And who is this under our tree?

Well you guessed it. Mommy's free time of know where little Lachlan is, is coming to an end. Sigh. Oh well, it's fun watching Lachlan trying to get around backwards (the only way he can go right now). And what fun would it be if we didn't get stuck at least a handful of times under our tree?

Our First Gingerbread House...

So this year Marc wanted to buy a gingerbread house to make with Preston. As I have had many unsuccessful attempts at creating a gingerbread house I told him it was "his thing". Apparently he's way better at creating them than me LOL! Great job honey! Here's a pic of Preston pretending to take a bite out of it (not the best photo, but you have to be quick with him so it's as good as it got LOL!). He thought it was the neatest thing ever.

Baby it's cold outside...

Preston, Akida and I went outside to enjoy the new snow. Finally Christmas is on it's way! It was windy and the snow was blowing, but after Preston got used to that he had a blast running around in the snow. And with no sun shining I was able to take some pics of the tracks he left in the snow. It was great!

glad that's over with...

Ok...so Marc and I are not halloween people. We live for the Christmas season and have lots of plans for our new home. Decorating is going to be so much fun this year. The discussions have already started and we are looking forward to having a decorated house since we kinda didn't decorate a house at all last year since Marc was in Oxbow and I was in Virden. All of our stuff was somewhere in between in storage and most was not dug out. I think if Marc has this weekend off we'll be starting the Christmas baking (part 2) and bringing in all the boxes and totes. I can't wait to organize all of the stuff. I've had the upstairs living room empty and waiting...

Anywho, just thought I'd post the ONLY picture that I have of the boys together in their costumes...Enjoy!

Keeping busy....now lets try and finish some stuff...

I have been trying and trying to finish a very large canvas for my room, but it seems I never get around to it and when I finally did, I am still stumped on how to make the leaves on it. So instead of sitting and staring at it I put it aside and finished Preston's dinosaurs for his room. I've only wanted to finish them for about 2 months, but I finally sat down this afternoon and finished them. Now to get a piggy bank plug for the triceratops and then into his room they go they go...

So I started sewing...

and I've had a couple of friend ask to see my projects. So here's the first one I completed. It's a neck pillow for Preston just to get me started back into the "sewing of things". I've been playing around and sewed some mats for a mini album and also fixed Marc's velcro on his work gear. I'm so proud of my little "Suzy Homemaker" self LOL!

So we've been crazy busy out here again...

since the last time I posted I've been trying to get my scrapbook space organized and under control, running the house hold, taking baby photos for my sister, helping my mom with scrapbooking events at her store and preparing to open a scrapbook store of my own out here in Alameda. It's going to be a lot of work to start it up and I'm really going to have to push hard to get everything I need done before the ground freezes, but I think it's do-able : )

Preston, Lachlan and I go out twice a week to the Expressway Family Centre to play with the kiddies and meet other mothers with new babies as well. Preston really looks forward to going each time. When we drive up he says "trains?" as that's always the first toy he plays with.

On top of the daily busy-ness I have also started going to a sewing class. It was a blast and I have a list of things that I want to do so I'm going to learn as much as I can from Sandy Danziel, the wonderful lady volunteering her time to teach everyone.

We are going to have a super full house this weekend while the guys re-shingle the roof (even for a large house like this one). There's going to be people everywhere! I'm totally looking forward to it though as Preston will get to see all his cousins (hopefully) on Marc's side of the family.

And just a heads up for anyone in the Virden area on Friday September 25. Ceramic Corner is holding it's first monthly scrapbooking crop from 6 - 11 and I'll be there. Call and book your spot as space is limited.

~Alicia