Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! We had such a great day. My parents were here and Ella made her first turkey and she was pretty proud. We had a turkey coloring contest and we played pin the hat on the turkey. Fun for all!!!

Sneak Peak

Here is a Sneak Peak of some pictures Beth Thomas took.

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Oct 1

In our house when you flip the calendar from September into October the kids automatically think its Halloween and we start the preparations. They have put up cob webs and when I asked how I was going to get up the stairs Jack responded with "do the limbo"
They have been ringing the doorbell in costume and John and I have eagerly answered with candy. All I know is October seems to be a LONG month and I think I now understand where those extra few pounds come from...

Collingwood

Crazy

I am absolutely crazy in love with these 3 kids... They are so fun.

Civic Holiday

Today was a civic holiday in Canada also known as my 13th wedding anniversary. Happy Anniversary to us! There was a little festival at the waterfront and so we went and had a fun walk on the waterfront trail, saw people making fire out of sticks and a bunch of reptiles. All in all a fun time and great weather. I missed my love today lots but will see him in a few more days. My parents and Dea watched the kids on Saturday night so we could go stay overnight at the falls. Thanks guys!

Isn't she lovely?

She is the sweetest little girl, inside and out!!!

Rattray Marsh

We took the dogs (Belle and Elvis) for a walk along Rattray Marsh. It is such a pretty trail and we had a great walk. The kids found some beautiful flowers and put them in the water and watched them float under the bridge to the other side. The things that amuse children is great. Thats the best about little kids they are amazed by all our beautiful surroundings and find the greatest delight in the simple things.

Geocache

The kids and I decided to check out geocaching. We are so glad we did. It is such a fun thing to do. The first one we found was at a historical home in Mississauga called Benares and the cache was in the bottom of a tree. The kids spent hours that morning wandering through trails and looking for "treasure". The best thing about this is it gets you out for nice walks along pretty trails and the kids are always finding snails, butterflies, worms, and just having a great time. Dea was with us on our first hunt and she found a really small blue bird that was beautiful and then they saw some small chipmunks... John came home and then we took him and this is the picture he took on his phone so not the best quality but you get the idea.
Next time if we do it after a rain in the woods I will remember bug spray. There are over 1 million geocaches so we still have lots to find. Let the treasure hunt begin!

Wasaga Beach

Christopher and Grandma having a cuddle. Those two are huggers and kissers and not to mention every single person we have met this summer thinks they look alike. Well turns out a baby picture of Ruthie has surfaced and sure enough!!!

Lets just say that everyone needs a Dea. She is so great, a family friend for years and my kids are in love with her. Every summer that I come home she has all these great ideas and plans day trips for us and plays with the kids. We all think she's great!

We took the kids to Wasaga beach which I haven't been to since I was a little girl so it was so fun to revisit and a day at the beach was awesome. The kids and adults played in the water and sand all day long. It was great since you can walk out in the lake so far and the water is only to my knees. The kids felt like they were way out in the middle of the deep blue sea!

Every time Christopher got out of the water he had to change. He can't stand dirt or being wet - so I think that he will be a snobby vacationer since any hint of seaweed he was out of that water...

Green

These are some more pictures from our Ecosource park day. The kids learned about gardening, composting, bugs and all things green. No kids day would be complete without a little face painting so they all got bugs on their faces. There was a scavenger hunt where they had to find seeds and find all the vegetables and draw them. All in all it was a fun experience and I think it may have briefly inspired me to get a garden going. I actually am inspired all the time but my follow through is lacking!

The blog does quite well when I don't have an iphone handy or if John is away from us! Lots of pictures to keep the grandparents happy.

I haven't posted very many stories, not because there haven't been any but it seems life is speeding by and I am barely getting the photos up. We were going through the drive thru and while the girl was getting our order together she closed the window a bit. Jack thought she forgot about our food and is yelling to her, LADY, LADY finally he was so frustrated with her not listening to him that he yells "FOODMAKER BRING US OUR FOOD!" it was so funny. Maybe its a you had to be there moment but trust me - he was funny.