Another cool spot I discovered through my wonderful Alberta magazine was Prairie Gardens. It is this wonderful farm with u-pick gardens, a row of haunted houses, pirate’s digging for treasures, play areas and fire pits. I am not much of the camping sort, so Aunty Claudette and I thought that roasting hot dogs and marshmallows […]
Category Archives: Family
Sidewalk chalk
The sun is out, the weather is hot and the driveway in the evenings is in the shade, how else to pass the time but let your imagination go wild with sidewalk chalk. It’s so messy but so much fun and lasts until the next rain. Owen and Brandon love to fill the driveway with […]
Brothers
Okay so two boys, 16 months apart, is a handful but a handful of fun (most of the time). I am not that familiar with boy play, with shooting guns and wrestling and dragons and ninja’s, but I am working on it and getting better (at least I think I am). Some days I wonder what it would be like […]
Bubbles!
It was another warm day with energy to burn. I was hoping to get some of my flowers watered, pick some weeds – you know the fun stuff. Owen and Brandon were all too excited to get outside and play. I pulled out the bucket of outdoor toys and away we went! The bubble machine […]
Grandparents Day
There is this little known place just east of Edmonton that is all about trains. The Alberta Railroad Museum is a wonderful place tucked in amongst the trees and farmer fields. The first time I heard about it was from my Dad; he took my Grandpa one summer and they both thought it was an […]
Little Helpers
Brandon is fascinated with workers – any person wearing a orange vest, hard hat, safety gloves or in a big machine is a worker. One afternoon I was going out to check on my flowers, my garden and just all that fun stuff. Brandon was ready to help, but first he needed his worker clothes. […]
Happy belated Birthday to Daddy
Happy, kind of belated, birthday to Daddy. I say it’s kind of belated because while we celebrated Daddy’s birthday at the beginning of August, this is the first time I’ve had a chance to put together a post about it…so you see it’s kind of belated. Anyway, Daddy had a wonderful few birthday celebrations. In […]
The first garden
I am so proud of my little garden, it’s my first ever attempt and I am so proud of how well it grew. I think the extra rain we had this spring and summer helped it along. My peas are HUGE, they grew past my stakes and netting (note for next year) and produced bowl […]
Brandon’s 3rd Birthday Shoot
With Brandon’s 3rd birthday coming up, I tried to get organized, plan ahead and get a picture of Brandon to use for his 3 year blog post (a little secret – normally the birthday picture is a frantic couple days before the birthday, setting up the studio and getting Owen or Brandon to cooperate and […]
Cars, Planes and Everything that Goes!
One place that Sean and I have wanted to venture out to with the boys is the Reynold’s-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin. It’s a very cool place dedicated to everything that goes — cars, planes, farm equipment. And as Owen and Brandon are fascinated with vehicles of all types, we thought this would be right up […]