Happy Birthday to my 2 year old fashionista G!
We had a party last night here with the Toronto crew. Being so close to Christmas, it was nice to split up the festivities - we'll do Christmas in the KW.
Of course we had to get her the requisite "Dora" birthday cake, which she absolutely loved. I stored it in the basement when we got home. G was so excited whenever the doorbell rang. As soon as people came in she would start jumping, then tell them the "Happy Cake" was downstairs. Too cute for words!
I can't believe my little baby girl is 2 this Friday. Come to think about it, can't believe my big baby boy is 6 1/2! Where does the time go?
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Party, party, party
I can't imagine this, but it'll be 2 weekends in a row that we'll be going out as a couple? I might get used to this!
The one thing that I always said to myself was that once we had kids we would make time for ourselves as a couple. Some couples we know are really good at it -- they go out every couple of weeks. We tend to have dry spells of several months at a time, so this is a real treat for us. And we'll be going downtown no less. Trying a restaurant called Starfish. Apparently they have excellent seafood.
It'll be a nice treat before the avalanche of family events in the next couple of weeks. Now I just have to figure out what to wear! My wardrobe now consists primarily of jeans (old navy's 19.99 specials rather than Citizens of Humanity). I've decided to be DD based on previous weekend's experience. Must behave!
The one thing that I always said to myself was that once we had kids we would make time for ourselves as a couple. Some couples we know are really good at it -- they go out every couple of weeks. We tend to have dry spells of several months at a time, so this is a real treat for us. And we'll be going downtown no less. Trying a restaurant called Starfish. Apparently they have excellent seafood.
It'll be a nice treat before the avalanche of family events in the next couple of weeks. Now I just have to figure out what to wear! My wardrobe now consists primarily of jeans (old navy's 19.99 specials rather than Citizens of Humanity). I've decided to be DD based on previous weekend's experience. Must behave!
Monday, December 04, 2006
The new 20's ...
Happy Birthday to my big boy - Ian. Wow, he's 44 today (I'm sure he's glad I'm announcing it to the world on his behalf). Can't believe that we've known each other and started dating 20 years ago! Now that's history! And our relationship is still surviving with the addition of a very busy 6 year old and bossy 23 month old. I read somewhere that the 60's are the new 40's so it makes sense to me that we're just hitting our 20s.
I look back sometimes and wonder how we got here. Our 20's were a lot of fun, with travel, dining out, going out, drinking probably a bit too much. But I'm sure I was miserable at times, knowing that Ian was such a tough guy to nail down into commitment (ie. marriage). He was fully committed to me, but the marriage thing was a huge cliff that he had to jump off of. I know now though, that he was totally worth the wait.
I don't know if I ever expected to be a suburban mom - I think I still held in my fantasies the concept of living and working downtown. But reality hits when you have kids, and you don't work downtown. Commuting is just the pits, so at least for now north of 7 works.
So today I finalized an article that I will submit to Today's Parent. Did I tell you there's a little blurb on G at 16 months that I sent in and was actually published in the December 2006 issue? Mommy brain-addled, I was flipping through the last pages and noticed G's name, thinking.... "Wow, someone else named their baby G" then proceeded to read about her behaviour in the bath with cups, emptying, filling etc.... "as described by her mother Karen xxx! Yikes - I totally forgot that I had sent that in! Now that I'm a published author (yeah, right) it gave me the added impetus to make a submission. If it's published, I get $200. Won't be too shabby for a couple hours work. Who knows, maybe I might someday make a living at it.
Been toying with the writing thing for eons. But I don't want to become some tortured artist who's living a lie in suburban Toronto. I just think it's fun to capture a lot of what my life is right now, for although it doesn't seem like much I'm sure if I look back it's going to be among the happiest times of my life. How couldn't it be with a husband who loves me and 2 beautiful children?
I look back sometimes and wonder how we got here. Our 20's were a lot of fun, with travel, dining out, going out, drinking probably a bit too much. But I'm sure I was miserable at times, knowing that Ian was such a tough guy to nail down into commitment (ie. marriage). He was fully committed to me, but the marriage thing was a huge cliff that he had to jump off of. I know now though, that he was totally worth the wait.
I don't know if I ever expected to be a suburban mom - I think I still held in my fantasies the concept of living and working downtown. But reality hits when you have kids, and you don't work downtown. Commuting is just the pits, so at least for now north of 7 works.
So today I finalized an article that I will submit to Today's Parent. Did I tell you there's a little blurb on G at 16 months that I sent in and was actually published in the December 2006 issue? Mommy brain-addled, I was flipping through the last pages and noticed G's name, thinking.... "Wow, someone else named their baby G" then proceeded to read about her behaviour in the bath with cups, emptying, filling etc.... "as described by her mother Karen xxx! Yikes - I totally forgot that I had sent that in! Now that I'm a published author (yeah, right) it gave me the added impetus to make a submission. If it's published, I get $200. Won't be too shabby for a couple hours work. Who knows, maybe I might someday make a living at it.
Been toying with the writing thing for eons. But I don't want to become some tortured artist who's living a lie in suburban Toronto. I just think it's fun to capture a lot of what my life is right now, for although it doesn't seem like much I'm sure if I look back it's going to be among the happiest times of my life. How couldn't it be with a husband who loves me and 2 beautiful children?
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Hey long time...
So I've rediscovered my blog, thanks to the many moms I've met who are so much more tech savvy than me!
Here we are 19 days from my baby's 2nd birthday - does time ever fly!
Lots to catch up on since the last post. I've been slowly but surely getting used to the SAH gig. I guess Liam had his big 6th BD in April - can't believe he's 6 already. Liam graduated from Senior Kindergarten with a lot of fanfare. Of course, me being a techno-phobe, couldn't handle the digital camera and the camcorder at the same time. So missed the perfect shot of L-ster with the Principal - turned it off when I was trying to focus. Oh well, I caught the movie version.
We had a great summer, which went by very quickly. Managed to take the kidlets to Vancouver then Whistler to join Ian on a work trip. Lboy absolutely loved the Westin Bayshore, right by Stanley Park. Conclusion - my kids love to travel, and expensively !!!Also note to self -- hotels with pools only please! We couldn't spend the whole time at the Westin, so we spent a couple nights at an apartment style place - great location but was so hot, no pool, lots of complaints. So the price was right, but not worth worth the headache.
Whistler, oh my gosh, we stayed at the Four Seasons - I suppose all the work Ian does has a silver lining - we got a great rate due to connections and low season. Ian treated me to a spa day - absolute decadence. Only downside to the trip - L got airsick for the very first time - good thing G was behaving on the plane home. Very uncharacteristic of our seasoned traveller.
In August, got to take a few days for an absolute trip of a lifetime to Reykjavik Iceland, again with Ian's work. And bonus - no kids! I love them, but it was great to get away. Lovely country - we did an adventure tour, I got to go snowmobiling on a glacier mountain. Almost chopped my leg off, but hey, I did it. Did I mention I'm not very athletic - although I'll try anything, but not always successfully. So when Rockstar played this year I was hooting and hollering for Magni - felt like he was my homeboy. Expensive as &*)(#$@ but I suppose it's because everything has to be flown there. What I didn't expect was so many cute little babies, with very young parents. Hopping nightlife and great restaurants - most bar/restaurants were also fully equipped with highchairs. Can you tell I was missing my kids?
Back to school in September. Back to the life of a chauffeur and programs. At least L's in full days and I registered G for some great programs. So active now it's important to get out of the house. Making some real great connections - having too much of a good time according to my mom. She wants me to go to homemaker school now --- but that's another blog entry.
So recent milestones - G is talking a mile a minute. Very bossy to her big brother (and everyone else for that matter). Favourite sayings "no baby, mine" (we're working on the concept of sharing - hopefully more mom and baby dates will help). She loves singing the lullaby that I've been singing to her everynight - changes it a bit to throw in a reference to her big brother - just loves him. Also a very polite kid - good with her "Pease" and "Tank-you's"
She's loving the concept of Christmas. A little fashionista, she couldn't wait to get her party dress on and do some twirls for us. Can recognize Santa, reindeer, snowmen. Our recent photo session was an exercise in frustration but I think the pix will turn out well. How do you keep a 23 month old in one spot for more than 2 minutes - impossible. I won't ever get the hilarious image of her wrestling with the stuffed snowman out of my head though - priceless!
That's it for now. I'll post a little later with more re-caps on the last 6 months - gotta get it down or we'll forget!
Here we are 19 days from my baby's 2nd birthday - does time ever fly!
Lots to catch up on since the last post. I've been slowly but surely getting used to the SAH gig. I guess Liam had his big 6th BD in April - can't believe he's 6 already. Liam graduated from Senior Kindergarten with a lot of fanfare. Of course, me being a techno-phobe, couldn't handle the digital camera and the camcorder at the same time. So missed the perfect shot of L-ster with the Principal - turned it off when I was trying to focus. Oh well, I caught the movie version.
We had a great summer, which went by very quickly. Managed to take the kidlets to Vancouver then Whistler to join Ian on a work trip. Lboy absolutely loved the Westin Bayshore, right by Stanley Park. Conclusion - my kids love to travel, and expensively !!!Also note to self -- hotels with pools only please! We couldn't spend the whole time at the Westin, so we spent a couple nights at an apartment style place - great location but was so hot, no pool, lots of complaints. So the price was right, but not worth worth the headache.
Whistler, oh my gosh, we stayed at the Four Seasons - I suppose all the work Ian does has a silver lining - we got a great rate due to connections and low season. Ian treated me to a spa day - absolute decadence. Only downside to the trip - L got airsick for the very first time - good thing G was behaving on the plane home. Very uncharacteristic of our seasoned traveller.
In August, got to take a few days for an absolute trip of a lifetime to Reykjavik Iceland, again with Ian's work. And bonus - no kids! I love them, but it was great to get away. Lovely country - we did an adventure tour, I got to go snowmobiling on a glacier mountain. Almost chopped my leg off, but hey, I did it. Did I mention I'm not very athletic - although I'll try anything, but not always successfully. So when Rockstar played this year I was hooting and hollering for Magni - felt like he was my homeboy. Expensive as &*)(#$@ but I suppose it's because everything has to be flown there. What I didn't expect was so many cute little babies, with very young parents. Hopping nightlife and great restaurants - most bar/restaurants were also fully equipped with highchairs. Can you tell I was missing my kids?
Back to school in September. Back to the life of a chauffeur and programs. At least L's in full days and I registered G for some great programs. So active now it's important to get out of the house. Making some real great connections - having too much of a good time according to my mom. She wants me to go to homemaker school now --- but that's another blog entry.
So recent milestones - G is talking a mile a minute. Very bossy to her big brother (and everyone else for that matter). Favourite sayings "no baby, mine" (we're working on the concept of sharing - hopefully more mom and baby dates will help). She loves singing the lullaby that I've been singing to her everynight - changes it a bit to throw in a reference to her big brother - just loves him. Also a very polite kid - good with her "Pease" and "Tank-you's"
She's loving the concept of Christmas. A little fashionista, she couldn't wait to get her party dress on and do some twirls for us. Can recognize Santa, reindeer, snowmen. Our recent photo session was an exercise in frustration but I think the pix will turn out well. How do you keep a 23 month old in one spot for more than 2 minutes - impossible. I won't ever get the hilarious image of her wrestling with the stuffed snowman out of my head though - priceless!
That's it for now. I'll post a little later with more re-caps on the last 6 months - gotta get it down or we'll forget!
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