ithn't thee cute?

and you thould hear her thpeak! Theee wath on a mithion the other night to get that 2nd upper tooth out! It wath pretty loothe but thee worked it like a fiend even though her gumth were bleeding all over her hand and the theet on her bed. I thought thee was thleeping already but a little while after we'd tucked her in I heard footthepth on the thtairth and a little voithe thaid "Mummy!!! I got it out!!!!"

She couldn't be happier with her toothless grin! Every time I see her it makes me giggle, it's just too stinking cute to see her little smile with such a chunk of teeth missing! She had kept the previous tooth that fell out and now had both upper teeth. She really wanted the $2 from the tooth fairy but hated to give up the teeth. I told her to keep them until she wanted the $2 more than she wanted the teeth. A couple days later, she crept downstairs, again long after she had been tucked in, to let me know she was going to let the tooth fairy have ONE tooth. In the morning she was thrilled to find 2 loonies under her pillow!

Getting too lazy!

Ok, things are getting too lazy around here!  Honey wasn't feeling well last night so she crawled in with me before Murray came to bed and she decided she didn't much care for going to her own bed when he did get there! So he left to sleep in her bed instead, rather than disturb or inconvenience her LOL

I woke up this morning a little after 8 and got ready to go to my 9am class at the gym. Lovey was up when I left and I figured the others would wake after hearing me banging around getting ready. Well! apparently not! Murray reported that the other 2 stayed in bed until 10:20!!!!!!!!! Yikes! longest sleep in ever! Getting off this vacation schedule is getting trickier every day! Gotta reverse the trend here soon.

I did the 9am weight lifting class which I really like. Then I thought I'd try out the yoga class right after that and now I know that an hour of yoga is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long for me! It was all stretching and didn't feel like I worked anything at all. Now I know stretching is good for you but it was just too much staying still. I can't be at rest for that long or I go craaaaaaaaazy!!! I went back tonight for spin class and enjoyed that MUCH more! That's the end of my yoga career I guess! back to Pilates next week instead and try to snap this core back into shape, it's a mess! I also signed up for a fitness challenge to lose 10 pounds in 3 months. If I accomplish this, I get 2 months membership for free and you know how much I love FREE. Now to see if I love FREE more than I love chips, chocolate, cake, icing..... you see the dilemma???!??!?!???

This afternoon we took the girls skating, hoping to use up some of that stored energy from all the sleeping in! Everyone was much happier this trip and skated around for the hour without any scowls or meltdowns, so woohoo!!! (you'll notice my success bar for this isn't set overly high huh?)

After skating we hit the library where Murray picked up a copy of The Scorch Trials which is the 2nd book in the Maze Runner series. I had borrowed the ebook on my iPad but it expired before we finished reading it. This left us in quite a state of curiosity!!! Everyone was excited to be able to continue the story tonight!

Once we had the book safely on board, we headed over to Aunt Cathy's to meet our newest cousin, Imc! Aunt Cathy's had her visiting with her mum for the last week and will be sad to see them leave tomorrow. They're planning to be back in the spring though so she can resume her grammie duties then :)))

New Year's Festivities!

We brought in the new year with Murray's family this year and had a whirlwind of a weekend! Murray's on vacation til the girls are back in school so we were able to stay longer than usual. This allowed us to fit way more stuff in!

We arrived at midday Friday and grabbed a bite to eat and then went skating with Nanny and Auntie KK. Unfortunately some punk with a whistle decided the snowboarding helmets were not up to par as they were not CSA approved. We then had to get in a loooooooooooooooooong line to borrow appropriate headgear for the girls. That's all fine and dandy and I like to follow the rules and all that but let me tell ya, I was incredibly annoyed EVERY time we passed someone towing a kid in a freaking' BICYCLE helmet on the ice!!!!!!!! We wasted 45 minutes in that stupid line when what we should have done is hopped the fence in a different place! The guy that stopped us explained that it was because the helmets were only single impact and not multi impact. He didn't appreciate my promise that we would only let them fall once!

Sweetie was NOT living up to her moniker in her hockey helmet. She was determined to be miserable because she thought other people would think she looked dumb in the helmet. Skating lackadaisically, slumped over, at a snail's crawl with a big frown didn't look dumb at all though I guess. I'll take bad attitude for $200 please Alex! oh and a 15 minute time out when I get home! There wasn't any fixing her on the ice so I gave up, dragged her around until she forgot she was supposed to be miserable and by then the skate was over anyway. Lovey was on the other end of the spectrum of course and gave Nanny a workout trying to keep up with her. Honey very appropriately and cautiously skated at an enjoyable pace and observed all safety regulations!

I thought the skating and fresh air might tire them out and have them asleep early but the excitement of camping out in Nanny's room overpowered any sleepiness they might have felt. It was well after 10pm when they finally conked out!

The next morning I went out to meet a couple of friends I used to work with when we lived there. We had a great chat and many laughs as usual as we got caught up on each other's happenings. It went much too fast and I had to cut out early to make it to our next family event!

Murray, the girls & I, Nanny, Auntie KK, Uncle Andrew, Aunt Mandy & Mr. Bojangles all went swimming at the new facility in town. A very swanky pool with awesome waterslides, a huge pool, lots of floaty toys and lots of floor fountains to play in! The girls thrashed and splashed for almost 2 hours before we headed home.

I got ready and went to meet my friend Alisa and get her pictures ordered from the newborn session we'd done last time I was in town and I also got fed lots of yummy New Year's Eve snacks! I went from there to the party at Andrew & Mandy's where we played Balderdash while the kids ran wild, watched tv, stuffed their faces with cheesies and I'm not sure what else! We didn't make it to midnight though, but the girls got surprisingly close! We thought Lovey was going to check out when she crawled into a warm cozy bed in a dark room to watch tv but she & the others all hung on til it was time to go home. The quiet car ride was no match for even their staying power though. They were out like lights in minutes!

Sunday was a more relaxing day and our only activity besides lounging, was dinner at Karen & Paul's, Chinese food yummmmm!!!! We'd been wanting some for awhile so when Karen told us we were getting take out a couple weeks ago, it was pretty exciting news! (yeah, I know. but remember, we don't get out much!)

Today I dragged the kids out of bed by 8:30, trying to get out of this sleep in all morning, party all night schedule we've got going on! We drove home through a rainstorm and got here just in time to make some supper. (tuna noodle casserole that was met with much scorn from the little people!) We also enjoyed the reject cake I saved from certain destruction at Nanny's!!! :))) Yay for screw ups!!! haha!

A few snapshots from the weekend away!