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beachin

wanna join us at the beach?


*warning this post and the others are a wicked photo over load!
moments in the vacay, the boys find the bed

peeking through the many rocks and such
boo
rock climbing and jumping was done
chris *gasp* went for a walk along the beach (then promptly went back to bed)
the cottage that we rented
ok. the summer house we rented
which was fully loaded. there was no "roughing it" done
we ate well (thanks dad!)
drank boat loads of coffee (thanks again dad!)
rested. walked and had a fabo time
the above pic was taken from this spot. the cottage was on the beach. at the most beautiful part of the island. i took the shot of the house, then turned around and snapped the beach shot. it was divine!
nate and nana i can just imagine what stories nate was telling
taking another stroll with nana
see those tiny, black spots at the top of the cliff? that would be shawn and quinn. nate had to join them...
see that tiny spot 1/2 way up the cliff? that would be nate
this would be shawn "helping" the boys down the hill
shawn is so helpful
he was still in "cop mode"
(shawn joined us a few days in the trip and left with chris a day early to get back to work)
nate spending some time with his "sister charlotte grace"
i give up trying to tell him that she is NOT his sister
we locked the boys out
we wanted quiet
who's afraid of the water? not nate. he got right on in (with rubber boots)
not that the boots helped much
hehe
"i love this place"
the rents
then we danced to some rocking veggie tales
and nana read some books
while chris and i enjoyed the crashing waves from the deck
it was beautiful
and dad joined us and i had someone other than me take my pic
a new day. nate again played and talked to his sister charlotte grace
then she smiled for me. i know the pic is under exposed but hey! she's a cutie! those blue eyes! that smile! me heart!
the boys were running machines. they ran. and ran. and ran. i call them running boys!
we let them run like this for 10 mins straight. then then went home and crashed for 2 hrs. wonder why? haha
in action
the best night evah. cry and i took off to "victoria by the sea" and watched a live stage play. it was simply amazing. there is much loss in the art of live drama. we enjoyed ourselves immensely. worth. ever. penny
we were also the youngest ppl there....by 50 yrs...haha
we saw "mesa" it was great. if you have the chance, next time you go to the island. check this play house out. i have enjoyed it every time! again, it's totally worth the $$$
then we took off to cavendish, for the local tourist trap. where we spent 1.68 in total. we had nate *gasp* RUN and RUN and RUN :)
picture posing boys
it took 5 mins to get them to stand still
haha
quinn
more cuteness
naters
sitting on the cow at cows. ha
no. i did not buy any ice cream. shocking ain't it
i will not pay 5 bucks for 1 scoop. refuse!
instead we ran more laps at the board walk
running boy
check out the face of delight
"see that cow mommy? that cow is on the roof. why?"
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pei

ohhh windmills
is it sad that we actually hunted them down...and visited twice? not for nate but for chris
i remained in the van, unimpressed
honestly, you see 1 windmill, you've seen them all!
rock on round bails!
who needs disney when you have a field of ROUND BAILS?
nate loved them. he would shout when he spotted one. so being great parents we stopped and put him on one
again, i remained in the van
then we drove by a tractor store. we stopped and asked if nate could climb on one. then the employee came out and let nate drive one! and he did. all by himself. i took 20 pics of him driving the thing all over the fields but i will spare you's those shots!

driving all by himself
my 2 lobsters
"yeah! lobsters!"
wanna buy a boy?
cool shot i took with my click and snap camera...who needs a thousand(s) $$$$ camera??? *cough* chris
another day, another stroll
me and my baby
smiling at her aunty
the last walk on the beach before we left. sniff
nate saw me in the cliffs and ran for me
nothing like seeing your son run with excitement to see you
i adore him
nana and popa slowlyyyyyy making their way

and that was that. we had a great time away. i loved every second of my beach holiday. i want to go back next year!
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so innocent

what?? i didn't do nothing. just sitting here...sitting quietly...oh those chairs must have flipped over by them selves....somehow....
hee hee
jumping boy
whee!
what to do with a boy, when it's raining? haha
what a day! so far this morning i
-worked out
-baked a doz cupcakes then iced them
-made a pan of squares
-collected/cleaned out the cupboards for the food bank at the church
-did 3 loads of laundry, including bed sheets, folded and put them away
-made lunch
-prepped tonight's lesson for the church (it's not done yet)
-packed nate's bag for next week
-read 10 books to nate
-answered all my emails
-drank 4 cups of coffee
haha
it's been a busy morning!
this will most likely be my last blog for a bit. we are taking off on a mini-vacay!
so have a great week everyone!
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is it a sasquatch?
nope, just a running nate
"i am in the jungle"
"daddy said, no touch the mushrooms. look mommy at all those mushrooms"
"i am fishing for supper tonight"
what a day. i wish i could have recorded nate today. he was SO funny. he also would not. shut. up. all. day. long he talked!
here are a few
"mommy, what are you doing?"
"i am making supper"
"oh thank you mommy for making my supper. that is so kind of you"
then
"mommy, i love you. you are a very good mommy"
and
"mommy, why can't i jump into the water?"
"bec you will be wet and dirty and smelly"
"mommy, that would be TRAGIC"
haha. tragic??
he is such a chatter box today!
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the birdhouse

while i was baking (before the rain) nate went to get food for the birds, he was quite upset that there were no birds yet, so he raided my baking cupboard and filled the bird house with choc chips, cranberries, raisins, peanuts and walnuts....
then he insisted i hang it up so the birds will "see it and come"
funny boy
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the story of 2 zucchinis

there once was 2 zuc's, who were buddies. they grew up together, played together and left their home a.k.a jess's garden to come to their new home...where they died together. ha

seriously. what does one do with 2 redic HUGE, over grown zuc's???

how does one bake with them??? having NEVER baked with zuc's before i was intrigued and set out to figure it out

so i tried to mash a zuc with a hand blender thingy
utter disaster!
then i tried the good ol' blender! nothing but a mashy/water mess it was!
hand blander? the old fashioned way???
SUCCESS!
it took me an HOUR to mash ONE zucchini!
what in the world will i do with the second??? i don't like cooked zuc! chris is tired of them!!! anyone!?
so i played around with recipes. some new. some old
top 2- zuc, cranberry/yogurt bread! wonderful-good!
bottom 2- zuc choc chip! divineness!
then i created
back left- zuc, oatmeal
middle back - zuc brownie!
2 loafs of zuc, walnut/raisin bread
right tray- choc zuc, yogurt chip...with a lemon glaze icing...these are sensational! SOOO good!

i am exaused! i have had a busy day!
and i STILL have 1 zuc left! any takers????

p.s each cookie has less than 100 calories :)
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