Fun lunch

I'm sad to say that we are still without a camera! We didn't want to buy another cheap one and we have lots of things on our to-buy list. Many of which have to do with the beginning of school year stuff. I wish I could post pictures of our fun lunch.
My kids don't love sandwiches and it frustrates me because it is so easy and cheap. Macy usually eats the middle of the sandwich; I've discovered that she really likes tuna fish but not tuna sandwiches. She prefers it on crackers. So I have been thinking about doing this for years. We got out our set of 101 shapes that I got from Wal Mart many years ago. Each child picked their shapes. Then they chose peanut butter and honey or jam. Brynn chose toast with butter. Fine with me.
I think Joel ate almost two sandwiches. Macy ate nearly a whole one and Brynn had three pieces of toast. Hurray for a good lunch! The only drawback was the crust waste, which might have been why they ate so much sandwich. I refuse to let it be ok to not eat crusts so I helped them find shapes that filled the bread a little better. I got comments such as, "you're such a fun mom," "this is so much fun to eat dinosaurs," and "can we do this everyday?"
There will be a post with some pictures of our time in Spokane coming in a week or so. We used my mom's camera while we were there. I'm just waiting for her to send me the cd of pictures.

Summer travels

Sorry everyone who checks my blog. I've been on the computer for an hour trying to upload photos. Dial-up internet just won't do...
Here's an update and I'll attach photos some other time.
We (the kids and me) left Stan and our current home on the 26 of July. We spent almost a week in southern Alberta visiting family and friends. First stop was Medicine Hat. Spence, Jenn and Kali Torrie were kind enough to invite us to stay with them in their cute little house. They have a large backyard that the kids loved playing in. The next stop was Grassy Lake where we stayed with more Torrie family. I went on a killer bike ride with my sister-in-law. Farm roads=lots of bumps=shakin adult syndrome. My bike does not have shocks. I was riding the same speed as I run. My arms and head were aching by the end. Brynn and Joel spent 3 hours on a baler. Way more than I could do. Go Torrie kids! It must be in your blood.
The next few days were spent in Lethbridge with my good friend Jolynne. the kids were amazing and had so much fun together. We didn't leave the house with them for 2 whole days. They had fun playing house, in their backyard creation, climbling the tree, and jumping on the trampoline. Jolynne and I had fun hanging out, and cleaning and organizing her "suite."
On the first of August we traveled Spokane, Wa, where we will spend nearly the whole month of August.
Life is exciting. Two friends are getting married in the next month or so, kids are in swimming lessons, and we are at grandma and grandpa wright's house!