In the general business that is a weekend totally full of stuff I forgot to mention a VERY important event that occurred this weekend… on the 23rd to be exact! As of October 23rd my husband is 33 years old! We didn’t really do anything to celebrate this weekend – the baptism meant no time for a LAN party or anything, but come middle of November he is having his traditional LAN party – friends, computers and beer.

We woke up today to our first substantial snow fall. With how busy the weekend was and it being a Monday (Ken’s busiest work day of course) we have yet to go out and try it out. The twins are without snow pants currently though I have had a few emails stating interest in some of my items on Kijiji which will offset the cost of their new pieces. I found last year’s costumes and posted those tonight. Who knows maybe some last minute shopper? The plan is to box them up after Halloween and post them next year again. After all they are perfectly usable.

I brought out one of their new items we bought with our funding – rubbing plates – leaves and dinosaurs. It didn’t take them long to catch on to how to rub “naked” crayons on their papers to get the imprints. So while we did not get right back into dinosaurs and Canada we did get some more math sheets done and art projects.

Actually Ken and the boys went out this evening to the Michaels free craft event. There are actually quite a few coming up on Halloween. Without the van he could only take the 3 boys so Trinity and I stayed home with Echo and watched the newest Scooby Doo animation.

I have a few other gifts and purchases to share! Since the maker of these lovely hair bands has her parents living in the same town as my mom we were able to co-ordinate a drop off of this lovely item. I have yet to dress Echo up and take pictures but that is going to happen REALLY soon!!!

And then there were the two gifts Echo received for her baptism. From the den Otters – a Christmas ornament and from her local godparents (Nathan and Ada) – a 2011 calendar made up of some of their favourite pictures of her. Such lovely gifts!!

Little Miss Echo has spent a lot of today sleeping, she wore herself out being sociable at the church and then during our dinner. She actually let herself be passed around and held for quite a large portion of the day! That means today she is a bit clingy and sleepy. She forced me to head to bed rather early last night – not to sleep, just the bedroom. She just couldn’t settle with the noise of the tv and Ted and Ken and snuggling in my lap. So we went to the bedroom early iTouch in hand and she settled right down!

We made a final decision on what our announcement photo is! The image of Echo in her sister’s faerie wings won out. So if anyone is wanting one… I printed off some this past weekend and can mail out to whoever wants them! Let me know!

The rest of our week is pretty well centred here at home, unless we get the van back that is! BUT Ken is going to take the boys out to the Telus Science Centre to get our pass and MAYBE the fort as the weather is starting to become true winter and they are not open in December. Next week is my post delivery follow up (that is going to be a neat trick to get to if we don’t have the van by the weekend) and Wednesday is Echo’s first round of shots. I HATE that but I understand why we need to do it.

Ken got some money for his birthday from his folks so while out at Michaels the boys stopped by at Best Buy. He got himself a new game and the kids a video… which they will watch AFTER tomorrow’s tv ban. The twins decided to whine about doing chores before watching a show the little ones were watching already that I have on the pvr. Word World is back on the request list! Gavin especially has started REALLY getting interested in the idea of reading.

I am already planning on making more flowers and barrettes, and if I can get Ken to stop in at Dollarama I will make some more nylon headbands. After all Halloween is in our sights and then there is Christmas and the gifts we want to give our friends and family. Where has the time gone??