When the cat's away.....

Cailin, I know that you've been saying that you've been having a tough time with the kids lately. Well, I feel your pain sister. Mine are pushing all of my buttons right now. It's constant. I love them dearly, but COME ON!!!!!! The fighting, the whining.....it's driving me crazy!!!!

This afternoon, I was on the computer (hiding from them). After a while (honestly, it wasn't that long), I started to notice how quiet it was. It was really nice. I listened closer and I heard the beautiful sound of children laughing. Could it be that Ashley and Charlie were actually playing together? And...getting along? I decided to go and watch my beautiful little darlings. This is what I saw.............

Charlie was smart enough to run upstairs and hide. Did you notice that the marker in her hand is a Sharpe?!??!!!! Oh yeah!!!

She's trying to play inncocent. She did all the fancy work to her belly, shoulder's and arms. Charlie is responsible for the tic-tac-toe game on her face. They both had pudding all over their faces, too.

My "wild child". I love her to pieces.

Thank goodness for long weekends!

I'll start off my post with some pictures of the cake pops that Caitlin and I made. I know that she posted pictures on her blog too. These ones really weren't that great tasting. I was so bummed, because I'd been wanting to make these for so long. I fiddled with the recipe and made some more and they were sooooooo yummy. I took some to Charlie's school for his Valentine's Day celebration and everybody loved them. I'm going to make some more today for my mom and dad's anniversary.

As I said in my last post, I am so sick of winter. But it helps when you can get out of town for a weekend here and there. Charlie was off school last Thursday and Friday, then had Monday off too. We were invited back to our friends cabin in Invermere and jumped at the offer.

It was such a great weekend. We lounged around, ate lots of food and played games. We even went up to Panarama for a day of snowboarding. Lots of fun.

Ash made some new friends. Chloe and Lola.


Ash having a melt-down cause Lola bent her Valentine card.

My boo-bear! She was so happy to spend the weekend with us too.

We spent Sunday on the Lake, playing hockey and snowmobiling. Great fun.

Later that day, we made pizza. Here's Charlie eating the pizza that he made.

These pics are backwards, so here's Charlie watching his pizza being cut.

In goes Charlie's pizza. (This is our friend, Doug. His cabin)

The "forno".

Anyway, we had a great weekend away. It helps to break-up the long winter. Still really looking forward to Spring. I just need to get me some hot weather now.