Can you believe it’s Labor Day and Ryan has a DAY OFF!! I love his new job…
Well, we had decided some time ago to have it be a family day so we headed out to go canoeing!
This next picture pretty much describes the entire trip…Corben bent over his paddle, lifeless…Ella, drinking everyone’s drinks (we had to stop 6 times for her to go potty!)…Ryan looking grumpy (just kidding)…Dade not paddling…Sylvie being silly…
Though I got a killer workout and the boys decided that family trips should not include mandatory work, they loved paddling through the “rapids” and climbing out on the rocks.
Proof I was there…and this picture of Sylvie was taken from under the water….
Sylvie spent most of the time playing in the water over the side of the boat. She did finally ask me where the boat bed was (lol) and took a small nap during which she continually Shushed Dade and I if we talked at all….
I checked Google Earth and it looks like we paddled almost 8 miles!! Not bad for 6 hours out on the river!
Can you say, “OUCH”!!?? I can’t say that I had any one big pain, just an overall ache…and I was pretty tired…still, it was so worth the trip….ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Our deck is finally shaping up! Here’s proof that Dade isn’t always inside on his computer!
It’s SYLVIE’S BIRTHDAY!!!
First thing we headed out to join the girl’s playgroup on a field trip!!
We got a fun tour of the store and the kids got to try lots of fun foods & pet a lobster! (I’m pretty sure Ella wanted to take it home and care for it.)
The kids got to go into the SUPER COLD freezer in the back and see where they load the milk onto the shelves.
Finally they got to see what it’s like to ring up some food at the register and get a fun goodie bag to take home! What a great field trip!
We spent the rest of the day getting things ready for Sylvie’s party. She requested a Snow White cake, again, this year. She really has just always loved her. Maybe it’s the short hair?? Anyway, here’s my cake I worked on all afternoon. I know, her nose is a little funny (as both my brother and Ryan pointed out…) but Sylvie loved it and Corben said I could have sold it so I think it turned out just fine!
I had icing left over that Dade wanted to eat. Always looking for a new form of entertainment, Ryan told him he could eat everything he could get on his face….men/boys are weird….
Sylvie’s party was great! She was so excited and several of the neighbors and Uncle Jason & Cassie joined us, as well.
Everyone laughed when she blew her candles out before we could even sing but I reminded them she’s only ever done this a couple of times before, if that, so they cut her some slack…:)
Sylvie got pretty new Princess shoes that I’m pretty sure she’s going to wear EVERYWHERE…
We then all went outside and hung out on the mostly finished (just needs some more stain) DECK!! YEAH!! - (pics to come)
The weather was dreary today so photoshoots were cancelled…sigh…but that just means we all get to go to BUGFEST!!! YEAH! 2 whole city blocks and 4 floors of the science museum all dedicated to BUGS!! (Sylvie had the perfect bug dress just for the occasion!)
The kids were SO excited about getting to play musical instruments! Corben really wants to play violin…I always saw myself playing the fiddle…maybe I’ll let him give it a try…
Corben really enjoyed the Flea Circus…it was so much fun to watch!
See the picture above?? The one on the right? Yes, it says chocolate covered worms!! And guess what…my kids ATE THEM!!! (They’re cool like that.)
Despite the look of the pics above, Sylvie is the only one who made a face while eating it. Corben gobbled his down and Ella did too….and then she started spitting! lol
We then went to the GLOW exhibit, all about glowing animals…(they had 3 fish and the rest were pictures or dead things….sigh.) Corben was very disappointed.
Okay, somewhere on this day my ISO on my camera was changed from 200 to 2000!!!! I have no idea how…but it made picture taking a bit difficult and in all the rush I couldn’t figure out why until I got home and viewed them….sorry….
Did I mention my Ella just LOVES bugs!!
Okay, see these TOTALLY CUTE pig tails?? Can you believe she SCREAMED for over an hour this morning about having to wear them? They’re not very PRINCE LIKE….sigh…(she had them out first thing when we got in the car to go home!)
Ryan’s out of town White Water Rafting! Must be nice…anyway, Dade & I ended up sick today for no good reason. I’m feeling a lot better but still not quite myself. I decided it was a decent time to go through some old boxes of my stuff from my childhood that had been long lost in an old moldy shed, so much stuff ruined. :( Most of these photos were actually from a late night of taking pictures and burning a lot of things due to mold on Saturday….
I’m leaving this next one clickable so you can read my mom’s testimony. She’s awesome.
Trophies and my super duper Garfield collection!!
Dear Vanessa G., I started this cross stitch of Friendship Bear for you when we were in Junior High….sorry, but I never finished it but at least you now know that I cared enough to start!! :)
I then stayed up late to watch my friend, Amber, on Freaky Eaters (see previous post).
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You are the kind of mom I want to be. Thanks for always giving me inspiration!
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Soooo did you find the dinosaur bones???
how much fun! let corben try the violin! i'm a bit partial to it myself having played it since I was 10. And I have to say your kids are braver than me, I wouldn't have touched the chocolate covered worms. bleh!!
feel better!
The look on Sylvie's face as she's walking down the hall in those red shoes--it is so like Savvy when she's feeling pretty/princessy! I can just imagine them playing together. Savvy & Sylvie. :) I think the Snow White cake was gorgeous and you definitely could sell it. Love all the pictures of the bugfest and I love the nostalgic objects and your photos of them. :)
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