gave up, didn't you? Didn't even make it to three months! Ha - but the truth is, my laptop had to be sent away to HP to get that hinge fixed - it got MUCH worse over the holidays and I couldn't put it off any longer. It was very stressful for me to send it away - why not just ask me to sever my right arm and mail it away for a couple of weeks?