First snowfall and snowman of the season

Not sure it counts as a snowfall as didn't leave any snow on the road, but there was just enough for the boys to make a small snowman.

Snowboys with their carved pumpkin in the background

Domestic Bliss?

Here are the two boys carrying the shopping.  Tyler volunteered to carry it, then I had to listen to Cody complain that he wanted to carry it.  When he finally got to do so, he then complained it was too heavy, so we compromised and I made both boys carry it.

We are big boys now, we can buy our own chips !!

Cody rides the big boy slide

Cody was excited to ride the big slide today.  He was rushing around the park, wanting to be chased by Daddy, and then going down all the slides..

Look out below !!

Easier than I thought

Harvest party Cake

It's been quite a few months since i last baked a cake. I've been giving my other project of the year a little more attention.

But I have been itching to do a chocolate ganache top on a cake for some time and since i recently bought 2 kilos of good chocolate, i figured, it was time and my Harvest party provided the opportunity for it!

The whole decorating process probably took about an hour and it apparently tasted pretty good but i didn't have a piece. Got to work on my ganache finish.

Marble cake with cream cheese raspberry filling and chocolate ganache

School pictures.. decent ones finally!!!

Our kids have been in the "school" environment for many years(5 yrs for Tyler, 2 yrs for Cody) which means they have been thru quite a few of school pictures session. But i've never liked any of the pictures. They are usually quite hideous and have horrible cheesy background. I'm a sucker for such scams, if you can't even convince me.. you got a problem!!

But the last round of school pictures have been released and i have to say, they are pretty good! Maybe because i got to choose non-cheesy backgrounds or maybe because i bribed them with slushy if they show the photographer a "handsome smile".. hehehe....

So, there you go. I think they look pretty good, don't you think?

Such a school book pic!

The photographer had to be good to get that smile!!!

Double miracle!!!

Welcome to the 21st century

After years of endless ridicule by my friends, i finally decided to give the fancy phones a try. So, when iPhone 5 was released, i made my move.

OK fine. IT IS a lot nicer and i love my new phone. And OK fine, i don't know why i took so long to do this!

Alan seemed super excited that his wife is also embracing newer technology and wanted me to remember this moment, hence the picture and the blog entry!

I am actually really using my phone much more, not sure if that's a good thing!! My relationship with Siri is still in limbo and i seriously think she needs her ears cleaned!!

So, without further ado, here's to my new phone!!!

That's me and my fancy phone

Tyler's swim team videos

This semester we were quite pleased to know that Tyler qualified for the school's swim team because he's gone quite a way from a kid who was terrified of sticking his head in the shower to a water loving kid. His confidence in water is truly heart warming for me. But, of course this is only because I'm his mom! hehe..

Anyways, i did ask the teacher what swim team is all and she said, oh they are too young to race, so we just practice strokes. And each time Tyler has "swim team" he's always very happy and he says "I love swim team because i get to swim SOOO much!"

I never got the chance to go watch his practice. So, i was so glad when Alan showed me these videos. Thought i'd share them.

I find it so funny to see him willingly practice doing strokes and he is so proud that he's the only "Little kid" in the team. Check it out, he's so tiny compared to the rest. 

This is free style, but he changed style halfway.. hehe..

Butterfly stroke!!!

Breast stroke