Finally a B&A

I was going to sit down and write a bigger post today but a wrench got thrown in my plans.

My two-year-old has a UTI!

My little darling has a urinary tract infection!  

Here I am getting frustrated with her recent increase in accidents.

I feel like the worst mother ever awful but am just happy I finally clued in.

Anyways...

Husband came to my rescue with some before and after shots.

And here they are.

{I didn't feel the need to label them.}

It's a Picture Friday

I have been feeling the need to post about some amazing local photographers lately.

It is because of Just Married Photography that we have these beautiful shots of the most important times in our lives to date.

They must have known something we didn't.  

The wedding pic I chose is taken against the wall of an auto-part store {pre-shop owning}.

The Scenic Route

And I, I took the road less traveled by.  I was using a GPS system.  

~Robert Brault

 Does anyone else have this problem?

I love my iPhone.

I didn't have a smart phone until late 2010.  

I didn't think I needed one.

Now I often wonder how I lived without it.

Remember the days when you had to look up an address before you left the house?

You'd print out the google maps directions or, going way back, you would break out the big map in true tourist fashion.

Well, now I just breeze out the door and depend on my iPhone to guide me in the right direction.

This is usually successful but not always efficient.

The other day I took the kids to this fantastic play area at the John Janzen Nature Centre.

It had been years since I'd been {my last memory is getting pooped on by a just-hatched chick as a pre-teen} so I got out my trusty iPhone and plunked in the address.

I even knew better.

I passed the turn that I knew I should take and exited onto a freeway like maps told me to, seriously?

Good thing we weren't in a rush or in the middle of a potty emergency.

I'd like to say it won't happen again.

Wishful thinking.

You Don't See This Everyday

Jeff just couldn't resist sharing this Hummer with all of you.

He sent me these pics before going out of town.

I have no words.

Back to School

It just hit me today that this is what single moms feel like.

You see, Jeff is off bettering himself this week.

He enrolled in a 4 day course to help him improve our efficiency and productivity at the shop.

We feel like we do great work but there are ways to improve how we do it while maintaining quality.

The kicker is, the course is in Calgary...da.da.daaaaa.

{That's ominous music in case that wasn't clear.  Say it again, makes more sense now, yes?}

When he was first talking about enrolling I didn't feel like it would be a big deal.

What's 4 days?

I can do 4 days alone.

Right?

Well of course I can, I will, I am.  

But man it's hard knowing that there won't be a second set of hands at dinner time and bedtime (not as bad as dinner but still tough).

I really appreciate and applaud the fact that some people do this.

Every.

Day.

Standing O for the single parents.

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.