Live to Love

Day 91

2010-05-15T16:40:00.000-07:00

Cooper had his first soccer game of the season today! He had an awesome time and I loved seeing how much he has improved since last year. So cute!

Day 90

2010-05-09T18:33:00.000-07:00

Happy Mother's Day!!! I had a great Mother's day today. I felt like it was my first since it was the first time since Cooper was born that Tristan was actually home. Cooper made me some flowers and Tristan bought me a new lens for my camera which I had lots of fun trying out. I can't wait until it's nice out again so I can take it outside.

Day 89

2010-05-02T15:30:00.000-07:00

I have been lazy lately so I haven't been posting. Basically I have a ton of pictures on my camera but I haven't put them on my computer yet. Today however I ran my first 10km race and my Dad took pictures so I have some to share. I don't know my time yet but I think it was better than I expected. I honestly had a good time and will be doing another one soon.

Day 88

2010-04-23T19:22:00.001-07:00

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Day 87

2010-04-22T19:37:00.000-07:00

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Day 86

2010-04-21T18:32:00.001-07:00

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Day 85

2010-04-19T19:09:00.001-07:00

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Day 84

2010-04-18T17:29:00.000-07:00

Today we went to Jen and Logan's baby shower for the Quads.

Day 83

2010-04-17T11:25:00.000-07:00

So after we remodeled the bathroom we ended up storing a bunch of the supplies in the tub. That mixed with the dust from cutting the tiles etc. made it an unsafe place to actually have a bath. The task of cleaning out the tub seem far too daunting so it has taken me a few weeks to muster the courage to do it. The kids have been showering in our bathroom and they can finally have baths in their bathroom again. Yay!

Day 82

2010-04-16T16:31:00.000-07:00

Today my Mom took Violet to buy her very early birthday present. A Disney Princesse bike. What a big girl!

Day 81

2010-04-15T19:39:00.001-07:00

My three favourite people hanging out on the deck before dinner!

Day 80

2010-04-14T18:44:00.001-07:00

My dancing queen! I can't wait until this little girl is old enough to start dance class. All she does is talk about how she is a ballerina and gets people to watch her dance like a ballerina. Ahhh she's my dream daughter.

Day 79

2010-04-12T20:24:00.000-07:00

Cooper showing off his new soccer shoes. My kids have new cleats and balls and seem to want to put the shoes on and run around the house kicking the balls. I can't wait until the season starts and they start doing it outside.

Day 78

2010-04-11T12:07:00.000-07:00

I can't take credit for today's pics. My parents took the kids to Port Stanley today on a whim and my Dad took these. At first we didn't know what we would do today but Tristan ended up grouting the bathroom, I cleaned and got lots of bags together to donate and I ran almost 8k at the park.

Day 77

2010-04-10T17:26:00.001-07:00

I finally figured out how to watermark photos in lightroom. Unfortunately when I extracted the file, it watermarked every single pic in my lightroom folder. Uggh!

Day 76

2010-04-09T07:32:00.001-07:00

Day 75

2010-04-08T10:59:00.000-07:00

Some pretty hair bows I made for miss Sydney!

Day 74

2010-04-07T17:54:00.001-07:00

Had to post this pic cause I just love Cooper to pieces in it. This is 100% Cooper attitude!

Day 73

2010-04-06T10:32:00.000-07:00

Trying on some Liberty of London that came in the mail today.

Day 72

2010-04-05T19:45:00.001-07:00

My little fairy!

Day 71

2010-04-04T19:13:00.000-07:00

It's Easter!

Day 70

2010-04-03T19:16:00.001-07:00

Okay this is not a good picture at all but I can't figure out how to delete it.

Day 69

2010-04-02T17:41:00.000-07:00

Today we had an awesome day off. We went to the park, flew some planes, decorated eggs and rode some bikes. The weather was amazing! We couldn't have asked for a better day.

Day 68

2010-04-01T10:26:00.001-07:00

Today we had an easter egg hunt outside. The kids had lots of fun even though some of them were trying to eat the eggs with the foil still on them.

Day 67

2010-03-31T11:13:00.000-07:00

Yay Blogger is working for me again! On a good day too. We took out some bubbles today and the kids had a blast. I had to get bubbles that everybody could do and that I wouldn't freak out if there was a spill so they aren't as good as Gymbo bubbles but they did the trick.

Day 66

2010-03-30T18:19:00.000-07:00

This is one of our favourite things around the house lately. Violet easily plays with her Snap n Style dolls for a couple of hours a day. She loves them and loves coordinating their outfits. I love them too!

Day 65

2010-03-30T17:51:00.001-07:00

Cooper playing Stratego with Tristan.

Day 64

2010-03-29T19:46:00.001-07:00

Day 63

2010-03-28T16:43:00.001-07:00

Bedtime stories are super fun!

Day 62

2010-03-27T16:17:00.001-07:00

My kids and their gross toe tricks!

Day 61

2010-03-26T19:24:00.000-07:00

Violet was trying on my shoes today and she was hilarious. She actually put them on and asked me if she looked beautiful. Well she's mine so I think she's beautiful but check out the scary pic of her a few down. What is going on with her eyes? This pic makes me laugh out loud.

Day 60

2010-03-25T17:51:00.000-07:00

I tried one of Violet's new bathing suits on her and she would not take it off. So cute! Oh and I added a pic of her walking on her toes the way Cooper does. It's so gross!

Day 59

2010-03-23T19:04:00.001-07:00

I love being outside in the spring!

Day 58

2010-03-21T17:31:00.000-07:00

My kids taking a break from playing outside with their lovies.

Day 57

2010-03-20T19:14:00.001-07:00

Today we went to the sugar bush. It was cold but the kids did pretty well.

Day 56

2010-03-19T15:22:00.001-07:00

Cooper got a Sidney Crosby puzzle at his hockey tournament so the two of us put it together. Well, I put it together and Cooper attempted to help.

Day 55

2010-03-18T18:28:00.000-07:00

Tonight was hilarious! I went to anti gravity yoga at the Athletic club and it was so much fun. I don't have a pic of myself doing it but this is pretty much what I looked like.

Day 54

2010-03-17T17:49:00.000-07:00

So yesterday Cooper was in his first hockey tournament. He had lots of fun and played four ice hockey games as well as a ball hockey game between the other games. I unfortunately couldn't go because I was working so these pics are courtesy of my Dad.

Day 53

2010-03-16T18:44:00.000-07:00

I feel bad that it's the Violet show lately but there will be pics of Cooper's hockey tournament tomorrow. I took Violet outside for a quick spring shoot today. I'm so happy she can wear clothes outside without a coat.

Day 52

2010-03-15T18:14:00.000-07:00

Finally it's spring!

Day 51

2010-03-13T19:07:00.001-08:00

This is what daylight savings will do to you...

Day 50

2010-03-11T10:30:00.000-08:00

Today is so beautiful outside. I opened the windows and turned off the heat so I could air out the house a bit. Also the snow has finally melted off of the toy cars outside so the kids were able to play with them again. Also Cooper modeling his new Janie and Jack sweatshirt from Janet and Jarboo.

Day 49

2010-03-10T20:41:00.000-08:00

Fashion shows are fun! Even if the pics aren't great and the model is not in the mood.

Day 48

2010-03-09T18:34:00.000-08:00

Cooper has been playing with his Lego a ton lately and he was too cute when I caught him in his room trying to recreate something from a picture. He was trying to do the same colours and was even counting the numby things on the lego to make sure he was using the exact same size.

Day 47

2010-03-08T10:01:00.000-08:00

Look what I saw outside this morning! I'm so excited! Not only is the weather warming up but flowers are even trying to grow too. I love spring!

Day 46

2010-03-07T17:30:00.000-08:00

Today was a lazy day for us which we almost never have. I actually still have my pajamas on and I usually can't stand leaving my jammies on all day. We ate pizza, chips, cake and chocolate all day. I even took a nap! Great day!

Day 45

2010-03-06T18:00:00.000-08:00

So today we had Cooper's first school friend birthday party. What an exhausting day it was. 8 friends from school plus 3 extra siblings. Wow! Cooper had a great day though!

Day 44

2010-03-05T17:49:00.001-08:00

Day 43

2010-03-04T18:26:00.000-08:00

Today is Cooper's 5th Birthday!!! Where has the time gone? He had school today so I sent cupcakes and he got to wear the birthday hat.

Day 42

2010-03-03T10:49:00.001-08:00

Day 41

2010-03-02T17:53:00.000-08:00

So tonight Violet and I went to Once Upon a Teacup for dinner together. We had the place to ourselves and had lots of fun. Violet dressed up as Snow White and ate all of her dinner. She had a pizza panini, popcorn, a cookie and a chocolate latte. It was too cute!

Day 40

2010-03-01T11:15:00.000-08:00

No post yesterday because I was singing all day but we got to go to Crabby Joe's for dinner and catch the 3rd period of the hockey game. I got a video which I posted on facebook and here are some pics after Sid scored the winning goal.

Day 39

2010-02-27T19:32:00.000-08:00

So today was all about Amabile. Tomorrow is our 25th anniversary gala at Centennial Hall and we had rehearsals all day with a full day of rehearsals tomorrow and then our performance in the evening. I will miss the hockey game but that's okay cause I think it will be too stressful to watch.

Day 38

2010-02-26T17:49:00.000-08:00

So my bathroom is almost done. We still need to repaint the cupboards and buy new hardware for them. Tristan also still needs to caulk and seal the tiles on the wall and the absence of a toilet makes it not too functional as a bathroom as of yet but it is just sooooo pretty. I feel like it's so grown up compared to our usual decorating attempts. My Dad did an awesome job! Oh and Tristan his helper monkey did some stuff I guess.

Day 37

2010-02-25T20:22:00.001-08:00

Tonight we went to see Disney on Ice presents Princess Classics and it was awesome! Violet looks tired in the pics though cause it didn't start until bedtime.

Day 36

2010-02-24T14:45:00.000-08:00

Day 35

2010-02-23T20:09:00.000-08:00

Here's my boy after a rather large blue sucker.

Day 34

2010-02-22T17:38:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we took Cooper Tubing and he loved it! I went Friday and knew that we just had to take Cooper. He couldn't get enough of it and we couldn't have asked for a better day 3 degrees outside! Some people were going down in just sweatshirts. Not us of course, we were still bundled up but we had a ton of fun.

Day 33

2010-02-21T16:48:00.000-08:00

This morning I downloaded The Princess and the Frog for the kids. There was too much of a glare off my laptop in the family room so they drew the curtains and watched it together on Cooper's bed. It was too cute!

Day 32

2010-02-20T19:03:00.001-08:00

Violet and Rory had a meeting on the floor today. Violet drew her a picture and was showing it to her.

Day 31

2010-02-19T20:14:00.000-08:00

Tonight we went Tubing and what a blast it was! I was too afraid to be taking pictures so this is all I got. I took a picture of myself being pulled up the hill but it was way to cheesy. I can't wait to take Cooper. He will totally love it! I think April got better pics so check out her blog.

Day 30

2010-02-18T15:56:00.000-08:00

So tonight is a big night in our house. The men's hockey team are playing against Switzerland. We are all physched and we have lots of snacks for the game. I was determined to get a decent family photo of us in matching Team Canada gear and I was pretty successful.

Day 29

2010-02-17T20:06:00.000-08:00

The bathroom is coming along nicely. Today we discovered several different wallpapers underneath the mirror. One of which really looks like it was put up when the house was built in 1977. Can you pick the oldest paper? LOL

Day 28

2010-02-16T20:13:00.000-08:00

Today was Shrove Tuesday. We obviously had pancakes for dinner but Cooper had them for lunch at school so he refused to eat them. He had a peanut butter sandwich while the rest of us had pancakes. They were okay but since we were all out of corn syrup. I had to use maple syrup on them which I hate. Uggh! Note to self. BUY MORE CORN SYRUP!!!

Day 27

2010-02-15T17:16:00.000-08:00

Today was Family Day so we had the day off. We signed up for the family skate at the JLC. Cooper thought it was so cool skating where the London Knights skate. He whipped around the ice for an hour. Violet did a little better today but still isn't really interested in skating.

Day 26

2010-02-14T20:08:00.001-08:00

I didn't think I would have anything to put up today. Trissy and I went to dinner and a movie and I didn't take any pics today but when we got home, Violet was up because she has a cold and couldn't breathe. I got a cute pic of her lying in our bed but I'll post it tomorrow because now I am really too tired.

Day 25

2010-02-13T19:39:00.000-08:00

This morning Cooper had hockey and my dad let me use his lens to take some pics of Cooper since I don't have one that will go across a hockey rink. It didn't do much good today though since Cooper's heart just wasn't in it. You can see from the pics that he was tired and not in to practicing. He did however score 5 goals in their scrimmage but by that point I had given up taking pictures of him.

Day 24

2010-02-12T17:19:00.000-08:00

Today we had a Valentine's Day party. I made chocolate mint cupcakes for snack this afternoon and Cooper and Violet helped. They also enjoyed licking the spoons. Today's blog challenge was an easy one, "loved one". Mine is my kids because I love them the most!

Day 23

2010-02-11T17:46:00.001-08:00

Today was Cooper's friendship party/Valentine's Party at school. I tried to rock as a Mom and got the coolest Valentines from Stampin Up. They are boxes that I filled with those heart shaped candies with the sayings on them. The girls got pink ones and the boys got blue. After Cooper got home I got to see his stash of Valentines that he got. He was a good big brother and shared his suckers etc. with his little sister. Those kids ate all of the candy in 10 minutes. No wonder they didn't care about eating dinner.

Day 22

2010-02-10T09:34:00.000-08:00

Today we noticed a bruise on Cooper's eyelid. No idea how it got there and he has no memory of banging it hard enough to bruise it but it's definitely there. Cooper also built snow castles outside today. It's freezing out but my kids can outlast anybody outside in the snow. We also got a delivery of some Naartjie today for the kids and Violet was having fun twirling in her new dress.

Day 21

2010-02-10T06:19:00.001-08:00

Day 20

2010-02-08T18:15:00.000-08:00

Look at my little bumblebee! The kids had lots of fun today goofing around and being silly. I did have a chance to get Cooper to stop for a bit and sign his Valentines for his classmates. He only did the boys valentines today but tomorrow I'll get him to do the girls. There are 21 kids in his class so I knew he wouldn't be up to doing them all at once. I got Cooper's valentines from Stampin Up. They are so cute and they fold up in to boxes that I will fill with candies. I'll take pics of them when I'm finally done assembling them.

Day 19

2010-02-07T17:28:00.000-08:00

This morning Violet had a playdate with Addison. The girls enjoyed some timbits and playing in Violet's room. Little girls are so cute! Tristan also began tearing the bathroom apart. Yay!!!

Day 18

2010-02-06T18:09:00.000-08:00

Today was a nice relaxing Saturday. Cooper had hockey this morning and then a birthday party. We took Violet with us to Home Depot where we spent almost two hours picking out bathroom tile. Can I just say that I have never been so excited about a home reno job as I am about this bathroom now that we have picked out this wicked awesome tile. The things that excite us in our adult lives. Afterwards we came home for some tv watching, playing on laptops and then some fun bedtime routines.

Day 17

2010-02-05T10:25:00.000-08:00

So today's blog challenge is "The colour of Love". This one had my wracking my brain. It is completely up to interpretation so I figured rather than the obvious pinks and reds associated with love I would go with what my Cooper associates with the colour of love. He absolutely loves his blanket "Kiki". Not really sure how it is spelled. I got this blanket when I was pregnant with Cooper so he has had it from day 1. It used to be such a soft blanket. Super soft minkie on one side and satin on the other. It was also whiter than white can be....years ago. Cooper's Kiki is now a dingy shade of grey and certainly isn't soft anymore and always has a funky smell. It may not be what I associate with love but to Cooper, the dingy shade of grey is the colour of love.

Day 16

2010-02-04T18:38:00.000-08:00

Not too much going on today. I have been stressing about tomorrow's blog challenge instead. lol. Violet loves her high heels so I had to take a pic of them today. Plus she constantly complains when I take her picture now so I had to take a pic of her feet.

Day 15

2010-02-03T19:38:00.000-08:00

So today is a super late post. I had a jewellry party tonight and got some awesome stuff! Thanks to everybody who came to my show tonight. It was such a beautiful day out today that I got some pics of the kids outside.

Day 14

2010-02-02T15:35:00.000-08:00

The kids had some after dinner naked soccer practice tonight as well. They are too funny!

Tristan was home sick today so I got to pick Cooper up from the bus and finally got to bring my camera. I don't usually bring my camera to the bus because I don't want to worry about 5 kids and my camera. lol.

So today was a busy day! I did some baking again. I know, I'm crazy! Chocolate chip cookies this time so it was totally worth it.

Day 14

2010-02-01T09:54:00.000-08:00

Violet couldn't wait to wake up today and play with the balloons she brought home from the retirement party last night. Look at how crazy her hair is and how staticky it is. I can't wait for summer because the dry air is doing a number on this kids hair.

Day 14

2010-02-01T09:52:00.000-08:00

Today Cooper was playing with playdough. Who knows what the heck he was doing with it but he seemed to be having lots of fun.

Day 13

2010-02-01T09:35:00.000-08:00

So last night a few of my Dad's former co-workers threw him a retirement party. Here's a few pics from the night.

Day 12

2010-01-31T08:40:00.000-08:00

So today was a relaxing day at home. Tristan was at Hockey Day in Canada so it was just me and the kids. We went shopping for a bit and when we got home there was some Wii playing and mini egg eating. Fun times!

Day 11

2010-01-29T18:59:00.001-08:00

I joined a group that has challenges for blogs every Friday and today is self portrait day. I'm not even kidding, I took like 100 pictures of myself and hated everyone. I was looking forward to this challenge but it was harder than I thought it would be. This is all I got.

Day 10

2010-01-28T18:10:00.001-08:00

So I am baking like a mad woman this week. Today Violet and I made overstuffed jam muffins. So yummy! I need to bake something more fun though. I'm thinking something with chocolate is in the cards for next week.

Day 9

2010-01-27T18:41:00.000-08:00

It only took almost 7 years of marriage but I am finally becoming domesticated. I found this recipe in Today's Parent and made it at lunch today. It didn't need a bread maker or yeast so I jumped all over it. It looks exactly like the picture in the magazine. I'm so proud! It didn't taste much like bread though, more like a really cheesy biscuit but still pretty yummy.

Day7

2010-01-26T15:17:00.000-08:00

So not too exciting of a day. Violet did a cute craft this morning and afterwards it occured to me that I should have taken pics. Cooper was at school all day so no pics of him. I think Violet has caught her brother's cold though so this is what I found when I went to call the kids for dinner. Poor girl!

Day 6

2010-01-25T13:50:00.000-08:00

Cooper and Violet have been playing with eachother non stop today. I love it! I always wanted a big brother and I love that Violet has one and a pretty awesome one at that. They were playing ring a round the rosey and then Cooper gave Violet horsie rides. Watching them together makes me tear. Well, until five minutes later when Violet is crying because she got hurt. I guess that's par for the course when you have a big brother.

Day 5

2010-01-24T17:49:00.000-08:00

So I started to make my friend's daughter a hat that she saw me wearing and wanted and I ran out of yarn. I know I had two balls of the same yarn but I think my stinkin cats took off with it and now I can't find it. It's okay though because I don't think I made the hat big enough anyways because it should have fit a 10 year old and fits Violet instead. I guess I'll have to start over.

Day 4

2010-01-23T20:16:00.000-08:00

I felt bad today because I had a camera class this morning and missed Cooper's hockey. :( Afterwards my Mom picked me up and we headed to Toronto to see Medieval Times with my cousins and aunts. So I barely saw my kids today but I did get a couple of pics of the show. I have never been before and was actually surprised how fun it was. I can't wait to take the kids now. Cooper will love the fact that you get to eat with your hands. That is if I can talk him in to eating potatos and chicken. My salad lovin kid will be disapointed when there is no caesar salad on the menu. lol.

Day 3

2010-01-22T09:13:00.000-08:00

So I decided to make some muffins from scratch. This is not like me. I did however not have enough bananas and made them anyways. Tristan thought they were buscuits and Cooper only ate half of one. I put one in his lunch this morning and he refused to eat one for breakfast so I knew he wouldn't be happy once he saw it in his lunch at school.

While I was making the muffins, Violet had a picnic on her bedroom floor. Note the tiny McDonalds cup. Cute!

Day 2

2010-01-21T09:24:00.001-08:00

Violet is 2 and I still love nudie pictures of her. I seriously wish I had a baby to photograph with this camera.
Lately when Cooper is home, he loves to play video games. I don't mind though. It keeps him happy and I'm always impressed at how he understands some of the games better than I do. I'm not much of a gamer though.
I also had to add Violet's new dress. I think it is sooooo pretty!

Day 1

2010-01-20T11:27:00.001-08:00

This is my first day of my blog and I'm hoping that I keep it up. Let's face it, I love being on the computer so lately I have been trying to do things on the computer that aren't just surfing the web. This blog being one of them. I have also been using my new digital scrapbooking software which I love. These two pages are the first ones I have done with the program and I am in love. I am also in love with my new camera and love that the pictures of my kids are coming out so amazing. I want Cooper and Violet to look back on their childhood's with amazing pictures of themselves and every exciting moment they had, captured on camera.