reminded

i was reminded by scott yesterday and today as he played a song for me over and over again by trace adkins "your going to miss this", that truly i will miss this stage of sophies life. as the tears came rolling down my face during the verse about one kid crying, one kid screaming, i know that as much as i wanted that shirt for her, i know that soon enough theses years will be over. as sophie put herself in time out this morning, i smiled and thought of the good memories this kid is making with us, she is a little on the crazy side, that much is true, but i know that my todays are all i have and those are what i need to hold onto, for sure enough, i'm going to miss this.

kid for sale

as kids, my sister used to have a yellow shirt with a wooden sign on it and a blue bird sitting on the sign. it read "kid for sale". today, i wish i had that shirt for sophie. my dad used to say that he would sell us for a bucket of worms. today, i would take more than that, but i am not too sure how much more!

long weekend

lets see, we started the long weekend with a bang...well shopie did as she found great pleasure being pushed around by her friend tim in her garbage pail.

over the past year we have set aside every (almost) wednesday night and as of late thursday night to enjoy dinner with two dear friends of ours. werdal wednesdays, as they were called, were shared eating food, playing games or watching our favorite shows on tv with tim and c-a. so many good times. unfortunately they are coming to an end as people move and lives carry on. so as one last dinner date was approaching, we decided to hit white rock on friday night (i know it wasn't wednesday or thursday, lets just say that we also had dinner together many other days of the week) for fish and chips and a walk along the dock. then ended with a litte DQ action and a movie. and this was the start of the long weekend.

saturday, scott and i took sophie to cultus lake for the afternoon. as if the water wasn't cold. are you serious. scott and i both admitted to having headaches in our feet...but not sophie. are you kidding me, this kid would not stay out of the water. finally when the shaking and teeth chattering started, we removed her and got her changed to play some more. i can't believe how much this girl enjoyed the water and rocks.

out of the water for a bit to play in the shade and warm clothes. (not too happy about that)

back the waters edge...very serious player

time to get changed and go home.

sunday and monday i worked, but we still enjoyed picnics and walks both days.
what more can i say, pretty good weekend if you ask me.

then the rains came and we were back inside for a bit. rainy day activities this week looked like helping vacuum and picking flowers for me with daddy....well the flowers were supposed to be for me, at least that is what i was told.

riding the vacuum (i know this is the same vacuum that all your moms used too...one day i will get a newer one) and talking on one of her many "phones"

flowers for mom...they smell good

and now...back the usual, and looking forward to holidays in june. yeah.

change

for me, change is not such a good word. i struggle with it, always have, hoping that i won't always have to. change has got to be one of the hardest things for me...when my mom would drop me off at camp for the summer, i knew it was going to be a great time, i had done it for so many summers, but it didn't matter, that aspect of change just rocks me to my core and i would hold onto her for dear life. when i graduated high school, i cried so hard i think i made my sister run in the opposite direction. change comes in all shapes and forms, big and small, and with them all i think the Lord looks down and smiles just a little..i think He thinks change is good for my soul. anyhow, we got a new computer (change), that's my reason for not blogging...i didn't know how to reformat my pictures and i wasn't willing to learn. but last night i embraced this new idea and today...here i am.

i mentioned last week on my facebook status that silence is not always a good thing. you know when you are doing those chores around the house and it is quite and you think, this is a great moment for me to finish the dishes...to make the bed...to just finish this bit of tiding up. you relax just a little cause there is no little person by your legs or running for that object you just told them they were not allow to touch. you think to yourself, wow, it has been a while since i have taken this long of a shower, sure is nice. you think, hmmm, i got those muffins in the oven without a hitch, wonderful. you think, this is great, i got all my dusting done, well done. then you realize that maybe it is just a little too quite, maybe you should really go check on what is going on...but you just need to finish one more little thing, you are only going to be one minute. you then proceed to check on your precious child who is behaving themselves so well...you think. then you realize that before you started to enjoy the fact that you were getting things done, you really should have checked much earlier, much much earlier...i am sure you have all gone through this mental process. and although sometimes when you get there, things aren't that bad, they could have been avoided if only you had listened to that motherly voice in the pit of your stomach that told you, no child is ever that quite and not into something.

oh my darling little sophie. as i type this she is in her crib supposedly having her nap, but do you think she is...nope. just hanging out in there chatting away to herself, that girl has got a lot to say and i guess if you are not finished talking to whomever will listen before you have to go for a nap, you gotta finish it while in the bed.

because of my lack of ability to embrace change, i have lots of pictures from a few weeks ago. there are some of a picnic down at white rock beach after church one sunday. some of sophie and i playing ball outside. some of our rainy day activities. and some with her new little hairdo that i am so excited about, perhaps now, people will know that she is a girl.

good times at white rock beach

sophie and i playing ball...in her new hat and sweater that her nana knit for her.

a few rainy day activites...including snack time at the big table and helping mom bake.

and finally, our new hairdo.

well, that's it for me, i think sophie is sleeping now...but i won't count on it. tonight we are heading to white rock for fish and chips and a walk along the beach...i love the sunshine...scott does too, he is as red as a lobster. yesterday he went kayaking and thought it would be a great time to get the first of the seasons sunshine...and that he did. he is so sore and red he may just cry, perhaps he forgot just how white he really is...was.

as of late

well, lots of adventures lately, just not many pictures.

adventures;

my great uncles 90th birthday
playing on the island with my family
sophie falling in love with morgan the bird
all the students going home for summer time
lessons in knitting from my mom
lunch with friends and all our beautiful children

and tonights adventure...sounds like wrestling...again!

pictures;
sophie after a spaghetti dinner, she is really into shrugging her shoulders.

sophie helping me make the bed...well, she thinks she is helping and that's what counts.