Week 4 Day 7 - June 11th - Night time Rain

Eventually both boys did take a nap. Once Q got up, about 4:45pm and came to visit me he had the only banana left from Arnold’s and mine mini fondue last night. Here are a few photos of my monkey













Around 5pm or so the boys and I got our shoes on and went outside to play. While they played with random things I got supper ready, meatballs with pasta and veggies. I also used the left over sub buns from last night’s soccer meal to make cheesey garlic bread! It was so good!

Arnold got home right at 6pm and we had supper. Then it started to rain! We managed to get supper going, eat and be cleaning up before it really started to come down. While the boys ran around in the rain for a bit (it was lightly raining) Arnold and I cleaned up supper and got the garbage run ready. Since none of the boys had to go to the washroom Arnold went on his own garbage run and did some visiting on the way back. He found his new ‘dream trailer’.

While he was gone I finished packing up the house and getting things closed up for the night. The boys watched a movie and then off to bed after a few library books were read.

Arnold and I stayed up and watched a few episodes of Kings and called it a night! Hope you had a great day!

Week 4 Day 7 - June 11th - Zoo time.

So our day sort of went as planned. We started out with them not getting up until about 8:30, almost 8:45am. We hung around for a bit. We got dressed and headed out to do some things. Since it was still a bit early we did our grocery shopping first.

We got everything we needed including some snacks for the zoo. We brought home the thing that needed to be packed up and we left. While we were getting groceries we also got our mail, not much in there. **I should note that I'm pretty sure the grocery store was happy we were gone. Q threw SUCH a fit that he even made me mad. I was surprised, but I guess that's what this 2 year old will do ** Once the cold stuff was in the fridge off we went again to see if we could find a case for my new phone and then off to the zoo. (BTW no luck on the case)

Wow was the zoo ever busy! I was shocked! We did see a funny sight. When we first go to the zoo we were walking up the path to the front gates and I saw a group of about 5 to 6 boys and 2 male leaders. They went over to the bushes by where the TTC picks you up and started to stand about a foot and a half apart. It wasn’t right away but I soon caught on that all of them were peeing! Oh. My. Gosh. I really wanted to take a photo of all these boys backs but I just couldn’t decide if it was an ‘ok’ thing to do.

We hit up the membership office and about $275.00 later we were done. We now have renewed our membership until June of 2010, renewed our parking pass just as long, got the cards laminated (an extra cost of 2.00 each but WELL worth it after the last cards) and a pack of 5 passes for $95.00 (which doesn’t sounds good but considering that will get in my parents, brother, sister and her husband for $95.00 instead of $140.00).

Then we were off to the zoo. Here’s our photos from there:




*Kyler in the car on the way to the zoo, well in the parking lot of the Rogers Plus store but going there next




*These next ones are singing ones… think: We’re going to the zoo zoo zoo



*how about you, you you, You can come Too, too, too



*We’re going to the zoo zoo zoo




*My “what they are wearing in case they get lost” photos




*Close up of K




*Q’s WTAWICTGL photo




*So true!




*Sitting in the egg shell




*eating lunch




*shakers! (a sugar packet)




*This one and the following 3 are the new exhibit for the polar bears when they return! It will be 4 times larger than their first one.














*Any guesses?




*These next ones are from the GBR section in the Zoo. The boys LOVE the fishes!

























*Our normal “choo choo trip”



*We were on #3 this time.




*we don’t normally get to see them this close!









*This is “Alice” according to Kyler and Quinton (think “Alice the camel has 3 humps Alice the camel has 3 humps, Alice the camel has 3 humps so go Alice Go!”)




*oh and this is all the buses! I wasn’t kidding, there were so many more when the other bus moved. I was surprised!


The boys are now home and napping, well Q is but not Kyler. I guess we will see how this afternoon goes if we have a campfire or not.

Week 4 Day 7 - June 11th - Morning Report

I can’t believe how fast this week has gone! I still haven’t had time to update another journal I’m working on with last week’s fun and adventure!

I’m getting a few seconds this morning to do some more writing because the boys are still in bed sleeping. This is very odd for them but I’ll take what I can get! Plus this way I can get a few more things organized before they get up.

Today so far, our plans are to:
*get up, dressed and have breakfast
*go to the Zoo!
*hit up the Rogers plus store on the way home
*go to the grocery store and get supper for tonight (I’m thinking pasta, sauce and meatballs)
*get our mail
*go home and have a nap (assuming the boys haven’t done that already)

Once Daddy gets home, and I think he might be working a bit later than usual, we are going to have a campfire today. Wow what a so non-busy day! I love them!

Week 4 Day 6 - June 10th - Running Around

I’m just now getting around to writing out our day yesterday. It was a busy one for sure!

The morning started out ok. I made the boys bed, well started to until I realized how much food was in their sheets! So I ended up putting it outside shaking it out and letting it air out for a bit. Everyone got dressed and we played around for a bit.

Eventually (close to 11:30am) we started working on filling the van. We needed our chairs for soccer, the soccer balls, our soccer stuff, the meals for daddy, the broken phone (all the pieces for it), and a bunch of other stuff for our picnic we were having later.

By the time we were ready to go Mommy had realized she forgot the library stuff and we had to make another load for the car. Kyler was a GREAT helper!

I took my time getting to Arnold’s work since I knew he had a meeting at 11am that was scheduled to take 2 hours, if it did or not it totally random lately! On the way the boys took in a short nap. I got to the parking garage and paid for my ticket (thank goodness for coins!) and we headed up to Daddy’s office with his lunches for the next 2 weeks.
Q was NOT a happy camper at all. He wanted to be held but I couldn’t do it. It’s too hard to hold him, and a bag of meals and K’s hand so I made him walk and he was not happy, at all.
By the time we got into Arnolds office he was screaming so loud. Whoever answered the door didn’t know us and was giving me funny looks but I walked right in and Arnold came around the corner after hearing Q screaming and took the boys to the ‘Men’s room!” This was *very* exciting for a 4 year old, and calmed the 2 year old right down!
I packed his freezer at work full of meals and then we headed out for lunch. We went to Boston Pizza and I asked Arnold to call the Rogers line and complain again and see if he could talk to some people about getting us 2 phones.

So while I watched the boys and waited for our lunch Arnold made the call and got someone really good. She ended up getting us the 2 phones we wanted for 50.00 (each phone at their ‘discounted’ price was about 80 and 299). I was so happy he called because I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have been able to get that deal without the phone call. There were 2 options then. Get both phones shipped ASAP or get my phone and pay 5.00 and get Arnold’s phone shipped as soon as the first phone was bought. Since I needed a phone asap we picked that option.
After lunch we went back to the car and drove to the Rogers Plus Store and picked up my new phone. Then we dropped daddy back off at work and headed on our way. By then it was about 2:30 or so. I took my time going to our next stop (the library). We got there and went inside. I had a few things on hold already which was nice, so we got those, and the boys each got their own books for this week. The Librarian who was there asked if we are always coming on Wednesdays. I told her yep! It’s Soccer day and we will come those days to get new books. She seemed excited to have ‘regulars’ during the summer. Once we were done there I wanted to show the boys the new splash park. We checked it out and tried the buttons but it didn’t work. Then this nice girl came up and showed us that they had to be held in to make them go off. Kyler was ALL over that one. Here are a few shots I got with my new camera phone:




After playing in there for about 1 hour or so we headed back to the car. Since I wasn’t 100% sure how our day would go I didn’t pack towels. I did pack an extra change of clothes for Quinton (K had his soccer outfit) but they were pants and it was still quite hot out! I managed to get them into something to last and then we went to the grocery store. We picked up some stuff for our picnic and headed off to the park.

We met up with Kristina, Tim and E at the park. Lori was running a bit late so we didn’t get to hang out with her there. Kyler fell just before everyone got there and hurt his knee! The poor guy, I swear he has the worst of luck. Anyway we had a great picnic with cheese, meat, sub toppings, chips, and a bunch of other stuff. It was really good. I think that is going to be our Wednesday meals since I can get the sub buns fresh before practice!

Then we quickly headed over to the Soccer game (I forgot it started at 6:20pm instead of 6:30pm). They played a GREAT game. We got a new player, Owen, and he is KILLER! I’m so proud of him! He scored all 7 of our goals! Mind you we still lost 9 to 7 but that is MUCH better than the 5 to 0 last week. Hopefully we do better next week. I ended up helping Arnold in his new role for a bit so I didn’t get any photos of Owen playing but here’s some from last night




*Q sharing a ball with a girl on the other team




*Arnold in his new role as Assistant Coach for the games at least. He has to keep track of who was on the field and who needs a turn as well as who got all the goals for the other team




*Run Run Run!




*I kicked the ball! Anytime this little boy kicks the ball he is ALL over it like that and forgets he has to kick again!




*Logan and his love Ella


Now I know I have no photos of Kyler and that’s because I really don’t have too many from last night. Kyler was in Goal last night and he LOVED it but he needed that extra encouragement to not sit in the net, or pull on the netting, or trip or anything so I spent most of my time there shooting photos outwards instead of in front of me.

When the game was over we headed home and did a quick clean up. The boys watched one of their new movies (a new George movie that is episodes from TV and we watched 2) and we did our bathroom run and hung out for a bit. Then it was bedtime.

Week 4 Day 5 - June 9th - Phone funk.

Finally, after about 1 hour and 15 minutes of goofing around the boys fell asleep. It was so nice! And then I got the ‘text’.

Arnold was leaving early to get home early so I could go and make the meals for him. Instead I ended up packing up the boys and heading out to pick him up. His tire blew up; well he got a flat first, then the second tube he put in had a bulge in it and it got a flat as well and at that time we thought it had also tore his actual tire. So we picked him up, headed out to the highway and went to the nearest bike shop in Pickering.

We got Arnold a new tube and headed home. That’s when I realized that Q had been chewing on my phone. No joke!

The boys got in the house and unpacked their stuff from the van and I headed over to Kristina’s house. I got there at about 6:30 and started making meals. Kristina had already put in the lasagna (thanks again) and that was perfect. Once we had supper (sooo good, soup and garlic cheese bread!) we started working on the meals for Arnold. It worked out well. She got ideas and I got some meals made. We ended up with 13 meals (which is perfect since I had already sent him with some and he had a few at work still). Next week I’m going to make chicken pot pie and make him some more meals as well.

Anyway Tim, Kristina’s husband, checked out my phone and found drool EVERYWHERE on the phone, including under the SIM card. So we are sure the phone is screwed. In fact it doesn’t turn on, and if it does it vibrates at you for a LONG time. I’m so upset!

I got home around 10:30 after getting 2 loads of laundry done, making 13 meals, and working on an amazing card for my Grandma-In-Law. It was a productive day!

The boys got to have the meal I made up and by the time I got a hold of Arnold he had already eaten some BUT here’s a photo of supper.

Ground beef, scalloped potatoes and diced tomatoes. Really good I guess!



Hope you all have a great night! Tomorrow we are super busy with meeting Arnold to get new phones, lunch, library, soccer, dinner with friends, and a bunch of other stuff.

Week 4 Day 5 - June 9th - fun fun

Today was going to be a no-photo day but the boys ended up ASKING for their photos taken… silly men!

Last night I was *sure* the raccoons were at it again but I guess I was wrong. Well partly. They were at it again, just not at our spot.

After the thunder and lightning we had last night I thought I heard them moving things around. If they did it wasn’t here. It was down a bit. Some college kids came in and were setting up camp way after dark. Well they ended up leaving ALL their food out and someone didn’t bungee the containers last night and sure enough, this morning it looked pretty bad!
Arnold headed off to work a bit late and I put in some of our stuff for supper. Tonight we are having ground beef, scalloped potatoes and diced tomatoes! Maybe Arnold will be lucky with leftover again.

The boys hung out in the trailer for about 45 minutes or so after Daddy left and eventually we all got dressed and headed outside. It was SO nice, a bit cloudy but a beautiful day! I took out my hammock and got to lay on there while the boys played around. Kyler kept going to ‘work’ with his packpack (cooler) and would work around the yard. Q was following him all over on the skateboard!

I did get a bit worried when I heard Kyler tell Quinton that putting stickers on this would make it feel better.
Here’s a photo, any one have ideas of what they put the stickers on?


These the kids thought Daddy’s bike might like, but since his bike wasn’t here they put them on the bike rack!




Just before lunch Kyler started squishing everything. Including this butterfly. The poor thing! I had to explain that just because something lands close to us doesn’t mean we should step on it.


The boys had lunch and made as many funny faces as they could!


I know that they love playing with their food now!




They came in and watched a veggie movie then back out (I was sure they would fall asleep after the movie but I guess not!). I found them playing outside like this when I called them in:


I put them down for a nap about 1 hour ago and closed the curtain. Something I haven’t done in a long time and now I remember why! They muck around when I can’t see them. They are still going at it. Oh well, this means a longer nap today!