Busy day

We went to Bruce's IATSE x-mas party on Grouse Mountain. (yes - Bruce is doing Mo-November!). Saw Santa. Braved a packed tram ride up the mountain then down again. Interestingly, I learned that Grouse will be open 24 hours a day during the Olympics so if you want to fight the bridge traffic, it'll be open (unlike Science World which will be closed all of Jan and Feb).

Then off to birthday party at Go Bananas! in Capilano Mall. DQ Ice cream cake. (Note: Hazel picked out that shirt to wear).

Exhausting but fun day.

Veggie plate

I could hardly contain the joy I felt inside, when Coco requested a "vegetable plate" in her bedroom. Then she wanted to listen to the Christmas music CD we took out of the library. THEN she invited Hazel to lay in bed with her to eat vegetables and listen to "Frosty the Snowman".

It was an amazing moment in my parenting life.

CHAOS

I have no idea why I feel the need to blog about my messy, chaotic house?! Sometimes it gets insanely messy. The worst is when I am so tired at the end of the day, that I can't be bothered to put away a few toys. Then the next days toys get dumped on the previous days toys. Here are a few photos from two days worth of play... then the Christmas decorations came out...

Pumpkin

We cut up our pumpkin, boiled it, then made this tastey loaf. It was time consuming. Thankfully I had helpers with the clean up. We are trying a Rachel Ray recipe for "Pumpkin Penne" (Thanks Ping!) next. But I'll probably stick to canned pumpkin after that.

Aquarium

Words can not express my love for the Vancouver Aquarium. It is a truly wonderful experience for children.

RAIN! RAIN! RAIN!

If I see one more Vancouverite wearing a Lululemon rain coat, I am going to buy shares in the company. Seriously. And I believe they are breaking into the tween market with a yoga store on 4th where Oquoquo used to be. Unfortunately most of the stuff is made in China.

Hazel says "Rain, rain,go away".

Coco says "Rain, rain, only come in the night time".

Lucky says "Where are all my friends who called to walk me at the beach on hot, sunny days. The beach is still fun on rainy days -unless you're toting 1 whiny 4 year old".

I say "Would someone please invent the self-cleaning gutter!" I'll have to talk to Bob across the street. He's a semi-retired engineer and might be up to the challenge.

Always exciting...

It is always exciting when a new store opens on Broadway or in the vicinity. We now have a No Frills (4th and Alma) and a Save-On_foods (16th at UBC). It has a hot food area. It is a bit of a drive (8 kms) but little traffic. I am so driving there another day for the ribs.

Hazel likes to say "Look at that".

Coco said "Mom, quit talking in that agitated voice". I am guilty of talking in a different voice when I really want to YELL at the kids to do something. Bravo to Coco for that big word.

Saw "Coco Avant Chanel". Great movie!