Happy Father's Blog!

Happy Father's Day to all those fathers out there!

What a nice weekend we've had, weather-wise. Not that it wasn't a nice weekend all around, but considering the state of our weather in my last post, it's a HUGE improvement! I think it got to 30 degrees here, even higher. It sure felt like it!

What happened today? Ben and I wrote in our cards (Ben colored in his - he's so creative!) and wrapped our gift for Gord. Then after Daddy finally woke up, we made him open the present so that we could go outside and play - Daddy's sleeping in really puts a cramp in our day! Benjamin played with his sand and water table while I hosed down the kiddie pool and filled it up. Ben was very excited at the prospect of jumping in the big doggie dish (which is, I'm sure, how he saw it!), but I made him come in and cool off a bit and eat a spot of lunch. Then it happened to be naptime, which was good 'cause the water in the pool was very cold. While he napped, Grandma and Grandpa Potter showed up and were eagerly waiting to see him - after all, it's been two weeks! Once he woke up, I changed him into his swim trunks and lathered him in sunscreen and out we went. He LOVES his pool. Daddy even jumped in there with him to cool off, clothes and all! Ben happily splashed in the water for a long time and we took some cute pictures and video.

He ate a good supper, had some ice cream for dessert, and he went to sleep without putting up a fight (not that he usually does, but he'd had a busy day!). Now I'm doing some work that I brought home this weekend (why did I leave public practice again?!?) and Gord is relaxing in the living room.

I've got a busy week ahead of me (hence the need to bring work home with me!) while Gord is bored spitless at school. His last exam is on Tuesday, and after that his marks are due, but he only has this last class to worry about. And then it's on to playing lots and lots of Warcraft until June 30th, when school is officially done.

After that, he and Ben can sit in the pool all day every day!

Wow...it's been a blog.

Well, it's been raining here. Every day, for two weeks. Easily. I'm not exaggerating. It sucks, especially when your son wants to play outside all day. Grrrrrrr.

We bought Ben a sand and water table - it is very cool! It has an umbrella to give the kiddos some shade (or protection from the rain, if necessary). Ben really likes it, even though he's only played with it once (see weather conditions above). I finally bought some OFF for Kids too - to keep those giant Winnipeg mosquitos at bay! He ended up with 4 bites on his forehead during the 30 minutes he was playing at the table!

Benjamin also likes Mommy's flowers! And by "likes" I mean that he "likes" to pull the blossoms off. So they just look like green plants in pots. I'm trying to teach him to smell the flowers, but he licks them instead. What can you expect from a 16-month-old?

I have been struck several times over the last couple of days as to how big Ben has gotten. He was sitting beside me on the couch the other day, eating a slice of watermelon. When did he start to look 15? Man oh man, I'm in trouble! And he was trying to put his own shoes on yesterday after swimming. Sigh. (I'm doing a lot of sighing lately!)

Speaking of swimming, Ben just finished his second round of Aquatots yesterday - and he passed with flying colors! He loves to jump off (well, step off) the side of the pool into my arms. He did this about 25 times yesterday alone! I also completely dunked him under the water and he didn't freak out at all.

What else is he doing now?
Refusing all meat
Insisting on feeding himself everything
He's down to one bottle a day, at bedtime
He knocks on closed doors
Loves to say "hi"
Gets Charlie all riled up by kicking her in the ribs and sitting on her head (????)
Charges at you from across the room
Ben is obsessed by his penis (as are all men!)
He LOVES to dance!

That's it for us! Take care everyone!

Carrie

Looking for a fun blog activity? And have a good laugh?

Here's a fun link that I got from another blogger (thanks Erin!):

Go to google images and search for the following things and link to either the first picture or your favorite. It is hilarious what comes up!

Town where I grew up...

Town where I live now... I've lived here for 10 years and I can honestly say I have never seen these things!

My first name...

Grandma’s first name

My favorite food...

My favorite drink My favorite non-alcholic drink is this...how boring!

Favorite song Any song from this album...do you see a John Travolta theme? (if not, see "my first name")

My favorite smell Nothing beats this!

Not much else new. I'm planning to call IKEA to get the ball rolling on our new kitchen so that it'll be here in time for Gord to assemble and install once July rolls around and he's on holidays! Two months should be enough time, right?

later skaters...

Happy Birthday Mommy! 

Happy Blogday!

Well, today is my 28th birthday! I ended up throwing together a bit of a party for myself - I invited Mom & Dad, Mom Martins, Chris & Sheri, Marla & Mike and Michelle & Eric and the boyz over for a barbecue. Of course, it rained, so we ate barbecued food sitting in the house. And we had a great variety of desserts to pig out on! Yum yum - all of my favorites - homemade ice cream sandwiches, angel food cake with whipped cream and fruit, chunks of fruit with mint whipped cream dip...mmmmmmmmmmm it was tasty (if I do say so myself)!

I scored some good prezzies too - I'm such a lucky girl! The best gifts (notwithstanding my son and my hubby of course!) would be "Footloose" and "Dirty Dancing". These are classics in my opinion. Gord thinks I'm nuts. But he's never even seen "Footloose", so what the heck does he know?

I posted a picture below of Ben a couple of weeks ago, sunnier and mosquito-free, playing in the backyard. And the picture above this post is from tonight, just before bedtime when Ben was snuggly. God I love this kid...

Take care everyone!
Carrie

Smell this! 

Logan James Monachan 

It's a......

boy! Logan James was born at 2:00 this afternoon - 8lbs 6oz with a full head of curly blond hair (comes from both Liz and James, apparently)! Nurses from all over the hospital are coming to check out the hair!

Congratulations new little family! Can't wait to see some pictures!

Baby M comes today! Can't blogging wait!

Liz is going to be induced today! Baby M is almost here! I think I'm as excited as I was with Ben - whoda thunk it?

So just a quick blog to send some positive vibes out east! Here's to a quick and easy labour and delivery Liz and James!