Here are some recent pics taken with my brand new Panasonic Lumix camera.
Chester
Chester at 5:30 am on his 3 month birthday!
Monday, January 30
Happy birthday!
Chester turned 21 months today!
Here are some recent pics taken with my brand new Panasonic Lumix camera.
Here are some recent pics taken with my brand new Panasonic Lumix camera.
Sunday, January 29
Kung Hei Fat Choy!
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| Off to Dim Sum to celebrate the Year of the Dragon! |
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| Grandma giving Chester an hóngbāo. |
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| Such a perfect little gentleman right? |
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| Wrong... |
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| Hey kid, it's Year of the Dragon not Year of the Pig! |
Friday, January 6
Wednesday, January 4
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| Yummy homemade shortbread cookies? HA! I spit on you! |
Chester hasn't been eating as much as he normally does as of late. Even worse, he refuses to eat some of his tried and true standbys - french toast, chicken, rice cakes and cheese! He's been a little cheese monster for many months so this turn of events is disconcerting. His molars are coming in so maybe that's the issue. Either way, I found this post which made me feel a bit better:
THE TODDLER DIET
People are always on the lookout for a new diet. The trouble with most diets is that you don't get enough to eat (the starvation diet), you don't get enough variation (the liquid diet) or you go broke (the all-meat diet). Consequently, people tend to cheat on their diets, or quit after 3 days.
Well, now there's the new Toddler Miracle Diet.
Over the years you may have noticed that most two year olds are trim. Now the formula to their success is available to all in this new diet. You may want to consult your doctor before embarking on this diet, otherwise, you may be seeing him afterwards. Good Luck !!!
DAY ONE
Breakfast: One scrambled egg, one piece of toast with grape jelly. Eat two bites of egg, using your fingers; dump the rest on the floor. Take one bite of toast, then smear the jelly over your face and cloth.
Lunch: Four crayons (any color), a handful of potato chips, and a glass of milk (three sips only, then spill the rest).
Dinner: A dry stick, two pennies and a nickel, four sips of flat Sprite.
Bedtime snack: Throw a piece of toast on the kitchen floor.
DAY TWO
Breakfast: Pick up stale toast from kitchen floor and eat it. Drink half bottle of vanilla extract or one vial of vegetable dye.
Lunch: Half tube of "Pulsating Pink" lipstick and a handful of Purina DogChow (any flavor). One ice cube, if desired.
Afternoon snack: Lick an all-day sucker until sticky, take outside, drop in dirt. Retrieve and continue slurping until it is clean again. Then bring inside and drop on rug.
Dinner: A rock or an uncooked bean, which should be thrust up your left nostril. Pour Grape Kool-Aid over mashed potatoes; eat with spoon.
DAY THREE
Breakfast: Two pancakes with plenty of syrup, eat one with fingers, rub in hair. Glass of milk; drink half, stuff other pancake in glass. After breakfast, pick up yesterday's sucker from rug, lick off fuzz, put it on the cushion of best chair.
Lunch: Three matches, peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Spit several bites onto the floor. Pour glass of milk on table and slurp up.
Dinner: Dish of ice cream, handful of potato chips, some red punch. Try to laugh some punch through your nose, if possible.
FINAL DAY
Breakfast: A quarter tube of toothpaste (any flavor), bit of soap, an olive. Pour a glass of milk over bowl of cornflakes, add half a cup of sugar. Once cereal is soggy, drink milk and feed cereal to dog.
Lunch: Eat bread crumbs off kitchen floor and dining room carpet. Find that sucker and finish eating it.
Dinner: Drop pieces of spaghetti onto back of dog, insert meatball into ear. Dump pudding into Kool-Aid and suck up with a straw.
REPEAT DAYS AS NEEDED!
Tuesday, January 3
We had an amazing time over the holiday season in the new house. I cooked up a storm which included a lot of crock pot dishes, not to mention baked goods like banana bread muffins and chocolate chip cookies. Not that Chester enjoyed eating any of them.
Santa brought me a new camera but I haven't set up the software to download pics but will get to it soon hopefully!
Santa brought me a new camera but I haven't set up the software to download pics but will get to it soon hopefully!
Wednesday, December 21
A tree grows in Toronto...
It seems kind of silly to post the stages of decorating a Christmas tree but since it is our first one in the new house, and my first ever live tree, I thought it worthy of attention.
We started late this year as we weren't sure if we were going to be in town or not until almost mid-December. Now, I don't know much about buying trees or ornaments but I do know that the best time to buy this stuff is after Christmas, or very early in the season so you can shop for the best sales. As such, we had neither option open to us. The best price I could find for an artificial Christmas tree was at Sears which was 60% off a pre-lit 6 footer. But at $399 retail it was still going to be $160. We figured since we were going to be in town we could attend to a live one and I found a great deal at Ikea. $20 for a Fraser fir - and it came with a $20 coupon to use in January. Can't beat free right? Even if we don't get around to using the coupon, it's still a great deal.
The first thing we did was string LED lights. I have to say, this was probably the most frustrating part of the process. First of all, because I have no idea how to string lights (we relied on Dr. Google) and more importantly, brushing up against those needles was painful and sticky! Since I couldn't decide on blue or white we went with a combo. I think next year I'm going to stick to just white. Classic and simple. I couldn't decide on a tree topper so we got a silver star as well as a lighted Santa star to sit a little lower. (Tim hasn't bothered to adjust the star yet as you can see.)
Next came the garlands which I found bit hard to manage. I must say, there's a real art to it and I'm nowhere near mastering it! It looks ghastly here but I played around with it until I was happy with the end result (which came much later.)
Next up. A few of my "keepsake" ornaments. Then the filler items.
I approached the task of decorating the tree much like a fashionable woman would dress herself. Take an urban girl's wardrobe. It's all about hi-lo. The high: designer shoes and handbag, a good jacket, combined with the low - maybe a dress from Zara or H&M, necklace from Banana Republic, tights from Old Navy. In the case of both fashion and my foray into tree decorating, it's hard to tell the high from the low.
Snow Owl: $5 at Pier One. Snowman globe: $2.50 (50% off at Sears ) Purple Noel ball.: Two for $5 at Wal-Mart. Mirrored disco ball: Three for $1 at Dollarama. (They had the same ones at Pier One for a lot more.) Blue and silver crisscross ball, snowflakes, silver and white icicles: $20 for a box of assorted Brian Gluckstein decorations (50% off at Sears.)
The tree toppers weren't expensive either. I bought a $22 silver star at Pier One but didn't like it as much as the $2 one I found at Dollarama (shown below). The lighted Santa star was $10 at Canadian Tire. I didn't think I would like it as much as I do.
The Santa (pictured below) was the priciest item. (A whopping $8 at Pier One.) I didn't want to add any red decorations but c'mon! It's Santa.
Furry woodland creature: $6 at Pier One, Glass snowman: $1 - Dollarama, Silver curlicue: $1 at Wal-Mart, Round snowman: $1 - Dollarama
Green and blue butterfly ball: $5 at Pier One, Smaller balls (far left ribbed blue: $1 - Dollarama, middle purple: $3.50 for 10, and far right blue bell: $5 for an assorted box of colours, Canadian Tire).
Handmade wooden snowman from Austria: $7 at Homesense, Gold drum: $1, set of three, Dollarama.
Reindeer and Snowman: $3 each, Canadian Tire
Reindeer (with scarf): $1, Dollarama. And even though I said I was going to eschew anything primarily red. when I saw the Cars ornaments (set of two for $1, Dollarama) I had to grab them. I hung both balls low on the tree which Chester immediately gravitated towards. He's been enjoying pulling them off and playing with them. Thankfully, both are plastic or I wouldn't have got them.
All in all, I think the decoration was a successful first attempt. Especially since I set out to do a hi-lo themed tree, but really ended up with decorations that were all on the "low" side. I'll be sure to look for nicer pieces on sale come Boxing Day. Now, if only I could get Tim to straighten that star!
We started late this year as we weren't sure if we were going to be in town or not until almost mid-December. Now, I don't know much about buying trees or ornaments but I do know that the best time to buy this stuff is after Christmas, or very early in the season so you can shop for the best sales. As such, we had neither option open to us. The best price I could find for an artificial Christmas tree was at Sears which was 60% off a pre-lit 6 footer. But at $399 retail it was still going to be $160. We figured since we were going to be in town we could attend to a live one and I found a great deal at Ikea. $20 for a Fraser fir - and it came with a $20 coupon to use in January. Can't beat free right? Even if we don't get around to using the coupon, it's still a great deal.
The first thing we did was string LED lights. I have to say, this was probably the most frustrating part of the process. First of all, because I have no idea how to string lights (we relied on Dr. Google) and more importantly, brushing up against those needles was painful and sticky! Since I couldn't decide on blue or white we went with a combo. I think next year I'm going to stick to just white. Classic and simple. I couldn't decide on a tree topper so we got a silver star as well as a lighted Santa star to sit a little lower. (Tim hasn't bothered to adjust the star yet as you can see.)
Next came the garlands which I found bit hard to manage. I must say, there's a real art to it and I'm nowhere near mastering it! It looks ghastly here but I played around with it until I was happy with the end result (which came much later.)
Next up. A few of my "keepsake" ornaments. Then the filler items.
I approached the task of decorating the tree much like a fashionable woman would dress herself. Take an urban girl's wardrobe. It's all about hi-lo. The high: designer shoes and handbag, a good jacket, combined with the low - maybe a dress from Zara or H&M, necklace from Banana Republic, tights from Old Navy. In the case of both fashion and my foray into tree decorating, it's hard to tell the high from the low.
Snow Owl: $5 at Pier One. Snowman globe: $2.50 (50% off at Sears ) Purple Noel ball.: Two for $5 at Wal-Mart. Mirrored disco ball: Three for $1 at Dollarama. (They had the same ones at Pier One for a lot more.) Blue and silver crisscross ball, snowflakes, silver and white icicles: $20 for a box of assorted Brian Gluckstein decorations (50% off at Sears.)
The tree toppers weren't expensive either. I bought a $22 silver star at Pier One but didn't like it as much as the $2 one I found at Dollarama (shown below). The lighted Santa star was $10 at Canadian Tire. I didn't think I would like it as much as I do.
The Santa (pictured below) was the priciest item. (A whopping $8 at Pier One.) I didn't want to add any red decorations but c'mon! It's Santa.
Furry woodland creature: $6 at Pier One, Glass snowman: $1 - Dollarama, Silver curlicue: $1 at Wal-Mart, Round snowman: $1 - Dollarama
Green and blue butterfly ball: $5 at Pier One, Smaller balls (far left ribbed blue: $1 - Dollarama, middle purple: $3.50 for 10, and far right blue bell: $5 for an assorted box of colours, Canadian Tire).
Handmade wooden snowman from Austria: $7 at Homesense, Gold drum: $1, set of three, Dollarama.
Reindeer and Snowman: $3 each, Canadian Tire
Reindeer (with scarf): $1, Dollarama. And even though I said I was going to eschew anything primarily red. when I saw the Cars ornaments (set of two for $1, Dollarama) I had to grab them. I hung both balls low on the tree which Chester immediately gravitated towards. He's been enjoying pulling them off and playing with them. Thankfully, both are plastic or I wouldn't have got them.
All in all, I think the decoration was a successful first attempt. Especially since I set out to do a hi-lo themed tree, but really ended up with decorations that were all on the "low" side. I'll be sure to look for nicer pieces on sale come Boxing Day. Now, if only I could get Tim to straighten that star!
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