Arrived Safe! (again)

It does feel good to be home.

It feels especially good to be at home in my own bed.

What a flight home. My son was an angel (who did not sleep).

My issue was with the 'men' (and I use the term loosely) that surrounded us. They wanted to order drinks within minutes of being seated. I settled in for a long trip when I overheard their demands for alcohol. "We want quantity over quality". They intended to get as drunk as quickly as possible. Oh no.

They were loud, boastful and foul-mouthed. Obnoxious.

As they got louder and the F-bomb became every second word. I finally leaned over and asked if they could please not swear in front of my young son. Thankfully they complied with my request for the most part. The flight attendant handled them pretty well for the most part. It could have easily been much worse.

I'll post more soon. But now I'm heading to bed.

Heading home

I'm happy and sad to be heading home. I'll miss my Mom and Dad.

My mission today? Making the little guy as tired as possible. He's walking, heading to the park and maybe even missing his nap. I'm taking a chance that could result in a rough flight home.

p.s. I've gone overweight on the suitcase again! How?

Coming Home

It's been a wonderful week with my parents. I've enjoyed every minute with them.

My son has been running wild. He will have a big adjustment when he goes back to daycare.

We coloured easter eggs on the final day (*sniff*)










Thank goodness the dye washes off pretty easily. lol.

Gotta get cracking on my cards for the card exchange. I've planned it out on paper. Let's see how well I can execute it.

Night out

Grandma and Grandpa graciously babysat the little guy last night.

So we could go to the casino. Makes us sound like parents of the year doesn't it?

I was queen of the roulette table. I was up at the end of the evening. It was my kinda of table - .25 minimum. I'm not a risk taker - I can't do it.

I'm thinking of all the scrapbook or art supplies I could buy instead.

Road Trip

We went to Calgary today - for about two hours.

I do want our little guy to know his cousins. Don't ask me why we do this to ourselves. It's exhausting.

It would have been much nicer if they could have made it to the party to have a proper visit.

Card night

I admit it.

My aunt and uncle introduced me to a this game.



I'm addicted.

Again?

Bunnytastic

We told our son that Grandma and Grandpa had bunnies. He has been searching for them every day since our arrival.

Finally a sighting. We are such a city family - all three of us went out to see the bunny. lol.

The tourist thing

We are going to West Edmonton Mall today.

The pint sized attractions such as Galaxyland, Sea Lion's Rock and Sea Life Caverns should interest our little guy.

Conveniently for me there is a scrapbook store across the street from the mall. I chuckled when I read that on their website.

I'll need more specific instructions as the mall spans the equivalent of 48 city blocks.

Getting ready for our trip

Got lots to do to prepare for our trip.

Again I'm determined to take only ONE piece of luggage. Plus this time it can't be over weight. It costs money to be over! My argument that we only had one bag didn't fly. I got a raised eyebrow and she demonstrated (very effectively) that she could hardly move it to the conveyor belt.

I hoping to pack stuff to work on ATCs and maybe even my card challenge while I'm away. Ambitious huh? (for me at least)

I just realized I never did my homework from Marissa's class. Oooops.

I can't believe that our Christmas holiday is almost over

The week has flown by. My son has so enjoyed the time with his grandparents. He is so happy to see them each morning. I know I'm not the only one who is going to miss them.

We are going to be exhausted when we get home. We have not maintained a schedule (nor factored in the time change) at all. Uh oh indeed.

We finally made it to Candy Cane Lane and saw it via horse drawn carriage. I couldn't resist my son's excited and hopeful face. He thought the church next to us was a barn that housed all the other animals from the farm. lol. He wanted to actually ride the horse but that changed once he got closer to them. They were huge horses. It was over far to soon and he wanted to go again which resulted in a tearful ride home. I hoped to get photos, however, my camera skills are not what they could be.









Lots of blurry shots. (secretly I like some these odd & blurry shots)

Peace and goodwill to all

Merry Christmas!

Hope you are having a great time with your family and friends.

My three nephews and son are having a great time. All four are excited blurs at any given moment. lol. Luckily they stopped for a moment and I got a wonderful picture of them together. They are going to miss each other when we leave to go back to Edmonton tomorrow.

I called Daddy and Uncle at home and they are having a seafood feast for Christmas dinner. I can tell that they are missing the little guy. We will have another little 'mini' Christmas with them when we get back home.

We are going to my sister-in-law's parents house for dinner today. I'm looking forward to that. Her parents and family are very sweet.

Remember the calories don't count today...

crazy busy crazy busy crazy busy crazy busy crazy busy

preparing for our trip.

Phew. Who knew a toddler needed soooo much stuff.

I've made a list, yes I've checked it twice. (Thanks hon.)

Each time there is something new to add. I'm determined to take only ONE piece of luggage. I don't know if I understand the concept of pare down. lol.

I have ATC's to publish to keep up with the challenge - they just aren't quite completed yet. I have to attempt to watercolour. I should post the uncoloured images - just so I will feel better about being such a slacker.

I think I will pack them up and finish them at my Mom's.