33 and Phtttt.... (say it out loud to yourself)

I decided tonight that after having had a lovely early birthday party with friends on sunday and being treated to breakfast and lunch out for the past two days, that I would complete my lovely bday week by refusing to do any laundry, dishes or housecleaning on my actual bday, today. A good theory...
Until the baby peed on the couch (you have to be a parent to understand how this occurs). Thus, I had to take the couch cover and pillows off, and wash everything. Which resulted in me finding the "cheese cup". Again, other parents will be familiar with the cheese cup/bottle/sippy cup that once was glorious milk. How long ago is the question... This was my first cheese cup and I hope never to do this again.
So, now I'm doing what any sensible mom does in these situations, drink. Thanks for the crazy blueberry wheat beer, Dennie!

Piggy Tails

Yep, it's official. My baby is grown up enough for piggy tails. She's so sweet, but man is time flying!

Flat or Fat

Over the last few weeks I have been desperately searching for a new pair of jeans. This has never been a problem for me before, I try on four pairs at the gap and buy one. But, suddenly the gap fits me all wrong. So, since I don't have any time to shop when I'm with the baby, I've been fitting in five minutes of shopping here and there between meetings and events, which fortunately take me all over town, so to lots of shops. I've tried on probably 20 pairs in the last three weeks and didn't like any of them.
I was in Bayfield with my sister on the weekend and tried on a pair that she thought looked great. I thought that they looked ok, but maybe made my butt look a bit flat. Kristen says "Flat, right, not fat? "... thanks Kris. So, I didn't buy the $100 pair of jeans, because I was certain that my butt looked flat, and nothing could shake the idea. On a patio after I asked Kristen if she thought that the problem was that I wasn't thrilled with how I looked right now as opposed to not being thrilled with the jeans. We reached no conclusions, but had a good conversation/beer, as is my families tradition!
So, yesterday before a meeting at 10 am, I rip into the Bay to check out their jeans. And, lo and behold, find a perfect pair of jeans, that do not flatten my bum, are DKNY and are on sale for $40! This was meant to be, the gods were lookin' out for me! They made my butt look Flat, so that my wallet could stay Fat!

Angel, my Bella

Feeling Virtous, er virtuos... smug!

About three weekends ago I decided that this was the day, I would wash all of the windows in the house. Now, you must understand that in the five years that we've lived in this house, I have every summer washed either the upstairs or downstairs windows, but never both. For, while there are only eight windows in my house, they are old double sliders, so there are 37 panes of glass. Really, a lot of glass. So, Adara, decided to be quite helpful really and with some soapy sponges and much "Here mamma, I wash, I wash", I got through 27 panes of glass and was feeling quite proud of myself and like I might even brag to my mother (who washes all of her windows twice yearly and always has) about this. And then, Adara knocked over a bottle of bubble soap and had a fit about it, and my window cleaning ended, alas, short of my goal for yet another year. Because, really, that was the moment, and it ain't comin' again and that, dear readers, is that.

The Hat

My mother purchased a funky safari style hat for Adara with frogs and lizards on it. A week after, Mason Adara's best friend at daycare, was crying and Adara offered him the hat to make him feel better. He took it and our daycare worker Paula, sheepishly admitted that it had become his favourite hat and I said " No problem, keep it , Adara has lots". About 2 months later, Adara decided that she wanted the hat back and Mason didn't care at that point, so it came home.
About two weeks after that, Diego visited with his parents Julia and Rafa. They all took a liking to the hat. Adara decided that it looked cute on Diego, and lo and behold, it went home with Diego as Adara incessantly said "Here, for Iego"
So, Grammy and Poppa, I'm sorry that Adara isn't wearing it, but this is surely the most beloved and well traveled hat in our baby circle!

Lovin' On DaDa

Thanks for the New Duds Auntie Kristen

Tonight's Dinner

Len asked what I wanted for dinner tonight when I got home and he went to work and I said just a cold summer dinner nothing fancy.


This is what we got: a picnic for two done up on all of my favourite colourful summer dishes. Olives, bread, crackers, roasted red pepper dip, 3 kinds of my favourite stinky cheeses, cheddar for Adara, cold roast beef, pears, strawberries and peaches.
Delightful and little miss was very pleased to have a picnic, naked except for a bib!