30 Days of Photos - dayTWO

Peekaboo Moon!

 See you tomorrow for dayTHREE!

30 Days of Photos - dayONE

Today I lucked out and upon walking out my front door had a friendly face looking up at me!  I ran to the kitchen, grabbed by Rebel and darted back outside to snap a couple pictures of our local deers.

My visitor - it almost looks like he's saying "Hi!"

 

Much like the bunnies who have taken over Kamloops, BC our town has a population of White Tail Deer that call our town home.  They can be seen pretty much everywhere, and have even been known to cross the street in the crosswalks (there is actually even photo evidence of this claim!).  For the most part, humans and deer live quite contently in the same space.  We have learned to give them a wide berth when passing by.

As is the case with all wildlife there are some residents who are not fans of the deer as they tend to eat pretty things out of gardens, but I still revel in the beauty of these majestic animals. We are truly fortunate to bear witness to wildlife like deers and eagles on a daily basis.

And a friend too!

See you tomorrow for dayTWO!

Pet Peeves

Do you have many?  My list is small.  I have three that top the charts. Lying, being late and not RSVPing to events.

With Malie's birthday party two days away one of my top pet peeves is making its way into the picture.

RSVP....respondez s'il vous plait.  It really isn't all that hard to do.  Yet no one has.  Not RSVPing to birthday parties makes it very difficult to properly plan a party.  Without knowing how many kids are coming you risk not having enough goodie bags, food and gosh, sometimes even not enough space!  It also puts added pressure on parents to invite extra people just incase no one shows up to the party.

Tala's first year in town here was one of those disappointing years for her.  She invited all the kids at her preschool and no one showed up aside from her awesome cousin and an older friend.  As she sat in the restaurant asking them not to bring out the food yet as she knew they were coming my heart broke.

The next year in Kindergarten on the Thursday before her birthday party no one had RSVPd for her party.  After much heeing and hawing about it I ended up staying up late making invites for everyone in her class in hopes of staving off that whole no one showing up kerfuffle.  To my surprise every single kid in her class, plus some family friends showed up to par-tay!  30 kids in my little house!!!!  Thank goodness for my Dad and his crazy hot dog antics.

We really haven't had a lot of success planning and executing parties in town.  The parties themselves are always well thought out, and very personalized.  My kids have a blast.  Malie's favorite from years gone past are her two years of Pancake Brunch Parties.  Who doesn't love pancakes covered with fruit compote, whipped toppings, gummy worms and sprinkles?  Tala's favourite is her Mad Hatter's Tea Party from two years ago.  The little hats I made were so cute, and are still in one piece 2 and a half years later!

Mad Hatter's Tea Party Hats, made from Styrofoam Cups!!!

 

With Malie's Mermaid Party going forward on Saturday our fingers are crossed for a wonderful turnout...and some last minute RSVPs! 

 

What is your biggest pet peeve?

Pray for Oklahoma

I like many others across the world watched in horror as the state of Oklahoma was put into a state of emergency.  I can't even imagine going through what these people went through, and I like many others wanted to help in some way.

The awesome folks of Rainbow Swirlz (located in Stroud, Oklahoma) have released a limited edition T-Shirt to help raise funds to help rebuild.  They will be taking orders until the 28th of this month, after which the shirts will be distributed, locally or via the post.  The shirts are $15 each (shipped) and proceeds will be donated where they will do the most good.

There are a variety of colours available, in sizes Youth Small, Medium and Large, as well as Adult Sizes Small through 4XL!

Visit Rainbow Swirlz at their Facebook Page today for more information, or to order your shirt!

I am not surprised that Rainbow Swirlz has stepped up to help in any way they can as they are just that amazing of a company.  I have long been a Rainbow Swirlz fan, and highly recommend them to everyone!

Growing Up

A sappy, sob story of a post!  My baby turned 7 years old yesterday.  I cannot believe that the time has flown by so fast that my babies have grown up into such amazing young ladies.  Hard to believe that just yesterday I was bringing our new addition home.

 This teeny tiny baby grew up into this little lady

Hard to believe that this is the same little girl!

As a young Mother I went through the typical panic of bringing home a new baby with a child at home already.  My first born daughter was only 18 months old when her sister came home, so that gave me an additional set of typical new Mom worries.  2 kids in diapers, what was I thinking?  Luckily the girls quickly became inseparable and quelled my worries.

 

All of these years later the girls are still the best of friends.  Sure they have moments where they get under each others skin, but they truly are amazing girls.  I am proud of the little ones that I've raised from babies to the most fantastic little people that I've ever met!