London part deux

Hallo boys and girls! Ok, so first let me let you in on a little secret. The picture I put up yesterday should have had a disclaimer. I looked horrid! Hahah the girls and Michael look great but I only look great because Michael moved a lamp to give the illusion of greatness!!! The first pic was TERRIBLE!!! HAAHAHAHAH there wont be any pics of me posted where I don't look "great" haha

so, yesterday we had no internet in the hotel room. Yes, we did purchase an internet voucher but for wahtever reason it hates our mac. So, that is why you didn't hear from us yesterday. the hotel 'wifi' still hates us and i am writing this courtesy of the internet cafe down the street. No pics my friends, so sorry. I'm really just supposed to be getting us tickets to go on the London Eye! I'm sneak blogging while Michael gets the girls down!! hahah awesome!

Today was fantastic, we were at the London Zoo with our friends Neil and Fil! The boys joined us this am and after we hit the worlds GREATEST comic show we saw all sorts of animals. Actually, in some cases we just saw where some animals should be but were mysteriously missing! After an awesome day at the zoo we met up with Fil's friend Leah and Sam and Andrew Lawson (ex mainframers) wE WENT to dinner at this place called 'Giraffe', What a way to cap the day.. it was fantastic and the girls loved it! It was really nice seeing Sam and Andrew, they look really great and really happy!

Well, this is where I leave you, if I don't come home with London Eye tickets Michael may kill me!!

haha big love peeps
xo
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My london london london

This is a picture of us in our hotel on the mac!
so we made it! Yesterday we caught a lift into LONDON! Can you say dingy? Our hotel is super clean and nice, only problem is there is NO BATHTUB! Yikes! Can't complain tho, we do have our own toilet! So, we settled into our hotel, grabbed a bite to eat and then walked around our hotel area a bit. Pretty busy little area. Lots of Middle Eastern restaurants and whatnot!

today we are taking the girls to the Natural History Museum. It is all about Dinosaurs right now. What they eat, how much they poop. Maeve says she doesn't want to touch the poop because it is stinky! hahahaha She cracks me up. Madigan doesn't walk anywhere anymore... she runs.... full tilt, full steam ahead and no looking back!

I'm almost tired of listening to my own voice telling them, don't touch the lights, don't play with the safe, stop mucking in the shower! ahahhahahahah oh well, its a 'holiday' right? Ya right! I don't expect to every have one of those for another few years!

Sweet Sisters

Table for one? The girls sharing a treat and some sweetness. They are the cutest sweetest little girls who are rarely, if ever photographed wearing pants!!!

hahaha crappy phone pictures again but it was all that i had handy. and on my phone they actually did connect on that incredibly sweet kiss!

Antics

Hello folks, here are our weekend antics thus far. Michael Neil, Fil and Laura went out binge drinking on friday. Michael left here around 7 and didn't make it home until 1am. Yes, in a land where everyone drinks, is drunk or is recovering from a drunk fest the pubs close at 12:30am! Cuckoo. I honestly wasn't expecting him til later and me and Maeve were snuggled up when he stumbled home! Michael doesn't get a chance to go out with his buddies very often so I guess I can let it slide every now and then! I actually stayed up and chatted on msn. I miss everyone alot and I'm glad when I can catch you on msn! Even if you are totally bogged down at work and really are to busy to chat with me!



So, saturday morning it was our usually pancake breakfast and then off into town. We met up with the usual weekend gang, Neil and Fil with the added bonus of Laura. Michael and Neil worked with Laura at Mainframe ages ago. So we all walked to Nicholas Park. Neil, Fil and Laura were going to continue on to Warick Castle while the girls got their play on. Neil and Fil were horrified because Madigan screamed for almost an hour. NOTHING was working for her. Not booby milk, not Mommy holding, not Daddy holding, not stroller bumping NOTHING. I finally managed to bring her off the ledge and calm her down enough to settle into a really short light nap. While she was, "napping" Maeve got a chance to ride on some of the kiddy park rides that aren't usually on. Maeve drove a helicopter, a pink barbie bug and a train! Michael rode the train but opted out of the pink helicopter and bug! They sat right up front and Maeve got to ring the bell. Sorry no pics of that, Michael had the camera!



After the girls got their play on we walked on to Warick Castle to meet up with Neil & co. The plan was if Madigan napped for longer than a half hour she might be decent enough for us all to go out for dinner together. Madigan DID nap for an hour and a bit so dinner was green lit! To recap, we walked from LSPa to Nicholas Park to Warwick Castle to Warwick to the saxon Mill then after dinner to Milverton. Needless to say I totally burned off the AWESOME salmon, coconut milk prawn & chili pasta! I had a really nice dinner out. I did have to take Madigan outside and have a talk with her. No children were beaten but she was driving me nearly up a wall! So after our talk she did much better. I think I have been treating her like a baby and letting her get away with stuff. Now I explain things simply and wont put up with her screaming. We are on this crazy learning path with her that we never had with Maeve! A C'est La vie!

So that is the end of my novel, our weekend antics I'll try to upload a vid of Madigan's sweet sweet temper tantrum! Here is a pic that i LOVE it was from last week when our friendly neighbourhood cat Leo broke in for a visit!

truly scrumptious, thanks danica

Holy Happening

Halloooo family and friends. Prepare to be so jealous... more jealous than ever before!

Michael is taking us into London for a 5 day vacation!! Woooooot wahooo and yeeehaw!

We are going to do all things touristy and hopefully have a blast! Wish you were here!!!

Here are some random shots of the girls and a special picture for the Uncles... ;)

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentines day everyone!! Michael got the girls and I beautiful roses! Granny Gracie sent two big GORGEOUS cards!! Gramma Mimi sent the girls each an adorable card and our good buddy Milo sent the girls a card and a pink 'cutie' bracelet! That Milo has a bracelet for all occasions! Thanks so much everyone!! Today is pretty low key. Madigan was up ALL night. Every hour on the hour. She has been running a fever for the last 2 days. She has alot of drool so I was inclined to think it was teething related but.. its been going on for a bit and now seems a bit worse. I know that fevers are the bodies way of creating an inhospitable environment for bugs so I'm watching her really closely while she rides it out. Poor thing. It sucks being sick. So, we are just going to have a nice quiet dinner and maybe watch chitty chitty bang bang for the 10,000th time! Hope everyone's valentines day is better than ours!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to Makenna Dawn Geeorgensmith!!! We wish we were going to be at Jumpin Jiminy's with you! Hope your day is just as fantasstic as you are! I really liked the cake you made for Mike. I hope your birthday cake is just as beautiful as the one you made!





Today we decorated cookies. Yes they are discount cookies, yes they are from xmas. Anyway, here is the deal. The girls were allowed to decorate their own cookie after eating dinner. Well Miss Angrypants Beatrice Mussellam was not having our usual, one more then no more rule. (Adopted from the very clever Reynolds family). So, she screamed.. she cried.. she drooled... then went without. Here is the pic of Maeve with her completed cookie. Here is a pic of Madigan crying (how unusual) and of the offending noodle! Hahahaha life is grand! All this tells me that my girls wont be pushovers when they grow up! Even when it is totally frustrating and she/they are screaming I have to turn my head and smile. I am so proud of my stubborn mule-ish children! They have the strong healthy and respectable stubborn traits in adults but sometimes not so much in children! So god love'em.. they drive me crazy but make me so proud!

Truly Scrumptious

Hey folks! Ok, for xmas Danica got the girls Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Now, not sure if any of you remember but the movie is more than 3 hours long. Yes yes, there is an intermission but she wants to watch it after dinner before bed!! Hhaha there isn't usually 2 hours between the two but sometimes we try! So thanks to Dink for the dvd. Both girls love it. It has taken me roughly one WEEK to upload this!! We are seriously going to have to start paying for internet!!!

enjoy!






Yes, this makes me cry. My daughters are so fantastic! I love them, I do!

Sushi and a SnowBall?

Hello,
A lot of excitment around here this week. Vashti made awesome sushi and then it snowed. Hurray!

Ok, here's some pics:

In this first one Maeve and I were wandering around the wilds of the Midlands and I stopped to take her picture. You can imagine my surprise when I got the film back and there were these four "abominable snowmen" in the picture! I swear I didn't see them when I was taking the picture! Maeve was acting scared at the time, but I thought she just had gas. Oops.



Madigan wasn't impressed with my slick fathering skills either (I accidently left her at home surrounded by these glowy, floaty things):



Sheesh you just can't please girls nowadays. OK, enough about how rotten the kids are (I blame the toonie, yes the 2$ coin, for their naughty ways). Bah, onto more important things: food! Here's a sweet shot of the homemaid sushi!




Wait a minute, how did these girls get in the pictres again? Now that I think about it, I don't remember taking pictures of the girls at all...

Father of the Year Nominee, Michael

Tuesday

Hello folks! Tuesday brings us snot, fever, the crankies and foul humour! Madigan has the snot and fever. I'm attributing the fever to teething as she has the added bonus of drool. She needs to be carried, or at the very least within eyesight or tears and anger! Maeve is doing really well. Her british accent is coming along marvellously! She says, "Clewwwwws" the gate. She says, Happy Berthday and many other britishisms that are so cute Michael and I just look at each other and giggle! Tonight is my pilates class with ERica. I'm really looking forward to tuesdays and thursdays! Our instructor is pretty cool. All in all its a pretty good class. I cannot believe tomorrow is wednesday. The days are flying past me it seems. Tomorrow is a pretty big day around here. We had to sign up for parent teacher conference!!! I'm so excited! Maybe this means I've officially grown up!! Haha I doubt it! The teachers at Maeve's school are fantastic. I really love her school, teachers and some of her classmates!!! Maeve's friend Tegan had a baby brother the other day. I asked Maeve what the baby's name was... she replied, "scooby dooby doo". After chatting with Tegan's daddy, this is in fact what Tegan wanted to name the baby! Fortunately his name is Flin, I think she'll call him scooby dooby doo for short!! hahah sorry no pics.. cam is poop and it is so crazy busy around here!

Random shots of cuteness today! The first shot is Madigan at this mornings duck feeding session. The next is Madigan in her new coat (same as Maeves but this time even cheaper!) lying with leo. Third pic is Madigan extreme closeup unflattering booger shot. Lastly is a really nice pic of Maeve because she is gorgeous.. but sort of strange because it is cut off at the eyes. On my phone it is a great shot! Suffer bitches!! It is friday and the girls are wrestling on the bed behind me as I post. They are so wonderful! I really have to thank George and Susan for Michael. Without him, I wouldn't have these gorgeous girls. I love you Michael Mussellam!