molasses and me

Well... it's just one of those lets-stay-in-all-day-cause-it's-raining-and-Mia-has-a-runny-nose-and-I-don't-feel-like-going-out-anyways days! And frankly I don't mind those days. Sometimes I get going doing too much and don't take time just to be home and do "stuff".

In my life, molasses and butter on homemade bread could be closely comparable to chocolate. I LOVE it! We had some today on the loaf of bread I made last night and I had left the molasses unattended on the table... top off. Well, while I was working on a little project on the computer, the girls were making themselves at home to the loaf of bread I made. Mia tried to enter the Guiness Book of Records for the most plastic baby spoons put through the hole of a carton of molasses. Thats right... I came out to the kitchen to find her stuffing spoons into the hole. I just had to laugh....laugh and laugh!So funny. And as I attempted to get all 7-10 spoons out of the sticky molasses I had to laugh some more. I guess what made it funnier was that it wasn't her first stunt of the day. Earlier she awoke from her nap and decided to pick at the poop in her diaper. Fortunately I got to her before it got too bad.

As I finished with the molasses stunt I turned around to find Ada with my sunglasses on and using a glasses case as a microphone... again I had to laugh!
It's just one of those days where you feel pretty content staying in and the wackiest things seem to happen and children begin crawling the walls and you. Ever been there??

Some recent events:

Here's the gang taking a little test in the truck before we leave our home of four years and the only home our kidlets have ever known.

Jason is officially a graduate of the NS Agricultural College with his degree in Environmental Horticulture.

The happy graduate - such a relief!!

This is the cake I made for him for graduating.... I had him go out and clip the little "trees", but didn't tell him why. I thought it turned out pretty good!

Little Mia-moo at Sullivan's Pond in Dartmouth on our last visit to Dartmouth before we moved.

So excited to be here!

Being in Saint John has been so great this past month! The contact with friends and family has increased immensely and its nice to drop in at my parents or go for walks with my good friend Aleisha.

Last night mom and I and the girls went to Costco here in Saint John for the first time. It is wild!!! So many people and SO MUCH STUFF!! I can see why people spend hundreds of dollars every time they go there. Mom and I committed that our visit there last night was only just that: a visit. So we spent very little money (other than a bit of birthday money I had been given that was burning a hole in my pocket.) I got some nice shirts and a black fleece zip-up. The girls got some jammies and we got just a couple of grocery items. I will be going back I think, but definitely with a plan.... that place is dangerous!!!

I started keeping a journal for each of the girls that includes entries of everyday events and thoughts that I have about them, things that they say, etc. I have found it has made the world of difference for me. With some of the things I wrote about in my last blog entry (nie nie dialogues, book: Contentment, Inspiring Insights for LDS Mothers), this journal keeping has enlightened me and been very satisying. I think it has brought me closer to God as a mother, appreciating the children he has given me and all they mean to me. I highly recommend this journal writing experience because it's wonderful. I haven't bound myself to writing every single day as that can get discouraging if I don't do keep up. But I do it whenever I find the opportunity. Last night I had a flood of thoughts about Ada and it was wonderful. Children are amazing and so many things they do are sweet and worth remembering.