More Greta Quotes

We went to see "Arthur Christmas" last weekend. ( really funny!) All the actors have English accents. When the little girl began to speak, Greta turned to me and whispered, "mom, she's speaking spanish!"

Yesterday, I settled Greta into her car seat and hopped into the drivers seat. Greta promptly declared, " it smells like donkey feet in here. It's making my eyes burn!" (?) I didn't smell what she was smelling. Perhaps she didn't like the perfume I was wearing. :)

Ballet Recital

Greta just finished her first semester of ballet. Of course, she adores dancing. Her teacher is amazing! We were allowed to come in and watch their final class today. I took about 100 pictures and let the boys miss school to come and watch. Here is a little glimpse of what you missed. :)

This look of glee is almost constantly on her little face as she prances around giggling with the other little girls.

Toothless Trauma

Recently, as I went to pick the kids up at the school, I couldn't find Joseph.

Could he be in detention? No!

Could he be REALLY taking his time? Possibly!

Could he be hurt or sick? Definately!

Upon entering the school, I saw Joe walking out of the sick room with his teacher holding ice to his mouth. The poor guy had slipped on the snow and fallen against the metal of the slide and landed on his two front teeth! He thought he had lost his newly grown in adult teeth. But on further inspection he realized he had just chipped them. Thankfully, Daddy is a dentist. We rushed over to the office. Ryan smoothed the rough edges and made a treatment plan for veneers in the future. :)

For now, this is his smile. Note the butterfly effect of his front teeth.

Edwin lost another two of his baby teeth within days of each other. He has now entered the mangle mouth phase.

Spectacular at Seven

My little blonde toddler has turned 7!!!

If you recall from an earlier post we celebrated with friends back in October. For his actual birthday he had 18 family members over for a "seafood feast".

Here is Ryan ( who just had his 33rd birthday but was once again sick for it so we have no pictures of his party... or lack of) adding the finishing touches to Edwin's Tres Leches Cake.

Happy Birthday Super Ted! You are such a talented, kind hearted, smart, funny, generous, athletic, passionate, goodnatured,wonderful son! We love you!

Seattle 1/2 Sale

Ok, all my running or want to be running friends. You haven't missed out on signing up for the Seattle 1/2 next June. Still tons of time to train and if you sign up this Friday, Remembrance Day, Nov 11, 2011, you save $20. Let's do it!


http://runrocknroll.competitor.com/

Thanksgiving and Halloween

I took the kids and 3 of their cousins to the pumpkin patch just before Thanksgiving. The kids had a blast! The weather was gorgeous, the field full of pumpkins of all sizes and what's better than playing with cousins. I began to regret my decision of bringing 6 kids all by myself when I had to haul their pumpkin of choice to the car. Of course the boys picked the BIGGEST and HEAVIEST pumpkin they could find as far away from the car as possible. My arms had a really great workout that day. :)

We had a big Thanksgiving dinner at our new house. It accommodated the crowd quite nicely.

My parents have been able to come up fairly often this fall. We spent an enjoyable afternoon at Davidson Orchards.

Impromptu barn dance. :)

My mom finally reach the height she has always imagined herself to be. :)

We went to a fun adult Halloween party at a friends house. It was so great. There was a fear factor eating challenge where I almost puked just watching. Prize goes to anyone who can guess who we are......

We went trick or treating right after work... here is Ryan brimming with enthusiasm at the night ahead.

Edwin the zombie....

Greta the witch with butterfly face....

Joseph the centurion...

The spoils....

The next day poor Edwin fell against the window seat. We jokingly told him his addition to his costume was a day late.

If cuteness could kill...

This evening after putting the kids to bed I was spending some me time on the piano. I thought I would pop up and check on the kids. Kissed a sleeping Edwin goodnight. Kissed a sleeping Joseph goodnight and turned to see Greta up on Joe's desk drawing on his white board. After settling Greta in her own bed (again) and singing her a song, she heaved a great sigh and said,

"It's no use Mom. I just can't sleep without my Grandma and my Grandma (she doesn't have lesbian grandparents, she just forgets there are two names to distinguish them). I just miss them SO much!"

Time for a visit Grandmas and Grandmas B and K! :)

September and this side of October

The past couple of months have flown by so quickly there has been little time for blogging. So here are a some pics to catch you up.

In Sept we took a worldwind trip to Saskatoon to visit Ryan's family. On the way home we spent the night in Banff and enjoyed the scenery and some sushi.

(sushi house in banff... a little train goes around a track and you take whatever plate looks appetizing. we all LOVED it!)

The boys swam in glacier water... crazy!

Edwin lost his first two teeth last month. After a bit of drama he was pleased with the result.

We have a den of garter snakes on our property. The kids love it. My family, not so much.

Here is a picture I took of Greta's room. She has the coolest room in the house.

One side of my walk in closet.

Greta has started ballet and absolutely loves it.

Couldn't resist adding this cute picture of her.

We missed having a birthday part for Joseph back in July and since Edwin's birthday is next month we decided to have a joint party.

There were lots of kids having lots of fun.

Remnants of Summer

Eat your heart out Olivia Newton John!

Well into September we were still heading to the beach everyday.

Auntie Maria bought a kayak this summer and generously shared with her nieces and nephews.

We love our friends!

Maria and I headed out for some early morning skiing. Look at that glassy water.

Before Maria bought her own kayak we got a wicked deal on some rentals because she's so darn hot!

Just this afternoon we were at the beach again. Too cold for mom to swim but the kids loved it.

More Pictures

These pictures are from the listing so they have the original owners stuff in them. But you get the general idea! Above is the stairway.


Our cool REAL wood fireplace that sends the heat through the furnace to heat the whole house. This is the living room.



Media room.



Kitchen, dining room and sitting room. I'm in love with my gas stove.



Upstairs window seat. So dreamy!





Master bedroom ensuite. The shower is ENORMOUS... it has 2 shower heads and 2 body sprayers.



Master bedroom. The owners gave us the mirror and candle sconces seen in this picture.



Kids bathroom.


Edwin's bedroom... they gave us this gorgeous antique bed.



Joseph's bedroom.



Upstairs hallway.

I look out the window at the lake all day. We are on a quiet cul de sac with great neighbors. It already feels like home.

I don't have pictures of Greta's bedroom yet. We will post more when I get around to it. :) It's even better in real life so everyone should come for a visit.