playing with scissors

I have lived in fear of this day, for real.  I hoped that if I was cautious enough with our scissors no hair would ever get cut in our house BUT nope some hair was given a trim last week.

We were going to do a snowflake cutting craft and in the 2 minutes I wasn't around Amelia cut the end of her sister's pony tail and the end of her own.  When I came back into the room the hair had already been stashed in the closet (she knew she shouldn't have cut anything but paper).  There was remorse, tears, the scissors and craft supplies put away, that caused more tears and then we were off to get a professional trim.

I almost forgot that when I noticed the trim Amelia says to me "I told Stella to be brave when I cut her hair".  Well that is good I guess, except you cut HAIR!!!!!!

It could have been so much worse.

- Momma P

beefcakes

Soooo Graham and I should be called 'beefcakes', you know the kind of athletic folk who frequent the gym and get all healthy.  That is us. You could pretty much say we have been nailing the beefcake title these first 3 weeks of 2015.  I took this picture of the two of us at the gym.  Graham did his gym thing and I have enrolled in a yoga class. Stella actually gets to play in the kiddie care and although it has been hard to leave her each week, she actually does pretty well we are told. We have a little joke about the gym from when we were newly married. Apparently people don't talk at the gym and I was surprised to discover that people REALLY don't talk much at the gym. So Graham and I have never really done this kinda stuff together (other then yoga I don't really do much 'stuff') and we actually just happen to be together in the same building, hahahaha still worthy of a picture of us being beefcakes together!!!!!!

Mrs. P

oilers winter family

This year has been another very challenging year for the Oilers but one good thing about every game we attend is the opportunity to visit with Ron and Julie.  These guys are such a good couple!  They are kind and Julie, a crazy good crafter has cleaned out her stash a few times giving me things for our young women or to donate.  Good, good people. Other then a date night and a rare win for the Oilers, getting to visit with Ron and Julie is a highlight.  We have had season tickets right behind them for seven years, lucky us!

Mrs. P

picnic and a movie

Sometimes we just need to slow the pace and have a picnic lunch. 

Favorite movie and one of our favorite lunches!

Momma P

miss independent

Our little girl is truly such a little preschooler, so big!

She is so determined, focused and creative.  Stella Bella and I have moments of awesome fun together (moments of serious challenge too) but I am often blown away by what she comes up with. She likes to make wagons or strollers with the TinkerToy at the music studio where Amelia has violin lessons.  She likes to dress up, is pretty particular with her clothes and I keep thinking that I need to put together a collection of her outfit selections because there have been some cool pieces.  Our girl will lay out clothes in the morning and say she is "putting things together" eeek she is a little like her momma I guess. Just such a cool chick, love her to bits.

Momma P

bunny sweetness

Our Toffee Elsa is a cutie!

She is pretty patient with our girls because they really, really like to love on her.

Momma P

Sunbeam Sweetie

Our little lady has truly become a big girl, she had her first week as a Sunbeam at church!!

Her teacher had been visiting the Nursery class (kiddos 18months-3yrs) for the last month and she is the mom of a little buddy so I was feeling pretty good about this transition. We had previously visited Stella's new classroom and went to see where she would sit for Singing/Sharing Time, yeah for our big girl.

 

When I brought Stella to Singing Time today there were still tears, I gave big hugs and a Primary worker scooped her up and she went to sit by her big sister Amelia, then moved to her old nursery teacher's lap (who now teaches an older class) and then eventually moved to a seat with her class, yeah!!!  There were smiles when I went to pick her up so I would say it was a WONDERFUL day!!!!!!!

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~ Momma P