Mites!

Found mites on the tomato plants, and on the pumpkin plants!  AAAARG!  The leaves have little white spots on them and some are drying out and dying.  (leaves not plants)

Found THIS  to kill them.  So I have just trimmed all lower leaves and chopped them up, ready to spray everything tomorrow.  I really hope it works, have had very good luck with these plants so far so we would be very disappointed to loose them to minuscule invaders!

Boys and I had a great day today!  I woke up at 6:30am, before the alarm. (I know, crazy eh?)  Had nice coffee/e-mail check by myself.  Then boys got up.

The boys strung beads on pipe cleaners for almost an hour while I knitted (yay!)  Then we made pizza dough cookie, very yummy, the recipe is HERE.


Off to playgroup we went.  Met up with Heather and her crew.  Went to the park after then back to our house for Popsicles.  Lindsay walked by so she stopped in with her crew too!  Lots of kids in our yard, it felt like a park :)

Then Cy requested a movie and both boys lounged  on the couch and watch Bambi, they were worn out, Mama also watched quite a bunch too.  I really like that movie, so mellow and so many lessons too.
I finished the laundry finally.  Not a stitch of dirty clothes in the house other then what the boys and Q took off before bed.  Hopefully I will be able to stay on top of it.

The boys and I headed outside for another hr of play and garden before a dinner of hot dogs and butternut squash soup.  Then Q came home and bed for the boys.  They both complained before bed but 5 min later ..... silence :) two happy sleepy boys

Big Hill Springs Provincial Park

Big Hill Springs Provincial Park was our first official hike as a family! We took the kids last weekend with a packed lunch and the Ergo.

We first ate lunch by the little waterfall at the start with a bunch of other families. This little hike is great for kids so it's no wonder why it was so busy with little people. Only 25 min outside of Calgary we had a great time without going too far. Since we went Cy has been asking to go hiking again! I can't wait until we move (in 2 weeks) so we are back in the mountains and ready to hike.

Today the weather was warm! Only -7 yay! We were able to get out of the house for a walk with no tears or frozen kiddies. We even made it to the park but the snow was so deep that Cy couldn't walk very well to the slide. After one go on the slide we decided to just keep walking. Cy picked up some frozen snow and threw it at fences to make some snow blob art. I love getting some fresh air after being cooped up in the house for the past week and a half.

Q and I want to move to Rossland, BC where the coldest it gets is -13. Doesn't that sound balmy? Especially after the -28 that we usually have to put up with here. Also here we have the most windy town north of Crows Nest Pass. So every day that is windy is about 10 degrees colder then what the thermometer shows.

While Ter had his nap Cy and I did some stitching together. It was so mellow just hanging out with him and each of us working on our own projects. This is what we both worked on.

Ter was talking lots today and he said " wow" and "mom".

Best Weekend Ever!

This past weekend we went to Butter field Acres.  A small farm where you can get in the pens and pet all the animals.  It was better then I expected!  Cy was scared of the pony for the pony ride but I think he will be fine next time. 

Stinky pigs, they tried to eat my pants!

After the farm we went to Prince's Island Park.  We saw lots of ducks and geese with babies.  Cy and daddy spent a ton of time at the park and playing soccer.  Ter practiced sitting.  

A c-train ride.  1 st for the boys...

Huge buildings.

I CAN sit...I am 7.5 months now!

Rolling with daddy.  The best way to travel!

Snack break

At the end of the day on the way home!

Swinger!

Wordless Wednesday