HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!!

Fever

Noah had a fever yesturday of 103. We keep giving him advil and it comes down but as soon as the advil wears off it goes back up. He is home from school today. The fever is down right now and it has been four hours since advil so maybe it has broken!! He is in his jammies and playing lego in his room. I hate it when he is sick. Excpet that he turns into a cuddly boy when he is sick. It is really the only time I get good cuddles these days! I love Noah cuddles!!

Colds

All of the kids are doing this today...and needing me to wipe thier nose every 5 seconds...
I think I will need a lot of this today!!!!

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sens 7- Leafs 2
GO SENS GO!!!

LOST

LOST was awesome last night. To find out what happened last night go here. The preview for the next 2 weeks look amazing. I can't wait!

And,I just want to add...GO SENS GO. Beat those stinky Leafs again tonight!!!!!!!!

Stuff

*the sens won last night...against the leafs...6-2
*we play them again on Thursday
*where has the month of October gone????
*2 months today is Christmas
*Rob started a new job last week...at a company called Lixar
*I am very proud of him for starting a new job! Congratulations Rob!!!
*Grace (daycare) has finaly stopped crying all day long!!
*Emily came home yesterday and said she actually does need a costume for school (she told me last week she only had to wear orange and black). Now we need to come up with a make at home costume (it cannot be store bought)
*Noah has to wear his costume Friday. We also get to go to a school dance with Noah Friday night. He was upset because he did not have a date......Are you kidding me??????
*I found a kids channel during the day that shows Curious George cartoons...it is awesome!
*to date I have knit more then 25 dishclothes and a few other surprises for Christmas
*I love knitting!!!!
*it helps ease my stress
*I have a lot of stress right now
*I am trying not to worry about things...not going so well

that is all for now

Imagine

Girls Night!

Emily and I are going with Dana and Baylie to the Sens game tonight. GIRLS NIGHT!!
We should have a lot of fun!
GO SENS GO!!!

Confused

Last night's episode of Lost was weird and creepy but still really awesome!!!!!! There was a lot of information given last night but it still explained nothing. We are even more confused now then before. But I like that because it leaves us wanting to see next weeks episode!! I LOVE this show.

very proud!

Emily came home from school yesterday with a huge smile on her face. She said she had 2 good things happen to her. First she was happy to find the note I left in her luch bag telling her that I loved her. Right after she read that the teacher handed her a note for us. The note said that she was being nominated for student of the week at her school. Her teacher nominated her for her hard work and that she is always willing to try!! She was so proud of her self and we are very proud of her as well. Many of you know how much she struggled last year so this is a nice change in pace. I can't remember a day she came home last year with a smile or in a good mood. We had a stressful year last year. This year is going much better. She is even going to a workshop at lunch (she went all on her own) to help with her organization skills.
Her name gets put in a ballot box now and once a week they pick a name out to be the student o the week. Once your name goes in it will not come back out until you are picked. She can't wait for her turn to be that student!!!
Good job Emily!!

Weekend

We had a good but very busy weekend. On Friday night we went and helped Steve and Christina start thier move. There new house is very nice and they are very excited to finally be in thier own house!! We didn't get home until midnight so I was pretty tired! (Friday afternoon had been spent cleaning the house because 2 of my daycare kids had head lice...I had to vacum a lot of my house!!!! It is all gone now...thier heads are clear too)
Saturday morning I picked up my Mom and went to pick up some things for my Dad's 60th birthday party. Then we went to the church to set up. My Mom had invited 50 people to this party...and they were all coming!
I went to the mall after this to get Noah some new pants...he is growing so much that none of his pants fit. I was also able to find myself some good stuff. Brown pants, brown cordoroy skirt and an orange fleece sweater. I got Rob a new shirt as well. I came home after this and got everyone ready and then headed to the party. We had a lot of fun. Dad knew that there was gong to be something but not that many people. We also did some speeches...Emily and Noah wrote one themselves and said it. It was pretty cute! Rob was the MC for the evening and was pretty funny!! It was a good night overall but I was exhausted by 9pm and wanted to go to bed!!
On Sunday Rob had to go to Kemptville after church for a band concert. The kids and I did groceries and then came home and they wanted to watch Star Wars...so I put that in and we all snuggled uner a blanket and I had an awesome nap!!! I love Sunday afternoon naps snuggling with my kids!!!
I will post some pictures of my Dad's party when I get some.

AHHHHHHHHHH

I had to scrape the van this morning. I am NOT ready for winter. I even turned the heat on! "sigh". I want summer back!!

Lost

Another new episode tonight!

Happy Birthday Dad!

It is my Dad's 60th birthday today!!!
Dad, I love you very much and I am so glad that you are my Dad!!!!
Happy Birthday
Melissa

Good Turkey

We had a great weekend. Saturday morning we woke up to the phone ringing. It was Peter and Loretta...they invited us out for breakfast. Good meal...good friends!! The rest of the day was spent doing errands..gorceries etc. We had family bible study again that evening...had a good session.
Sunday, we went to church and then to Mom and Dad's for lunch. After lunch we went for a walk in Gatineau Park to see all the beautiful colours. It was fun. Then we came and got the turkey dinner ready...it was DELICIOUS!!! I love turkey dinner. The turkey, stuffing and whipped potatoes.....yummy!!
We had a good game of "Deal or No Deal" the electronic version. A good game for the family. We also watched the Amazing Race. What could be better?
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Being Thankful

It is the time of year to be thankful. I am thankful for so many things. Here are a few:
*Rob, Emily and Noah
*both our extended families
*my parents
*my mother in law
*our friends
*our church
*my job
*Rob's new job
*our home
*that we have food to eat everyday!
*we are all healthy
*both my kids have good teachers this year
*that I have a green thumb!
*that it is Friday before a long weekend!!!!!
*that I can sleep in tomorrow
*I will be thankful that Rob makes it home safely today (he had to fly to New York for work today)

I am sure that I am thankful for more. Maybe I will post more later. Right now I am thankful that all the kids here are sleeping and I am going to knit!!

OUCH

Oh Dear...not good
Leafs 6 - Sens 0
OUCH!!!!!!

First game of the season

Hockey is back!!!! The Ottawa Senators had thier first game of the regular season last night against the
Toronto Maple Leafs. Great game!!!!!! (although we did take some time off from it to watch the awesome premiere of LOST!!!) The Sens won 4-1!!!!!
Go Sens Go!!

funny again

funny

TONIGHT!!

Tonight...9:00pm ...channel 7

Footprints

Footprints in the Sand - The Poem
by Mary Stevenson

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed
he was walking along the beach with the LORD.

Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene he noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand: one belonging
to him, and the other to the LORD.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.

He noticed that many times along the path of
his life there was only one set of footprints.

He also noticed that it happened at the very
lowest and saddest times in his life.

This really bothered him and he
questioned the LORD about it:

"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow
you, you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when
I needed you most you would leave me."

The LORD replied:

"My son, my precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."

Busy Weekend

This weekend was very busy and I feel more tired now then rested. Friday was a really long day. I had a new daycare child start and she is having a little seperation anxiety. She screamed all day (except for her 2 hour nap...thank goodness). It made for a really long day. Then we had a girls night at Jodie's house on Friday night. We ate a lot of food that was not good for us and had some good conversation. We had a lot of fun. On Saturday I will have to admit that Rob and I slept until 10:30 am. It was very nice. Emily had a eye doctors appointment and then we did groceries and other errands.
A new bible study was started at the church for young families. We went to that on Saturday night. I think we are really going to enjoy it.
Sunday was the usual busyiness...plus it was youth night at 4:00 pm. Both kids were singing in Shout. They did a great job.
Now I am watching the Amazing Race and then I am going to bed!! Get myself ready to start another busy week!