A Tale of a Tail...and the little guy attached.

When I first met Trent I was a softy!

A bug flew in the house, a spider crawled in... and I was all for trapping it and putting it back outside where it "belonged". Now that I have kids... not a chance! All vermin die!

Recently we had an unexpected visitor to our basement, and my desire to maintain my "death to vermin" rule was tested. Mr. Mouse had found a way in, and was living in our workshop. Trent, during a midnight bout of stomach sickness was playing X-box and Mr Mouse decide to go for a stroll out to the laundry room. Failed attempts at catching it by box throwing - not really a very effective way to catch something fast and about 3 inches across - resulted in borrowing a mouse trap from Jerrilyn the next day.

After the dog licked off the peanut butter - narrowly missing getting his tongue trapped - the trap was set in Mr. Mouse's home: the workshop. That night we watched a movie after the kids were asleep. Mr. Mouse decided to pay us a visit - probably smelled the popcorn - and ran out of said workshop. We tried to corner it with no success. Too bad for Mr. Mouse.

If we had cornered it: He would be alive today, outside in the snow, and able to raise a little mousey family. But due to his misunderstanding of our intentions he was not captured alive, and passed during the night as he had less success than our dog in getting the peanut butter off the trap without springing it.

Good bye Mr. Mouse. May you rest in peace.

row row row your boat gently in the kitchen?

bree loves playing with her sister...

Zoe is an amazing helper in keeping Bree entertained. Way to go Zoe!

Lost tooth

Zoe lost her first tooth about two weeks ago (when I lost my camera...) here is a picture of her showing off a beautiful smile!

Bree at play

cuddling on the couch

We the adults thought that two kids cuddling on the couch would be so very sweet an image. Ah so adorable


Except it seems Bree had a different idea and voices her objections.


Hearing no sympathy from mom she turns to tell big sister that this plan ain't all that great!

Found My Camera!!!

Now comes the barrage of pictures! From May 3rd onward, almost two months worth.
Don't worry, I misplaced my camera about 2-3 weeks ago so there are fewer pictures than one would expect, and I am only posting the great ones.

So here goes: Group one. Dillon's grad. These are not of dillon, just of the girls. Boy that was a day! Bree puked in her fancy dress, Trent was sick that weekend, Zoe was sick on the trip there, We got dillon sick as his graduation present. yep good times!

Here bree, after puke, happy and in pj's for the rest of the party.




And then Zoe. Not sick but silly, at least at first.

Lost my camera

so I can't find my camera.

Why does this matter? because if I actually had time to blog, which I am finding I may these days actually have time again... I would want to post pictures of the kids.

But, I can't find my camera.

Sigh.

What has happened that is camera worthy? Zoe has lost a tooth. Bree has 6 (teeth). Bree looks funny eating corn on the cob with her six teeth, she love to eat fruit and is learning how to eat with a spoon. All this makes great pictures.

trent is home, he has a camera, but if he takes the picture I never see it. That's why I got my own camera.

I misplaced it.

have you seen it?