twinkle

...somebody has been playing with photoshop! I love nap time and I love photoshop. I am just playing right now and I am having a ton of fun. I will start real tutorials soon......I need to brush off all of the cobwebs off my brain first! Any photoshop tips for this very new user?

layered salad

Thanks Treat Girl!

This layered salad was delish!

I arrived at costco but your recipe was at home in my printer so I ended up buying ingredients that I was hungry for. Even though not quite as polished as your super fantastic recipe, the presentation received a thumbs up from my family....even the Chef!

Here is a quick how to with the ingredients that I used, the most important ingredient being the clear dish. Any clear bowl or jar would work well and you can choose the size of dish according to how many people you need to feed. This cookie jar has been with me since my first year teaching. I picked it up at IKEA for a song and a dance, seriously, it was less than $10, which is all my singing and dancing is (and was) worth! (if you need proof look on utube for twist of lime wedding dance!)

clear dish

layer

field greens

red peppers

field greens

pecans

field greens

dried cranberries

field greens

cubed apple

I used a honey Dijon mustard dressing because I thought it would go well with the pecans.

Thanks again Treat Girl- my family will love this salad again and again!

bahamas

......a great trip. The Sprout is a great traveller and we had a fantastic time with Daddy. Many people at the resort had comments about The Sprout's fantastic behaviour and superb swimming skills.

Our days went by much too quickly but were organized quite nicely. The Sprout enjoyed the Bahamas the most out of the three os us for sure.

We would begin each day with Mommy and Sprout breakfasts of watermelon, cottage cheese and toast. Mommy would slowly sip coffee as Sprout "accidentally"dropped his toast. The birds caught onto The Sprout's trick and by the last day would wait patiently for him to "drop" his toast so they could entertain him and munch away on yummy toast too. I loved watching him marvel at the birds. He would watch them for a whole cup of coffee!

After breakfast we'd pack up for the beach. I am so glad I splurged at dollarama and bought a mesh bag, boats, a pail and a few shovels for the beach. We played with them for hours and leaving them behind left me room to pack Nana's new Coach purse McDreamy picked out for her.

The Sprout loved his mid-morning beach snack. I was super happy that I had a box of individually wrapped organic rice yum yums for beach snacks. I am not a big fan of all the prepackaging but The Sprout was very happy to have a sand free snack.

After the beach we would have a quick swim in the pool before. The Sprout loved the water. He and Daddy now play "dolphin" in our pool at home too.

After all that swimming we would head back up to the room for some rest and lunch before McDreamy joined us.

McDreamy and The Sprout played sea turtle at the beach and dolphin in the pool for hours each day. I have no idea how we survive without a beach at home and pool with out a swim up bar and BINGO! Hmmm...... a BINGO swim party, now that sound like fun Saskatchewan style! Anyone know where I can buy water proof BINGO cards?

1st Birthday Party Update

I am 1!

First of all a BIG thank you to everyone who shared in our special day.

Although the weather was cool the love of family and friends kept everybody smiling.

A few of my favorite moments were.....

watching the kids play

watching the adults play

barbershop jokes

1st snips of hair

delicious cupcakes made by Saucy Sprinkles herself

my favorite 3 boys in matching shirts

I can't wait to see you learn and grow and play this next year my little Sprout!

party time

It's true, The Sprout is officially
one year old!

The band is booked and planning has begun, ooooooo planning a party is so much fun!

With less than 2 weeks to go blogging will have to take second place to party planning.

Let's see, we must decide on cupcake flavors, party games, land and water games and party favors......lot's to do!

Do you have any suggestions for a great 1st birthday party?

Our theme? Oh it's BARBER SHOP of course!

The History: it is Russian tradition that the Grandfather and the Father each take a snip of hair off of the birthday boy at the same time......for luck I assume. That reminds me I must get to work on those barbershop poles for the back yard, fun fun!

Don't forget to RSVP in the comments box below so Sassy can tell The Chef (who has so graciously volunteer to Bar-B-Que, thanks Chef!) how many burgers and hot dogs to order.

mr eyeballs

....today is a sad day.

the sprout has bitten mr. eyeballs, eyeballs one too many times. As you can see mr. eyeballs has suffered a traumatic brain injury that even Daddy can't fix. Daddy said mr. eyeballs wouldn't even be allowed into the operating room because he is too germy.

(ok, yes I asked Mc Dreamy to take mr. eyeballs in for a few pics on a hospital bed, maybe even with an IV.......he did think about it but the final word was understandably a no go)

good bye to you dear mr. eyeballs, The Sprout will miss you.

(and Mommy is secretly relieved now that she doesn't have to worry about her sweet baby choking on your plasticness that Yoda insists is fine)

RIP

2009

mr eyeballs

I LOVE pink!

.......somebody's having a baby girl!

Hints......
...she is in this picture

...she is due in July
...she is a great Mommy already
...she loves to shop
...she loves to travel
...she has 2 brothers
...she has one sister
...her Mom is Denise
...her Dad's name starts with a "K"

Congratulations Missy and Scott!

(the Sprout and I are having way too much fun buying pink stuff, he doesn't let Sassy pass through a Carter's without picking up at least one outfit! We really can't wait to meet you sweet baby girl, don't worry baby girl Aunty Sassy will dress you in style and teach you how to bake cupcakes and cookies and cinnamon buns and make charm bracelets and do everything girly!)

semi-sister

This is my new semi sister.

It is important to note that we both have real sisters who live very far away (and are too "happy" where they are to move to our great city just to live near us) so we have decided to be semi-sisters.

She came over to my house the other night and did this... but it's OK because we are now semi-sisters and sister are supposed to have fun making messes, baking and giggling just like we did. mmmmmm.....chocolate mint cupcakes!

delish!

We puts our head together to plan a 40th Birthday for this lucky friend and it was AMAZING!

My semi-sister and I had a ton of fun, I can't wait to see what our next venture will be! (So THERE real sisters.......We betcha you'll be packing your bags when you see all the fun we are going to have poolside this summer!)

stonehenge sassy style

The Sprout and I fill our days in many interesting ways.

Today we had a history lesson and recreated Stonehenge.......

with watermelon! Delicious and educational!

I love summer time fruit, we manage to polish off 2 watermelon a week here. What is your favorite way to eat watermelon?

best buddies

......best buddies, I think it's clear.

Saucy says she's seen this play before but last time the co-star wore a little dress.

xox we love you Yoda!