tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312759202024-03-05T07:14:47.078-07:00Life on Rancho RelaxoLife as a small town momMarcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comBlogger257125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-42632226424230338052017-09-05T14:35:00.000-06:002017-09-05T14:36:30.638-06:00Back to School 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I was ready but I wasn't. </div>
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I had purchased the curriculum, binder, and notebooks. </div>
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I had made numerous lists and brainstorming webs my program plan was in. </div>
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I'd printed copywork and worksheets. </div>
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But all of the sudden it was the night before school and then the morning of. </div>
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I started the day with yoga and meditation, a shower and coffee. </div>
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Me first so I had something to give to them.</div>
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There was no use putting it off, it was time for school.</div>
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We'll call it a soft start what we did, not to much work gets done on the first day in the public school either I guess. Same same, but different.</div>
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But there was time for trampoline, and Barbies and in the afternoon it was hot</div>
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Back to Homeschool</div>
Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-31854782406717589412014-12-24T11:28:00.000-07:002014-12-24T11:32:22.948-07:00Merry Christmas 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday as I drove I was extra careful watching for the deer and elk on the side of the road, careful not to look at the beautiful sunset for too long.<br />
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Last night at bedtime the other three went off to bed earlier. Luca and I ended the day with some cuddles.<br />
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That night was the kind of night I spent time in each kids bed. No complaints, just cuddles.<br />
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1. Wavy broke her collar bone...again. My poor fragile girl. A funny little fall off the couch sent us to emerg. for the evening and she is back in a brace for 6+ weeks.<br />
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2. We had our first experience with lice. Thankfully our friends gave us the heads up and we caught it early. Many hours were spent over a couple weeks sitting in front of the TV combing through the girls hair with a nit comb. Now tell me your head isn't itchy.<br /><br />
3. We took a mini-break to Canmore as a family. We did some x-country skiing at the Canmore Nordic Center, some swimming and just hung out. It was wonderful!<br />
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4. Nollie, Luca and I did our first x-country ski lopet. The girls each did the 1km and I did the 11km, more than twice the distance that I have skied previously.<br />
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5. Curt has been busy in the shop and hopes to be putting up the remainder of the trim starting later this weekend. Some day our house will be finished!</div>
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6. Finley has been busy. He loves to grab a hand-full of clothes from his drawer and get himself dressed. He is a chatty little boy and talks more and more every day.</div>
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7. The diamond just fell out of my ring, like right now, and I found it.</div>
Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-22449229322965596762013-10-24T21:31:00.001-06:002013-10-24T21:31:38.394-06:00Luca is S-i-x<h2 align="center"><font size="3">Luca turned six years old this week!</font></h2> <p align="center">She is extremely competitive and hates to lose.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_vCRgkjIQyY/UmnlVklbZoI/AAAAAAAAB4Y/seLpBzRI0gw/s1600-h/Luca-11%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6EQ88HDyNGo/UmnlXJsfyGI/AAAAAAAAB4g/82gA5oVDzW8/Luca-11_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="454" height="604" /></a></p> <p align="center">Luca loves looking pretty.</p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ViAycLpM4jk/UmnlYM2S1SI/AAAAAAAAB4o/xBnhl-z9MwM/s1600-h/Luca-8%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" style="border-left-width: 0px; 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padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SgHBciTh3F0/Ui50XAoR2EI/AAAAAAAAB3Q/fNX-qpMD3jw/1st%252520day%252520School-2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="308" height="410" /></a></p> <p align="center">Luca was ready to do her work first and get the most pages done. The competitive one.</p> <p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCEGByn1hUFhZvBX2DMHJLYcbWRMjoZiJem8jYjfN9Mh-uGJ8wAgoMy_tvaC4IK8E8POXtExAapk-HgJqtaWnc_t8dgqzDlVFUX87qsu9FgYPztp3WsMXU7L2Tq_g-g37clFV/s1600-h/1st%252520day%252520School-4%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KWrwOBHJm7M/Ui50ZLfNroI/AAAAAAAAB3g/VwVy3NWsWE4/1st%252520day%252520School-4_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="309" height="410" /></a></p> <p align="left">Waverly wanted to be doing work just like her sisters.  She kept saying “now do me Mom.”  </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OGqfU7LW6sQ/Ui50Z6FcWDI/AAAAAAAAB3o/eQzEm5UJghA/s1600-h/1st%252520day%252520School-3%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-AzD1fw39Eoo/Ui50bBSxCeI/AAAAAAAAB3w/ZJZaGfKTL-M/1st%252520day%252520School-3_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="308" height="410" /></a></p> <p align="left">Finley crawled onto the table several times and dumped a lot of pens on the floor but mostly just played happily.</p> Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-57936214154298135882013-07-06T09:08:00.001-06:002013-07-06T09:08:42.028-06:00Seven...<div style="text-align: center;">
Nollie celebrated her 7th Birthday this week</div>
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A <i>Sick Cake</i> by Curtis</div>
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<br />Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-47864549402148880312013-06-11T11:18:00.000-06:002013-06-11T11:18:22.948-06:00Loving...<div style="text-align: center;">
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I'm loving this picture that Nollie made of me last night.</div>
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Here is the one that Luca made.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We call him, Finley, Finn, Finny, Mr. Fister, Mister, Finny-Finny-Coco-Bop, Monster, or just Trouble.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">He is determined and when he sets his mind to something he tries for it over, and over again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> He loves water-play including the bath, the pool, the sink, the dog dish and even the toilet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Another of Curt's <i>Sick Cakes</i></span></div>
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Last weekend we had my parents and sisters over for supper and cake to celebrate my parent's birthday's and anniversary. Since it happened to be on St. Patrick's Day I thought it would be a great time to try out a rainbow cake. I have after all pinned rainbow cakes at least 5 times on Pinterest I'm sure. I used the recipe from <a href="http://www.thelittleepicurean.com/2012/02/rainbow-cake.html" target="_blank">The Little Epicurean</a> but I just put regular buttercream frosting on it. I think this is the first cake I have made where I didn't have crumbs all through the icing. Just seeing all that colour makes me happy!<br />
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Hard to believe this little guy has been with us more than two months.</div>
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Finley Alec Buchan was born May 30, 2012 at 4am. An 8lb 8oz baby <b>BOY</b>.</div>
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There are hardly any has any photos taken of him.</div>
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Any that are taken look like this</div>
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or this</div>
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The poor guy is in trouble. His sisters have already had jewelry on him.</div>
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We are all loving this new addition to our family.</div>
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Nollie loves creating things. The words that come out of her mouth most often are “Can I draw?” She goes through stacks of paper drawing every day.</div>
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If she is not drawing you often see her holding her camera, preferring to take videos over sill photos.</div>
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Nollie has lots of ideas and doesn’t accept that something can not be done.</div>
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Nollie loves listening to stories. She loves to eat with her hands</div>
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and if you get her outside she will explore for hours</div>
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This year Nollie lost her first (and second) tooth</div>
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Started Kindergarten</div>
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Continued Swim Club and joined Soccer and Sparks</div>
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Baby Nollie</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">Happy Birthday Nollie!</span></b></div>
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</div>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-41567950617133376132012-04-11T08:49:00.001-06:002012-04-11T08:49:46.151-06:00Tower in the KitchenSitting at the table with my girls I spontaneously started building a pyramid out of the three plastic cups in front of me.  When I saw the girls were interested I jumped up and grabbed the rest of the stack from the cupboard.  The girls had fun putting together a cup pyramid.  <p>Next they had to try the same thing with bowls.</p> <p>Soon after the plates came out too </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:51CF81A4-8F44-4a2c-8837-198C090B9994:dbf58353-0688-4d0c-a285-db17bf465fa6" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><p><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/103664085557068472584/March12?authkey=Gv1sRgCN3KrIT3ibv5Pw" atomicselection="true"><img style="border-right: 2px; border-top: 2px; border-left: 2px; border-bottom: 2px" height="600" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-BLaHAlaeLiQ/T4Owteh5rzI/AAAAAAAABoE/Pmcy-vVtzjE/s600/Cup%252520%252526%252520Plate%252520Tower.jpg" width="450"></a></p></div> <p>and towers were being built.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:51CF81A4-8F44-4a2c-8837-198C090B9994:8e08d666-88bc-4d24-bf14-9d0ad91e1f12" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><p><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/103664085557068472584/March12?authkey=Gv1sRgCN3KrIT3ibv5Pw" atomicselection="true"><img style="border-right: 2px; border-top: 2px; border-left: 2px; border-bottom: 2px" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn7LfHVlVLra2riLtZvgmQRTFYcyOt0vxgHK8fnQTBlPnoEY5GwVzPri7GDYorqQg6pHbZ0jJR4zLplrgXS8qe1stqJygFei2Q3NDfj7CaSXLzAlx2LGIsaMmPhi5Xdj2GIVe/s600/Cup%252520%252526%252520Plate%252520Tower-4.jpg" width="450"></a></p></div> <p>Such concentration.</p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:51CF81A4-8F44-4a2c-8837-198C090B9994:9489221a-bace-48f3-a7ff-a4650e07f229" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><p><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/103664085557068472584/March12?authkey=Gv1sRgCN3KrIT3ibv5Pw" atomicselection="true"><img style="border-right: 2px; border-top: 2px; border-left: 2px; border-bottom: 2px" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-G8vU1V04reut7Tbgkxi1XRzIMth8la06HjcNyiJyunnGVZkhCIOrRRHzcDe9EtZuarr8EkjeIGSYjCD46APM4nPkD3jTSSKukAtdqXCEAUysYS_oiEvAO5bUZfECS0zNU7ho/s600/Cup%252520%252526%252520Plate%252520Tower-5.jpg" width="450"></a></p></div> Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-72060400002338668632012-04-09T22:40:00.001-06:002012-04-09T22:40:00.230-06:00Plastic Egg Necklace<p>Do you have any new plastic eggs that are still attached together.  If you do, you can try making a plastic egg necklace. </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OcFfSIOYGdQ/T4O5ktEZueI/AAAAAAAABpA/gZR4Pz-92Yw/s1600-h/P4093032%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P4093032" border="0" alt="P4093032" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eIKhVeE3wJI/T4O5lzxkoiI/AAAAAAAABpI/FB7Kl3yWy1o/P4093032_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="504" height="667" /></a></p> <p>As Nollie was playing with the bucket of new eggs today I challenged her to connect them into a necklace. I got my standard Nollie response that she was not interested in my suggestion and so I let it go. A couple minutes later she came by to show me the necklace she made.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cYOQ_vjjjUU/T4O5mic6iNI/AAAAAAAABpQ/YwObqJ-QkvE/s1600-h/P4093031%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="P4093031" border="0" alt="P4093031" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqDkkbPCWusq8bOPOAhSGLTbafLIhA1rpLljTHjh-gBbmV65CIwSFJSJ3yQsKLk1yfR4pAQA2G4m33V_d6JQBvCAmib3aNuZlVyfgUDyBnCJUuO7A7DFasih67n7H-5Xd8j-F/?imgmax=800" width="504" height="667" /></a></p> Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-13912814586604599132012-04-05T07:28:00.001-06:002012-04-05T07:28:54.854-06:00Use Frozen Berries to Cool Hot Oatmeal<p>Oatmeal is a popular breakfast in our house,  I probably make it at least once a week.  Since I am up early, I can start the oatmeal and have it ready by the time everyone else starts rolling out of bed.</p> <p>Often times the oatmeal is still too hot when everyone is ready to eat so we like to mix in some frozen berries.   It’s an easy way to cool off the oatmeal and add some fruit to our breakfast.</p> <p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HK-fDcD-0-22TwtsUhTlohwLjXjpl4JdI1e9rA864tPzvcu081NrRuJfah-i36OEFgpLLnjR0kx4PJDZIxskYAQyl7H4uX-QXE4DMhEi_WKbL-3sn8XTbR-av41N8bMqiYHv/s912/Shaving%2520Cream.jpg" width="540" height="406" /></p> <p>Frozen berries on hot oatmeal works for me!</p> <p>How do you eat your oatmeal?</p> Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-15790617842770787302012-04-03T14:02:00.001-06:002012-04-03T14:02:26.375-06:00Shaving Cream Play<p>What do you do when its the first day after spring break and the kids are not quite into “school”? </p> <p>You bring out a bottle of shaving cream of course!</p> <p>I’ve been wanting to bring shaving cream out as sensory play activity for quite some time.  I even bought some shaving cream especially for the purpose of play.  </p> <p>So when my suggested school activity turned into a complete meltdown I decided to stop for snack time, mostly to give myself time to cool down.  After we had snack I  asked “"do you guys want to do something messy?”  Their eyes immediately lit up and they started making suggestions as to what sort of messy activity we should do.  I suggested shaving cream.  They were unsure at first, but went with it.  </p> <p>We got out their trays and I asked them to take their shirts off.  I gave them each a squirt of shaving cream and let them muck around. </p> <p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EazTNodVMiM/T3tQw7PryRI/AAAAAAAABm4/8jt1vPi210s/s640/Shaving%2520Cream-2.jpg" /></p> <p>After a couple of minutes I added two colours of food colouring to each tray for them to mix in.</p> <p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBVVpjhTdaDPdqSBe1k5saLnzd-i-rqlG_-fIvrxLFsV8cUXc1_G0agEjjmFSzeQ4Bdh_11stLpvpn2KxKSLAN_b7CUtIXneY_u5V-jcy-8SCYFO8LkVmvwnQvu1O5Ir9q0NB/s912/Shaving%2520Cream-3.jpg" width="540" height="406" /></p> <p>Wavy spent a lot of time just watching her sisters and not touching.</p> <p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhod-PYMc0zJxhkodkQ1NYA3H6tXAVoHuOp82ERuNHxaRlihqdAIexAjh5Zj-x5ouQ4YXkzTV6AvgiPcoEJswlpPJ-8emzhMQ_f8HvkRzTTfDrY2RpFi1guCu-FT7vaYGO6h353/s912/Shaving%2520Cream.jpg" width="540" height="406" /></p> <p>but eventually she dove in too.</p> <p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcmxFAywqGZA7lU6X1lx3JouOaJ0HiO2Ne-dOKl_3GARuQd2FOrsMv0MTnrvta_P0yAqUGLvSiPyXxz7jNJx9QtqrI07_mnP9EJ1GyeHWMhDSe9tPThatRhT4C-qnn6aPzuvx/s912/Shaving%2520Cream-4.jpg" width="540" height="406" /></p> <p>My job in the whole process was to keep spraying more shaving cream and gather the requested tools.  We used spoons, rolling pins, plastic containers and even a little glitter.</p> <p><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-We4QcMgkhbo/T3tQ2t74JUI/AAAAAAAABnQ/gas6KyrhoJY/s912/Shaving%2520Cream-5.jpg" width="540" height="406" /></p> <p>When I saw this happening…</p> <p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-aN41YaLGVe4/T3tQ4lVf3bI/AAAAAAAABnY/lhKoSxfWegU/s912/Shaving%2520Cream-6.jpg" width="540" height="406" /></p> <p>… I asked if she really wanted to do that.  When she said yes, I stripped them down and we moved it to the bathtub where they covered themselves in shaving cream from head to toe.  </p> <p>When they were finished we just showered it all away.  Their time in the tub also gave me a chance to clean up the kitchen so we were ready for lunch by the time they came out, sparkling clean.</p> <p>Really, a much better way to spend the morning.</p> Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-38884706147767223122012-03-31T21:27:00.001-06:002012-03-31T21:28:23.225-06:00Project Simplify – Craft Room and ComputerThe final week on <a href="http://simplemom.net/" target="_blank">Simple Mom’s</a> Project Simplify was a choose your own adventure. 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I haven't done alot of sewing lately, probably because the sewing area has become a dumping ground for everything that doesn't have a home. The majority of the stuff from Waverly's closet<a href="http://marcijo.blogspot.ca/2012/03/project-simplifyclosets.html" target="_blank"> last week</a> just got transferred here as well as some toys and books that I removed from the downstairs homeschool/play area. That is on top of the regular junk that needed to be put away. <br />
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I managed to get all the surfaces cleaned off. There is actually a space for me to sew if I feel so inclined.<br />
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My fabric collection was out of control and although some was organized much of it was in random piles and puking out of boxes. Curt laughed at me one night as I took it all out and refolded each piece telling me that it wasn't any less just because it was folded pretty. I did manage to get rid of a bag of it as rags and another bag to the thrift store and some just went in the trash. I can't believe that what used to take up the whole shelving unit now only takes up two shelves. The other shelves were freed up for craft supplies.<br />
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By no means am I done the basement sewing area yet I still have this pile...<br />
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My computer also got a clean out this week, although not planned. I spent most of the week fighting a virus on our computer and in the end did a clean install of windows. Thankfully we didn't lose anything in the process and it appears that we are virus free so far. I'm still a little nervous about the virus since it is one that tries to access your passwords and secure information (ie. banking). I had to change all my passwords and now keep an eye on all my accounts more closely than usual.<br />
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A clean instal is something we do about once a year anyway on our computer and it was due.<br />
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Would you look at that beautiful clean desktop.<br />
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The day that we went to watch the Lorax in the theater the girls had a sleepover at their Auntie’s house. While they were gone we got to work. We chose the colours using their existing bedspreads as a guide. The walls were are now a light pinky-purple colour (Luca needed to have a pink room) and the trees are bright pink, purple and yellow.<br />
Curt is still working on the trim in the room and I have a few ideas for book and art storage that I want to complete. I’ll post an updated photo when the room is complete.<br />
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<br />Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-39687967804778888792012-03-23T20:51:00.001-06:002012-03-23T20:51:25.331-06:00Project Simplify–Closets<p>This week on <a href="http://simplemom.net/" target="_blank">Simple Mom’s</a> Project Simplify was closets.</p> <p>First on my list was Waverly’s room closet.  It was formerly the craft closet but that just wasn’t working any more.  It was getting frustrating that we didn’t have access to the things in that closet while Waverly was napping.  The closet had also become a dumping ground for things that I didn’t want to deal with or had to be cleaned off the kitchen island fast. It was basically becoming a giant junk drawer.  </p> <p>I have to admit I kind of cheated on this one because most of the stuff just got shuffled downstairs in laundry baskets and boxes to be dealt with next weeks when I tackle my craft room.  </p> <p>Waverly does however have a closet now for her own toys and such.</p> <h6>Before</h6> <p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-UWyqJi6df_o/T2zlyugCUkI/AAAAAAAABh4/sLZg6pnYEM8/s600/Closets-3.jpg" width="301" height="400" /></p> <h6>After</h6> <p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fbPzxxYiELk/T2zl0oVllrI/AAAAAAAABiI/zKop2hcdojc/s600/Closets-5.jpg" width="301" height="400" /></p> <p>Next on the list was the laundry room cabinets or more importantly the clutter on top of the washer and dryer.  This one was basically a matter of just putting things back where they belong and getting rid of a few garbage items.</p> <h6>Before</h6> <p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E_UiBhKQMsg/T2zlxz-PlUI/AAAAAAAABhw/AJBHhscBPVo/s600/Closets-2.jpg" width="404" height="304" /></p> <h6>After</h6> <p><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-FWxpeiW4lPc/T2zl3quuNrI/AAAAAAAABig/YRF8SC_AVwA/s600/Closets-8.jpg" width="404" height="304" /></p> <p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-GPKL0Te6wCc/T2zl2iuJppI/AAAAAAAABiY/elkByvi1vWI/s600/Closets-7.jpg" width="404" height="536" /></p> <p>Lastly the back door closet.  Mostly just picking up all the junk off the floor.   I organized all the bags and put away the winter mitts & toques.</p> <h6></h6> <h6>Before</h6> <p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RMCUU3LhKzc/T2zlw5CATPI/AAAAAAAABho/Yl-EoYlo1F0/s600/Closets-1.jpg" width="302" height="400" /></p> <h6>After</h6> <p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g_8gCc88aa0/T2zl1j0UstI/AAAAAAAABiQ/JlIMuCqYevE/s600/Closets-6.jpg" width="301" height="400" /></p> <p> </p> <p>And for a final confessional.  I tend to hold onto things so that I can dispose of them properly later.  However I never remember to bring them with me when I go somewhere I can dispose of them.  Here are 3 boxes full of used CFL light bulbs, a huge bag of dead batteries and a bag of old ink cartridges.  I think I can take the ink cartridges somewhere in town, I’ll try to do that this week.  Looks like I need a trip to Ikea so I can drop off the other stuff.  I am NOT putting them back into the closet.</p> <p><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4AMzg561WgU/T2zlzuyQ0AI/AAAAAAAABiA/RKXNkA2n6-o/s600/Closets-4.jpg" width="404" height="304" /></p> <p> </p> <a href="http://simplemom.net/project-simplify-2012" target="blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="" src=" http://simplemom.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/projectsimplify2012button.png" width="300" /></a> <hr /> Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-9195727487321065162012-03-23T14:55:00.001-06:002012-03-23T14:55:02.725-06:00A Little Exercise and an Attitude Adjustment<p>I woke up this morning to this:</p> <p><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-T2Kzeqrx7rc/T2zcix7Q5LI/AAAAAAAABhc/JdwhiTFGHfY/s600/Snow-1.jpg" width="404" height="304" /></p> <p>Just a few days into spring, I was enjoying the warm weather, the snow was melting away to mud puddles and the kids were outside all the time enjoying the change of scenery.  Then mother nature decides to dump just one more snow on us. Agrr, springtime in Alberta. </p> <p>I shouldn’t really have been surprised, it happens every year.   Looking back at previous posts there was mention of snow last year on the <a href="http://marcijo.blogspot.ca/2011/03/first-days-of-spring.html" target="_blank">first day of spring</a>,  in March 2009 while working on <a href="http://marcijo.blogspot.ca/2009/03/half-way-there.html" target="_blank">siding</a>, and <a href="http://marcijo.blogspot.ca/2008/04/april-snow.html" target="_blank">April Snow</a> in 2008.</p> <p>The snowy weather today was really putting me in a bad mood.  It could have to do with 3rd trimester pregnancy grouchies and likely compounding on unfortunate events of the previous week.  I was slumping around in a funk.</p> <p>I should be ecstatic today, thoroughly enjoying myself.  After all all three girls were having a day at Grandma’s and I had the place to myself, but instead I was being Debbie Downer, whaa, whaa whaa.</p> <p>Curt’s suggestion to me was to go out and get some exercise and then write a thankful post.</p> <p>I went outside to get some fresh air and shovel off the decks and he was right, it felt good.</p> <h4>Now it’s time for a change in attitude.  </h4> <p>I am thankful for Nollie’s creativity and believing anything is possible.</p> <p>I am thankful for Luca’s new found love of music and dancing, puts a smile on my face every time</p> <p>I am thankful for Waverly’s cuddles, she gives the best hugs right now.</p> <p>I am thankful for baby 4’s kicks and the amazing feeling of life inside my own body.</p> <p>I am thankful for Curtis not accepting excuses and for telling me to exercise (even though at the time it makes me want to punch him in the face).</p> <hr /> <h4>What are you thankful for?</h4> Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-65650540572915661362012-03-17T13:25:00.001-06:002012-03-17T13:25:50.506-06:00Project Simplify - Kitchen<p>This week on Simple Mom’s Project Simplify we moved onto the kitchen.  </p> <p>I basically emptied out every cupboard and drawer in my kitchen, cleaning, decluttering and organizing.</p> <p>I am in love with my newly organized pantry.  I put my label maker to good use and labeled all the containers.  I knew what was in each one but anyone else may not have, and the blue labels just look lovely.  I also took all the empty jars downstairs where they belong.</p> <h6>Before<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-we_HkrK0Eck/T2TlBl2BCMI/AAAAAAAABco/UQNMTZpg9wo/s1600-h/Kitchen-14.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lHVvLez0LmU/T2TlCexS6gI/AAAAAAAABcw/nfIbE5AgLcw/Kitchen-1_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="543" /></a></h6> <h6>After<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-c2WTO73MeyE/T2TlDB7kIPI/AAAAAAAABc4/z1AubLopHBc/s1600-h/Kitchen-44.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0svG67qleRk/T2TlD8Sm0GI/AAAAAAAABdA/Go3kg7wwm44/Kitchen-4_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="543" /></a></h6> <p>My favorite part is the plastic bin you can see on the right of the picture below.  I used this to corral all the bags of beans & rice.  I also added a tray to the lower shelf below to hold all the oils & vinegars.  They are in the same place but it just looks tidier.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5z_YyrW1TI0/T2TlF4eBhAI/AAAAAAAABdI/EZoE3Ck51J4/s1600-h/Kitchen-1-24.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; 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border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dlMHdP1-aFI/T2TlLa1SdCI/AAAAAAAABdw/45FmgAZC6Q8/Kitchen-6_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="307" /></a></h6> <p>Cutlery, I removed half of the cutlery from the drawer and put it up for when we have a large number of guests over.  The drawer also looks nice because Waverly hasn’t had a chance to rearrange it yet, her favorite thing to do while we are baking at the island.</p> <h2></h2> <h6>Before<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NM5DybSIoDE/T2TlMrLgkdI/AAAAAAAABd4/JzZdDZxVbu0/s1600-h/Kitchen-34.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--ann_vuFy5M/T2TlNsAi6LI/AAAAAAAABeA/4aj37kFEYHw/Kitchen-3_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="543" /></a></h6> <h2></h2> <h6>After<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jDg7IS2XujE/T2TlOtcDxBI/AAAAAAAABeI/lBL4G3zdStk/s1600-h/Kitchen-54.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KFvcN40EPJY/T2TlPXvTCHI/AAAAAAAABeQ/Y3FHCHcetQE/Kitchen-5_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" height="543" /></a></h6> <p>I finally threw out the tea that I didn’t like but have been keeping in my cupboard forever.</p> <p>I gave my fridge a deep cleaning. It was going to be just a quick wipe down but turned into a whole morning ordeal including ungluing the glass shelves that had been glued down by spilt milk, yuck.</p> <p>Just a couple of weeks ago I defrosted and cleaned out my deepfreeze so that was one part I didn’t have to worry about, yay!</p> <p>I didn’t get to my upstairs freezer but I did my duty eating the nearly freezer-burnt chocolate ice cream from in there, all in the name of decluttering.</p> <a href="http://simplemom.net/project-simplify-2012" target="blank"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" alt="" src=" http://simplemom.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/projectsimplify2012button.png" width="300" /></a>  <hr /> Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-66959360665309642032012-03-14T08:00:00.000-06:002012-03-14T08:00:00.746-06:00Happy Pi Day<p>I don’t know about you, but I totally get a kick out of the idea of Pi day.  You know March 14th… 3.14…. 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Math, remember that.  Maybe it’s the nerd in me.</p> <p>Anyway, <strong><font face="Gisha">Happy Pi Day!</font></strong></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xk3GrkZjeC4/T1bvTwb-cBI/AAAAAAAABT0/DG7D1P8tfRk/s1600-h/Pi%252520Pie-1%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" border="0" alt="OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwccRfOb4o6ONNdTKNjYucOqnzWJDiqh9KDw4Nxg05Pdsdih50Mm5rSSW9iSZpBZO850MVOwZj3ceILHDufGf9ti242-mI97m6LTk2FnQP70660eVJ_xNJ0Jv53_s-faQnbaa2/?imgmax=800" width="408" height="307" /></a></p> <p>Go make a Pie.</p> Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31275920.post-21126687073941061142012-03-13T08:05:00.001-06:002012-03-25T21:05:29.760-06:00Project Simplify–Kids’ StuffI’ve decided to participate in <a href="http://simplemom.net/project-simplify-2012/" target="_blank">Simple Mom’s Project Simplify</a> to help assist me with some spring cleaning.<br />
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Week one’s project was Kids’ stuff. I thought this one would be pretty easy for me since I seem to go through the kids items on a fairly regular basis but I’m at the difficult part now, I’ve gotten rid of the easiest stuff and I know I need to get rid of more but I just can’t bring myself to do it. I spent a lot of time this week just wandering around staring at the kids things and doing nothing.<br />
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Looking at the before and after photos didn’t show much of a difference so I started to list the things I did accomplish.<br />
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<li>We pulled out all the stuffed animals and got rid of two. </li>
<li>We picked up all the paper, tissue, styrofoam bits, and other garbage that found its way onto the floor of the girls areas. </li>
<li>We tidied up the girls room putting everything back in the appropriate container and removing any items that didn’t have a proper home. </li>
<li>I gave the girls room a good dust & vacuum. </li>
<li>I culled the girls magazines getting rid of any damaged ones and putting them all back in one place, a basket in their room. </li>
<li>I re-shelved books, moving them to the appropriate areas and got rid of a dozen. </li>
<li>I picked through the Barbie items as the girls played with them and got rid of a few broken dolls & items. </li>
<li>I moved the majority of Waverley’s cloth diapers downstairs since we are now in the potty training phase. </li>
<li>The basement play/homeschool area got a basic clean up. Mostly it was just a matter of throwing away trash and putting toys away. </li>
<li>I hung up some hooks for dress-up and costumes </li>
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I’m trying to remove items from each area that don’t have a place and I know that many of these items are the ones I need to get rid of. I guess that is my next step, getting the stuff out of the house before the girls drag it back into the play areas. <br />
Maybe that’s ok for me. I don’t need to do a huge purge all in one go and get rid of a ton of stuff. Baby steps work too, just a little every day and I’ll get there.<br />
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Then on Saturday morning the opportunity arose for us to redo the girls room so we completely cleared it out<br />
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Pictures of the finished room to come when I get it all put back together.<br />
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Update: Here's a link to the <a href="http://marcijo.blogspot.ca/2012/03/lorax-inspired-truffula-trees-in-girls.html" target="_blank">painted girls room </a>Marcihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13722732326174229420noreply@blogger.com