Brownies year end party .....

The girls went to Lil Explorers an indoor party place where they had a spalicious party.



Relaxing and reading magazines while waiting for their facials.



Chocolate oatmeal masks......

Laying down taking a break



Making bath salts ....
So pretty lip gloss, eye shadow and blush .....

Everyone got their nails done too ......



What do you do once your make-up is done, Karaokee of course ....



Mmmmm delicious drinks ......

10, 20, 30, 40 who knows .....

I start tomorrow on my journey to what I hope will be a healthier me. I have signed up for a 6 week weightloss program at the gym.

I will see a personal trainer 3 times a week, and have committed to 4 miles a day of walking.

I will also get a meal plan to follow, hoping its not much or to too hard to do.

42 days to a new me.

I plan on updating here once a week with my progress...l.

Week One

Finding the diet plan kind of hard to stick too. So I've changed a few things, I'm using meal replacement bars more than I should probably. Its just so much easier when were on the run, and this way I'm not cheating.

I've added in my vitamin and calcium since I am lacking in those with the diet.

First week I've lost almost 2 inches and just over 4 pounds.

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3 weeks into my journey ........

I've lost almost 7 1/2 inches, although I think she did something wrong as I've lost 1 1/4 inches in my right calf and nothing on my left. Seems like I should obviously be looking lopsided.

Still only down 4 pounds, but I've also lost 2% of body fat, which is what I'm really interested in.

I don't want to even know what the scale says, I want to see my body fat lowering.

I gave up on the meal plan almost right away, it was way to rigid and impossible to follow with a family who isn't home many nights to eat a proper dinner.

SCarlett;s letter from Katlyn, April 2008

Zoo to You ......

Instead of having a party we decided to do something in Kaleb's classroom, so we brought zoo to you in for a visit.

It was so much fun, the kids absolutely loved it.





It was both Kaleb and Ty's birthday, so they got to stand on the chairs and have happy birthday sang to them by all of their classmates.



What a great idea this was.

We had Felix come to visit this week ....

We got to be part of something really fun this week. Our friend Tyler sent a little bunny to Scarlett, the premise being that Felix was lost at the airport and before he heads home to see Tyler he wants to see the world.

Scarlett was very excited to do this, so we took Felix with us everywhere we went.

It so happened that we were going downtown Toronto to the Rogers Centre, to see Disney on Ice, so we managed to get a picture of Felix with the CN Tower.

It was also Easter Weekend, so Felix came with us to the cottage. He got to go snowshoeing with Scarlett, and was invloved in building a quincy with Uncle Derek.

We are very interested in watching Felix's travels over the next few months.

Kaleb turns five .....

Wow, how did this happen. My baby is 5 years old today. I asked him if he wouldn't mind staying four forever, but he said his body can't stop growing. He will however, still give me hugs and kisses now that he's five.





He has now grown from a little boy , into a big boy. He is so much more independent in the last few months. He gets dressed in the morning, without any help or prodding by me (although sometimes quarters work as bribery.)





Kindergarten was a rough start for him this year, he had a hard time transitioning from daycare to school. But he seems to have settled into a routine now, and Ms Wells now says he is a joy to have in the classroom.





He loves school, he gets upset on Monday and Wednesday when its a daycare day. Ontario is changing to all day everyday Kindergarten in 2010, and I can't help but think how much good this would have done Kaleb. He is ready to go to school everyday, and would get so much out of it.





I fear what will happen when the school year ends, he likes school so much more than daycare, I have a feeling that he will not transition well back to daycare only.
(Update -after school ended, and he is having a tough time. He wants Ms Wells , he is counting down the days till school starts again. He does not like daycare at all, he has been crying every night, why can't I go to school. I have struggled with this but I know that there is nothing wrong with they daycare, they go on a lot of trips and its a great place but for him its just not school. He wants the bus ride, the other friends. Another problem is that most of the kids in his daycare class were s/k's and have moved to the camp for the summer, so not only did he lose his school friends, he lost most of his daycare friends.)

Kaleb is such a joy to have around, he truly is a mamma's boy and I am happy for that. Theres are so many times I just look at him and say "Kaleb, have I told you how adorable you are today.
Its hard to put into words, but its the way he looks at you, and you can tell you are the centre of his world. He is only listening and looking at you.

Kaleb's best friend is Scarlett, they continue to do everything together. Kaleb's favorite thing right now is playing Lego Star Wars on the Xbox 360, the funny thing is that he just sits and watches as Scarlett plays the game, when I ask her to give him a turn he says no he just wants to watch.

We don't really have any boys on the street, so Kaleb mostly plays with Scarlett and Katherine. Its sad but I don't know who his friends at school are, he dosen't talk about school. I am lucky if I get an answer at all when I ask about school. Everyday I ask if he had a good day, "yes" what did you do "nothing", okay did you go outside to the playground "No", did you have gym class "No". He for some reason has decided not to tell us about school and we get nothing from him.

Unless we ask about Ms Wells, he is more than happy to tell us what she was wearing, what color her lips are, what fun things she did that day.


Of course he is also into transformers, lego, hot wheels. For his birthday we got him a hot wheels holder that fits over this closet door. He was excited to fill it up, about an hour later I went up to find that he only had about 12 cars in it and another pile on the floor. So of course I asked why they weren't in the holder, "Mom, they're not hot wheels, they're not real". LOL.

Kaleb is a very loving boy, he gives lots of hugs and kisses, like his sister we start everyday off with a snuggle buggle in my bed. He will walk by my and have to give me a kiss before he continues on. He still loves to sit on my lap, no matter where we are. I of course love this, as Scarlett is starting to move away from this.

Scarlett penpal letter Kinsey, March 31, 2008 ....

Scarlett's Penpal Katryna - March 31 2008

Kaleb's Penpal letter - March 30, 2008

Halloween 2007 .....

Why the gym is evil, evil I tell you ......

I got up this morning and thought why not go and take a class, so I quickly look at the schedule

and see that theres a NEWBody Class followed By Awesome ABs.

Newbody is a low-impact and easy-to-follow class by combining cardio conditioning with optional hand weights.

Perfect for me the beginner, I get there about 2 minutes late and they have started the warmup which was jogging on the spot, then jogging with knee lifts, jumping jacks. I'm thinking wow

This a hard warm-up, already I'm sweating.

Next they have running on the spot followed by running knee lifts, super fast jacks.Um okay,

Hello what kind of warm up is this,then its run around the gym in a cirle, stopping and doing

jumping skating moves.

By this time I am ready to have a heartattack, luckily I zeroed in on someone who seemed to be

doing lower impact moves and started to follow her.

Down to do push-ups, not regular ones mind you, one handed, or alternating sides, centre, right ,
left with one leg up. WTH.

By this time I'm wondering if the instructor is on crack, she is yelling at us, and is flying through the moves, knee lifts with jumps.

Well actually it was all moves while jumping or running on the spot.

I'm sure by now you've guessed it I was in the wrong class, I ended up taking BODYATTACK

which is a sports-inspired cardio workout for building strength and stamina. This high-energy

interval-training class combines athletic aerobic movements with strength and stabilization

exercises. Dynamic instructors and powerful music motivate everyone – from the weekend

athlete to the hard-core competitor toward their fitness goals. Did you read the hard-core

reference, hard-core does not describe me at all. I'm low core, or maybe even no core but hard-

core no way.

This is the hardest class they offer, and let me tell you the people there 45-50 were hard-core.

Of course I didn't realize this until I was out in the van, having problems raising my arms, and

looked at the schedule again.

I have 2 gyms close to my, and I looked at the schedule of a different one. I am now sitting here

wondering how the hell I will have a shower, because other than getting my hands up high

enough to type I can't do much else.

I am so proud I did the class, and will for sure do it again,

but man doing this class when I thought it was low impact light weights, what a shock

Monster Jam 2008 .....

What a great day, the kids loved Monster Jam. Kaleb of course was especially thrilled to see his favorite Grave Digger.

Kids Christmas Shows ....

Both kids were in a Christmas show at daycare and school. Heres Kaleb during the show, he was so cute in his dress coat and tie.

Kaleb Kindergarten class were reindeer, and of course being 3 and 4 year olds just too cute. They sang a couple songs, and did pretty well.
Scarlett class sang Le Petite Sapin, and each child decorate the christmas tree. Scarlett in the next pic is hanging back behind the curtain, she hadn't wanted to participate in the show, so we were very proud that she did.