movember comes to an end

Our dude has been growing some facial hair this month. Yup it is ADORABLE...insert the sarcasm there!!! Now fore sure some guys work it and our guy has been sorta working it but we prefer him without the hair.  It is for a good cause though, so we have encouraged him along (I even found the cool shirt for him to wear this month). His whole team at work were growing and raising money. Good job Mr. P you did good.

The Polischuk ladies drew some staches on our fingers and then posed for some pics in support of our Mr. P being his last day with the hair.  Now our ladies with their finger staches, they are adorable ;)

Also loved this comment Uncle Jon left on Facebook;

 

Jon Bird Bitter sweet day for the Polischuks good that Graham can shave again but Jenny will miss that authoritative look that is impossible to resist and G will lose that instant respect that comes with a manly stach

 

Until next November facial hair.

~ Mrs. P 

prepping for the holidays

 After November 11th it is game on at our house, bring on the holiday decorations.  Graham had a boys weekend with Uncle Jon so before leaving he helped bring up the Christmas bins. 

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

 I love the traditions. 

I love the decorations.

I love the food.

 I love that we can focus on Jesus Christ!!!

AND I also love the fun new print I found and framed by our front door (it was free - score).

 I asked Graham if the print was a little harsh, he assured me anyone familiar with the Home Alone movies would laugh. It is pretty funny. I am also in love with the new words on our chalkboard. I am getting good at copying cool things I find on Pinterest. Love me that Pinterest!!!

I love having our home morph into Christmas mode. It just makes me happy :)  Jenn, Rob and baby Max came to visit so we did a few cousin pictures. I love our little peeps!!!! Cousins playing makes me happy too.

~ Mrs. P

ode to Toffee Elsa

This sweet 'bun' (as the girls call her) is totally adored by our family, she is a LOVELY girl.  Miss Toffee Elsa  recently hit the 6 month mark being a Polischuk and we couldn't imagine her not being part of our family.  The girls are pretty good at keeping her water filled and they work together to go get her food from the garage, Stella holds the heavy garage door and Amelia fills her food dish.  Stella and I make sure that the hay is fresh and either Graham or I clean out her cage as needed. She is a sweetie!!!  So patient with our girls and goodness, so cute.  She recently lost her mane but thankfully it is starting to grow back, I think it adds to her adorableness.  It is super awesome when she rubs her face and we all giggle when she gets hopping around and does a high kick jump!!!!

Totally saw this little wild guy out on our neighbors front yard the other day so had to take some pictures.  We rolled down the windows and watched him eat clover.  We said he was probably Toffee's cousin :)

~ Mrs. P

spectacular snow

We woke up to a stunning frost. 

It was sooooo beautiful.  Amelia told me as we drove to school talking about how gorgeous it was that this is the reason she "loves winter mom".  I was thinking cool, shocked that your winter love isn't because of FROZEN ;)  Stella and I took a drive down by the river to enjoy the beauty after we kissed Mia and sent her to class.  It spectacular and we were sad to see the frost melt as the day warmed up.

~ Mrs. P

dating the dude

Feeling pretty lucky these days to have this dude as my sidekick in life. He hugs me as I cry, he listens as I talk and holds my hand often. I appreciate it and have felt darn lucky to have him by my side.  We have gotten in a few GREAT dates lately. I actually got to see an Oilers win the other night and then drove back from my Calgary girls weekend to see Fleetwood Mac with the dude.  We have always made date nights a priority but it has felt like a life line this last little while.  Just him and I, just him and I...marching on together.

~ Mrs. P

nearly 20 years

Had a Calgary girls weekend!

It was rad to get some visiting in with old friends, nearly 20 years of friend ship (yeah we are old). Super nice to catch up.  The goal was to be productive with our online scrap booking, I was pleased with what I accomplished. Also super awesome were the sweet deals I found as Cross Iron Mills Mall, shopping equals happy for me.  I am not ashamed to say it!  It know shopping releases happy endorphins.  Amy and I hooked up on Thursday visiting over dinner and well into the early morning hours. I snuck off to the Calgary temple Friday morning which I was very much excited about. I met a friend from Ft. McMurray there and had a great visit. Then Saturday Brandi, Julie, Jodi (Kamryn and Kori) had a lunch date.  The weekend rejuvenated my soul and our ladies had a great time with their dad.

~ Mrs. P

before 9 am

We had fall break this week and opted to just stay home. I wanted some 'normal' days, just our little fam jam at home. 

 My ladies are heavy into their ballet clothes lately and Stella seriously changes her clothes 10 times a day.  Sometimes one of their princess dresses will slip in but heavy into the ballet outfits.  I am forever getting the girls to put the outfits back into the closet.  There is a lot of twirling and I LOVE IT!!!!!  Best ever is when Stella wears this black ballet outfit, she always manages to put it on backwards and it is hilarious to see her little tush. This particular morning they were all decked out and it wasn't even 9....love these ladies of ours!

~ Momma P

35 Years for the Birthday Boy

We are soooooooo lucky to have this guy!!

Mr.P is so darn special to us.

We wanted to honour the birthday boy. He opened his presents before work and we took him out for dinner after ballet.
In our family we celebrate with hats and banners and recently these adorable 'Happy Birthday' glasses. The glasses are pretty much awesome, just like this guy....awesome.

 

The girls picked out this Oilers sweater, score for him. The cards from the ladies were a special touch. The girls picked me out an apple peeler for my birthday so I would say it was indeed a score for Graham. I mean I love my apple peeler and have used it twice.

We just love this guy!
Happy Birthday!!!

~ Mrs. P

crunching

Each week when we go to ballet and violin I try to bring something fun for little sister.  Being the little sister can be tough sometimes. Lately though crunching leaves has helped to pass the time.  She has her own ballet class on Saturday and soon enough she will have more of her own 'stuff'.  It is fun to be a parent, watching your kids try different things and develop their talents.  

When you are little (or big) leaf crunching rocks!!!

 ~Mrs. P

time together

I sure missed my Stella. 

This week we made a point to have our 'special time' each morning.  

She loves her tea parties, paired with pumpkin loaf it was fabulous.

~ Momma P