My Peanut!

It is rare to get Peanut in a picture, looking full on to the camera and smiling. Being photophobic, he anticipates flash, even when I set my ISO levels high and no flash is present, and shies away in anticipation of pain. Luckily today, a friend had left her tiny point and shoot camera sitting on our island when she left. Aidan thought it was a toy and I quickly snapped this picture without looking at the settings. I love to see my boy happy and enjoying his play time! :) He is growing and changing so much.  I want to capture every moment of my children's lives on "film" but find it so difficult with the sensitivities they have and the learned behaviour, so I take what I can get!

Halloween Hauntings

 

Our little Pumpkin and Peanut really enjoyed Halloween this year. They were both pretty excited to carve their pumpkins and go trick or treating. Unfortunately, My hubby was unable to go with us this year, but we had a great time and the kids made out like Bandits. It was our little girl's first year for Halloween and she got the hang of it right away. She went up to each door, told everyone she was a "Lambie" and said her thank yous and then pleasantly told everyone she would see them tomorrow (instead of next year!) People got a kick out of the tiny tot (Almost 3, but wearing a size 12 months) being fiercely independant, dragging her bag down cement steps and driveways while telling Penut and myself: "I DO IT!" We went to twelve houses and they each filled a large shopping bag.

The picture in the middle shows the treats that I did for Peanut's SK class. 

My little Caspers remind me everyday how lucky I am to have them in my life! So proud of them both and I am a little biased but think they are the cutest Thomas The Tank and Littlest Lamb going! Hope everyone enjoyed their Fright Night!

Happy Fall Y'All!!!

Well, I have been way from Bloggy Land for a while as you can tell. Life has gotten in the way of a lot of things. So much has happened. We did all of the necessary things on our 5 year to do list on our home and with much sadness, we sold it. There were so many important and heart warming moments for us in our home that it was difficult for all of us. There have been so many changes for our children since November 2010, and I decided to spend the spring and summer focusing on what is most important to me, my family.

We moved all of our cows and equipment first to our new home. We then started small renovations, such as a few new windows, doors, and some drywall, trim and flooring in our mudroom. We then started with haying, which meant my husband was not available and I moved the Majority of our house with the kids and the pick up. It was a busy and eventful summer!

We were without Internet (and we are still without the PC and printers) for 3 months and have had to downsize and still have some organizing and unpacking to do.

We will start our next big project soon, which is full renos of our second floor, as the ceilings are only 6', which poses a problem for my tall tall hubby!

In the meantime, we were able to sneak in some fall fun at a local farm, Gammondale. It is one of the kids favorite place to go and it has such special meaning for our family as we got married there in the Fall 9 years ago.

Graduation....

This is a card I made for my bf's girlie. She graduated from Grade 12 last June and I wanted something different and unique for her card. I find that graduation cards all look the same, so I did something in her style and the colours she likes.

Recipe: Pearl Flourish - Prima, Stamps - Inkadinkadoo, Ink - Memento, Cardstock & Paper Flower - Bazzill, Miscellaneous Patterned Paper from my scrap bin, Sentiments - Computer Generated, Diecuts- Stampin' Up, Brads - Doodlebug.

I had the immense pleasure of photographing M's graduation photos. I was honoured when my bf asked me to do it, and was happy the setting was at their home.... We kept it simple, easy and natural, just like M~! Peanut was with us and kept us in stitches the whole time (and was spoiled by his Auntie E, as always!).  These photographs were  a couple of my favorites. The candid was us walking towards the back of the property. Peanut loves his M and she treats him like she is his big sis. I love that they each have a foot up and the generational difference of M commencing school and Peanut beginning it.