10 Year Anniversary

Ben and I recently celebrated our ten year wedding anniversary! It's hard to believe that ten years has gone by, and I feel so blessed and fortunate for all of the wonderful things that have followed.

This weekend we got to take a little break from two of those wonderful things... My mom watched the boys, and Ben and I went to the Wakefield Mill and Spa ( http://www.wakefieldmill.com/ ) for an overnight stay. The town of Wakefield is so cute- lots of great restaurants, live music and shopping. We indulged in that a  little bit, but spent most of our time relaxing at the inn itself.  It was a great place to celebrate 10 years.

Happy Birthday Rory!

Can't quite believe that my littlest boy is two.

Rory got something called "Crazy Fort" from Grandma and Grandpa. Rory, Jack and Ben are having lots of fun with it!

Lounging on the long weekend...

We are visiting Ayer's Cliff for the long weekend. So far, highlights include swinging in the tree at Grandpa Paul's, "swimming" in Granny's hot tub, and hanging out in the hammock.

Also, not sleeping has been the preferred pastime of one little boy... Rory does not sleep well away from home! I hope this doesn't give any indication of what is to come at the cottage!



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Mother's Day Weekend

 

We have had a great Mother's Day weekend! I awoke this morning to some beautiful cards made by my two boys, and some lovely hand painted and bejewelled butterfly magnets for me to bring to my classroom. Jack was pretty excited about it... he had been telling me about the surprise he had for me for days now!

We went out for brunch with my mom's side of the family (an annual tradition) and had a great day.

Men at work.

My beautiful cards and artwork.

It is becoming increasingly challenging to get a picture of the two of them at once.

Jack's new ride.

Hard to say who is having more fun...


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Poor Rory had a fall earlier in the week... a little bruised, but still pretty cute!

Finnegan and Molly. You may recall them from their earlier appearance on the blog in the toy garage. They have grown.

Brothers.

Hoppy Easter!

Jack and Rory finding their baskets...

Window colouring... thank you Auntie Sarah!

The sneaky bunny hid eggs inside AND outside!

Jack is a pretty good egg-hunter.

Rory following the leader.

Jack recently went to a gymnastics birthday party for his friend Nate. They had lots of fun.

April showers...

There was a big storm the other night, and Ben headed out to document it the following morning.  

This was taken at the front of our property the morning after the storm.

Our roundabout driveway now requires a rowboat.

Getting ready for Easter!

We have been getting excited for Easter around here...  Jack and Rory helped me dye some eggs this afternoon!

 First, we boiled the eggs. Then Jack and Rory chose the colours that they wanted to dye the eggs. We mixed food colouring with water and vinegar, and then Jack dropped the eggs in.

 Pretty colours!

Then Jack and Rory took a little bit of dye and mixed it with olive oil, and pushed the eggs around until they had a marbleized pattern.

 Pants were optional for this part of the process.

A basket fit for a bunny!

Wish Upon a Gleek!

The Glee club that I direct placed second in the Wish Upon a Gleek competition! They did such a good job, and helped to raise a bunch of money for the Children's Wish Foundation.

The links to the videos of our songs are available on my school's website, which you can access by going to the following link http://www.southcarletonhs.ocdsb.ca/ and scrolling down to where they talk about the glee club.  If you look closely on the Lady Gaga video, you can see me directing with my crutches.

The Ides of March

March has been a rough month so far... I had a bad fall at work and hurt my knee pretty badly and am on crutches, Rory has been and continues to be quite sick, Ben is currently stuck in Florida for work for an indefinite amount of time, and two squirrels have taken up residence in our attic.

On the plus side, Jack has decided that my crutches could come in useful.

Here is a snippet of our conversation today:

Jack: "Mommy, what would we do if the villains came to our house?"
Jen: "I suppose we would call the police."
Jack: Silent pause..... followed by muttering under his breath: "You call the police. I will hit them with your crutches."

So between the villains and the occasional dragon, we are well protected while Ben is away.

Snuggling on the couch before bed

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Jack's 4th Birthday Party!

We had a party for Jack with all of his friends today. Ray's Reptiles came over and we got to visit with lots of *interesting* animals!



Daddy showing Rory that tarantulas aren't so scary. (Mommy stayed FAR away.)



Jack was more comfortable with the frog.



Checking out the bearded dragon.

Jack and the king snake.

Rocky the tortoise.

Yep. That's a python. In my livingroom.