One from the Archives

Craig came across this picture yesterday and I just had to post it. I think it was taken at the Calgary Zoo - I'm not sure why I think that but I do. This is pre-Ontario. They look so adorable. It is hard to remember them at this age when they take off to the skatepark with a brief wave and an even briefer "call you later". Their independence makes life easier but bitter sweet. While I don't want to go back to having children that are 100% dependent on me, changing diapers, not having complete conversations, etc, a little sadness creeps in when I see these pictures.

Were out last night and came across this. While the spelling is 'wrong', Kaedo was thrilled to see something with his name. Cute joke. Going to hold only this for him.

Kids are off today with a PA Day. Have only been in school for three weeks so I don't understand it but whatever. Sterling was gone at 7:45am to the skatepark with his buddies then they were all going to have lunch together and hang out. Kaedo is going to spend some time with one of his friends this afternoon. I am home waiting for Bell to come and fix the problem with my work computer and Craig is downtown working as usual.

Sterling has a party tomorrow that he is looking forward to, I have to work, Craig plays three games of football and we'll see what else the weekend brings.

A very happy belated birthday wish to Stan. Hope you had a great day yesterday!

Ya Me!

Look at me go! I may be able to moonlight as a locksmith. The last thing that needed to be done in the office was install a doorknob with a lock. I was going to leave it to Craig but thought 'why not? I can do it'. And so I did. A small thing but I am happy to have done it myself. Feels good to tackle what I would always have left as a blue job. Don't get any crazy ideas that I will be changing my own tires or performing an oil change, but if you need a new lock, let me know. I'm your man!

WEEK 52!

Can you believe it? We have done this for a whole year! The picture below was taken on Sept 22, 2009. One year minus one day from the date of the week 52 picture. The boys think that Gnomee needs to be retired. They want to get a little lawn chair for him and park him in the back garden so he can enjoy his retirement. We have to get a new gnome if we are going to retire this one. He's done well for us. You'll have to stay tuned for next week to see if a new gnome will be here for the next year.

Looking for your opinions on this one - should we start over and put Year 2 week 1, or should we keep going forward with week 53, etc etc etc?

Let me know what you think and we'll move forward with that next week. Thanks for taking this year long journey with us. The boys have changed a lot over the year and we have really enjoyed doing this. It has been a wonderful time and I love looking back on the old pictures and seeing the difference. Thanks for all the comments and for taking part in getting the pictures while the boys were away. You rock!!

Style Cat

Kaedo is our "metro" guy in the family - he can be a real style cat when he wants to be. He is into Volcom, West 49, Adidas, Lacoste shirts and all those other cool clothes. He's decided that the shirt tucked into the belt of his jeans look and the fauxhawk is a must. He's so handsome. And I'm not the only one to think so. Sterling was recently showing me some pictures on his cell phone and he had snapped some pictures of an anonymous love note left for Kaedo. Hmmm. Kaedo says he doesn't know who wrote it, but he did blush. A big change from getting upset about it a year ago!

Another Day Another Invention

Sterling looks a little gangster but after attempting to get a "normal" picture, this was the best I could do. I've posted a video of his newest invention. It is pretty cool. He built it with a light bulb, some wire, a battery and some scrapbooking supplies. Very cool. I love it when he sits down and builds something. It is awesome. He and Kaedo took apart a GlowDome that Kaedo had received from Christmas and never used and there were a bunch of lights inside it and an idea was born.

Enjoy!

Kaedo, Scrabble and random blathering

Kaedo and I spent some time together last night and I snapped these random pictures of him. The lighting wasn't great, the pictures a little blurry but they are of Kaedo, so they're great. We played Scrabble - our first time playing together and it was fun. He even beat me.

AT HOME UPDATE:

What a weekend so far - on Friday I was at home waiting for Allstream to come to set up my computer for work. Things were looking up when at 8:55am the tech rang the doorbell and I silently cheered that I wouldn't have to wait around all day. At 9:15am he told me that there was a problem with the work Bell had done on Wednesday and I would have to wait for Bell to return. I spent a lot of time on the phone with the dude from Allstream and he advised me that Bell would come either Friday until 9pm or Saturday after 8am. So, I was stuck in the house. Bell did not arrive Friday night and I got up and was ready for them yesterday morning at 8 - and they didn't come - AGAIN! Sometimes it is nice to hang out at home. But let me tell you - when you are a hostage in your own home, it really isn't the same. Needless to say - I stayed home all day yesterday and it wasn't until a trip to Wal-Mart with the fam just for something to do at 8:30pm did I get out of the house.

Now I am back to being a prisoner again on Monday and am hoping for a resolution. Hopefully they will get their shit together and get this figured out. Can you tell I'm frustrated? Deep Breath. OK - not worth worrying about but frustrating none the less.