Dreaming...

My dear sister-in-law/cousin, Molly, has left town this week with her husband and without Islay. They are down in Houston...Darren has a course or something. And I am SSOOO jealous. Seriously a week without kids how amazing would that be. Don't get me wrong I love my children but a break would be wonderful. So this afternoon while they are BOTH in bed (fingers crossed that this keeps up) I've been pretending that I`m in her shoes and I`ve been shopping. Its been great. I have my cart FULL at Anthropologie, Urban Outfitters, Shabby Apple, Crazy8, Janie and Jack, and Fat Face. I might need to win the lottery or something before I can check out but one can dream. I`ve also sat down with my lunch...yes I`m eating in peace and quite and I have my feet up on a footstool. I could really get used to this but today will probably be the only day they sleep at the same time so I`m gonna enjoy this while I can.

Another post about the morning.

Not all mornings are bad around here. I feel like all I do is talk about Zara and how she gets into everything. Last night we put one of those child proof door handle things on the inside of Zaras room so she couldn't open the door and get out this morning. I was feeling kinda bad about that but when she was up and 5:50 this morning and after I seen the mess she made in her room for the couple hours she was up before me and the guilt melted away.

She is going to be moving into the guest room tonight because Kanya is moving into the crib. I just can't imagine what Zara will do to her if they are in the same room right now. It's about time Kanya leaves our room. I was thinking that a 6 1/2 month old baby should probably not be sleeping in a little bassinet anymore. Soon she'll be sitting up in the thing. The guest room is pretty much Zara proof so I'm going to put a little box of toys in there that she can play with when she wakes up. Maybe that will be better. These are pictures of yesterday morning when Zara came to wake me up because she had a 'stinky bum'.


The hat is made of a tank top of Kanya's and the box that her socks go into. She's quite the little fashionista.
Then she had to wake Kanya up of course.

But she didn't seem to mind.

Another good morning.

I have learned the last couple mornings that if Zara lets me sleep in that is NOT a good thing. This means that she has gotten out of bed and gone downstairs instead of coming into my room to wake me up. This is what I woke up to this morning.

This is the computer desk.



This used to all be in the diaper bag.


This was all in Garrett's lunchbox. I like that she 'cleaned it up' by putting it in the bumbo.


She moved a chair to the junk drawer and was taking everything out.


It is a little hard to see but she took a bite out of 3 cookies while she was sitting on the counter.


I had a piece of gum the other day so I guess that means she just had 2 pieces.


She also found this lip stuff. The Blistex has bite marks in it and is now empty.


But doesn't she look so innocent. How could she do anything wrong?

Are you a horrible mother if your thinking of putting a lock on the outside of your childs door?

And then there is poor Kanya who has been throwing up because of a nasty flu since friday night. While having her morning nap she spit her soother out and was sucking on her book instead.

Good Morning??

You know your going to have a wonderful morning when your 2-year-old wakes you up at 7:00 with a mouth full of chocolate. Apparently she decided to go downstairs first before she came to get me up. Now I have no mini eggs to eat. I'm beginning to wonder where my head was this morning because that is not all that she got into. My diaper bag was cleaned out thanks to Zara and she was pleased to find my lotion. It was just about empty when I found her...the lotion was all over her and the kitchen floor. A lovely mess to clean up. A little while later when I realized that I couldn't see or hear Zara, I went upstairs to find that she woke up Kanya and took off all her blankets, her sleeper and diaper. Thank goodness I got there before she was trying to pick her up or something. I think I'm coming around now. I caught Zara getting out of bed while she was supposed to be napping before she could do anymore damage. Maybe Garrett will be home when she wakes up and he'll have a better handle on things.


This picture was taken at Aunty Debbie's on the long weekend. We didn't mean to have it on this setting but it kinda captured why it is so hard to get any decent picture of my girls.

Grey or Gray?

I have grey hair. Lots of grey hair. You know when your in the shower and you grab your hair and some fall out... well I quite often have greys in with that hair that falls out. It doesn't really bother me to much. I feel that grey hair demands respect so I'm looking forward to being grey. People often mistake me for still being in high school so having a head of grey hair should clear that up which will take care of some awkward conversations. Anyways, I've discovered something that does bother me and that is when you find that you have grey in your eyebrows. Seriously I have a grey eyebrow hair. I'm not sure whether I should pluck it or not. Maybe more will just come in. I think I'm just gonna pretend it isn't there. Hopefully everyone else will too.

Aaahhh...

I took the girls and went to Edmonton for a couple nights with Mom, Shelby and Lane. Poor Lane had to endure the shopping and all us girls...but I had a lot of fun. It is always a little hectic shopping with Zara...she runs off everywhere and doesn't listen to swell so it is nice to be home too. After getting home and having supper I went to do some of the dreaded ironing and noticed it was really quiet so I went upstairs and this what I saw...





Seriously it is so quiet and I can actually have a few peaceful minutes. I could get used to this...

Wide Awake

So what does one do when they can't sleep at 4:23 in the morning? They think of all the things they have been putting off. For example, updating my blog. As I lay there thinking of the things I could blog about it become impossible to sleep until I get up and get it off my mind. I apologize in advance if it is hard to follow and doesn't make sense.

Zara has officially entered the terrible 2's. I told Molly not that long ago that I wasn't sure how the twos could get anymore terrible. She has been busy since the day she was able to move, she has gotten into everything there is to get into...my favorites have been Vaseline and those disclosing tablets you get from the dentist...she doesn't listen very well at all and she did I mention that she is busy? Molly replied by saying that maybe it would be tantrums. Its like Zara heard that and thought 'hhmmm, that could be fun'. It's been exhausting. I'm not talking about those little fits, its those huge ones that you see in the stores once in a while where the kid is hysterical and the mother isn't doing anything about it but seriously what can you do when you're out and the child WILL NOT be reasoned with? It is VERY embarrassing and I'm sorry to all those Moms that I've judged as not being good mothers as their child is screaming their head off. They say to cherish every moment because they growup so fast....these are definatly the moments I've been cherishing the most...it's been lovely.

I've been following some of those fashion blogs lately and I must say I'm very impressed. These people get up everyday, get dressed, do whatever it is they do and have time to take pictures and blog about their outfits and day. I am seriously starting to think they don't have sweat-pant-days. Is this even possible? But I thought I should start one of my girls seeing that they are such fashionistas. Here is a good one of Zara. This was taken on her actual birthday March 3.
'What class' is probably what you all are thinking right now. I like the ketchup stains down the front of the shirt and the belt...wow...it really ties it all together. She had to wear the belt that day for some reason. It is also a nice showcase of legs. Pants have been optional lately with the potty training. If you stop by unexpected someday, I can almost guarantee that she will have no bottoms on. The pose is good too...the open mouth and dazed look is really great. Someday I'll get a good one of Kanya too but the poor girl is lucky if she even gets dressed some days.

The other day I was babysitting Islay and here are a few if the funny things that happened that morning.
-They decided to play meeting. They get the chairs all lined up. Not side by side by front to back much like a train and Zara says her Grace and Islay sings 'Day by day thy Children'.
-Islay finds the phone and starts making her phone calls...'Hi Quinn. How's Pav? Okay. Talk to you later. Bye'...'Hi Monkey, are you sleeping. Okay. Bye'...'Hi Owl. Do you have any eggs for me? Okay. Talk to you later. Bye.'....'Hi Frog. Do you know number 86. okay. Bye'
-Zara telling Islay secrets. I got the tail end of this on the video so its not the greatest but it'll give you an idea of how it was.
Islay comes highly recommended by her Aunt. If your looking for a good time just give her a call and I can guarantee a few good laughs. Batteries not needed, just a snack once in a while.


And finally, Kanya. Poor Kanya. She has had a nasty little cough for the past month or so now. The doctor gave her this inhaler thing to help it and it did for a while and she was getting better but it came back this week and she has had the runny nose and watery eyes to go with it but I'm hoping that she is on the mend now. She has gone all night so far without a coughing attack. She has a new trick now. She plays with her tongue somehow and it makes this funny noise. I tried to get a video of it so hopefully you can hear it.


Now I can go to sleep and not be feeling guilty about putting this off. There is some serious sarcasm in here. Maybe I'm more sarcastic in the middle of the night