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Yay...It's time to light the outdoor Christmas lights. I love Christmas decorations at night.

Have a holly jolly night!

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A sure sign of winter...warm clothes "dropped" in the front porch.

Have a warm day!

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Dd: What do you think?
Me: It's the most beautiful tree I've seen.

She was so proud. Daddy put it together and she decorated it all by herself.

Have a merry day!

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Rain, sun, freezing wind...we had it all today.  Here we are at the downtown Santa Claus parade.  We primed with hot chocolate and coffee at Auntie K's work and then took our spots outside to see the floats, bands, cheerleaders and, of course, the big guy himself at the end of the parade.  It was a fun afternoon.  My heart goes out to all the dancers and cheerleaders who must have been freezing, but kept smiling throughout.  Hopefully they are all warm and toasty tonight.

Happy start to the Christmas Season!

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First visit with new baby cousin today!  Dd looked and said how cute he was and then wanted to play with his brother.  Go figure.  I guess the baby wasn't as interesting as the astronaut sticker book.  :)

I loved visiting and holding the little guy.  He's changing already!  How quickly babies grow!

Project 365 Day 329

In the airport waiting for Daddy's plane to arrive.  Fortunately we had a coloring book and crayons because he was delayed.  Apparently, as the plane was heading toward the runway to take off, they realized they had an extra person on board.  The extra passenger, a woman, had forgotten to get off when the plane landed in Halifax!  They had to go back to the gate to let her deplane.  Can you believe it?

Have a great day!

Project 365 Day 328

Coming home in the dark to an empty house...this is NOT my favorite time of year.  Come on December 21 so the days can start getting longer again!!!

Hoping you had a great day!

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This is how I go to sleep each evening.  There's something about the national news and Peter Mansbridge's voice that allows my mind to stop swirling and spinning. 

Happy dreams!

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The first snow falls of the season are always the best for making snowmen.  Even though we did not get home until after dark, dd and I still went out to take advantage of the sticky snow to roll up this fellow.

Have a great day!

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It had to happen sooner or later.  Today we got the first snowfall large enough to require a shovel.

Hoping you all have snow tires!

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Nanny and Poppy have the best trees for autumn leaf fun!  We popped by for a visit today and dd couldn't wait to begin throwing!

Have a great day!

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A Hawaiian surprise party for one of my friends.  She is usually the center of all plans and doesn't let much slip by her.  We truly got her this time.  She did not suspect a thing.  We all wish you the best as you head off to the "tropical" wonders of Poland in December.

Here's hoping your day includes some pleasant surprises!

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Although I did actually take this one yesterday, I needed to show you, up close, the newest addition to the family.

Have a wonderful day!

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He's finally here.  A beautiful baby boy with light brown hair and blue eyes and a super strong resemblance to his brother.  This was the very first family pic for new baby D.  He is literally only seconds old in this shot.

I cannot thank my sister and her silly hubby enough for letting me be such an intimate participant in a wondrous day.

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It's official, my sister has been admitted and new baby is on the way. I cannot wait to meet him.  There's still some laboring to be done, but birthday day is going to be very soon!

Have an awesome day.

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Alphabets are the best treat cereal for a 6 year old who's learning to read. We find new and interesting words every day...then, we eat them up!

Have a great day!

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I wish all homework could be this much fun. Tonight dd had the "sac spécial" full of games and puppets for a fun night of learning. Monsieur Son, the puppet, was an excellent reader.

Have a great day!

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work...work...work...I can't wait till term one reports are done.

Don't forget to take some time for yourself every day!

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You gotta love fall!

Have a great day!

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Playing crib and watching hockey. A perfect evening for my hubby and his buddy.

Have a great day!

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Always remember.

We are so fortunate.

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Dd made a picture of us.  I love her!

Have a great day!

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Late afternoon sun coming through my bedroom window. I was drawn by the colors and their reflection in the window panes.  Although I 'm not a fan of shorter days, I love the light in my house when the sun is lower in the sky at this time of year.

Have a great day!

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My wonderful hubby usually gets the mail. Unfortunately, he is still casted and unable to drive. The lights in the superbox hut in evening created an interesting picture.

Have a great day!

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Birthday parties are the highlight of my dd's social life at the moment.  This one, a dance party, was a roaring success.  It was her first "girls only" party and they danced their hearts out.  Wonderful!

Have a great day!

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I give in...I'm just too tired to cook...or to even think about what to cook. Oh well, my sweet daughter was super happy with her nuggets Happy Meal.

Have a nutritious supper if you can.  If not, try again tomorrow :)

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Minga...Do you know what it means? Neither did we until our Phys. Ed. teacher met Craig Kielburger. We now have teams of kids in our school working hard to help those who have less in our community. Here our school TV broadcast team is interviewing Mr. Butler, the PE teacher spearheading this campaing. Way to go!

Craig Kielburger is certainly a person who is worthy of our respect and I'm thrilled that our themes, contents, physical education and social awareness efforts all come together naturally.

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A sincere class group effort on this poster for our Healthy Commotion kick off day! Well done kids!

Have a great day!

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Miss Smith books are highly recommended by my 6 year old. I hope you can all find your own incredible story book.  Remember...you have to finish each character's story!

Have a great day!

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RESPECT...This is what it means to the kids in my grade 7 class. They are awesome.

Here's hoping you respected someone and also received respect today.

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Reading to Daddy. I don't think I'll ever tire of watching this.

Have a great day!

I'll catch up soon, but this is important.

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Halloween...what a night!  Over the last week, we have seen Alice in Wonderland, Tinkerbell, varied princesses, but the winner on Halloween night was her Pirate Costume.  Dd had great fun trick or treating and trying to fool the neighbors who could not recognize her right away.  Two full bags of treats, sweet candies and chips and it was time to come home.  I'm glad I just bought new toothbrushes for our family.

A special thanks to Nanny and Poppy H who brought her the cute treat bag from Disneyland on their recent trip to the West Coast states.
Happy Halloween!

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I might have know that the house would fall apart the day after my dh has an operation that rendered him practically imobile for a while!  Fortunately, only one of our two cars was in the garage when the spring decided to break. Yup, that's it...completely snapped off from the axle.   I am not physically able to lift the door as it is right now.  Oh well, the good news is my sweetie is home to call the repair company as soon as they open on Monday.

Have a great day!  Hoping you can get out of your house :)

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Today's the day!  Retro-calcaineal debridement with bursectomy!  Sure sounds like a complex way to fix a bump on a heel.  Good luck sweetie.  I hope this works out for you.

Have a great day!

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Classroom update.  :)

Have a great day

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Healthy Commotion Day at school today.  Theme staying active for life.  Here, our teachers team is doing their best to defeat the student champs in Tug of War.

Have a great day!

Project 365 Day 298

Just another typical Tuesday.  School all day, after school at the dojo, Ballet class and then Hip-Hop followed by a late supper.  Here dd is waitng patiently...very patiently for supper to be ready.  Thanks sweetie.  I know Tuesday's are particularly long.

Have a great day!

Project 365 Day 297

The Halloween decorating continues.  Dh loves the spooky fun of Halloween and now, so does our dd.  This is one of the very first creepy purchases he made.  It's a haunted tree house.  The poor tree needed a village, apparently to best demonstrate all of his best qualities.  Our collection also now includes fences from skeleton bones, a mad scientist's laboratory, a ghost mine and a mausoleum. 

Have a great day!

Project 365 Day 296

Aperture...Shutterspeed...iso
By all accounts, these three things are the ultimate components in perfect exposure.  AAARRGH!
They are still causing me some grief at times.  Practise, practise, practise...I'm so glad I have a digital camera.

Have a great day!

Project 365 Day 295

Super Dogs!  Daddy came home with tickets to a unique show for today.  Kyra loved it.

Have a great day!

Project 365 Day 294

I hate being sick.  I'm pleased to say that I rarely am sick, but today, is not my day.  This little box has been my companion since last night.  Hopefully, I will only need it for tonight.  If not, my nose is just going to go on strike and refuse to work due to sore working conditions.  I'think I'll go get myself a cuppa tea.

Hoping you are all feeling well.

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Got my nails done today!  Thanks Andrea for suggesting the festive little ghostie embellishment.  He's adorable.

Have a great day!

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I must confess that since my return to work full time, it is becoming harder and harder to take a pic a day.  I'm not giving up, but nor am I going to beat myself up for posting this on for Day 292.  This pic was taken a few days earlier, but it was so lovely to see Daddy and Daughter playing together and rolling in the grass, I want to include it somewhere.  So,  today's the day.

Have a great day!

Project 365 Day 291

Anyone need some silly bands???  Another new fad among dd's school friends.

Have a great day!

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Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to work I go.  I really do enjoy the teaching part of my job.  In the classroom, with the kids, great interactions, unexpected moments of "I got it!"  Wonderous!  Correcting and activities that eat in to my home life and family time drag me down.  I'm working very hard to keep those times a small as possible this year, but I have not figured out how to eliminated them entirely.  UUURRRGHHHH!

Have a great day!

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All of the neighbors are getting in on the action.  Poor ole Mr. Byrne is looking a little under the ground...oops I meant weather in this yard scene.

Have a great day!

Project 365 Day 288

Now that's what I call a bubble bath!

Have a great day!

Project 365 Day 287

Dd has been pestering her father for days to start putting up Halloween decorations.  It has been mostly wet and cold this week.  Tonight, as we got home, she said "Dad, it's not raining right now, can we do it now, you get the lights and we'll do it now".  He could not resist.  Halloween has officially begun.

Have a great day!

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Please meet the Thursday Night Girls.  These are many of my friends from school.  Most of them are teachers and all of them are ABBA fans.  When a local theatre group Newfound productions was offering and ABBA tribute night we knew we all had to go.  FUN!

Have a great day!