M & M & M

I finished sewing the kids' costumes Thursday night so we were ready to head out for some Halloween festivities Friday afternoon. We took the kids to the pumpkin maze where they had a great time again. They were so excited to put their costumes on that we were able to get a few pictures before we left.










Saturday morning we took the kids to Market Mall. We spent a bit of time walking around the mini golf course, looking at the water and fish. Then we went into the Children's Museum and the kids had a lot of fun there. Mitchell laid claim to the wheel barrow right away, that thing did not leave his hands regardless of how much Maggie and Casey wanted it to. That is until an older girl came over and gently took it out of his hands (which was interesting because he gave it up without a fight, and actually it wasn't a bad thing otherwise he would have never wanted to leave).




We found out late Friday night that a friend of ours had some extra FREE tickets to Mamma Mia so Leah, Gail and I went to the show Saturday night. It was really good!

Today we worked on our trick or treat script at home before we went over to Leah's house. The kids had a good time there with all of her Halloween decorations and candy. Maggie was up to her hoarding ways and piling all of the red bags in one spot. Mitchell and her were tag teaming to empty all of Leah's candy into their buckets. It was funny! And I think Casey was their decoy to distract us.


After that we went to see Auntie Robin and Alan and then onto our friends Jen and Sheldon's. Our kids love playing with Jordyn and Luke, especially with their huge play kitchen. We got a pretty good group shot before we went home for lunch and a nap.

That's it for tonight. It will take me a while to go through all of the other pictures from the rest of the day. But holy man, I had no idea how much fun it is to take the kids trick or treating! Daniel and I had a blast, and I'm pretty sure the kids had fun too!

Time For a Change

There has been change brewing in our house for a little while now. Daniel resigned from his job with the Saskatchewan Golf Association back in September. He has been there for over 8 years and although it was a great job in many ways, it was no so great in other ways. He put in a lot of extra hours and was away a fair bit. When it was just him and I it wasn't a big deal, but since our family has expanded exponentially it was starting to take it's toll on all of us. So, it was time for a change and October 15th was his last day at work. We've had the opportunity and time to do things in the past 2 weeks that we haven't done a lot of before - simple things like taking the kids swimming and other day to day things that we now have more time to all do together. He has been taking some much needed down time to do some things around the house and take care of jobs that haven't been done since we moved into our house 6 months ago. We still have our nanny coming in her usual days and times to keep things consistent for the kids, to keep her working and to allow Daniel some time to get things done. As far as what the future holds - there are a few options that he could pursue but hasn't committed to anything yet.

Last weekend Daniel's parents came for a few days and him and his dad worked on the fence. The kids had a lot of fun outside playing with grandma and watching daddy and grandpa work.



The little boys were dead set on helping the big boys and finally settled into scooping dirt into the wheelbarrow over and over.




Here are a few other pictures from before the snow fell. Casey was determined to move the fence and got quite angry when he couldn't. Then he moved onto the water meter.


Mitchell was having a blast with the hose.



Maggie LOVES these little cars. When we're outside the boys will be play with a bunch of different things but she just rotates between driving and pushing the 3 cars all over the yard.



Well I better go and add a few more things to Daniel's to-do list!

Who Did It?

I remember back when we were getting ready to put our old house on the market, our real estate agent made a comment about how great of shape our walls in for a house with 3 small children. I didn't think much of it at the time, but now I get it. I guess at that time we just weren't quite at that stage yet, but now I should say it doesn't bother me because I know that's just life with 3 toddlers and it will only get worse.

It was kind of funny a few days ago when we were downstairs and the kids discovered a bunch of scratches and dents in the wall. I don't know if they were old marks or if they had just made them, but no one was admitting to anything.

Casey was very concerned about the scratches on the wall.


Mitchell actually found it quite amusing.

Here is a picture of the artwork on the wall outside of our bedroom. This was totally my fault - I had given the kids these frog pens while I needed to to go into our room for a minute. I was sure that I had screwed the lids on so tightly that they wouldn't be able to get them off. As you can see, I was wrong. This is just one fo the drawings on the walls.

Mitchell carries these 2 hammers around with him for a good part of the day. Everyone knows that these 2 are Mitchell's, Casey and Maggie will use 2 other ones at times but aren't nearly as attached to them as Mitchell is. Mr. Fix It found the packing tape rolls and was wearing them as bracelets.



What a sweet, lovable girl.


I have 1 out of the 3 Halloween costumes sewn and even though it's taking a long time, I think they will turn out okay. I'm lucky I have another 3 days to finish!

Who Knew Leaves Could Be So Fun

Our kids LOVE to play in the leaves. We don't have many in our area because it's new with so few trees, so when they get out to grandma and grandpa's at the lake they have a blast. G & G had 3 little assistants helping them gather (and then of course throw) leaves.







Another fun thing to do is to check out or crawl into the culverts in the ditches.




This is a popular spot to sit in at grandma and grandpa's. It's usually where my mom keeps her recipe books that are all gone by the time we get there....or else they are soon after by 3 little helpers. The only problem with the spot is there's only room for 2 (and actually most days there's only room for 1 but Mitchell was sharing this day).


Notice the elastic bands that are keeping the little criminals out of grandma'a cupboards? Can you also see the feet of criminal who broke in?

Busted!