Fall Fun

One of my favorite things as a mom is living the simple moments through Sam's eyes and we did that today! Sam and I were on our way to do errands this afternoon and the car said +24 and I looked around at the beauty of the fall colors and turned the car around and drove to the park to play in the leaves. we had a blast running down hills and falling in the leaves, shuffling our feet in the leaves, throwing leaves at each other, crushing the leaves .....

we ended up staying a bit longer at the park than I planned. Mom was having so much fun with Sam and put her keys down in the leaves!! Then when we were ready to go - WHERE ARE MY KEYS??!! After the panic subsided, I realized there was no option but to find the keys (all I took with me was the keys and the camera) so I methodically started going through the leaves until I found them. luckily we stayed in one area and it only took a few minutes to find them.

falling in the leaves

throwing leaves at mom

running & shuffling the leaves with his feet


ps....I love my new camera!! :)

Happy Birthday Mom

I had such a wonderful birthday - I sent Sam to daycare and Stuart to work and had the house to myself with an agenda to do NOTHING! all you moms would appreciate how precious and wonderful that was. I stayed in my housecoat until noon and surfed the net and watched TV, then the power went out so I figured I better get up and get dressed. Once I got dressed and tidied up, I thought a nap was in order and then the boys came home and spoiled me with sushi, cupcakes & flowers!

helping mom blow out her candle

eating mom's cupcake (he had his own, but of course wanted mine!)

oooo....that's a lot of cupcake!

mom wearing her new coat from Baba & Grandpa in Saskatoon

Happy 40th Anniversary Baba & Grandpa

we went to Saskatoon this weekend to throw a "surpise" (inside joke for you Carolyn) party for Stuart's parents 40th wedding anniversary. Sam was sooooo good - he travelled well and was a great partier and even told us when he was ready to go to bed and just went straight to sleep. what a perfect boy :) (better write that down so I can come back and re-read it often! haha)

Friday morning before we left - doing some bike riding

just a minute dad - pizza break

Grandpa put Sam to work cleaning the deck (notice grandpa & dad really helping!)

BIG TRUCKS! Grandpa & Baba bought Sam some trucks to play with - he was soooo pumped

playing with the water fountain

haha, you are so funny Baba

Great-Baba can't believe how big Sam is getting

Sam steals a kiss at the anniversary party

Happy 40th Anniversary Baba & Grandpa! Glad we could be there to share it with you.

some things you just don't want to know....

this is NOT a posed picture! when I saw him, my only thought was "I don't think I want to know..." so, I don't know how my son got himself into this situation, but it's sure good material to embarrass him one day, and therefore worth sharing now :)

we were in Saskatoon this weekend and I have 510 photos (new camera that I might have been over-testing!!) so once I sort them out, I'll get some pics posted.

Dad & Sam time

best buds, dad & Sam having breakfast together. circle the item that doesn't fit :)

Beaters start and Sam comes a-running!

We had friends over for a BBQ on Saturday night and I was making dessert - Sam is no dummy, he knows what baking with mom entails and comes running to "help" (actually he runs over and starts yelling "moorre, moorre" as soon as he hears the beaters)

seriously.... will we ever get a picture without a truck in hand?!

need to refill the beaters...

what can I say? at least he was happy! and speaking of happy: Sam can actually jump now and get both feet off the ground at the same time! that's not an easy feat...he used to "think" he was jumping and would do the hip-jump as we called it where he would basically just squat and then stand...! but now he does the full jump and it's sooo cute - he knows he is jumping and is so excited - we just have to watch him like a hawk because he wants to try it everywhere (even the tile floors! yikes).

And he moves up to the "toddler" daycare room at the end of this month. He has been transitioning and already spending time in there and he loves it. Today I dropped him off and then I didn't leave the room right away because I was looking around for his stuff from Friday and Sam looks at me and yells "BYE-BYE". Guess I was told!

Big Boy Eating a Crab Apple

Sam got his hair cut this week ... quite a bit shorter than I wanted it. I think he looks so much older! (BOO!)

Tonight we gave him a crab apple off of our tree and were looking forward to his sour face (I know I know, we're evil parents) .... he disappointed and LIKED it!