Train Bday Party

These are some shots from Nixon's bday party... it was a train theme, lots of fun! We ate train shaped sandwiches, made celery trains (ants on a log) and had a yummy train cake ! After some games, we had popcorn and watched Thomas... fun party, and surprisingly easy to pull off... perfect for this pregnant momma!


The goodie bags were lined up like the cars of a train with little felt wheels attached to them... they included a bandana, a train whistle, and whatever candy the kids got from the Pinata.



A cookie cutter made awesome little sandwiches and my mini loaf pan made perfect train cars with Oreo wheels, candy cargo and licorice tracks! The kids had a lot of fun playing with the train table as well! One of my fave shots is Nixon with his "uncle" Brandon, they're so cute together! Nix was jumping off the back of the couch while Brandon caught him.

My lil' Birthday Boy

So I promised I'd post pictures of Nix on his bday, so here they are:

These are him at our special bday dinner at BP's He thoroughly enjoyed eating some delicious cake! (also totally didn't even notice when I dressed him this morning I put on his shirt that has the number "3" on it... very fitting.)


And the beloved train table... I've never seen him this interested in anything before... I'm loving it!

So that was his bday... more pics after his party this weekend!

Ps... have you noticed how much I've been blogging lately? I'm just sayin...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LITTLE MAN!

So today was the boy's birthday! Crazy to think that 3 years ago (actually at this exact time) I was in labour... well, by now I was in the OR prepping for the section... still in labour though! Wow... time flies hey? And now we're expecting another little man!

We surprised him this morning with a train set (yes, the one EVERYONE has from Toys R Us... why mess with a good thing?). He LOVES IT! He hasn't stopped playing with it all day... Excellent investment for me by the way!

We ended the day by going out to dinner at Boston Pizza's... it was fun! We really don't take our kids out for dinner much... usually if we're gonna eat out, it's just take out... but it was fun taking them on a little birthday date!

Well, sorry this post is boring, but I took the pictures on my phone and it's ALLL the way downstairs! So I'll post them tomorrow!

seee... I'm blogging again!

Just thought I'd prove that I'm serious about my return to the world of the bloggers!

So it's been a fun week... two of my nieces came to visit last Wednesday and will be here until this Thursday. I've really enjoyed having them around. They're my oldest brother's kids and they're teenagers. I was slightly worried at first just 'cause I've never had teenaged girls stay with me... just Tess but she's more like a little sister/best friend. But it's been super fun, we went boating, and to West Ed and we've done some shopping and played more than a few rounds of Uno haha. I love that I'm getting close to them again as I haven't seem them in over 6 years, and this is Nick's first time meeting them.
We also had Liv's Bday! It was fun! We had a Mad Hatter's Tea Party! Good times! We played golfish croquet with flamingos and hat hat hatter and of course... had cake! It was fun and I will get pictures up soon! Well, I'm tired and need to get some other work done but thought I'd post a quick update!

Until I blog again (which will be soon)

A house full of sickies

So, we're all sick! (hence all the work on my blog). Right now, I'm in bed with watery eyes, blowing my nose every two minutes and a headache while Nick is out cold and I can hear at least one of my kids coughing while trying to sleep. Poor Sickies! Oh well, every cloud has a silver lining right? On the moments I feel somewhat Ok, I've been cleaning, working and BLOGGING! I do want to express a formal apology to all my faithful blog readers out there (I'm quickly learning that there are many more than I thought) about my lack of blogging the past oh... 6ish months. So once again, I'm sorry. I will try to continue writing as for some reason you seem to be enjoying my random musings, rantings and ravings! So... we're sick.. and I think Livi has Roseola again... poor kid! But somehow Nixon's managed to avoid getting the baby measels.... but we'll just wait and see... he has been warmish and the poor kid has such a runny nose and HATES it when I even look at him with a kleenex in my hand! But, like I said, I've had more time to slave away on my computer and play with the kids. So, since it's been so long, here's an update of what has happened in our lives since July 29th 2008:

Well, August 2nd we had a birthday party for Liv who turned 2 on August 3rd. My buddy Tess was such a help! We made a homemade piñata and everything! Here are some pics from the awesome event;

Yummy hotdogs! Liv, Ky and Bailey/Lincoln lol! She thinks of them as a package deal! The Fancy Cake! It had awesome pink polkadots but it was too hot and they slid off! I still think it's pretty awesome for my first attempt at a fancy Birthday Cake... and Ingrid, you're right... an awesome toy on top and you're good to go! lol!

The Piñata -it's all in the details!
My little man and his Mohawk! lol! He had no hair on the sides and a bunch on top and at the nape of his neck... what did you expect me to do?
Blowing out the cake, Tess & Nixon

All our hard work! But it was fun!
Tinkerbell dress & shoes from the H's

PRESENTS!

More party pics:


Well, that took much longer than I anticipated so I will continue with updates tomorrow!
Goodnight! And hopefully the I will no longer have a house full of sickies!