The Year of the Animals!

Well my sweeties were adorable as ever, Caleb as an elephant and Amberly as the skunk! Below are just a few pictures I took of the two of them. I took heaps more, but you know....

We had some friends over in the afternoon for a little Halloween party. We decorated cupcakes, made candy apples and did some colouring. Then after dinner we met up again to go out Trick or Treating. We went to too many houses! We got way too much candy! The sight of it makes me queazy!

One house we went to, had strob lights, and Caleb walked up excited to ring the door bell, and some idiot came out with a big scary mask on and terrified by poor boy. I have never seen him so scared before, he was shaking and screaming! So even though we had an extra hour of sleep last night.....Caleb and I didn't get to enjoy it much. He was up through the night screaming and crying, so I eventually brought him to bed with me, where he slept, but I didn't. By 3am, I took him back to his bed, and that's when I finally got some decent sleep.

It's Just Around The Corner....

It's really hard to believe that October is on it's way out and November is pushing it's way through. December is going to be knocking down the doors before I know it! Why is it, as we get older time flies by faster? I remember as a kid waiting forever for moments or events such as Christmas to arrive, it felt like ions! But now, I hardly find the time to get prepared for such occasions. Maybe it's because I'm just not an organized person. I don't know. All I know is, Christmas is only 8 weeks away!
This morning Dave and I went out to just look at things and start creating a list for possible Christmas gifts for the kids. It was fun. We left the kids with Fern and Mert while we did it. We didn't buy anything, we just browsed. I really enjoyed it. In a couple of weeks is when we plan to conquer the actual purchase of gifts, and hopefully do it in one fell swoop.
I've had a rough couple of days. I don't know, but I seem to have had bad luck follow me lately. Thursday, I was just overly clumsy and found myself getting irritated easily. Friday the kids were from another planet. Amberly is teething and she's very dramitic about it. Everything was very upsetting to her, she cried over everything. Caleb was no help, in fact he made things much worse by taking things from his sister, pushing her over and just being mean. It was just insane. Today has been better, Dave is our miracle, we all seem to have been generally happy in his presence! (Don't tell him that, he might get bigger in the head!)
All is quiet in the house. Kids are sleeping, and Dave is out at his guys night. So I'm here. Enjoying my "me time".
Tomorrow we've got church. Then hopefully the weather will participate a bit and we will head out to the pumpkin farm after naptime to find our pumpkin and take pictures of course! Depending on how it all goes, maybe we'll carve the pumpkin after dinner. I will post pictures of Halloween 2009 next week. Caleb is an elephant this year while Amberly will dawn the next generation of the Little Stinker!

Fall, I love this Season!

Thanksgiving Day. It comes so fast and is gone before we know it. We have had a wonderful weekend so far, and we have one more dinner to attend tonight at Fern and Mert's. Yesterday we spent the day at my parents place. Dave, Denise and I went for a hike on the Bruce Trail while the kids napped. We drove around a bit to see the leaves. Then we played with the kids and had lots to eat later on. We also celebrated my Dad and Steve's birthday days. Lots of fun was had. I haven't posted pictures in awhile. So here are a few. The first one below is of Caleb on the caboose of the Waterloo Region Train. He is currently obsessed with trians, and on this day, he was so excited that he didn't know how to show it. He had a few melt downs and was overly concerned with Amberly and what she was doing (he probably didn't want her to ruin his experience) but he loved it! We took the kids to the Floridale park, where Caleb could throw rocks in the water. This is Amberly on the bridge.

This in the back of Benji's truck. The cousins, having fun (well most of them having fun that is)

This is Dave and I on our hike. It was a great hike too.

And a scenic picture, a long our walk!

I think I hear one of the kids stirring upstairs. We took them for a swim in the new Elmira pool this morning, and it wore us all out! I should have napped too! Oh well, my opportunity is now fading. That's o.k. Bedtime can be early tonight.

My 3 days a week at work is going great! Plus it looks like I'll be busy, as more work opportunities are coming my way, which is exciting. But on the Thursdays and Fridays, I get my housework accomplished, and I get visit with friends and I can have afternoon naps too if I want!

Oh ya, Amberly had her 15 mth. check up on Friday. She is still growing! ha ha ha! She's in the 95th percentile for height and head circumference, but only the 40th for weight. She still at 22lbs. It makes buying clothes for her difficult as she needs the length, but the waists are way too big! Even stretch pants or leggings, fall off of her. I've borrowed a whole set of clothes off of my friend, and I now know which brand of clothing + sizes = Amberly's perfect fit. In stores like Old Navy and Gap, I need bigger sizes, but others like Walmart, Bonnie Togs and Zellars, I need the smaller size. Thank goodness for friends who lend out wardrobes! Just need to get her winter boots, and hats and mitts! Caleb is almost set too, just need a couple of pj's and socks!

That's all for now folks...

Whether it Rains, Whether it Poors...

Where ever I go....I will trust you Lord, in the light of day or in the dark of night....I will trust you Lord with all of my life....
I always think of this song when it's raining out, therefore it's been on my mind for the past week now! Man, is it ever dull out there. But I don't mind it today because I'm home, and my kids are sleeping, and even my husband is home and is sleeping. After this, I may join the crowd!
It's been a long week, but I've managed to have fun. I love working 3 days. It's perfect, and in those days, I get my fill of adult interaction, and laughs until I cry! I love the people I work with and I'm so grateful they enjoy my sarcasim and practical jokes! Love it!
Tomorrow is my big day of biking. I'm not so thrilled that I will probably endure rain, but I'm nervous because I've never biked that far all at once before. I'm sure I'll be fine. Then tomorrow night is bowling. Dave and I joined a bowling leaugue, where I think we are 2 of the youngest people there. In fact the majority of the league could be our parents or even grandparents! It's fun though.
I don't really remember what I got up to the past week, I went swimming twice. Joy invited me along to try aquafit, and the first night I hated it. I didn't feel like I got a work out at all. But then I went back again on Thursday night, and it was a different instructor, and therefore I got much more out of it. I'm not sure I'll do it again, because I think lane swimming pushes me more, but we'll see. Wednesday night I was out for small group, and that was good. Nothing too exciting.
The kids both have colds. But they are just so darn adorable. Amberly is a tornado and gets into everything, but she definately makes up for that in her cuteness. I could just eat her up! Caleb continues to be my perfect angel. He's so gentle and kind hearted. I just love them!
Anyway, I think I'll try to nap before the kids start to stirr.