back to school .. 2012

My girls are so ready for grade 6 and 8.  It should be a great year!!!

afternoon outing

Yesterday afternoon I took the girls for an icecream, and afterwards we explored the nearby train cars that are there as museum pieces.  These other items were there as well, and you'd never know it, but right after climbing to the top of the rocks, the heavens let loose and it poured gigantic raindrops so we had to leave.  But it was a nice little outing while it lasted!

 

imprints

I was walking around the store the other day, and noticed this bum print on one of the couches .. it seriously made me laugh.  The material is microfibre, which leaves prints, but who knew we'd actually see a jean laden bum print so vividly.

I'm pretty excited today!  I have been counting down to tomorrow for a month now, and finally its almost here!  I get to see my girlies tomorrow!!  They arrive on an evening flight, so since my sister and I are caravaning to the city (so I can spend Sunday doing some fun things with the girls) we'll do some shopping and enjoy abit of a getaway before school starts and fall sets in.

Speaking of fall .. the temperatures have dropped so much that to me it feels like fall is in the air.  Sad because winters are long enough .. why does summer have to be so short.  I'm reassured by the locals that we'll likely have a hot September yet, but we need the hot swimming temps back, pronto!! :P

coming along nicely

All my plans for redoing, organizing, refurbishing and cleaning up two rooms of the house are coming along quite nicely.  This is Hailey's room, or a corner of it anyway.  I painted her dresser white, added new drawer knobs, got her a cubby shelf with baskets that some of her treasures, makeup, crafts and such will call home, and added a new lamp.  The last touch will be a new comforter in red/black, but that may take time to find.

I think she's going to love the changes to her little sanctuary too!!

day ?

I kinda dropped the ball on my photo a day, which I knew was extremely likely to happen.  I always have such great reasons why I should do something, start it and then forget or get bored with the idea.  In this case, there were a few days where I totally forgot to take a photo, and it would be evening before I realized but then couldn't think of something to scramble up, so I dropped it.   But today I do have a few pictures to share. 

The first being photos of my girls room.  I've been a busy bee trying to organize and arrange my little hoarders room to MY liking.  I hope she likes it too!  Up until now I've just let her toys and stuff live out of the boxes we moved them in, but aside from always keeping her bedroom door closed so I didn't have the constant reminder, I just needed to do something about it.  Best time is when she's gone, or she'll argue the point of keeping something as silly as a gum wrapper.  Hoarder? YUP!

I painted her dresser white instead of the brown, put new hardware on the drawers, purchased a really adorable seatee with storage baskets below and then got her a cubby shelf for more baskets and book space.  I love her room now!  With the gauzy curtains she already had up, it is so bright and cheerful!  AND accentuates her two favourite colours .. sea blue and bright green!

 And on a totally side topic, this table top just came into the store the other day and I love it.  It is glass topped, but how neat to see all the country names formed into the continents they belong on.  I would love to see if I could duplicate something similar for Hailey as she is my little geography freak thanks to her favourite anime, Hetalia.