Save The Drama For Your Mama

I was so happy when I found out Alexis would be going to afternoon Kindergarten. It would give us the mornings to relax and take our time getting ready right? Wrong. It just gives us more time to battle about what they are going to wear, what to pack for snack, who gets what hair style and a million other things. Honestly by the time 12:45 rolls around I'm exhausted! They never pull this crap with their dad, they save the drama for their mama. Thank god there is a Timmies down the road or I would never make it through the day! Bless their little cotton socks.

Hope your all enjoying the snow. "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas". Next weekend the tree goes up, I can't wait. Off to get a few things done before I pick up the head drama queen from school.

Take care,
~Jen~
xoxoxxo

Snow!

That is the view from my front porch this morning. Todd woke me up before he left for work to tell me it had snowed. I went back to sleep with a smile on my face only to wake an hour later to Alexis yelling "Mom! Kennedy! It snowed and it's awesome!" So off to Wal-Mart we go to get Lexie some winter boots. Thank goodness her snowsuit from last year still fits her (at least for now). Time for me to retire my Crocs maybe? Naaaaaaa! I'll post some pics of the kids playing in the snow later.
Enjoy your day!
Cheers,
~Jen~
xoxoxox

"Show And Tell" and Wabbits

It's Friday and THANK GOD! We have a busy weekend ahead but at least there is no school to deal with. It wasn't a bad week all things considered. I finally got my paperwork back from the doctors office yesterday so I was able to go down and hand it in. The medic I spoke too said it takes about two weeks to hear back from the medical review board in Borden. I have heard of people getting it back in less than that though. I am hoping to go to BMQ in January or February. It's going to be a full year of training with all the courses, longer if I get stuck on PAT platoon waiting to get loaded on a course, so the sooner I can get there the better. If it all works out I will be finishing my training around the same time as Todd is done his course. Keep your fingers crossed!

The girls are doing well. Alexis got an Academic Star Award from school. She was very proud and couldn't wait to show it to her dad when he came home from work. Her new favorite thing at school is "show and tell". Her day is Wednesday and she always asks me "how many more sleeps till Wednesday?". She is doing really well. We have parent/teacher interviews the first week of December so I will be able to see what kid of progress she is making. And little Kennedy is doing well too. She is going through a phase where she is obsessed with numbers. She loves to count things and looks at the clock on the stove to see what time it is. She will come into the living room and say "Mom it's 1-2-6 is it time to get Lexie yet?" I Always tell her we go get Lex at 3-2-0. Maybe Santa will bring her a watch for Christmas. She also counts her pet shop toys and puts them in her back pack. "Mom I have one puppy and two wabbbits in my pack pack" too funny. They are both driving me nuts with their Christmas lists. Every time they see a toy on TV they ask if I can add it to their list. I told them Santa is going to need a platinum Visa and a bigger sled! We have a PVR so Kennedy will actually watch a commercial, pause the TV and call me so she can rewind it and show it to me. Good grief!

Well thats all for now. All is well here in Ottawa.
Sending love and laughter to you all.
xoxox
~Jen~

Remembrance Day and More Touque Trouble

I'm disappointed. We went downtown to see the big National Remembrance Day Ceremony on Sunday and we couldn't see or hear a darn thing. We got there super early and found a cheap place to park (by Ottawa standards anyway). We arrived almost a full hour before the whole thing started and we could have had a great spot but we had to wait for Todd to report to his MWO. So we ended up not being able to see anything but we could hear the 21 gun salute loud and clear! It was a beautiful day so we were lucky in that respect but the kids got cranky and as you can see by the photo so did someone else! There was something like 30 000 people crammed into that little square by the war memorial. Crazy! Before we left we had more touque drama. I couldn't find Kennedy's new touque anywhere. It's like it up and walked away. I still haven't been able to find it. So what do you think she had on her head to go downtown? Lexie's Tinkerbelle Touque! Hmmmm...I think it was planned all along. I hope you all had a good day and took time to remember our soldiers.
Lest We Forget.
~Jen~
xoxoxox

Touque Trouble

I always wanted girls. I remember when Kennedy was born I actually woohoo'd right there in the delivery room when they said "it's a girl!". I got lucky both times around. I had fun when they were small dressing them to the nines. Pink dresses, tights with ruffles on the bum and little black party shoes. But all hell broke loose this week over a touque. Kennedy refused to wear the blue touque she has that matches her snowsuit because she wanted one with Tinkerbelle on it like Lexie has. I made her wear it anyway because it was cold and she cried all the way to the school and back with her little arms crossed. This wasn't a fight I was ready to have everyday so off to Wal-Mart we went to look for a Tinkerbelle touque. Of course they didn't have any so I let her pick one out that she liked and one for her sister too. It's not what I would have chosen for her but it's warm and she likes it. I guess it's time to step back a little and let them do their own thing, the days of little white tights and party shoes are over! Lord help me when the teenage years hit, I know I'm in for a few battles.




Enjoy your weekend.
Cheers,
~Jen~
xoxoxoxox

Happy Monday!

Hi!
Well it's Monday again, time to start another week! Is it just me or is time getting away from us? It will be the end of the year before we know it. Time to start gearing up for Christmas. I think I will start pulling out a few decorations next week. I am really excited to be able to spend the holidays with my mom. I think it will be fun to have all three of the little girls together on Christmas morning.

Sunday is Remembrance Day. We are planning on going down to the National Ceremony. I am looking forward to it, it's sure to have a bigger impact in person then watching it on TV. I got a poppy the other day and I asked Kennedy if she knew what it was for. She said "For Daddy to put on his uniform". I had to laugh at that. I will have to sit down this week and try and explain it to her without going into too much detail.

I hope you all have a good week.
Take Care.
~Jen~
xoxoxox