Monday Monday...

Hiya frizends and fizamily !  Today was ANOTHER Monday... wtf.. where are these Mondays coming from anywayz?  The weekends go by too quickly!   

This Monday Michael stayed home in the am because there was a pro d day.  No school for Maeve and a forced no school for Madigan because there is no way I'll take her to work if I can avoid it!  That sounds mean but really.. having your child(ren) at work with you is HARD!  So, if Michael and Maeve are at home then so is Madigan!

After work we dropped Daddy off at his work and we hit the seawall.  Maeve was given a super awesome old skool big girl trike and we got kitted out for it this weekend.  Both girls now have helmets and lilypads..  Lilypads are kneepads for all of you not Madigans out there!  The girls drove all the way from pacific to Cambie and back.  They were amazing.  Madigan was more than a little pooped but we survived the experience!  We met up with our very favorite little man.. Carter!  Mel snapped this pic of them all!

Now we are at home and I'm trying to come up with dinner plans.  Michael is on deadline at work so we are Daddy less in the evenings.  Boo... and even more boo because he was late going in he'll be even later coming home.. bah hum boo!

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The time is 7:49 pm and look what the girls are doing!  I tired them OUT today!  Happy snoozing little princesses!  

ps they love each other so much they hold hands in their sleep!

Wednesday

Hidey ho friends and fam!  

I just wanted to let you know that I am an Auntie to the cutest baby on the planet.  Behold. the cutest little baby girl!

srsly.. isn't she the cutest?  I love her so much and since her Mother isn't blogging pictures of her I will.  I totally.. TOTALLY ripped this pic off Dinks' facebook and let that be lesson to us all to watermark our photos!  

This has been a GREAT week for me so far!  I now have 13 children enrolled in my class with 2 more expected next week and 1 more expected in Feb.  The children are all so great!  Definitely unique personalities and different developmental levels but great great and so much fun!  I love my class!!!  

Another reason my week has been great was Sara and Jakers popped over for a visit!  They are both doing well.  Jakers is just the sweetest boy alive!  I say, "Oh Jakers I sure love you."  He replies, "I love you too Auntie"!  He loves me.. he reaaaaally loves me!!!!  Sara came to our weekly yogaflex class.  It was nice to see that even a super toight fit girl like Sara was red faced and sweating like I was!  Tough tough class last night.. so, obviously to stretch out the kinks we went up to our local for a pint of strongbow!!! hahahah  Crazy night.. silly foolish drunk dood tries to hit on an entire table of married women, fresh from a very challenging yoga class!  You know he was drunk when!  Oh well, he really liked Sara and all the girls looked hot so, I guess who could blame him!!  He very kindly bought us all a shot and I wobbled my old ass home!  Luckily I bounced out of bed with NO hangover and NO crippling muscle spasms!  Woot me!!

Today Sara, Jakers and Clan Mussellams met Great Gramma Mimi for lunch.  She just loves her Great Grandchildren!  Everyone was really well behaved at lunch but it was a short sweet visit.  GG Mimi had to hit the Community Center and Sara and Jakers had to get their gear rounded up to head home.  Since Maeve was up at 5:30am and Madigan was up at 6:30 am I made the executive decision that naps were in order!  So I drove to Mr Hortons, got myself a coffee and forced the children into a nap.. well.. Madigan, not Maeve.  Maeve rested with her eyes closed and did NOT sleep!  Since we were in Richmond we decided to go visit my favorite crazy Mussellam.. Great Granny Gracie!  We had a lovely visit.  She is one hell of a lady!  I admire her, she is a troublemaker tho.. real pot stirrer like her sons and grandsons!  The girls and I made it home around 6pm had a quick dinner and then bedtime!  

Holy Tamole!

Helloo up there!!

Spidey Maeve towering over her Mama!

What we did this weekend

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Saturday we went skating. Sunday we met up with Mr Carter! We also met up with Mel, his Mommy! We played at Dorothy Lam park and it was cccccccccold! To say I wasn't dressed warm enough was an understatement! Yes yes , I know a smarter person would have moved around to generate heat. I guess I could have done that!

Carter is just the cutest little guy. He is full of smiles thats for sure. Well, until I accidentally poked him on the freezing cold hand with my fingernail. Nice move Vashti.. make the baby cry.. nice!

Maeve was very good at taking care of Carter and making sure he was safe. Madigan was peeling rubber driving her trike around the playground. After much playing we grabbed a hot drink to warm up. We sure do love Monkey Duncan's fambily

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Hidey ho friends.

thought I would blog about our exciting adventure. Michael took a, yes a singular, picture of the event. We went to Kits rink and took the girls "skating". I haven't worn skates since I was 4 months pregnant with Maeve. Turns out the joys of pregnancy don't end with hemorrhoids, fat asses/guts and saggy boobs. The joy continues and expands (literally) to our feet! My feet have gained an entire size lengthwise and are even more Barney Rubble-ish than before. It sure is fair being of the fairer sex! So here is my fat ass, fat gut, toight rack (post op) and a portion of my gigantic barney rubbles squeezed into my old hockey skates! Ahhh Michael must just LOVE the returns on his investment made nigh 16 years ago!

At least the girls look adorable! They seemed to have "fun". Fun= Less tears than I expected! Madigan was pretty brave about the whole event and Maeve took some loops around the ice with Daddy! I'm tossing the idea of joining a beginner woman's league to see if I can't undo some of this pregnancy damage!

Ohhhh Jakers!

Ohhh Jakers!!!

Where are you?  We called and called for your birthday but your Mommy wont pick up the phone.   Rumour has it she is busy.. working.. or some lame excuse like that!  Anyhoo, I made you this hat and now we are just waiting for you to come and visit us!  So come visit us would you!!!

For xmas my friend Stacey gave me a great book  I lobe it.  It is totally daunting and I haven't done most of the stitches required to create such works of art but what doesn't kill us only makes us stronger right?  I made this hat over the last week or so.  I had started it, pulled it apart and re started it about 3 times!!  I'm going to make some for the girls.  Knitting is supposed to be a relaxing activity.  I swear alot while I knit!  How unusual!  I swear while doing almost everything!  Except teaching at Preschool!  Somehow I manage to reign it in!  

Longest month ever

Hidey ho!  Well, we are back at work, back at school and back to the general everyday craziness that goes on here at Casa Mussellam!  Maeve is thrilled to be back at school.  I'm back to working just at my preschool class and fortunately I don't have to work morning care anymore!  Being at work for 7:30am ages a woman!  Trust me!

Here is our favorite little peanut wearing as Lisa calls it, "a Vashti special design".    Believe it or not I actually made this hat for Maeve and as it turns out its a bit on the small side!  I really should pay attention to the "instructions" more this year!  Oh well, it sure looks great on our beautiful little Winter!  If she is like anyone else in our family it wont be long before her head grows into it!  

And here is our very own, "space puppy".  We were getting ready for jammies when Madigan gave herself the coveted, "space puppy" title!  All hail the space puppy!

Auntie Mel.   Good luck tomorrow!  All our fingers and space paws are crossed for you!  It really would be best for us if you lived/worked a bit closer!  Think of all the free babysitting we could squeeze you for!  

I'm in love

Talk about new addition to the family!  We have 2 new family members and Michael and I love them.   Not as much as the first two but its close I tell ya!

Oh turn your head bitches.. I can't flip this pic!  it doesn't give me the option.. boo!