Cute!

So the other day we went upstairs to eat our breakfast together, Zee and I... Of course he wants fruit loops. He loves those things. Obviously I give him fruit and toast too. So he keeps saying fruit loops over and over, while I get him a bowl and start to pour it in. He disappears. I hear him saying "milk milk". I call out, "Zee I am getting you some milk for your cereal, it's getting poured on right now"... He keeps repeating the word milk. Then I hear some rummaging in the bottle bag. This is fishy, but it stops soon after. Zacharie has now walked around the corner holding a recently recycled jug of soy milk and looks SO proud saying "milk milk". I burst into laughter, because this is quite honestly one of the cutest and smartest things he has done recently. Of course I have to tell everyone because of the cute factor. Oh goodness, just the sight of him turning round the corner with that old milk container was priceless. I love my son!

Back from our very long, long, siesta....

So yeah. It's um, been a while... Pretty much a year exactly.

Wow.

On another note, how are things? Good? That's good...
Life has been non-stop for us, hence the non posting. Martin has started his second year of school, I have been working as a holistic esthetician in Edmonton for almost one year now, Zee is almost TWO! We added a puppy named Jezza to our family, who is a pretty big puppy...

Like I said, nonstop.

Actually, about two weeks ago life did have to stop for a while. While we were driving on the Whitemud heading over to my mom's house I drove over a trailer hitch on the freeway. Yes folks, a trailer hitch. The driver in front of me swerved at the last second leaving me with no place to drive but straight over it. Took almost two weeks to repair the underside of our car, and drained almost all of our savings in the process... Bye bye trip to Winnipeg next year :(

Zacharie's halloween costume has officially been picked out for this year. A cute fuzzy blue monster... And then while talking with friends we came across how we "forgot" we were all doing Star Wars theme. I actually do not remember this conversation at all, but there is always next year. Either way, you can't beat Star Wars toddlers. Cutest kids ever. Period.

All of my weekends and most of my weekdays are now officially booked up for the next few months. Which is ridiculous. Since summer ended, what three weeks ago? Coming into fall I am feeling totally bombarded by all of the activities I did last year after being out of the flow over summer holidays. Well here comes life again at full speed. Sundays we have church, followed by TWO bible study groups (one lunch, one dinner... Which is kinda nice, if you ask me!), one Monday a month I have book club, on Wednesday's I have choir, Thursday I work until nine, and then the weekends are usually for family and friends. This month I have two makeup consulations in preparation for next month's wedding and family photo session, a few home waxing services lined up, two Scentsy parties, work two Saturdays for a few hours... Oh my. This Friday it's games night, we celebrated our anniversary, we stopped going to kids birthday parties for a while (thank goodness), and not even done the month yet.

Looking forward to November, when I get to help out at local photographer Jen of Snow Pea Portraits (Edmonton, AB) with her second Boudoir Marathon photoshoot. This is the second time I will be doing makeup for the ladies who are getting their shoots done, and it may turn into a two day event. Earlier this spring we did our first one, with a ten hour day. Oh my. But it was great fun and a fantastic way to spend our day :)

Choir starts this month too, and although it isn't snowing yet, I am excited to begin rehearsing for our Christmas events! Speaking of the holidays, I am done our shopping for pretty much everyone. Why? I hate the malls at rush times. Especially with a toddler in tow, they just plain STINK! So aside from two gift cards we need to get, we are finished. WOO! A key helper in this however, is my new "gift bin". I read about this idea online and have told countless momma friends about it. You just grab items throughout the year while on sale or in multi packs (thanks COSTCO) and stash them in the bin. Simple. You save so much stress and time and money by doing this, and it is wonderful for all the kiddo parties your child gets invited to for birthdays throughout the year. I love it, thanks whoever started this idea on the internet. Actually, I love google too.

Ciao for now, I promise it won't take another year for a new post to come up.