A little mishap with the car

Posted by Saje-nope, didn't crash it into anything. Well, technically maybe the ground, but even at that, it was a gentle descent off of the jack and that was Mr Bussey not me.


Dave told me earlier in the day that the car had a "slow leak". So I took it over to a friend's place to help her unpack her new house (welcome back to Canada guys!! Now we just need to get that family up here from Vienna and we'd be set...). When The Brick arrived with furniture I moved the car and the guy commented that the tire was flat. When I went to leave I walked around just to take a look. It was only flat in the one spot so really, how bad could that be?Their neighbour's house guest arrives and suggests that driving on it would be a bad idea, which, in all honesty I was coming to that conclusion all on my own. So then what is a girl to do?

We get all of the stuff out the trunk (and discover that we are the proud owners of a 7 year old full sized spare with the little yellow lines still on it-oops, we should have been rotating that baby through all of this time!!) and the friendly neighbour and his friend could not get it off with the crappy little tool that comes with our car. Luckily our friends have three cars and two drivers so they loaned me a car and I got home just in time for the hail storm.

Mr Bussey and Dave headed out once the lightening stopped with a great big old plus sign like tool and, with a little bit of kicking, got the bolts all good and loose. The new tire is on, we have our car back and we realised three things:

1-we need to get one of these crazy looking tools for the trunk (from what I hear a better jack wouldn't be a bad investment either).

2-We've had the same tires for 7 years? Really? We can't remember buying new ones other than the winter tires. That is pretty good. We should really buy some new ones when the winter tires go on this year!

3-We're truly blessed to have friends like Mr Bussey who will go out into the mosquito infested darkness to help us out when we are in a jam. Thanks Mr Bussey.

Tagged

Recently I was tagged. Now, I am not entirely sure what that means, but it seems to mean that I need to reveal 5 things about me that not many people know. Here goes:

1. Recently I found a hair, a dark hair, above my neck and below my nose. This was a first, and totally uncool.


2. I am a garage sale-ing fiend. I pretty much treat this particular activity like a competitive sport. If I could get a uniform, sponsors and manage to get paid for this I would be in there like swimwear. I love to get a good deal on kids toys and I love to buy stuff for the kids because they grin thier heads off and enjoy it so much. Yes, at times my basement and back yard have been crazy scenes of excessive toys, but hey, when you buy them used you can just sell them once the kids bore of them and get your money back!


3. My big toe on both feet is hairy, again, not okay!!


4. I do not like my current short hair cut. I am growing it out and wish to be reminded of such the next time I start talking crazy again!


5. I would wear birkenstocks with socks all year 'round if I thought that I could get away with it. Yes, they stink like crazy, but they are sooooooo comfortable. My birks smell so bad that Dave used to forbid me from bringing them in to our appartment. Hey, wasn't this two things??

I am so excited!! Big C's new bedding is on the way!

I finally figured out what design to do for Big C's room. It has sort of been up in the air since he moved from the train bed to the race car bed. I decided recently that we should encourage his love of all things with wheels.

I spoke with my shopping fiend friend Mrs Bussey, and she pointed me towards the design genius that is Olive Kids . They have the absolutely cutest bedding that I think that I have EVER seen. This is called and he is going to LOVE IT!! Dave is worried that he might never sleep again! I placed my order today and I can't wait for it to arrive. I bought the wallies (the stick on wall thingies), two sets of sheets (they look like this)

and the truck pillow sham, I just couldn't resist it-it is too cute!!!

All for less than $200, including shipping-you can't beat that!! Stay tuned for photos of his freaking out when it comes!

Wanna pick up some adorable bedding from this company yourself? Click on the logo below and enjoy!!

DPoD May 29th - Sure signs of warm weather and sunny days

We have a few signs of warm weather and summer being on the horizon that were observed chez WB today. They include:

The immersion of the hibiscus, mommy's favourite flower:

The blooming of her lilac that Monkey and daddy got for her:

Oh yes, and lemonade popsicles on the back porch:

(mmmmm....yummy!)

Big C update

It looks like the mysterious rash and head 'lumps' from yesterday have subsided. It was a little unnerving to see what started as what looked like 2 little mosquito bites on his neck develop into not only a rash on his torso, but also two really weird little lumps above his ears. We took him right to the clinic and had him seen nearly right away once we noticed it. The doc said that all was normal (he was totally Big C in the doctor's office...energetically getting into everything) and things have certainly returned to that way for today healthwise.


On the school front, guess who's out of a school now?

That's right...Big C.
But it's not what you think.
The school is closing for the 08-09 school year, which we totally saw coming. The added bonus however is that they're closing their toddler program for the month of June.
June starts on Monday.
Arrrgh.
Mommy however had her thinking cap on long ago. We have Big C all ready to go in a great facility with a proven track record and we love it. They can even take him for the first 3 weeks of June, which will leave us with only the 23rd - 26th to have to sort out before Daddy finishes work for the summer.

I can't wait for 2012 when both boys will be in the local elementary school full days and hopefully this will all be nothing more than a distant memory :)

Post Card #2

Another post card arrived today!
The postmark for the first was May 20th (hmmm...today's the 28th isn't it) and the 2nd didn't even have a postmark. Note too sure about CP, however thank you BNK for the 2nd post card. You're certainly missed around here and the boys can't wait for this afternoon when you touch down. We all look forward to seeing you this weekend.

DPoD May 26th - New Mail

It's been a busy few weeks, however this got me to the computer with the photos in hand. Here is the mail that arrived today and put the boys into an absolute frenzy. The stamp (check it out!!) totally put things over the top. I apologize for the blurriness. I'll have to work on the f-stop on the camera. It's a photo stamp of Monkey and E-man!

Here is a postcard from BNK while he's on vacation in sunny, gorgeous downtown Vancouver. We hear that he's having a great time and we hope to see him home safely soon. We'll be patient!

DPoD May 17th - A rainy Day with mommy outta town

Here's what we were up to:
Morning :mommy left in the mid-morning after the local breakfast place Saturday morning ritual. So we biked home.
Still morning : we went to the park. Monkey met a friend Ben who shared some candy with him. Monkey learned a great application of sharing as he had done the same last night when he had candy and friends didn't. Tractors, trucks and sand toys were shared all around.
Late morning: we came home and met up with one of Monkey's very good friend's parents in the driveway. Apparently Monkey has been the talk of the town after his return to school and sooo many of his friends had missed him. We're going to have to set up a playdate with this girl. Oh my.
Lunch: we had some applesauce, yougurt and yummy 'Eman's meat'...very popular. Follwed by some strawberries and whipped cream. mmmmmmm.
Early afternoon: After a really goofy shower it was Playdough time. Daddy finally grabbed the camera and caught this.

Guess what we made! (a fabulous mystery prize will be awarded for each correct guess. No purchase required.

Prize may not be as shown

Late afternoon: snuggles on the couch with popcorn and Franklin & the Robot. I think I already know this one line for line.

Later: ???? Not sure. Mommy's gonna be home for 7ish, so who knows. It's raining, so we're not likely to go shopping. But more silliness is certainly in order.

DPoD May 13th - Goofiness under a blanket

The boys decided that it was time to break out the glow-in-the-dark bracelets from the loot bags that we received at the birthday party on the weekend. Happy 3rd Birthday ANK!
Here is the silliness that ensued beneath a blanket on the couch in the basement - to shield as much direct light from us as possible. The first few are with a flash and didn't give it justice. The last 3 however really give the effect of how silly it was. That, and it looks like were playing with Light Sabers!

PS - if you don't know what a light saber is, you're really lame.

Happy Mother's Day

We love you Mommy!!!

Here are the boys giving mommy her Mother's Day gifts. There's an absolutely adorable recipe book from Monkey. His recipe is for chocolate chip ccokies and reads'

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

1 cup chocolate chips

100 cups of flour

30 eggs

Go to shopping to get groceries.

Mix them all with beaters until just right.

Place cookies on the cookie sheet.

Turn on the over so that it is too hot for my brother, but safe for mom and dad.

Bake until just right.

Monkey likes them beacuse they're a special treat!

Big C made mommy a beautiful pot for some colourful plants for the garden. He was sooooo proud of himself and had the biggest simle.

Both boys had huge grins as mommy opened and enjoyed her presents. They're so lucky to have the most wonderful mommy in the whole world!

Monkey is participating in Jump Rope for Heart-Wanna sponsor him?

Monkey's school is participating in the Jump Rope for Heart day. I think that is so cool! I always did that as a kid and now he can too. It raises money for such a worthy cause.

Of course, Monkey is looking for sponsors and they no longer allow the kids to go door to door. If you would like to sponsor him, please let us know. We'll have him call you himself to ask you to sponsor him. Or, he'll hit you up the next time he sees you. If he raises over $125 they'll put his name in a draw to win a trip to Diney World, gee, thats a trip I want to take again really soon!!

You know what they say-boys will be boys

I wish that I could put a music soundtrack behind these photos!! The best I can do is embed this video,
(Shayla, just humm Aerosmith Dude Looks Like a Lady) please play the music while you look at the photos-oh my gosh I am laughing too hard.
Saje and I were upstairs and the boys got in to the dress up bin. When I arrived on the scene Monkey was in the car as seen below but Big C was driving, they were both in thier little dresses and Monkey was ringing the cymbal with a baton (as seen above). I ran upstairs to get the cameraMonkey loves to put this dress on (he is in it several times per week) and twirl around and watch the skirt flare out. I can remember doing that when I was a little girl too.

Monkey is expelled from Junior Kindergarden

For anyone who noticed the lack of blogging recently we appologize. We had had a very stressful couple of weeks.

On April 16 we had a meeting with his [private] school. This is the first we heard that they had some concerns about his behaviour. We had a long discussion and we shared with them the things that we do at home to keep Monkey in line. We clarified that they were not looking to kick him out, just to have a discussion. They used them for a couple of days, but it became clear that they were not committed to it.

A week later we had another meeting and they said that things were getting better, but were not perfect. They didn't seem to understand that with a 4 year old, things would never be completely perfect. Three days after that, they called me and kicked him out.

So we've been dealing with that for the last couple of weeks and our blogging has fallen by the way side. We're back now and will hopefully stay that way!

Some new trees

For earth day we had a tree planting event in our community. We planted several thousand trees and then everyone who planted trees got to bring a tree home to plant if they wanted to.

We have long despised the evergreen tree on our front lawn. Dave had made several threats on its life and I have been able to hold him off only by the skin of my teeth. Since we have now aquired a tree from the city of Ottawa that will go on the front lawn, the evergreen can go.

We planted the new tree right next to it and will cut it down sometime over the next couple of years as a Christmas tree so that it can have it's chance at glory before becoming mulch.

I wonder if the new tree is taunting it while we are not listening!! The boys were happy to help out. I can't wait until the tree is taller than the house and the boys are taller than me and we can look back on these photos and remember when.

BNK Comes to play

After a stressful couple of weeks the ladies and gentlemen felt the need to decompress. The ladies had a PJ Girls Night where we sat on the couch in our jammies eating nachos and drinking beer while getting caught up.

The boys went to see a movie and out for snacks afterwards. It was so great to spend time as adults.

Before we could do that, we had to wipe out a couple of little boys. Monkey was on the last leg of his three day sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
I don't know why I spend money on toys when a couple of two year olds can have this much fun with a landry basket!

Look at my BABY!!

Just a few short weeks ago we were posting these sweet pictures of my little itty bitty baby in his cute little toddler bed. It is a baby bed really since it has a crib mattress. At least, that is what I have been telling myself.

Recently people have been making cruel comments. People like my husband and my father who have been telling me how big he is getting. Comments like "he isn't a baby anymore" and "wow, he is growing up so fast". Such hurtful things to say to a mother. "Wow, he's a little boy now." Sniffle

Last week he announced, out of nowhere, that he was done with his train bed. "all done train bed mommy. I want a race car bed like Monkey". Seriously, that is what he said.

I didn't believe him, but he kept lobbying me over several days. Finally I admitted to him that we had a race car bed for him in the basement (because I am a GENIUS!!). His response was "lets go get it".So we did. His train bed is sold and out the door and he sleeps in a race car bed like a big boy.And I try not to wake him up with my quiet wimpering as he grows up.