Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home Mom

Happy August Long Weekend for all Canadians!! Phew! Finally got June's PL pages done! Really thankful for the PL App that makes it easy and super simple for me to do these pages really fast! June marks the beginning of our Summer Bucket List, my Mom's hip surgery, among other things. Week 23:  This week I started our annual Summer Bucket List, my Mom had her Hip Replacement Surgery and just lots of family time. Kits used: Good Times Value Kit, Dazzle Mini Kit, Family Themed Cards, Everyday Adventure, and Aqua Week 24:  This week included a trip out to see my Mom after her hip surgery, riding the horses and playing with the babies, Violet getting her first bloody lip and getting a Costco Membership. Kits used: Just Add Colour, Peace, Love and Sunshine Value Kit, Love Story, Everyday Adventure, and Aqua Week 25: This week involved skinned knees, picnic at the park, and spending an evening at the local fair where Violet rode quite a few of the kids rides! Kits used:   A...

Knitting the double-sided Lego square . It’s completely AWESOME!! Watching more of Lord of the Rings with Sam. Almost done. And BBC Nature documentaries in the evening after the girls go to bed and me and Keith enjoy some down time. Trying not to get too bummed about Keith being gone for a couple days out of town next week due to work. 3rd week in a row he’s had to go out for at least a night. Cooking lots more Pinterest recipes this week. I'm trying to challenge myself with new recipes and try new stuff and it’s working! Drinking Ice Caps from work like crazy. Going to the in-laws this weekend to watch some fireworks. Violet may just be a tad excited. Loving that we are expecting baby #3 in early May! Hating some family issues that have arisen. Oh well…. Enjoying watching Dominique master her walking. It’s still hilarious and wonderful to watch her figure this all out. Thinking about the search for a new vehicle. Probably going to be a while before we actually settle on ...

Guess what people??!! Yup. Baby Neufeld #3 is on his/her way! I'm approximately 5 weeks along and due early May. I'm feeling pretty good, just a little bloated in my favourite jeans. But no morning sickness (yeah!!), only craving Ice Caps from work and still not feeling too tired. Violet is excited and is already asking for a baby brother. Dominique is too young to understand, but I'm sure that she'll catch on as time progresses. So excited!!

Weeks 19-22 Week 19:  Again, lots of playing outside, good food and grocery shopping. And since this week covered Mother's Day, Keith had homemade bread and Spinach Dip ready for me when I got home from work that Sunday. Have I mentioned that he's the best?! Kits used: Project Life Everday Adventure, quote card from Elise Joy. Week 20:  Of course, you always have to have a week that just starts off wonky, right? Well, that was this week. Violet came down with a double ear infection and a sinus cold that had us in the hospital for 5 hours on a Monday night. We got there around 8:30pm and didn't leave until 1am. Very long night indeed. Otherwise, it was a routine week. Week 21:  Again, more of the same stuff this week. Violet went away to her Grandma's for the night, visiting the Splash Park, and finding worms for the garden. Week 22:  This is the week that I turned 30. Keith took me out for supper while my Mom took the girls for the day (!! Best Mom Ever!!), we visite...

I was in the mood to scrapbook last week and got quite a bit done when I could. It's especially handy now that I do all my Project Life on their app. More convenience and easier! Here's my layouts for April. Week 15:  Not much going on this week. Visiting great-grandparents, shenanigans around the house, lots of playing with Lego and riding horses. Kits used: Love Story, Everyday Adventure. Week 16:  This week included lots of playing outside, family date to Mongo's for supper, knitting and more playing. Week 17, 1st spread:  This was a busy week.This first spread is the beginning of the week, and Dominique's Smash Cake that she had for her 1st birthday. She absolutely loved it. Week 17, 2nd spread:  The left side of this spread is Dominique's 2 birthday parties that she had for her 1st birthday (split families suck. That's all I'm saying). The right side is usual stuff that goes on, including getting both girls to ride horses. Week 18:  This week was back t...

I'm finally done this!  Started on July 29, 2015 I was inspired by the ladies over at Lattes and Llamas and their Geek-Along Blanket that they started in 2014. It looked awesome! I was in the middle of knitting Violet her blanket and then had plans to do Dominique's rainbow blanket . I took a bit of a knitting break after doing those two blankets (especially because Dominique's was almost mind-numbing to do after a while), but once I got a bunch more yarn, found some videos on YouTube on how to do Double Sided Knitting, I picked up my needles and went to work. Major screw ups here. I chose the Mario Mushroom for a couple reasons. First of all, the Mario Mushroom is cute. And totally recognizable. While I was working on it, Violet would always ask if I was working on Mario and if I was done yet. I think she thinks I'm making this for her. Lol. Second is that it was one of the more easier patterns to start with. I've never done double sided knitting before this, so...

Last day of Week in the Life for 2015! I'm signing off early, so there's not a whole lot of photos for today, but it still represents today. I'm grateful for the car that we have. It gets us where we need to go, especially when the weather turns bad like this morning before I left for work. I am grateful for my job. I may complain and grumble about it, but in the end, I only work weekends and it helps with some bills and stuff around the house. I am grateful for Keith's experimentation with cooking. He's attempting to make a homemade BBQ sauce. I am grateful for this little girl's smiles when I greet her. I am thankful for technology, a hot cup of tea, and the little Olaf that Violet gave to me. I am grateful for comfy clothes today.  I am grateful for this big girl. She always smiling, always wanting to show me something and always wanting to help, especially when I run errands. I am grateful for her own sense of style, and even the backwards shoes that she put...