PNE

On Friday, August 28th we went to the PNE - finally! I've been to playland plenty of times as a Teen, but never made it to the PNE. We had a great day!
Johnny and the Sprites were there - so that was a hit! We sat right at the front! Nice for the kids to see him in real life!sandcastle contests:character parade (kinda copying D-Land, but not anywhere close the quality, of course)petting area:new piggies:Glad we got there this year!

Second Cousins

Then on our way back home from the Ok., we grabbed KFC and stopped in at my Cousin, Maureen and her hubby, Mark's house for dinner!! It was so nice to see them(you) and meet their newest addition, Isaiah! What a sweetheart!
The boys enjoyed playing with Surrow and Joshua!

Labour Day Weekend

For Labour Day weekend we made our annual trip to the Okanagan to visit Friends: Noah, Katherine, Beth and Ky. We had a great time as usual!


Here's a few shots of our trip (how to narrow it down to only post a few?)...

Sammy playing {with someone else's toys is always fun!}and a walk to the horses of course...These "popping" berries as they were named, were a hit! The kids through them on the road, and stomped on them for a neat little 'pop!' - then when a car was making it's way down the road, a mad-rush to throw as many berries onto the path of the vehicle in order to hear 'pop, pop, pop!' as it drove past!Kelly holding up the "berries":
We went out to Margaret Falls again this year, but not into the Falls like last year - And a stop at DeMills(?) to see the animals and for ice cream of course! and hoping the fireban lifted, we had a quick fire for Sunday lunch: hotdogs and marshmallows/smores!

Muffin Tin Monday

I have more posts to do to catch up on our summer - but since I just posted this on our Live Life to the Full blog - I thought I'd duplicate it here...
Head on over to Live Life to the Full for some great decluttering ideas Alexa is posting!


It's about time I got another MTM meal for my children - Elijah has just begun Grade One and he was/is very enthusiastic about this special meal but Sam and Gabi enjoyed it thoroughly today too! Today's theme was APPLES! I just love this time of year!

I've got an apple tree in my backyard that is beckoning me to come and pick its fruit!

I went into my file of different themes I have from my ECE days and came up with a little "circle" time with these felt board variations:
"Four Red Apples"

"10 Red Apples" fingerplayand "Apple Trouble" by Ragnhild Scamell which we have on CD (love books on CD!)

And here's our muffin tin:apple slices with a caramel to dip in (last week I made a caramel sauce but didn't have time for that today); apple-shaped toast which my children sprinkled on cinnamon/sugar mixture; applesauce with cinnamon sprinkled on top; apple-shaped cheese and farmyard crackers - the apple cookie cutter can easily be used for pumpkin shapes too!

My Daughter is using her "picture" (play camera) to take a picture of the meal like I did!Sprinkling on the cinnamon and sugar - tasty!dipping into the Dulce de lecheDelicious!

For more creative MTM's you have to take a moment to visit Her Cup Overfloweth for other participants!

Have a blessed week!