Umm....

Yeah, Tami's right. Halloween is over and I'm a terrible blogger....but I will post pics to update.


Here is Angel on his first birthday at his "Auntie Da's" house. I can't believe he's a year old already!!!

This was his birthday cake. He loves all things Tigger, and isn't this the cutest cake?!

Me shortly after getting a haircut. Nothing exciting here. >.<

Poptart is a VERY smart little boy. He loves puzzles. He got tired of putting together this one, however and decided to turn it upside down so that only the black side was showing and put it all together this way!

Christmas morning! Lots of excitement!

Angel decided that Daddy's hat looked more comfy than his I guess!

Angel is just as happy a baby as ever!!!

I think that perhaps Poptart was fibbing a little when he said "But I'm not tired."

LOOK AT THAT FACE!!!!!

The newest member of the family, our baby kitten Binou. He's 6 weeks old now and makes the home so much more "home-y". Pets do make a big difference!!!

Poptart thought Binou might like to "go sailing".

Last of all...Binou really fits into our family. He loves to nap!!!

There's really not much happening in our lives that's worth blogging about...It's winter so we never go out. I'm sure I'll have more to blog about as the weather improves and we can get out more.

Happy Halloween from Neverland!!!

Yesterday was a big day for the Lost Boys. It was a day to get all dressed up and go trick or treating! The King trick or treated at Grandma's house, so I will be adding his picture later. Poptart and Angel did the bare minimum as trick or treating goes, since Poptart was sick and we didn't want to keep him outside too long.

They had a lot of fun though and Poptart wasn't ready to stop trick or treating when we were. Next year we'll do better.

Please excuse the redeye in these pictures. I still can't get the hang of the new camera. =(

Poptart wanted to be Buzz Lightyear this time, since Toy Story is still an old favorite here! I think he made an adorable Buzz!!!

SuperAngel!!! The suit fit him so well! I'll post a couple of these since, unlike Poptart, Angel actually stayed still for a picture or two.

Angel's cape. Isn't that just the cutest thing??? He didn't mind being dressed up in the slightest.

Angel and his Daddy!!! What a cute pair!

I'll have more pictures later...When the King comes to get pictures taken with his brothers.

Bad Blogger! Bad!

Yeah, I suck as a blogger. But there are so many other things I've been doing lately, none of which 99% of you would find very interesting and I'd hate to bore you with details. So let's see. What is interesting that you would want to hear about. Hmmm....

I guess I could just post pictures and make this easy on everyone?

Yes. Lets.

So here's the King on his first day of school. As you can tell, he was very excited. I wasn't nearly as excited. I had bad butterflies and a horrible sense of loss. He's taken his first steps of real independence.

Here he is getting on the bus with his Bumblebee backpack, and that's his nice bus driver who let him sit with his "girlfriend" Rebecca. O.O

Angel is singing, I think. He really loves to listen to music and clap his hands. Here he's sitting in his own grandfather's highchair. My dad added the new tray because the old one was falling apart. Man, they don't make things to last like they used to.

Couldn't resist posting this one. "Hmmm...I'm a little worried."

Chipmunk cheeks!

My mom has given all of her grandchildren their first taste of candy. Here she is giving Angel his first ever lollipop!

Poptart loves to read!!!

Serious Poptart! We're growing out his hair so that he can have the David Beckham look. Pre-headshave of course.

The best picture I could get of all three! Poptart did NOT want to cooperate for pictures, and His Majesty wasn't much better. Angel did ok though.

So now you're updated on the boys.

And me? Well, I'm ok. I'll post lovely pictures of my burn next time, but that's another story for another time.

Summer is Coming to an End...

So the summer is coming to a close and His Majesty starts school next week. I can't believe it. Doesn't seem like that long ago that he was just a baby learning to walk and now...he's starting kindergarten.

We did his back to school shopping a little over a week ago. A Transformers backpack and Transformers T-shirt...I'm starting to see a new trend in his likes. He better not stop loving Spiderman though because we've gotten everything to decorate his bedroom in Spiderman. It's gorgeous. The two younger boys are getting Thomas the Tank Engine. I can't wait to post pictures of the finished project.

It's been a pretty boring summer for me. I pretty much went nowhere. My brother came to visit for the first time in 10 years and I didn't even get a picture of us together. How stupid was that? Yet I've barely been home. We've spent a lot of time outside and walking with the boys. We've had really nice temperatures for all of August, so we took advantage of them!

Once again, not much to say, so I'll leave you with a new pic of Angel!

Accomplishment!

I don't have much to say today other than that Angel has finally cut his very first tooth! Before we know it he'll be going from this:

To a smile with a mouth full of teeth like Poptart!!!!

They just grow up too fast.

Packing Again

So we're packing again. We're moving to our landlord's bigger upstairs apartment on the 1st of September so that should be interesting. We will have three bedrooms and it's much larger, plus there's a fenced in yard for the boys to play in. They should have lots and lots of fun there. I'm going to document the moving process in pictures too, because I love to play with my camera. I've taken a few pictures with it, but for some reason I haven't been able to post them. I'll try one here now and see if "problem solved"...

Aha! So here are His Majesty and the Angel on their way to Momma's house for a trip just last month. It was a fun trip and they had some good times despite the lack of good weather!

Playing on the floor at my Mom's house. The King was glad to have his brothers to hang out with for a while!

A whole cake of "hard bread" just for Angel! He had a great time with it until it fell on the floor and broke into a billion pieces...Poor kid.

Getting ready to go for a walk at my Mom's house!

I'll try to post more later but for now I have SO much to do! Packing up this whole place again and stuff...I'll be without internet for the first couple weeks at my new place too since we are going to be focusing on getting settled in with no distractions, and internet would definitely be a distraction for me!

Later all!

Okay, I tried

I tried to post the new pictures, but for some reason blogspot hates me and won't let me add them. So I added them to the right in a new slideshow called "The Song in my Head". Hope you enjoy them. I won't blog much to go with them this time, I'll let them speak for themselves!!!!

How???

How do you make a man do something in your time rather than his? Ever since mother's day I've been trying to get Pan to hook up my camera dock so I can upload my pictures from my new digital camera, but no luck. He's said about 500 times (after I've nagged), "I'll do that right now."

A month later, I still don't have my camera dock connected to my computer. So the pictures will come, they just might take a little while.

In the meantime, I've been working on getting my house back under control and getting Poptart's room the way I want it. We haven't painted or anything since it's a rental apartment, but we are thinking of asking the landlord if he minds if we change it from the mint green to a pale blue. I don't think he'll have a problem with that. Poptart is in a bed now, no more crib, so we want to make his room less of a nursery and more of a little boy's room.

We had to buy a new crib for Angel. When we tried to move Poptart's old crib into our bedroom, the railing cracked, so it got tossed out. We bought him a new crib last night and a beautiful bedding set. Pan is in the process now of switching around our room to put the crib in there because we don't think it would be a good idea for Poptart and Angel to share a room. Neither of them would sleep well.

His Majesty is doing great as well. He's very tanned and having a great time. He and Poptart are camping with their grandparents at intervals throughout the summer, and they love it. Somehow I think my mom likes it as well.

Summer has finally arrived here on the east coast, and boy have we been enjoying the weather. We've been out more in the past 2 weeks that we were in the entire 6 months previous. The sun has been shining and it's been incredibly warm, even hot. I hope this good weather is here to stay! I love summer!

So for those of you who have been looking for me on MSN or calling me - it's probably not much use. I'm almost never home now!

Back to enjoying my summer vacation! Later y'all!

Nightwish - Eva

My incredibly awesome nephew Adam introduced me to this song this morning, and I wanted to share it with you all...and to dedicate it to my pal Eva. I love you girl...I wish you were around more. Call soon. *kisses*

She's....ALIVE!

I know, I know, you are all going to hate me for this...I haven't updated in weeks and this one is just going to be "quick" but I promise, there will be cool things to read and pictures to go with the stories in my next blog entry because for mother's day I got....

A NEW DIGITAL CAMERA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice or what? It's a 6.0 mp, big upgrade from our old 1.2mp. Poor old thing.

So yeah, I don't have much to say right now because I want to show you pictures of everything before I tell you all about it and BOY is there a lot to say when I do!!!

Just wanted to let you all know that I'm alive and still here and thinking of everyone! Miss you all! Smooches!

Get a Cheese On

That's what the Poptart calls getting his picture taken - getting a "cheese on". Cute or what? Sorry I haven't been updating like I used to, but I'm just finding it incredibly hard to do things after work. All I want to do when I get home is relax and it's really hard to strain my brain long enough to write in my blog. I'm on the evening shift this week - from 5pm to 1:30am - so as you can imagine, I'm a little tired.

So back to getting our cheese on. Since there's not much news other than the usual - Boys growing fast, Poptart getting into mischief, and -- OH YEAH! -- Angel is rolling now! - I'm going to share the most recent pictures and hope that makes up for it all.


Our little couch potato...loves to sleep on my pillow!


My favorite flavor Poptart. His hair is actually really blonde, but it showed very very red in this picture for some reason.

Poptart loves bananas! We can't keep them in the house at all. If they're available, he's eating one. He's just recently been starting to eat a whole banana all by himself.


Look at those big blue eyes! He looks a lot like Poptart did as a baby in this picture. What an Angel!


Angel and my mom when they visited a couple weeks back. He's all drooly because he's cutting teeth!

My Mr. Happy Face!!!!!!!!!!!

So those are the pictures I've taken over the last little while...or at least some of them. Hope that you all feel at least remotely updated...

Career Girl

So I've been back to work for two weeks now. The verdict? I hate it. And boy, do I mean hate in a strong sense here. In my opinion, our training process was a joke, and we have another month and a half left of it. It's good time wasted that I could be with my children.

I haven't had time for anything. No time for MSN, no time for going out...barely time to breathe. When I'm not working, I want to be sleeping. It's utterly depressing. Maybe the extra paycheck just isn't worth it after all. I did meet one good friend there, Zabrina, and she keeps me motivated to stay. If it wasn't for her, I would have quit already. If it ever comes down to them putting us on opposite schedules, my time with Synchronoss Technologies will come to a crashing halt. I can't blame the hatred for the job on Synchronoss, though. I blame it all on one person whose name is so vile I won't even sully my blog with a mention of him. He's like Voldemort to me, "He who shall not be named", except that instead of being a force to be reckoned with, he's just a big cowardly twit that is pissing me off to the point that I'm ready to see to it that he is no longer with us.

So for those of you who have been wondering where I am and what I'm doing, that's about it. For those of you who have been wondering how I am, I can sum it up in a word: TIRED.

Hopefully it gets better soon...

Can't Shake It

No, I'm not talking about my booty, which I can shake just fine, thank you very much. I'm talking about this wretched cold. Why won't it just go away? Every single morning when I wake up, my throat is so sore I can hardly talk. Now that Pan is back on day shifts, I have to get up early too. When he was working evenings and on his days off he would get up in the morning to let me try to sleep off the sore throat and he'd nap in the afternoon. Now I get a feeling that until Friday (when he officially starts his parental leave!!!) that I'll be going to bed exceptionally early.

My parents are coming in on Wednesday to spend the night. I'm really looking forward to it! The King, Poptart and Angel are getting their portraits taken on Wednesday. They're wearing matching outfits that their Auntie Da bought for them in Alberta this summer. I can't wait to get a real portrait of the three of them for the very first time! So exciting!!!

I was a laundry maniac yesterday...I attacked the laundry pile with a vengeance and got quite a few loads done. Somehow I get the feeling that someone in this house has too much clothes, but I can't narrow it down as to who it is. It always seems like none of us have anything to wear. Maybe we just have too much crappy clothes and not enough good stuff. There's a thought.

On a side note, "Max and Ruby" is such a cute show! I love that Max. He's always getting one over on that bossy Ruby. I'm ashamed to admit that I actually watch that show instead of tuning it out like I do most of the kid's shows. Actually, last summer when Tink Jr. and I were at my mom's house for a vacation we were deeply engrossed in an episode of Max and Ruby and didn't even notice that the kids weren't watching anymore. LOL When I was pregnant with Angel, His Majesty wanted to call the baby Max whether it was a boy or girl. If we ever have another baby, that's a real idea.

So for those of you who have been following my World of Warcraft exploits, the milestone level is just around the corner...Camelot is now level 39 - one level away from getting her very first mount! It may not seem like much to those seasoned players who have a level 70 (or, like our friend Talon, several level 70's...) but to me it's pure gold. Speaking of gold, she needs 90 to learn riding and buy her horse, and I'm only halfway there. Hm...guess there's some ogre killing in Camelot's near future...they carry a lot of cash for some reason. When she gets her mount I'll take a cool screenshot and share it with y'all!

I don't have one of Camelot, but I can share a screenshot of my new Draenei warrior, Dalliore. She's one of my other favorites. She was a totally accidental character, completely randomly rolled, even her name. I was showing my niece Eekie (also not her real name, but there's a reason for Eekie) the different races on World of Warcraft, and when I showed her the Draenei, there was Dalliore and I loved her look so I accepted her as a character. I haven't played her much, but I'm starting to play her a lot more because I love her. She's an amazing character!

This was before she got her Blood Elf Bandit mask...I'll have to get a new screenshot so y'all can see it. She looks absolutely amazing with it on. It completely matches her guild tabard. (Her guild, by the way, is "The Order of Excalibur" which I thought was a pretty cool name.)

Hm...upon further inspection this must be an old shot because she's still using her 2-handed sword...My sweet husband was kind enough to send her a really cool turtle shell shield from the Wailing Caverns, so now she uses a 1-handed sword instead...but I'm babbling because I'm proud of her. LOL My husband also made all of her gear with his old character, that's why it all matches.
Most of my characters have the most awful mismatched gear. I tend to go more for heavier armor than for looks, but in this case I was lucky enough to be able to get both. It's a full set. Yay me! Or should I say, Yay Pan!

So that's one of my gals...I'll try to get Camelot up here later because she's my favorite, and I'd just love to share her with everyone. After level 40, a friend and I have decided to turn our characters into adventurers. We're not going to be leveling as seriously, just exploring Azeroth and fishing everywhere we go. Yes, that's right, if you happen to be on the Sisters Of Elune server and see a night elf hunter with her pet tiger standing on the shore with a human priest, both of them with fishing poles and a campfire, you've probably happened upon Vaspa, Orian and Camelot on one of their camping trips!

So I'm done here. I think that I've blogged sufficiently for someone who hasn't been out of the house for days due to sickness, so look for more from me on Thursday probably, with lots of pictures of my parents' visit with us!

Hugs and kisses to all!

MIA

I'd like to report someone missing...

MY BEST FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tami has not been on MSN or blogging in days and days...has anyone seen her? I'm ready to call the police! And I'm having phone trouble so I can't call her!

Tami, if you're out there, PLEASE message me or email me or blog or SOMETHING! I'm so worried!

Why Me?

It's so unfair. I thought I had quite enough to be dealing with, thank you very much, what with Angel cutting teeth and becoming somewhat less of an angel than usual, but no, fate wasn't done with it's cruel taunting yet and I came down with a bad cold.

My sinuses hurt, I have a cough, and my throat feels like someone scoured it with steel wool and battery acid. I absolutely hate being sick! I have zero energy and I just want to sleep until I'm all better.

I can't even think of anything to write here except how much I hate being sick.

Ugh.

The Hunt is On

So we have decided ("We" being Pan and I) that I am going to go back to work and he's going to be a stay at home Dad.

*waits for the laughter to die down*

No, seriously, we have decided that this is the best thing right now because if I don't get out of the house soon, I am going to lose my mind. Now I just have to decide if I go back to work at my old workplace or if I go somewhere else. If I could find something better, I think I would try something new, even though my old job is very convenient when it comes to location. It's almost next door!

So be prepared for some interesting stories from me very soon...and look for a link to Pan's Blog "Mr. Mom" to be coming very soon...as I'm sure that there will be some interesting stories there too. LOL

For those of you who are wondering where I am...I'm either not online or lost in WoW. I've been on MSN a couple of times, but some people who will remain unnamed *cough*Tami*cough* weren't there. I'll keep checking back....

Later y'all!

Sick Kid

Yup, it's finally happened. There's been a terrible stomach flu circulating town for months now, and I've been thanking my lucky stars every day that my children have seemed to miss it (or it miss them...) but my luck has run out.

Poptart has the stomach flu.

It started last night and he threw up on Pan. Twice. He kept running a low-grade fever and was really cranky. He didn't go to sleep until after midnight. This morning he threw up again. He had a really good nap this afternoon, so here's hoping that it's subsided. He's ten times whinier than usual, and that's a feat, believe me! Poor little Angel is getting neglected today because I have to try to comfort Poptart. All I can hope for is that he's not going to expect this kind of undivided attention after he's well again.

I hate having a sick child. They just want undivided attention - and they should get it - but with two kids here all day, I just can't give it. Not to mention if I have to listen to much more crying I am going to take a long walk off a short pier.

I'm going to have to cut this short. The two youngest are both crying...Please someone come and save me.

I Know, I Know...

I haven't been blogging much lately. But, seriously, there has been pretty much nothing to blog about. I'm looking for a job, Pan is still off sick, and everything else is same old, same old. I don't really have anything that would be worth reading about. Instead, I'll share some pictures. How's that?

Here's a new one of the Angel. He's a big, big boy! I can't believe he's three months old already. Time flies...





















Here's the Poptart and his "baby". He's had this glowing musical Winnie the Pooh since before he was born and lately he's taken to carrying it around and calling it his "Baby". He rocks it, kisses and hugs it, and takes it to bed with him. When he wakes up in the middle of the night he makes it glow and play music to soothe himself back to sleep.
















Poptart is one cool dude. He and his Majesty have matching sunglasses, but I have yet to capture a picture of the King wearing his.












































And here are two of Poptart's new hairstyle. Uncle Mo likes it, for some reason. He loves to see me coming to put gel in his hair. He's so vain. Can guys be divas? Well, if they are, he is one. If not, he's whatever the male version of a diva is...

Well, I'm sorry I didn't have a funny and clever post after such a dry spell, but maybe I will in a couple days. Hope everyone's well!

Holy Tired, Batman!!!

Okay, well last night I did the unthinkable.

I stayed up all night.

It wasn't intentional. I was chatting with my friend Mary on MSN for most of the afternoon, up until dinner time, (No sign of Ms. Tami, who likes to act deserted though...) and then it was time for me to log into World of Warcraft for my dungeon run. Well, I did it twice. Before I was even finished with the first one, a fellow player who I've done the dungeon raid with before messaged me and "booked" my healing services for a run as soon as I was finished. After I was done that, I got yet another message from another friend who wanted me to go again! I told him that I was too tired and planning on heading to bed soon.

Didn't happen. In the wee hours of the morning, I ended up helping him out with a quest and by the time we were done, Angel had decided that he didn't want to sleep any more, even though it was most certainly not time for him to get up! So I got up with the kids. Finally at 8am I begged Pan to let me sleep for at least an hour before he left to go pick up his paycheck.

An hour isn't cutting it. I can't wait for him to get back so I can crawl back between my new flannel sheets with my comfy pillow!

In the meantime...I'm on MSN Tami, but where are you????? Don't make me come down there and get you! Come out and play!

My "Daughter"

Isn't she just the absolute most beautiful thing you've ever seen? This is Tink Jr, the closest thing I have to a daughter. She's my niece and has always called me "Sissy" but we're not sure why. She's practically my clone in every way. We're both stubborn, giggly and a bit ditsy sometimes.

I used to see her almost every day, but she moved to Alberta with her dad, and I haven't seen her since August! We talk every single day, though, and I'm planning a trip up to visit her next spring when she graduates. It should be a whole lot of fun, because we're also planning a road trip to Edmonton to hit the West Edmonton Mall! The only difference in me and my Jr is that she doesn't like to shop!!! Imagine my dismay! But I'm sure she'll make an exception for shopping at the West Edmonton Mall with me...

What else can I tell you about Tink Jr? Well, she's incredibly smart, she hates math, and she is a fantastic cook/baker! She wants to be a pastry chef and she loves cats.

She's my pride and joy, and I love her so much. I can't wait for us to be together again.

XOXO Tink Jr! Hope you're having a great day!