A Proper Birthday Post

I really only mentioned the kiddos birthday in my last post.
So here is a proper BD one.....
They turned 5 !!!!!! 5!!!!!

Where did those 5 years go?????

They had a party at a local spray park with all their friends the week before I arrived.
My visit was kind of spur of the moment and the party had been planned :-(

But that was okay.... cuz they got 2 celebrations...

The evening before their momma decorated the breakfast table...

 

 

You will notice the paper balloons ----- I took a stance many many years ago to forego balloons and I am glad to say my girls are continuing this tradition.
I made buttermilk pancakes with lots of fruit for breakfast...


Then it was off to Toys R Us and Boston Pizza for lunch....

After such a big meal no one was really hungry for a BIG supper so we settled with Nachos and all the fixins ---- MMMMMMMMM!!!!

Holly stopped at a local bakery and got cupcakes. She got them to put their initials on it.

So it was a terrific day.... I am so happy I got to celebrate this important day.....
Have I mentioned how much I love and miss them .....

Nona's Excellant Alberta Adventure

Has it only been a week????
Yup I've been home a week from 16 days with my girl Holly and my sweet kiddos Miles and Riley.
I'm not one for spilling a lot of personal stuff on my blog ---- I like to keep it fairly light.
However this one time I am going to get a wee bit heavy.
Holly is separated from her husband and he is making life kind of miserable .....
It would be awful if it was just her but it is affecting those two sweet kiddos ---- which is unforgivable.
Sometimes I think it is almost harder having grown up children going through life's difficulties.
When she was 5 I could give her a hug --- wipe her tears --- put a Little Mermaid band aid on it --- give her a kiss --- and send her back out to play.
My tummy is in knots knowing she is dealing with such unnecessary crap
I know my visit helped a bit. We did a lot of talking and I had tons of kiddo cuddles.

Okay now that I have got that out onto the fun stuff.

While there it was birthday #5
They had had a party the weekend before so we had a little celebration at home
Birthday pancakes ....then off to Toys R Us to pick out a couple toys.
Then Boston Pizza for an early lunch.

It was so early there was only one other couple so the kids figured Boston Pizza had closed down for them.
It was a terrific day for everyone.

Of course Canada Day happened.
We walked to a local park that was housing all the activities.

What a great time.
Lots to see and do...

Face painting ....


Hard to wait tho


Kiddos were very patient waiters

                        A
              petting farm

 

 

Train Rides

 

Ice Cream to end the day.

On another day we drove to Bassano --- about a 50 minute drive from Strathmore.
Holly's friend Della is from there and her mom and dad still live there on a farm.

Her mom ,Kelly, fed us all and then we went on a tour of the farm and met Della's horse ,Jessie.

Then it was off to the pool.
The kids had a blast....

And fell asleep on the hot drive home.

There was an ice cream date



We made pizzas.     

 

 

 Played in the backyard. Read stories. Constructed Lego. Watched movies. There were lots of hugs and kisses.

And Holly has adopted two wee kittens. Their momma was attacked by a coyote --- she survived but wasn't able to care for her babies any more. So now Holly has two new babies. Her boys are a bit peeved. Altho her one fella Charlie has taken over the mom role. HILARIOUS!!!!

 Chicken and Rainbow

 

 

It was a great time but as always too fast..

 

Love and miss them .....

 

Three Guesses

I will give you 3 guesses where I will be for the next 16 days .....

 

 

Spending time with my favourite Albertans.

 

 

 

 

 

happy halloween

Hope you all had a ghoulishly spooktacular night.
We were in the Prior (what the locals affectionately call Arnprior Ontario)
I must advise you that this post is very Daphne as a flying unicorn heavy  ---- a Nona perogative

We had a wee chat with the gang in Alberta

 

 

Then it was time to go Trick or Treating

 

Well .. Miss D doesn't really get it yet but she loves putting on those walkin or should I say runnin shoes and go up and down the front side walk

Which is what we did ..... LOVED it!!!

Coming inside was a completely other story ...
HATED it!!

Just look at that face

 

 

But once inside all toasty and warm and the house smelling deliciously like Bapa's pizza all was
better

A piece of pizza and a couple lil chocolate bars its was time for bed

 

 

Unfortunately there were only 5 little T and Treaters

Oh well there are lots of treats leftover.

I think Will may be taking a few for his lunches this week :-)

Once Miss D was in bed we "played" a new board game ----Settlers of Catan
I think once we get the hang of it it will be a lot of fun..
Drank too many apple martinis and stayed up a little late.
But as usual it was a fun night

And today is Will's birthday so we had a coffee and homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast.
HB and I left soon after breakfast.
Got a dinner party to rest up for...