No longer a TWEENager

13 - how can that be? I can't believe it. Today started early with a regular breakfast, opening of his cards and gifts and then a trip to soccer. That has been followed up by a day with friends at Joyride 150 and lunch at McDonalds. We'll be having breakfast for supper, complete with mini hashbrowns and bacon and we will end the celebrations with cake and some singing. Since Kaedo didn't go to Joyride, we stopped at Dollarama and picked up some decorations and have decorated up the dining room with streamers and all that fun stuff. I'll take pictures tonight (camera is with Craig) and will post more tomorrow.
Above is a range of photos taken on his birthday since 2003. So many changes. Love the long hair.
13 - time has flown at the speed of light. My son is no longer a little boy but a young man and I am honored to be his mom. He is an amazing individual who has always held his head high and made the most of what life has to offer. He is so fantastic I can't even come up with the words to describe him. I love him to bits.
Can't wait to see what the next 13 brings us. An adventure I'm sure.
Happy Birthday, my sweet boy. I love you.

$2.97 - I think so!

While waiting for their haircut appointments on Sunday we stopped in to Zellers to pick up a few things. We were in the stationery dept and came across these Zwipes. Kaedo has desperately wanted one for about 3 months but they were just too expensive for him to justify. The sign said $2.97. We knew it had to be wrong as we had seen them at WalMart for $10.97. We figured we might as well go to the register to see what they had to say. When the clerk rang them up they were $5.97. So, being the mom I am, I went back to the stationery dept, pulled off the tag and brought it to her. Sure enough, we got them for $2.97. To boot, someone had drawn on the first page of Kaedo's so we got an extra 10% off his. Once we got outside and they tried them Kaedo's pen didn't work. So back into the store we went and 'mom to the rescue', we were able to switch out Kaedo's pen for one that worked. He was thrilled. He spent the rest of the afternoon drawing and erasing the cover to get it exactly as he wanted it. Not too bad for $2.51!

Free you say?

Sunday afternoon found us at Great Clips for some much needed haircuts. After

waiting about 20 minutes, the boys were in the chairs, getting their hair cut off. They both love their new cuts and I think they look great. I think I am still partial to Sterling's long hair but he advises me that I won't be seeing that again anytime soon. (boo). When I got to the desk to pay I was informed that since this was their 8th haircut, they were free! You can't beat free! So, now they have great cuts that only cost me $2 in tips.

Sale you say?

Sterling got his last pair of runners for Christmas last year. Since then he has worn them almost every day. I think Kaedo has had 4 pairs of shoes since then. Sterling isn't too hard on his and his

feet haven't grown too much so he has been happy to wear the ones he has. He recently mentioned that he thought he needed a new pair of shoes, so on Sunday we went out looking. These were the ones he chose. White - ack! They were regular $109.99 on sale for $49.99. Had to buy them for that price. The scariest part was Sterling telling the clerk that he thought he needed a size 10.5. Now his feet are the same size as Craig's. Hopefully they don't grow too much more.

Week 7

Week 7 already. Boy does time fly. Beautiful day here today as you can see from the lack of jackets at 9am. The boys are well and Sterling is on the countdown to his birthday on Sunday. He is going to an indoor BMX park with two friends and just can't wait. More details later
in the week.

Grandchildren

I was lucky enough to get a great picture of the 4 grand kids together. I love it. It turned out so cute. Avery and Em are just sweet darling little munchkins and the boys are my pride and joy. Love them all so much. At 15 months Avery is 'almost' walking, loving Fruit Loops, smiling, playing and being the sweetest baby in the land. At 5, Emma is talkative, a brilliant singer, engaging, hilarious and awesome. At 11, Kaedo is kind hearted, mischievous and loving and at 12 (only for a couple more weeks), Sterling is kind and gentle and smart. They all got along so well. It was great having them here visiting us. I can't believe the next time they will all be together won't be until June.

Halloween 2010

Terrible pictures but it was the best I could do. While waiting for hours to get trick or treating it, in came upon us quickly with the neighbors asking if we were ready to go. I quickly snapped a couple of pictures and off we went. Avery rode in her stroller and Emma raced off with Kaedo and the neighbors, gathering treats. Jessica and Avery lasted about 20 minutes and Emma and E (neighbor) about 40 minutes. I brought the girls home and Emma ended up next door playing with E for the hour that I remained out with Kaedo and L. They took in quite a haul and had a blast. Everyone has been enjoying the fruits of their labour, gorging on mini candy bars and chips.