What is it with boys and Home Depot ?

I had to pick John up from school tonight. He sleeps at our house when I work midnights. Darin leaves around 6am, and I don't get home until about 7:30am so it helps us out some.
Anyway tonight while Dalton was at Karate, and after i picked up Johnathan. We had to go to home depot and pick up some 2x4's. We needed them for the bottom of mt gazebo that is under repair. I got it last year but..... there was a big wind storm and it picked it up and turned it inside out over our maple tree. Not so good for the metal bars. Anyway, I managed to find someone with the frame that they were getting rid of with just a little damage. We kept all the parts just for no reason. in hopes I guess. I was almost sick about it because it was only up for a month when that happened.
Anyway, this time we are screwing in down to wood then placing cement blocks on the wood to hold it in place. Hope fully no more wind storms. Tyson had a great time riding around on the cart!
What is it with men having such a fun time at home depot? Do the hormones go into overdrive when you walk in??



He had rusty butt from the cart when we left!

Riding around just like he is in his right mind.


This is my gazebo once it was all done except for the other half of the screen.. i love to sit in it at night I hvae light for it too. It keeps out the skitters. And is great for the shade! I would reccomend it to anyone who needs something like this for your yard, but make sure it is secured down!

Hopefully, just hopefully it won't blow away this time!

So the flu is gone....

So the flu has managed to slowly dwindle away... thank goodness!! Tyson was well enough to have the tubes done in his ears today. I wish that I had remembered my camera because he was just so darn cute in his little nightgown with pink stripes and his little blue cap.

I felt so bad for him. We had to be at the hospital which is about 30 minutes from our house cross country at 7 am this morning. He wasn't allowed to have anything to eat or drink either. So all he kept saying was "thirsty eh?" because he wanted something and every time we tried to explain he couldn't he'd pitch another fit. Everyone said he was oh so cute until he started to sh reek!

So the whole procedure took about an hour and we were on our way back home at about 9 am. He was not happy afterwards but they let him go figuring that once I got him home, fed him, gave him more to drink and he had a nap all is well. Yeah so they thought.

See he still looked like crap after a nap and all...

I took the kids to Mom at 2:30 pm and I went on to work. He didn't last long snuggling into Nan and by 6:30 pm he was wanting to go back to bed. We'll see how tonight goes. I just got home and he was standing in his bed waiting for me.

On another note though Dalton had a great time at Scott & Colleen's last night. He went because Daddy had to go to work at 6am and I had to leave the house at 6:20am. School doesn't start until 9:15 am. So he went there for a visit.

He got to play some games, see Shawn & Les, read, have a hot tub... I don't know what all. I heard all about the great fun and the pancakes this morning!! All I know is when do I get to go and have so much fun!

Thanks Scott & Colleen for having Dalton for a visit. I know by the tale I got after school today that he had a great time!! We love you!

Guess who is sick now?? And the book fair!

Well, Monday I felt a little bit better, so I did get my blinds washed! And it rained all day so that put the co bosh on all the outside stuff. On Tuesday I was just as sick as I was on Sunday. Again I could hardly drag myself to the bathroom. I was so sick of being sick.

Today is good though I feel much better and I actually ate a whole sandwich. And Didn't expel it from either end ten minutes later!! WooHoo! However, Tyson can't say the same thing. After lunch he didn't keep it long! And all over me too! I was suppose to go to work today but not when he is sick. So I called in. Can't send him to a babysitter like that! He is farting like his father but filling his pants at the same time. It wasn't funny but he farted tonight and we all looked at each other and wondered who did it and he stood up and walked over to me like he had a pickle in his pants and we all started to laugh because it sounded like someone honked on a tuba!

Poor baby! I know exactly how he feels! Look at his poor little face. I hope he feels better for getting his tubes in his ears on Friday!

On a better note though today was the book fair at school. Dalton got a new book he was excited. It was Transformers! It's a boy thing. I was surprised though that he didn't get an I SPY book because he loves them

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We also made some cupcakes for his class today with the leftover icing from Keauden's cakes. Psychedelic frosting with chocolate cake! The kids thought it was great. No matter which way you looked at them they were a different colour.

Kitten engineer!!

Well we have an engineer kitten. Tyson was playing with the animal train tonight and the cat was chasing it so they put him in it! Silly cat rode around the whole living room just looking around!

I am still so sick. I didn't do anything today other than what I had to. Darin left this morning, he had promised to help a friend. I couldn't even drag myself to the bathroom to get sick. Dalton said that if I died he'd miss me. Tyson slept in and then played with his big brother before having another nap!
Yay baby! Darin got home at 2:30pm. I was dead. Dalton had a friend over to play. Travis, I couldn't tell him not to come because both boys were so looking forward to it. I just asked them to stay outside.


Once Darin got home he took them swimming until Travis's Mom came to get him.I was too sick to take any pictures.

So in a nutshell that's it. I am heading back to the couch. As you can see not much is getting done on my to do list!

Keauden's 1st birthday cakes!!

Keauden is Tracy's grandson, Doug's great grandson. My neighbour.

He was one on the 31st of May but they had his party this weekend so everyone could come. And of course they had me make his cakes.

For those of you who don't know, these are the backyardigans. He is very fond of them I guess. So that is what Grammy had me put on his cake.


This was his cake to eat himself. He only played and ate the icing he didn't even touch the cake or make a mess. He just wanted the sweet stuff!!

Yup still sick, managed to make the taco dip and go to the party but didn't do much else but be sick again, and freeze to death on the couch all night long.
OH it isn't fair being sick on your holidays!!

Firewood, Sand pit & Fishin'

Saturday morning, I woke up sicker than a dog. I wasn't sure what end to put in the toilet. But being a woman and all there is no time to be sick, besides who wanted to waste their holidays like that? So I showered after I finished all the nasty stuff, at 4am I might add, and then decorated Keauden's first birthday cakes for his party later in the day. I"ll post them after.
Darin had other plans for us for the day. At 6am he got up and got ready he had planned for us to go to his work and cut wood for the day. Sounds exciting I know. Not to mention the it was already 30* outside and it was 6am!! I was already sick so you can probably imagine how the rest of the day went.
So while we split and cut wood the kids played we did it until 12:00pm by then I was officially ready to puke again! It was 45* with the humidity, we were in the sun and every time I drank anything all it did was upset my stomach more! We didn't get it done but I quit, the chainsaw got to hot and the wood splitter blew a hydraulic line so I think that someone was working in my favour.
The kids and dog had a ton of fun. There was a small spring there about knee deep about five feet from us that they all played in. The kids threw rocks and the dog chased them. Then they would run and chase him too. So they were all wore out by the end of the day.
As you can see Tyson had a ton of fun. Nanny is going to have a fit over this picture. His hat and shorts are navy blue and his shirt was grey! by the end of the day all of him was black!! All the dirt was everywhere. Turns out he didn't need the sunscreen after all the dirt covered him!

This was big and little brother doing some climbing and adventuring.

This is how he got soooo dirty. He would slide down the hill to the water get wet and then climb back up it! And go again!

They had a great time and were both exhasted by the end of the day. But Dalton had one more fun thing to do while Tyson had a little nap in the shade.
Out at the pit there are several spring fed ponds. Well Ron has stocked one of them with fish. He said that with the barbs off the fish hooks they were welcome to fish as much as they wanted. Well Dalton thought that was great!

Here he is my great fisherman. Afraid of the worm, the fish and the hook but "Mom I caught one!". I am a proud sick Momma. That is as close as he would let the fish get to him! He is a funny guy that one tough as nails but a big wimp at heart!

So that was our Saturday morning. I just left out the part about Ron bringing the kids donuts and stuff. after this we went home for a swim. I tough it would make me feel better, but I'm not sure it did. In fact I think it made me feel worse. I hope I feel better later!

Playing in Doug's fountain...

This is my neighbour Doug's yard. He has a beautiful yard and lots of plants and flower beds. He spends a lot of time on it. He just put this fountain up a few weeks ago and when we were there on Friday Tyson noticed it right away.

He had great fun playing in it. Doug is always after him (he loves him so he is always laughing about it) but he is always chasing him out of his flower beds because Tyson likes to play in the dirt! I tell him, he is pulling the weeds!

Doug always says " Hard to teach the kids anything when his parents are just as bad." I laugh because we had an ongoing joke a few weeks ago about his spelling gofers and how they could leave messages on his walkway in dirt!!
The night of Tracy's party Doug was pretty intoxicated and the gofers left messages for him... any guesses who?? Regardless, Doug likes to see him there playing. "As long as he isn't hurting his plant"

That and then he has something to complain about...
" Damn neighbours".

We love you too Doug! And you'll find and enlarged picture of this on your fridge Friday morning when you get home!!

On another topic though for those who want to know. Tyson went to the ear specialist today and he highly recommended tubes in his ears. After the last 3 month infection he said there was scar tissue and that he didn't like doing it in little ones Tyson size but at this rate he might have some hearing loss if it gets bad again so he is getting them next Friday morning!
I am not looking forward to it but if it is going to help we'll go ahead because when he is sick it turns out he is really sick.