Bunny Drama

We have bunnies.  They're the cutest little things that live under our deck and hop around our yard.  I am not a pet person, but

Mack and I were explaining to Tamsine that her bunnies tooth was knocked loose, and in all seriosity (I believe it is a word), she said, "Well we'll just get the doctor to give my bunny one of those gold teeth so it can still eat. Yeah, that will look good."  Both Mack and I looked at one another and then burst out laughing.  I could just picture a gold toothed, lop eared bunny with one eye.  Classic.

Little Miss H'ism

It has been a very long while, and I wasn't really going to continue this blog, but last year my kids started going to a new school to which I had to drive them.  On our morning drives, they started asking me to tell them funny stories about when they were younger or funny things they did as babies.  And do you know, for the life of me, I couldn't remember as many of them as I thought I would.  I was grateful I had recorded as many of them as I did in this blog and on Facebook as I had. So, I'm going to start writing down their antics again.  Not for my benefit, but for theirs.

My oldest has decided that fishing is her new passion.  She gets these ideas in her head every now and then and they just stick, and then she clings to them with a tenacity that would make us millions if we could figure out a way to actually turn it into a product.  Neither my husband nor I fish.  We never have, but she, in all her 10 yr old glory decided she is now a fisher woman.  So, her dad bought her a fishing pole from the classifieds for $2 and a bottle of gross looking bait, and we traipsed her up to the local reservoir to fulfill all her glee filled dreams of hooking a fish.  Turns out she actually enjoyed it and caught herself two smaller, but edible rainbow trout.  And before, what were just dreams of fishing, suddenly became her reality and she was hooked.  So now she and her dad have this thing they enjoy doing together, however that leaves my youngest daughter and I left to our own devices while up at the res.

The H and I enjoy time outdoors and being by the lake, but neither of us are very into the fishing part.  A couple of days however we went to a reservoir called Silver Lake Flat.  On the one side of the lake was a huge granite boulder field that was quite enticing.  I remembered jumping on huge granite rocks when I was a kid and loving it, so I motioned over to the boulders and asked the kiddo if she wanted to do a little adventuring with me.  She immediately jumped at the offer with her little face lighting up.  The rocks were huge and she took off like a rock rabbit on crack.  There were a number of times my heart nearly stopped cause I thought she was going to crack her noggin open as she fearlessly left from ginormous granite boulder to ginormous granite boulder.  we were having so much fun ( I was slightly winded from all the exertion.). I noticed she was showing signs of needing to use the restroom.  (If you are not in the mood for overshare, this is where you need to stop reading).  I asked her about her needs and she denied them (of course), but when I told her the rocks were big enough to hide her and she could pee in the open, her little face lit up once more and she admitted to needing to go really badly.  She whipped her knickers down in a trice and I helped suspend her off the side of one of the rocks so she could pee.  (She thought this was the best.). Once she was done, she hopped onto one of the large high rocks again, assumed a pose with her hands on her hips and proudly announced in her pseudo English accent, "I just marked my territory!", then she slowly raised both arms in the air with her hands fisted and went, "Mwahahahaha!"
This child is ready for world domination.

More little Miss H'isms

Little Miss H has gotten to that stage in her development where she is saying the cutest damn stuff.  I have been having the hardest time getting her to # 2 on the toilet.  Apparently in her world this is the scariest thing and she goes into a flat panic every time she feels the need to push.  So you could have blown me over the other day when I heard her sweet little voice calling to me to hurry and come and look at something super exciting.  I rushed up the stairs and there she was seated on the loo with a huge smile on her face.  She told me (with squeezing facial expressions) that "I just went, unnnnng, and i came out mom."  then she exclaimed, "Mom, my heart was beating and it just went, boom,boom."  It was seriously the most adorable conversation one could have with a 3yr old with no pants on.

Then, this morning while finishing up her conversation with her dad, she said the normal good-byes and then she said, "and don't let the zombies creep."  Then she hugged the phone, gave it a kiss and handed it back to me.

Bloody hell I love this child!!!

Little Miss H'ism

Today Little Miss H  looked at me and said "Watch this mom," and then stuck her finger up her nose as far as it would go.  Then with a look of distress on her face she went, "Uh, uh, uh."  I told her to take her finger out her nose if she didn't like it.  She removed her finger from her nose (eyes watering) and then said, "Hey mom, you try it."  I politely put the tip of my finger in my nose to show her at least I was trying it, when she said, "You're not saying, "Uh, uh, uh."  Head shake.

She has reached a super cute stage of her development right now and has started role playing with her toys.  She handed me one of soft toys the other day and said, "I'll be the mommy and you be the sweetie."  Then in this really high pitched voiced wiggled her stuffed cat at me and said, "Hello sweetie, now go clean your room."

Little Miss H'ism

Little Miss H accidentally stepped on her plush cougar toy while playing today.  She stopped her play, completely concerned, held her stuffed animal up and said, "Kitty, are you okay kitty?"  Then she replied to herself, "Meiow, Meiow."  Then she sighed in relief, tucked her toy under her arm and walked away.

Summer Fun with the Cousins

We spent a few great days at Bear Lake with my brother and his family this summer.  The Tazling pretty much taught herself how to swim, and she and Maeve were so excited we spent the majority of the time in the pool.  One morning everyone kitted up and went ATVing.  This is one activity I can't do with my family because the vibrations and rough ground mess too much with my back, so I sat on the deck overlooking the water and read a book while everyone else went out and played in the mountains.

Poser

The Tazling has suddenly decided not to be camera shy anymore and wants her picture taken constantly.  We were hanging out before school the other day when she told me to get my camera and take some pictures of her posing.  I figured what the hell.  Cute little five year old.  And then, she whipped these out of nowhere.....What the...WHAT?!?!  I like the bottom two.

 

 

 

Zombie Makeup

My little neighbour kid wanted to be a zombie for his family Halloween party on Friday night.  His mom asked me if I wouldn't mind doing his makeup for him.  Not having done a zombie before I figured it would be a fun way to play around and figure out some new techniques.  It took me about an hour to do some pretty basic stuff using Elmers glue, a tissue, sand, charcoal and fake blood.  I was just about to apply the fake blood to the kids face when I read the warning on the bottle which stated not to use it around the eyes and mouth.  Well there went my whole stinking plan.  Not about to be thwarted, I pulled out the good old corn syrup, some red food colouring and a drop of black food colouring and mixed up a batch of my own fake blood.  I couldn't even tell the difference between the store bought and the stuff I made. It was fun playing around and figuring stuff out again.  I also learned how badly I want to learn how to do airbrush makeup.  Maybe someday.

The entire time I was doing this makeup, Little Miss H was screaming.  She did NOT want me to turn her friend into a zombie.  She was having a full meltdown and kept screaming, "NOOOOOOOO, don't make him into a zombie, make him into a bunny!"  It was so funny, and so sad all at the same time.  Eventually Mack had to take her outside and try and calm her down.

Here's how the kiddo turned out.

 

About an hour later I popped over to his house to chat to his mom, and he had washed it all off.  He didn't like the way it felt.  At least I had fun doing it.

Little Miss H'ism

Every day we walk the Tazling to her school bus stop and see her safely on the bus.  I usually give her hugs and kisses and then wave and say something like, "Bye Pumpkin have a good day."  Today however before I even had a chance to say anything, the little miss (still dressed in her mismatched pajamas and mismatched shoes), threw her little arm in the air, gave a huge wave and yelled, "Good-bye sweetheart, goooood-byyeee sweetheart."  Then she turned around and headed for home. 

1000 Sugars

Cupcakes in the car always seem like a good idea in theory.  For some reason I keep thinking the peace and quiet will out weigh the clean up.  And then this happens.  It is a pretty darn adorable mess though, isn't it?

Mom, Mom, Take my Picture!

Bitter Sweet

It has been a fun filled, energetic, painful, tiring and sometimes overwhelming summer for us.  Some of the projects on our house were completed, some started and many just ignored, but thats the way it goes and I'm not complaining.  We took one trip to Disneyland with the girls to celebrate my munchkin's 5th birthday and acquired a couple of bunnies too.  We've laughed, we've cried, we've thrown royal tantrums (kids and adults included), but mostly we've grown closer as a family and are figuring out each individuals needs vs. wants. 

Today however was a moment I particularly have been looking forward to and dreading all at the same time.  Today I watched my little girl climb on a big yellow school bus for her first day in Kindergarten.  She was so excited for this moment and only paused at the bus door with a, "Take one more picture mom" and then she was gone and the bus doors were closing.  I must admit, I got a rather large lump in my throat as I watched the tail lights disappear around the corner.  Little Miss H however had a full melt down because she couldn't go on the bus.  She kept yelling, "my turn, my turn."  Poor kid.  Soon enough.  We both got over ourselves pretty quickly and went shopping.

Another milestone over.  These kiddos grow up way too fast.

 

(Side note: She picked her own outfit, and then posed herself so I could take her picture.)

  

Decorating : Tardis cabinet

We had one of those eighties style kitchen desks in our kitchen. I really didn't like it, especially when it became the catch all for everything in our home that we couldn't find a place for. I decided I wanted to replace the desk with a cupboard of some sorts.  I started looking around and found a solid wood armoire in our local classifieds.  It was a really good price and it fit the space perfectly.  Unfortunately it was a tad rustic looking for our tastes.

I was just going to switch out the hardware, but when Mack asked me what color I was going to paint it, I had a little rethink.  I picked out the navy to match the rug in my living room, but it wasn't until I had the first coat of paint on the cabinet that I realized the colour and style of the cabinet were making it look ridiculously like the Tardis from Dr. Who. I kind of dug it though, so we kept it. My neighbour kindly made me a "Police call box" sign, and now in place of the disgusting kitchen desk I have my Tardis. 

The Long and the Short

Before we chopped off the munchkins hair, I needed to do one thing - straighten the hair, just to see what it looked like.  And, the munchkin sat still just long enough for me to get a few pictures.  Just look at the cuteness of that face.

 

Decorating: Hemming Curtains

We've been in the house for a year now, and I'm finally starting to get little decorating projects completed.  The biggest of those project are my lovely green striped curtains.  These curtains are an Ikea hack and I'm pretty pleased with how they turned out.  There are two windows in my living room, so I bought 2 packs of the Ritva curtains, then measured, ironed and sewed green fabric stripes onto them.  The window coverings that came with the house were those metal window blinds and they were dirty and dis-gusting!  I promptly ripped those puppies out and ordered some sheers from Amazon.  Once the curtains were hung at the desired height (so I could measure and pin in the hems), I was not in the mood to take the curtains down again to sew them.  And, this is where the height of my laziness shows... I just left the curtains hanging while I ironed and sewed the hems into them.  Yay me!  Best idea I've had in a while.

Ice Skating Fun

My 9yr old nephew is totally in to ice hockey at the moment and would actually sleep in his skates if he were allowed to.  As it is, he spends as many waking hours as his parents will permit practicing his skating skills.  On one of the weekends we spent at my brother's house recently, we all decided to accompany Ethan to the open skating night at the rink.  The Tazling was a little trepidatious at first, but within 2 sec flat of getting onto the ice with her little grandma walker she was having a blast.  This is definitely an activity that we will do again very soon.

Another Little Miss H'ism

I have to write this down while it's still fresh in my memory and I'm having a good chuckle at it.

The precious ones were a little bit hyper after their bath this evening, and they were having one of their rare "I'm playing with my sister and having fun" moments.  I let them play till about 30 min after their usual bed time, when I let them know it was time to cover their nakedness and put on their pajamas.  Taz co-operated after barely any threats, but the little miss decided she was having nothing to do with anything resembling  a diaper or clothing.  She loves to run around the house exclaiming, "I'm nay-ked!"  I let her know it was time to settle down and get ready for bed when she turned around and ran into Taz's room and started jumping on the bed.  I grabbed her and lay her down on the bed to try and get her diaper on, when she lifted her legs to start kicking me.  I raised my one eyebrow at her and told her that if she kicked me I was going to smack her bum.  She pouted a bit, but lowered her legs slowly, then turned her little head to the side and yelled, "TAZSH  HEEEEEELP!!"

Little Miss H'ism

Trying to figure out what my two year old will actually eat so that she doesn't starve herself is an all consuming job right now.  (You know how they say little ones won't starve themselves.  That is so not the case with my kids).

This morning I gave her an empty ice cream cone to see if she would munch on it for breakfast.  She got really excited and clapped her little hands, "Yay, i-keem."  Her little face changed when she realized it was just the cone, she looked at me, pointed her little finger inside the cone and said, "Mom, i-keem go in."  It was hilarious, I could just hear the sarcasm in her voice as she told me that ice-cream goes in the cone.

She's a sassy little thing I tell you.

Little Miss Maestro

The Tazling has been learning how to play the violin as part of her pre-school curriculum.  We had a meeting with her teacher today where she was able to show me what she has learned in the last 6 months.  This was definitely an awwwwwwww moment for me.

A Trip to the Mall

It has been seriously cold here lately, and when a big weather system comes through it messes with my back like you wouldn't believe.  The pain zaps my energy and I become a zombie.  What do zombies do with two super lively kids who just want to run and jump and treat your furniture like a jungle gym?  Why yes, you take them to the mall and spend daddy's hard earned money.  You also become one of those oblivious mothers who's kids are running amok and destroying all in their path.  They had fun though, just look at those smiles.