PL2014 - Week 12

Here is my layout for Week 12:

 These are a few of things that happened this week:

-We celebrated St. Patrick's Day, I got up early and made the kids green waffles and green milk. Mad told me it "grossed her out..." Sometimes you try to be fun and create a surprise, and likely a bowl of cereal would have sufficed.

- Mason had an ortho appointment, and his appliance is on track. Madelyn got to see a presentation on Skunks, called "Why Skunks Make Good Neighbours" and even got to meet a skunk named Gulliver.

- We saw grass on the ground, at the park.

- The boy and I had a lunch date.

- Mad finished her hockey. Alecia came and spent the weekend with us.

- We went to visit Gigi.

Sahlin Studio Product Used:

Melon Sorbet

24 Hours Was All it Took

We looked forward to Easter last week. The kids got 4 days off of school. I'm always thrilled, when there are extra days off school.

Friday, being Good Friday, we had a lazy morning, we debated going on a picnic. Or rather, I debated going on a picnic. We haven't been to Elbow falls in a while, and I think we need to get there, before it's inundated with people...

Mason took one look at me, and one look out the window, and suggested we wait until the weather was a bit more willing to cooperate...

You see. It snowed.
Again.
A lot.
Again.
But this time, it was okay, because we only had the white stuff on the ground for 24 hours. It was a mixture of rain and snow for quite awhile, it wasn't really accumulating. Perhaps a bit on the grass, but the roads were fine.

Until they weren't.

We made a trip to Home Depot, Barry tells me that's his happy place, but I'm only good for about 20 minutes...[Thankfully we had a Tim Horton's run to look forward to after I endured more time than I wanted to at Home Depot] By the time we got home, it was snowing. Like. Crazy.

Again.

Little girl, was in her glory. She loves the snow. [Though I promise when I say, she's actually physically said, OUT LOUD, "Enough already"] It was the kind of snow that was the perfect consistency for snowmen. It was quiet and serene. It wasn't too terribly cold. So she put on her boots, got a hat and mitts, and created her masterpiece:

 The next morning, was bright and sunny. The snow began to melt almost immediately. You could hear it running down the house, in the eaves, down the gutter. You could hear it dripping from all over. That's such a joyful sound... Birds chirping, snow melting... One of my favourites for sure.


By dinner time, less than 24 hours after this wonderful creation was made, this was all that was left of it.

First off, there was that precarious tilt backwards... Surely he was going to fall over. Nope. Just his head fell off... And then he was gone. Just like that.

We're now well into April. So ready to be done with the snow. Want to see green grass, and lovely coloured blooms on trees. Ready to see flowers begin to emerge from gardens. We get so ripped off when it comes to spring.

Keeping our fingers crossed that this is the last snowman of spring.

PL2014 - Week 11

Here is week 11, from my project life album.

Week 11:

This week included a certain little boy, highlighting his lines for his, fairly substantial role as Jim Hawkins, in the division II performance of Treasure Island. Daddy also put him to work vacuuming gravel out of cars. Madelyn's hockey puck bruise from the week before, looks a lot like an 'S'. A quick shot of me at Yoga. Madelyn helping me make brownies, and realizing she's nearly too big to stand up on a chair. Lunch date with my girl. And Mason's last hockey game warm up of the season.

Sahlin Studio Product Used:

Refections
Project Mouse Days Washi Tape
Arrow Paper Clips

PL2014 - Week 10

Here is week 10 of my project life book. I still love this project. Just as passionately as I did 2 years ago when I first started. I'm loving the single page format this year. Its short and sweet, and allows me to document stories from the week.

Week 10:

This week was COLD. Of course, it was also the same week that my M&D left for their holiday. They were heading to warmer temps. Sadly, we were not. We celebrated Shrove Tuesday with pancakes for dinner of course. Mace checked out his intended Junior High School. It's a bit surreal for his Mum and Dad... I captured a picture of Madelyn at Junior Life Saving, she had to swim 50m pulling a life size dummy behind her. Her swimming has really improved. Madelyn made a special sign for Mason's hockey game. And guess what... They won! It was the most exciting game, that went into overtime! We celebrated by heading to A&W for a bite to eat afterwards.

Sahlin Studio Product used:

Reflection Bundle
Magic Photo Overlay

PL2014 - Week 9

Straight to the point. Here's week 9's project life page:

Week 9 started out with anti-bully day at school. The kids were encouraged to wear pink. Mason ended up wearing my pink Lacoste golf shirt, and then at the end of the day, asked if he could keep it... At least he has good taste... A quick visit and measuring against Ama, before they head off on their holiday. Miss Madelyn in the tub, I covered the picture with a privacy label, compliments of Cathy Zielski. You can find her free labels here. Barry and I watched the Oscars, and the 'selfie' picture, was definitely a sign of the times. Loved it. We are in play off mode now... If you lose 2 games, you're out. You have lost one game so far, and now you're team has come together... Finally.

Sahlin Studio Product Used:

Pure Happiness - Elements
Pure Happiness - Journal Cards
Pure Happiness - Papers

PL2014 - Weeks 7 & 8

In my last post, I'm pretty sure I mentioned we were on the brink of a warm up.
I lied.
Well... I guess I didn't technically lie. 
It did warm up. It warmed up enough to melt all of our snow. It was all gone. And the next day, after all the snow was melted, and gone, it began to snow. And it's pretty much snowed every day since then. You would never know, that all our snow had melted, by looking out my kitchen window.
I hear people speak of spring.
I see people post pictures of spring.
And even though the first day of spring, has come and gone, it does not look like spring. It looks like winter.
Still. 
And I'm getting sensitive about it.
I want spring. I'm ready for it. I feel I'm even deserving of it.
Today, I watched it snow. All. day. long. I'm dreaming of spring.

Any way, here are my layouts for weeks 7 & 8. When it was still winter. Oh wait... It is still winter. Still.

Week 7:

Week 7 saw a field trip for the Grade 6's to both the Olympic Oval, as well as a presentation by Kobie Boykins on the Mars Rover and a quick trip to city hall. Teachers Convention came and gave us 2 days off school [Thur/Fri] which was also tied into the Family Day Holiday. Valentine's Day came, and we went for heart shaped pizza at BP's. Mace had hockey. We visited with Ama. We went and checked out a new library after our plans of seeing the newly released Lego Movie, didn't pan out. [I wasn't the only one with the idea of seeing an afternoon matinee.]


Week 8:

Week 8 included a day trip to Banff to mooch around. Olympic sports day at school [both Daddy and I volunteered at street hockey stations, and the day couldn't have been colder...] Before the fun started, I played gym curling with some of the other volunteer Mums. We made it to the Lego Movie, everything is awesome, and we got up early to watch Canada win the gold medal in mens hockey.

Sahlin Studio Product Used:

Week 7

Life As We Know It
Magical Photo Overlays

Week 8

Magical Photo Overlays
Pure Happiness - Elements
Pure Happiness - Journal Cards

PL2014 - Weeks 5 & 6

It's warming up in our neck of the woods. I kid you not. When you live in a place that frequently gets chinooks, you thank your lucky stars every time the wind starts to blow over those gorgeous rocky mountains.

Honestly, I often wonder how come I live here [here being a country where a good 8 months of the year can be arctic-like conditions] And then I wonder how people can live in other parts of our country that there is no such thing as a chinook. Where there is no reprieve from the arctic-like conditions. 

A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to girlfriend from Winnipeg. I told her, "Oh... Poor us. It's supposed to get to -38° Celsius this weekend, with the wind chill". There was silence. I asked her if she'd heard me... She had, and she did her best to muster up some 'poor you' sympathy all the while telling me that she'd moved the week it was -43°, without the windchill. That in her new house, she had no idea what the backyard looked like, because there was SO MUCH SNOW. That her son had missed a number of days of school, that ended with a 'teen', because of the cold.

We're a hearty bunch in Canada. We brave the elements. I don't think twice about bundling my kids up and sending them out the door when it's COLD. It's what we do. So my complaining fell on deaf ears, and then I once again considered myself lucky. Lucky to live so close to the mountains. Lucky for those chinooks. Lucky that it's not unusual for us to go from -22° to plus 9° over night. Love it. Hearing the water trickling down the drains is such a spring like sound, and now that we've changed the clocks, the days are getting longer, and hopefully warmer.

I got slightly off track there.

Here are my project life layouts for weeks 5&6.

Week 5:

Week 5 included a trip for Mason to see the Orthodontist. A desk in Mason's room. Student-led conferences at the kids school, to show off their work. A trip to the mountains, to hike Johnston Canyon. A lunch date with my boy. Mason showing off his space project. A birthday celebration with Grandma.  
 
Week 5 - Insert Side A:

Insert Side B:

I used an 8x8 page protector and stitched it to accommodate smaller pictures.  I'm so glad we went on this hike, the day was absolutely beautiful and we practically had the place to ourselves.

 Week 6 - Both Pages:

Week 6 - Left hand Side:

I decided to include a 2 page spread for the week because there was so much happening. First of all, it was the start of the Olympics. So exciting. Madelyn's class went to the science centre, the grade 3's hosted an 'opening ceremonies' assembly.

Week 6 - Right Hand Side:

The grade 6's went speed skating to the Olympic Oval, which was so cool, because of course the torch was lit. Barry and I went out with friends, an impromptu date that came about an hour before it happened. Madelyn's Brownie group got to spend the night sleeping over at the Tyrell Museum.

Sahlin Studio Product Used:

Week 5

Explore. Learn. Grow.
Acrylic Arrows
Birthday Cake Snippets

Week 6

Project Mouse Washi Tape
Down the Lane Bundle
Magical Photo Overlay

Week 5 insert page was stamps and wood veneers from Studio Calico.