151/365 Chocolate Milk

Chocolate milk goes with an afternoon of baking. And wasn't it a perfect day to have the oven on - it was cold out there.  It started with pizza buns which were a tad too spicy for Norah. And chocolate chip cookies followed making the perfect munch to go along with a strategy game with Uncle Harold.

150/365 It's Broken

Eva hurt her thumb while goal tending at soccer on Monday evening. When it was still swollen and sore this morning, we decided it needed an xray.
Broken!
Nothing major but this leftie won't be writing or drawing for a couple of weeks at least. And soccer season ended early. She is pretty upbeat about it all though.

149/365 Bikes.

Bike riding is such a memorable part of summer. I love that there are lots of safe trails right beside our new house. The girls can be out there riding and I can be at the kitchen sink watching them. Or out on the deck with a tall glass of lemonade, which is more preferable. :)

148/365 Happiness!

Someone had a pretty good seat at Eva's soccer game tonight. Not that she watched any of the game though. She was occupied looking at all the photos on the back of Grandma's camera and most of them were of her. She loves to flip thru them all over and over again.

147/365 Flox

The garden is starting to come alive.
I have had to do a lot of weeding since the soil hauled in last September had lots of quack grass seeds in it. Bark mulch, I have discovered, needs to be turned and fluffed to look decent after being covered in snow. And we have a lot of bark mulch in this back yard.  However, I am enjoying every minute of it! About 75% done.

146/365 Good Times

Dear friends, good food, wonderful weather and a martini make for a great Saturday evening.

145/365 Loved

My Sweetheart not only came home early today, he brought these for me.
Feeling loved.

144/365 Painting

Norah painted this at school yesterday. I love it! I especially love the detail of the tree. 
I kept asking her if someone did the ink and she just painted it but she said no, she drew the whole thing and then painted it in. Eva has been teaching her how to outline her flowers and then paint them in this week so I guess she has caught on. 
I asked her to tell me what the painting was all about. "Oh, it is just a painting" then she was out the door to ride her bike and play. 
I plan to get this girl painting a whole lot more because this is going on my wall. With permission she let me put it in a matting and place it on the hall table.

143/365 Sleepover

We have had the girls since Monday and I am thankful when Grandpa walks in the door from work at the end of the day. It has been busy but fun. Tomorrow we will send them home filled with good food and lots of fun memories. I have played enough Scum for a couple of months.
Here they are on the couch, Norah reading our bird book and Eva writing secret codes ~ we are into Nancy Drew these days and are half way thru a book together.

142/365 Bike Ride Fun

The girls had their bicycles out this evening for the first time this year. Eva is learning to ride with out her training wheels. Grandma and Grandpa have learned they don't run so well anymore.

141/365 Commando Dad

Less than four weeks until our sixth grand baby arrives! Time to capture some silly belly photos at sunset in the Swale.
Some beautiful ones to follow on the FB page.

140/365 Family

Ten if 14 of us were together this Victoria Day weekend for good times around the fire pit, meals and fellowship around the table including cards and board games.  A beautiful weekend and lots of fun and outdoor activities in the new yard.  Now we wait for the arrival of baby Cortens (#15) in a few weeks.

139/365 Breakfast on the Deck

Feeling blessed.

138/365 Banana Bread

I had a hankering for banana bread today and I also had some bananas in the freezer long overdo for being used up. I also have a gang here this weekend.
So I baked.

137/365 Lauren

Grad season has arrived and I love it. All these beautiful, handsome and full of life graduates inspire me.

136/365 Pure Happiness

135/365 Banana Blueberry Smoothie

A Banana blueberry smoothie and a game of 31 on the deck after a 2 km walk in the swale. A perfect morning.

134/365 S'mores

S'mores on a warm almost summer evening. This is what summer on the prairies is all about.

133/365 Mother's Day

Celebrating Mother's Day in the back yard with water gun fights, hamburgers on the fire pit, smore's and home made gifts. A perfect evening!

132/365 Dutch Growers

Today we took the girls to Dutch Growers to make a beautiful potted plant for Mom. They decorated their pot and then were shown how to plant their three plants and care for them. I was impressed with the staff at Dutch Growers. We will do this again.

131/365 Walk With Grandma

All set to head out on a walk with Grandma this morning.

130/365 Bird Watching

Norah and I took a long walk in the Swale today  - Norah with her binoculars and me with my camera.

129/365 A Duck out of Water

128/365 Spring Repairs

New construction settling means the driveway needs a little TLC.

127/365 Concentration

First game of the season this evening. 

126/365 Prairie Crocus

The delicate prairie crocus are up everywhere in the swale and they are delightful.

125/365 Canada Goose

I like this perspective of this goose. He was just coming out of the water and has lots of water droplets on him.

124/365 May the Fourth Be With You

I walked Princess Leia to school this morning. :)

123/365 Hole in One

She did it again! Grandma/Grand daughter date today and we went miniature golfing. Norah got another hole in one this time on the sixth hole. Uncle Harold joined us for the round too.

122/365 Bunny

Isn't he so sweet? He looks so well fed!  He was in the back yard early one morning eating grass.
He won't be so cute when my Hosta peek thru and he starts eating them! Then it is game over buddy!

121/365 Grandma's Chair

Someone likes my office chair.