Only my kid

We were in the grocery store a few days ago. As I was bagging groceries the kids were parked in the cart at the end of the register. Nathan was busy talking away. Pointing out the signs to anyone who would look at him.
"see that?"
"what's that?"
An older grandmotherly type stopped beside him bent down and said something to him quietly. Then she stood up and smiled and walked away.
a Second later.
Nathan screams down the aisle after her.
"I think your cute"
I'm sure that's probably what she said to him. But only my child would scream your cute at people in the middle of a grocery store. He's working on becoming such a little Casanova.

~Happy Dance~

So excited!!! We got tickets yesterday to one of the live Garth Brooks shows at the Wynn in Las Vegas. Just Chris and I, no Kids and a few days in Vegas. Yay for us. now I just have to hold out till July. I've been dying to see Garth f-o-r-e-v-e-r. He only did 3 shows in Calgary, in the late 90's, they were all sold out and it was impossible to get tickets. Then he retired before he ever came back up here. So when I heard he was preforming again in Vegas, I was on a mission to get tickets and go! It'll be the honeymoon we didn't get last year. And it's a few days before Chris' 40th. so we may have to book our hotel and flights to make sure were down there for his Birthday as well!

Go Canada Go

Canada vs. US men's Hockey tonight- I decided to give Nathan an Olympic experience...

We baked up some "Bring on the Gold" cookies
They were suppose to have little maple leafs, but they all melted, definitely looked better on the package than the real thing- but still Yummy
And then I dressed everyone in RED- including Nathan's Canada hoodie and put on temporary tattoos from the dollar store. Nathan thought the Tattoo's were the coolest thing EVER!

"GOAL!!!"

Yes, I tattooed a less than 2 month old baby- he needs to get used to his mother being crazy from the start!

All of us ready for the game!

We cheered

Okay I cheered, and Nathan told me"shhhhh Mommy, you hurted my ears"

and then we lost...hmmmm

Muskeg...more than just a funny word

Quiz Time!!!
ha
You didn't know there was tests on here did you?
Anyone know what Muskeg is?

well according to wikipedia Muskeg is:

Muskeg is more-or-less synonymous with bogland but muskeg is the
standard term in non-Atlantic Canada and Alaska (while bog is more common
elsewhere). The term is of Cree origin, maskek
meaning low lying marsh. Large tracts of this soil existing in Siberia may be
called muskeg or bogland interchangeably. Muskeg consists of dead plants in
various states of decomposition (as peat), ranging from
fairly intact sphagnum moss, to sedge peat, to highly
decomposed muck. Pieces of wood such as buried tree branches
can make up five to 15 percent of the peat soil. Muskeg tends to have a water
table very near the surface. As well, the sphagnum moss forming it can
hold 15 to 30 times its own weight in water, allowing the spongy wet muskeg to
form even on sloping ground

Hmmm sounds like a text book, pretty boring
But the Muskeg freezes solid in the winter and can be driven on.

I bring this up because Chris is working up in Fort McMurray right now. He called last night and told me they site they are working on is Muskeg. They have been told that the trucks must be started and moved every ten minutes. Because within an hour your tires can sink 2 -3 inches and once that happens the truck will be unmovable and completely stuck. and worst case scenario???......


source: D6 Caterpillar that broke through muskeg in spring thaw. Located near Wabasca, Alberta.

again according to wikipedia:
During the 1870s, muskeg in Northern Ontario was reported to have swallowed a railroad engine whole when a track was laid on muskeg instead of clearing down to bedrock. Many other instances have been reported of heavy construction equipment vanishing into muskeg in the spring as the frozen muskeg beneath the vehicle thawed.

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

I do love Facebook sometimes.
I just found out through an old highschool friends status update, that one of the guys we went to school with actually made the Olympic team.
I knew he'd been pretty heavy into luge by the end of highschool, but I wasn't sure he'd kept going.
Anyways I found him listed right on the Offical Olympic site. How cool
Chris Moffat - Luge Athletes : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

The display

Weird! I just went back through my old blog post and realized the first time I talked about this space in the stairwell was almost exactly a year ago HERE
And I have been decorating the space seasonally...at least since Halloween but I forgot to take any pictures until this Valentines one.

Actually I think part of the reason I haven't been taking a lot of pics of the space is it's a lot bigger and harder to fill up than I thought so it almost always looks unfinished. But I think I'll start taking pictures anyways so when I do it better the following year it feels like an even bigger accomplishment. Sound like a plan?

V-day

Valentine's Day was more of kid event than it's ever been.

In fact we had pancakes as the main course for our "romantic" dinner
They were heart shaped and I dyed the batter pink...
Then topped them with whipped cream and strawberries

And Nathan was so proud of himself for helping set the table with "sprinkles" or some people might call them rose petals!