Cinderella???

Yesterday Charlie decided she wanted to clean the kitchen floor, so after sweeping it she soaked a dishcloth in water, poured lots of dishwashing liquid on it to build up a healthy layer of foam, and got down on her hands and knees and began 'scrubbing'. She did a pretty good job on the areas she washed, but the 'ugly stepgrandmother' had to get the mop out and rinse all that soap off when Cinder-Charlie was finished. Good experience for Charlie though - she loves to help out around the house.


And then later in the day she had to provide the horsepower so the 'spoiled stepsister' could go to the fall ball!

Whoooo Loves You?

I love this halloween themed outfit on Elly and had to take some pictures of her in it, in spite of the fact that she has a cold/fever and her eyes are glassy. It/she's just so cute.




There's her poor sad eyes and drooling mouth. Poor baby. She sure looked cute today though.

Baby Cousins

7 month old Alex MacKenzie

Mike and Avril and kids are in town this week and came over to Sara's while I was there today.
While Max and Kenny played together with the Thomas trains downstairs, Elly was pleased to be able to be the 'big' cousin and show Alex what it's like to graduate from the play saucer to independent movement. She's not walking yet but she pulls herself up to her feet every chance she gets, and crawls like a whiz.

Alex (7 months) and Eloise (11 months)

It's been several months since Elly spent her time in the play saucer but she was happy to have a chance to play with it again when Alex was here.

They both had a good time.

Scarecrow Girl

As I was getting ready to go to my all-day crop yesterday, Kenzie and Amy came down to see if I had any "extra" scrapbooking supplies that Kenzie could use for a school project. (I have enough scrapbook supplies here to supply Kenzie's whole class!). She had brought home a scarecrow figure with the instructions to dress the scarecrow using different media. So I gave her buttons, rick-rack, paper leaves, ribbon, etc. and went to my crop. This morning I went up to see what she ended up with. Here it is:



The girls were ready for church so I took pictures of them too. Here's Kenzie, with her beautiful scarecrow.



And here's Sydney, looking like Little Orphan Annie, minus the curls.

Croptoberfest

Florrie, Barb
Mickey, Pat

Today, or I guess it's yesterday now, was the annual Croptoberfest at the Edmonton area scrapbook stores. So, at 10:00 Saturday morning until midnight a bunch of us converged at Scrap-A-Lot and worked on our scrapbooks, shopped, chatted, ate lunch and dinner when they were provided for us by the store owners, and generally had a scrapping good time.

Barb, Florrie, Mickey and I have been scrapping and going to crops together for about four years now and enjoy the chance to get together as often as we can to indulge our hobbies. We even have the t-shirts to prove it! Usually at least one of us will turn up in our "Scrapping Buddies" t-shirts, but this time all four of us did. Aren't we just so precious ;) A very enjoyable time for all of us.

Grammie's Helper

Charlie was washing her hands in the kitchen sink yesterday to get the marker ink off of them before going to school. She saw a few dishes that missed getting in the dishwasher and asked me if she could wash them. Silly girl - of course I said she could.



She had a good time squirting the dish detergent in the running water (cold) and washed what dishes she could find. When she was finished, very proud of herself, she checked her hands and was amazed that the ink was all off and her hands and fingernails were as clean as could be. She said "I was so interested in washing the dishes that I forgot all about washing the ink off my hands". She wants to help me again....hmmm....should I let her????

Hoodwinked

This 2006 computer animated movie is the best I've seen since Shrek. We've played it for the kids, who get a big kick out of it, but it's equally entertaining for adults. Sara and I watched it tonight after dinner, with Charlie (4) and Max (3). Although the kids enjoyed the action and the characters, they didn't get the subtler comedy lines. (This is the same movie Kenzie, Sydney and Brooklyn watched after Thanksgiving dinner last night). This was the 4th time I've watched it and I enjoyed it as much as the first. Sara is the first person I know who figured out who the Goodie Bandit was before the end of the movie. The characters are great - especially Grannie. I recommend it for anyone who wants a family movie night. There's a Hoodwinked 2 in production due to be released in 2010.