on a sidenote:

The mister and I leave for Vegas in the morning. Sans our littles. Hence maybe why I've been a little MIA around here. I just wanted to soak them up.

I'll leave you with these shots taken a few days ago. My girls and their "cheeeeeeese" faces. 

Or "theeeeeeese" in the case of Miss E.

heart

I adore this man and his books. "The Heart and the Bottle" was requested over and over this week. And my goodness, the clever questions that arose from it. I wish I could say the same of my answers.

last night, every night

Forget monkeys, we've moved on to bigger & better.

"Robots!" 

(Gotta love her sound effects.)

bless you poppy

We met "grempa" at earls for dinner tonight. Vida Blue had made a special necklace for him this afternoon and was BEYOND EXCITED to give it to him. To be honest I wasn't too sure how it would all go down. Let's just say I was a little surprised when he didn't even attempt to take it off. He walked out of the restaurant with it on... even talked his "neck-lace" up to a few hostesses on the way out. 

Gosh, I love this man. 

Thank you Poppy. And bless you.

here's to...

Yesterday I asked Vida Blue if she wanted a brother or a sister. She got all concerned and said she wanted to "Keep Ever". Good answer kid. Good answer.  

an adventure to remember

Hittin' the road to Osoyoos with the most funny, bizarrely talented girl I know. (Ask her to show you an old cheerleading routine some time, or perform a song & dance number to "Rrrrrrrollin' on the River". She will, without a moment's hesitation.) Great, albeit frequently interrupted conversation. Peeing in a cup, bushes, by roadsides and in holes in the ground. Motion sickness followed by ridiculous amounts of randomly contained puking. (Thank you sweet Freddy.) A little roadside tradesie... one big ol' bag of barf for one abandoned beer bottle. (I have yet to forgive myself.) Not being able to get this dang song outta my head. Being accessories to a few white lies all in the name of surprising a dear friend for her birthday. A quick hot tub followed by a walk to the park gazebo. (Somehow still a really good time.) Takin' a few saucy photos. *ahem* Gettin' caught in a little rain shower on the way home. Feedin' our littles & then exhausting them with every backyard game/sport imaginable. It workin'. Two words: Dom Perignon. Followed by fajitas, chunky style. Great uninterrupted conversation. Laughin' til your stomach hurts. Stayin' up later than you have in a long time. Discovering toast with raspberry jam & thin slices of aged white cheddar. Rotating between the pool, the hot tub and the lake. Seriously marvelling at the way our little ones get along. Dreamin' up the most brilliant mini-v accessory ever. To be seen soon on Dragons' Den. Right Ash?

me & my favorite cheerleader

la birthday girl

miss saucy 2011

My lady loves. You make my world go round. Let's make it an annual. (xoxoxo)

hands up! baby hands up!

"Give me your heart, Gimme gimme your heart, Gimme gimme"

our little convict

I lost track of how many photos were taken. Let's just say it was a lot. An awful lot. Tell her to not smile, she giggled. Tell her to not giggle, she smiled. Around and around we went until I finally told her to take a deep breath and hold it. 

Voila. 

"toot toot"

That'd be me... and my horn. : )

Who knew it was possible to fall in love with a power tool? Thanks JD for the lender. And thank you Craigslist. Much to the mister's dismay... I'll be back. 

8:26pm / 10:06pm

Tonight some reinforcements were called in. Reinforcements in the form of sweet V and her Bible. Ever fell asleep on the latter. I suppose there are worse things... : )

the champ

Does it even matter of what?

a week ago today

Life List:
learn to surf

...

A few things you might wanna know: 

* Just lookin' at this photo makes me nauseous all over again.
* 'Learn' (as noted above) is synonymous with 'attempt'.
* Surf chicks are equal parts rad, equal parts intimidating.
* I am not a surf chick. 

Yet. ; )

P.S. Sweet shout-outs to my sis & bro for gettin' me a private (2 1/2 hour!) lesson for my 30th birthday. Was soo worth the wait. (xoxo)

cue the angels

here's to...

doing everything imaginable to pump up Miss E into sleepin' in her own bed. Like repeated wind sprints to exhaust her perhaps? Such a scam. Seriously now.

Here's to...

the mister lasting all of 15 minutes in IKEA. That's officially 12 minutes longer than he lasted the other two times. I wish I was kidding. 

Here's to...

walkin' out of IKEA (solo) with everything but a matching twin bedframe. Apparently said item was recalled for safety concerns. C'mon now... really?

Here's to...

arriving home & being bombarded by the hubs with every dreamy Pottery Barn Kids bed on the market. *sigh* You'd think I'd know better by now.  

can I get a daaaaaaate niiiiiiight?

A little baseball, a little Brad. That's a win-win if you ask me.

check out those cool kicks!

Doin' you proud Uncle Jay. Doin'. You. Proud. 

P.S. Thanks for keepin' us hip. (xo)

a little tofino love

More to come soon. Promise.

fun fact:

Lately my favorite word out of Vida Blue's mouth is "nuffin" as in; 

"I not doin' nuffin mom! I not doin' nuffin!"

On a side note: There is really 'nuffin' better than little people on repeat. 

cause i like to share

Just another sweet song by Mister Dennen. Enjoy.