Photo Dump!!

My two Blondies

It still amazes me everyday that I have such blonde children. Summer time gets even crazier with Wade going literally white. I just have to get a prediction of mine it writing though. I do see in the future though Wade having brown hair, maybe like a light brown and Macie staying more Blonde. Most parents when in conversation say that there kid had white hair like Wade and then it lightened up as they got Older. Wade also came out with dark brown hair when we has born, and again have heard that a lot, where there kid started out brown, it fell out then came in white blonde, then over time it went back to dark brown. Where Macie on the other hand has been blonde since day one. As well her hair doesn't Change as much in the summer and doesn't go as light. She might darken up a bit over time but I foresee her being a dirty blonde, and having way lighter hair then Wade. I guess we will just have to wait and see. Either way I love there white blonde hair right now. 

Bears Hump!!!

We wanted to do this hike last year, but after a small simple 1 KM hike with Wade last year and him having a huge meltdown we decided to hold off on it. This summer though was gonna be the year. We went on a bunch of hikes here in Cold Lake at the provincial Park and tried to find some ones with hills as Bears Hump in Watertone is pretty much straight up hill. Our morning started off a bit rusty as we forgot our wallets when we hit mountain view and had to go back to Glenwood to get them. But after that one hick up we got there and waited for our friend Rusty to come with his three kids. We started hiking up Bears Hump around 11:00. Macie was so excited and ready to rock it. She did the whole hike with not one compliant and hiked as hard and fast as she could. I was so proud of her. Wade did pretty good until he had a fall and scraped his knee. Mark then had to carry him for about 5 mins but then he got back down and worked hard the rest of the way up. The top of the Mountain was beautiful and you could see the pride in all the kids knowing they accomplished something hard. The way down was a breeze and we rewarded the kids with being able to pick out a toy from one of the stores. I love challenging the kids to do hard things and seeing the joy in there faces when they accomplish them. 

ALL BY MYSELF!!!!

If you where to ask a Mom what she would like more then anything, I think a typical answer is a day off. A day to not have to be so in control of our tempers, a day off from cleaning the same messes over and over again, a day to not make our kids lives magical, fun, healthy, exciting, educational, active. Not that we don't love doing these things, it can just be exhausting doing it every day all day long, but we do it because we love these little kiddos so much. Upon further investigation though I have come to learn that lots of Moms say they would like a day off from all of this, but in there own house. A day to clean and it stays clean, a long bubble bath with no interruptions, eating your supper when it is still hot, cruising the internet without feeling guilty that you are neglecting the little ones. While I got to live that dream, and not only for a day but have been going on day 6 and have 3 more to go. I'm not gonna lie, it has been awesome. It is crazy how I have all this extra time, but my house stays clean so I don't have to clean it as much, the laundry doesn't pile up everyday, and you don't need to cook three huge meals everyday. I've got to go for huge long walks with my puppies, some awesome runs during the day with no stroller to push, got to get ready for work in peace and quiet and not rush out after work to pick up kids from the sitters. I have been able to blare the music, and the music I wanna listen to, and also enjoy some peaceful moments to just sit and think. All of it has been wonderful and was definitely something I was needing, however I am missing that amazing family of mine so much it is insane. It is crazy how no matter how good or bad of a day we can have at home with the kids, nothing brings more Joy then a hug or kiss from our kids, sharing laughs and tears with them. Days off our great, but if I had to choose between never having a day off while I raise my kids and while I guess not having children, I would pick my kids every time. Cant not wait for Sunday and getting to see my family again, and the huge hugs and kisses I will be getting.

side note: I am so grateful for FaceTime and even though I can't be with my family right now, that I still get to talk to my kids and hubby everyday, and see there beautiful faces.

Architects in the Making!!!

I got the getting outside, feeding them healthy, reading books, colouring/crafts thing down pretty good. But just to sit and play with the kids and imagine with them I sometimes struggle in that area. For some reason though when we pull out the Lego blocks I can always think of a super fun thing for the kids to build and play with. Today was a Zoo. We had 4 different sections. Africa, Ocean, Dinosaur and random creatures that would be eaten if they had to live with Dinoasurs or Tigers. The project took almost 40 minutes and the play only lasted about 30, but it was a great time. Then of course when Me and Macie were not looking, Wade like usuall had to go and destroy it. Macie will be the Architect of the family and Wade the bomb expert on how to blow up a building. 

I Find it Kind of Odd!!!

It all started with Macie's blocked tear duct, we had to see specialists because it was not going away, thankfully a month before we were going to have to go in for another appointment and probably book for surgery it went away. Then around 14 months she got pink eye (conjunctivitis), then Wade needed his turn. Getting bit buy a Dog right on his eye, stabbing his eye with a Dinasour tale getting a subconjunctival hemorrhage. Then this week Wade's eyes started getting really goopy and full of yellow junk, then turned red, I took him to the Optometrist and he confirmed conjunctivitis. While there I also had him check Macie's eyes as hers where puffy and I thought she might be catching what Wade had. Instead we talked about her having seasonal allergies and very dry eyes. He said hers are quite bad and we might need to put her on an eye drop for life. Really I thought what are the odds of me working in the eye world and my kids although nothing serious have had all these little eye problems. I wonder if there are lots of little stories like this of adults that work in the health care industry and have kids that have problems in there field. Anyways here's to hopping Macies eyes will look better next week after being on drops that he won't want to put her on drops for life. How annoying would that be, and kind of expensive. 

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Theres a Squirrel in my Garage!

Just another boring Saturday. Waiting for the rain to come, Working on a few projects around the house.  I was gathering tools from the garage and when out of the corner of my eye, I see this puffy tail whoosh around some debris. What the heck? I think this day is looking up. I round up the kids and pets, and shut the garage door. We are going hunting kids. 

Our garage is a huge mess, filled to the brim with junk and stuff that should be stored in a shed, so its a maze with tones of small hiding spaces. With the help of my incredible mini retrievers we sniff out the beast. Those hounds are great on the ground. I would shake the shelves and scare out the varmint and the dogs would work the chase on the lower level. Molly and Lilly were in dog heaven. haven't worked that hard in like, well ever.. The kids were my eyes and ears and excitable commentators.

This squirrel was a little daredevil. Scaling shelves, garage door, boxes, even some death defying leaps. eventually he trapped himself in a tall box. HA HA. But we could not grab him. It was like the Matrix in a box. The beast was leaping side wall to side wall.  Kids were watching with intensity, screaming and jumping at each sudden movement. The dogs were going nuts. 

After a bit, we all figured it would be a good idea to let the little dare devil go. Opened the box and tried again to grab him this time he jumped from the wall to my arm and out. Kids were screamin' dogs were spinning out trying to catch the vermin. I learned a big lesson, even if the garage door is open doest mean the animal will run to freedom. Yeah so open cages outside and close all doors to your house or vehicle or what ever.. anyway the little fella did not want to leave the comforts of our garage. 

It took a lot of chasing and screaming, sweat and laughing to get rid of him. I almost grabbed him a few times but he was too quick. By no attempt of his own, we finally got rid of him. He had climbed up on the top of the open garage door, so by closing it he had to jump off and out side. YEEHAW. 

I think All parties had a good day. Now our dogs are obsessed with going into the garage.

Best Beach Day Ever!!!

We pretty much hit up the beach almost everyday right now. 1 because it is has been beautiful and 2 we have no grass yet so I have no yard to play or work in. Today when we got there we grabbed a spot and started playing, when minutes in a group of kids that where probably about 10-12 years old came and started playing by us. Not gonna lie was a little annoyed as I can't stand the way kids and teenagers talk these days. F this and F that, swearing non stop and talk so gross and sexually all the time. These kids were doing this a little bit but not to bad and where at least not yelling and screaming when they would swear. Macie and Wade were having a great time playing in the water and the kids beside us started digging this huge hole. They had gotten pretty deep when they dug up these two kids toys, one was a batman boy car and one a pink and purple car with a little girl in it. The boy had no use for it and came over to us and asked the kids if they wanted to have them. They of course said yes and thank you and where in love. They played with these toys for the next 30 minutes then me and the kids made sand homes

For the cars to play on. In the mean time this hole was starting to get pretty epic. 

I asked Macie to go ask the boys if they wanted to use our shovel and buckets to help make the hole bigger, and to start filling it with water. They of course said yes and then asked Macie and Wade if they wanted to help. They all spent the next hour making the hole bigger and filling it with Water. I was so impressed with these kids and how good they played with Macie and Wade. I also noticed once my kids were playing with them they did not swear or talk gross once. I of course wish they didn't talk that way at all, but was impressed that they recognized to stop once little kids where there. It was such a fun day and so sweet seeing them all play together. 

Great day!!!!

This past month has been a little rough in our house, but today, today was perfect!! Started the morning with chocolate Cheerios (ssh don't tell), kids played perfectly together while I cleaned the house a bit. Then we made pictures of Monsters wearing underpants, kids loved this as we have been reading books at night about Monsters, Aliens, and Dinosaurs in underpants. After lunch we headed to the beach for the whole afternoon, it was crazy nice outside and we ran into many friends. When we got home we made delicious Waffles for supper. Then the best part while I took a minute to clean the kitchen and then chill for a bit, the kids played so good together. They usually play really good together but there is always one or two little fights in there play. But tonight they played perfectly, laughing, sharing, and smiling. Then we ended the night with freezies, a 20 minute show, reading Go Dog Go, prayers, songs and snuggles while the kids passed out in seconds. Love days like today and was definitely needing it.