Squid Kid

For those of you who don't know our daughter, she is a great eater.

I haven't had to trick this girl with "no, that's not grated up vegetables hidden in your food" or pleaded "just one more bite" yet.

How did this come up you ask?

I was looking over our pictures from the weekend and came across these.

We went to Ragazzi on Friday night which is our favourite Italian place in town.  

 We ordered the calamari and Fiona loved it (even the legs that secretly still kinda freak me out).  

When it was all gone she then proceeded to eat the lemon wedge.

What did I tell you?  Good eater!

Cedric a little jealous that he can't partake yet.

Did anyone get a chance to check out any show&shines in town this weekend?

Ours was chock-full of birthday party fun (which I have no pictures of, sigh) so we missed them.

So Happy To Be Working

I don't know if I ever expressed just how happy we are to be working again.

It's hard to capture this kind of feeling in words.

We're like won-the-lottery-on-the-birth-day-of-your-first-born-which-just-happens-to-be-Christmas-while-eating-ice-cream-on-the-beaches-of-Maui kind of happy.

Here are some pics of such work in progress.  

Yes, that is the Little Red Express I posted about a while back, can't wait to see it done!

If you're in town this Saturday & Sunday, check out the Crystal Kids Show & Shine.

It's at the Sherbrooke Community League 13008 122nd Ave.

Registration starts at 9am and the event goes until 3pm on both days.

Not Auto Related At All

We were getting groceries today (at the store before 9 thanks to a 6:30 wake up call) when I saw the garden centre and couldn't resist.

We hadn't planned on doing a garden or any planting this year due to a newborn and the craziness at the shop.

I figured, I'm up this early, we don't have any morning plans and this could be fun for Fiona(?).

I stuffed 125L of topsoil, some sheep manure and a few flowers in my little Yaris (in addition to our groceries) and we were off.

Luckily Cedric slept in the chariot long enough for Fiona (pink rake in hand) and me to plant this little beauty.

We are hoping to enjoy some fresh carrots, beets, lettuce, snowpeas, tomatoes and strawberries this year.  

There is still a chance I mess this up by forgetting not having the time to water and weed.

My lesson learned today, grab any tiny opportunity that presents itself!

Shout Out

I have been meaning to give Premier Garage Condos a shout out for a while now.

When we were at the Car Show in March Jeff was showing off his Paintless Dent Repair skills and they took note. 

We were featured in their blog and were blown away by their great review.

Denting for Dollars – Hands on Paintless Dent Repair

Autorama

Did anyone else check out Autorama?

The St. Albert Cruisers put on this great event and this was our first time going.

We just made it and I was glad we did.

So many great cars I just had to share some!

A sigh of....

It was a late one for Jeff and staff last night.

As I said, we got the filters, put them in and did a paint job.

You know what, we think we can make this work!

The booth isn't perfect (there's already rust around the lights) but it looks like Cecile can put out jobs that meet our high standards.

What a relief.

We have been holding our breath for the last 2 weeks in anticipation of this day.  We have both been too scared to mention it and too stubborn to admit that it may not work out. 

We are breathing a little easier today even though we know this ordeal is far from over.

We're just happy that we can keep our customers.  

Another silver lining (I'm just full of 'em) is that it's obvious now just how loyal our customers are to us.  

One of them called Jeff this week to check up on him and actually said he was holding all his work for us.

This is huge!  

This isn't usual practice and we are so proud to have this type of business relationship.

If you're in to vintage cars, the St. Albert Cruisers are hosting their Autorama show & shine this Sunday in the Bay parking lot of the St. Albert Centre from 10-4.

Have a great weekend!

Quick One

Just a quick post today.

It's been a tough day for me since I took my little man in for his first immunizations.

I have experienced few things worse than hearing my babies scream as they feel pain for the first time.

As I rocked him and told him that it was all over I thought to myself, "This is only the beginning babe".

There are so many hard times, painful times and as a parent I can't stand the thought that I won't be able to prevent them all.

Jeff and I both have amazing parents.  

When we got married many people commented how unusual it was that both our parents were still together.  Even all of our grandparents were either married, passed on married or widowed.

{Of course I'm not saying that this is why they're great parents, it's just a side note.}

Even as adults I can feel that our parents want to protect us.  

Whenever we hit a rough patch at the shop they are always ready and willing to help.

Speaking of rough patches, we got the new filters for the booth today!

As I type this they are firing it up and praying that it works.

I'll let you know tomorrow how that all pans out.

Keep your fingers crossed for us.

{So, not as quick as I anticipated.

Sorry if you read this post under false pretences.}