boo ya' all
" hey mommy!"
the zoo was being set up for "boo at the zoo" amazing! the decorations are awesome! i will go back in a week or so to see what the final product will look like. the above is the walk way into the zoo. beautiful!
nate kept saying to the cougar "hi, kitty, hi" 
i could not get over how beautiful the zoo was. the trees were so incredibly bright and full of color. i tried to capture it with the camera, but you know how that goes...it's always better in person
i also enjoyed having the place to myself! there was NO ONE there! it was the best. i let nate run free, and that he did!
more tree colors
nate found ducks on the path, he was surprised to see them before we got to the duck pond. he quickly got over the shock and chased them
what in tar nation is this animal? anyone? 
nate was a wee bit sceptical about entering the treed area...
he got over that and chased me to the car.
some decor pic's. the poms were a hit
little one's name
more poms
did you expect me to not post a pic of nate? ha. he was climbing in the gift/train table
long shot of the hallway
favours. candy sooks
carla's amazing cake. 2 layered. top was a lemon pound cake. delish! bottom chocolate pound cake. amazing! note the cake topper...the baby's skin color...how amazing is that!
mom to be cutting her masterpiece
mad dash for the grub
the 2 preggo's. shannon (on the right) is due this thurs, stacy in 3 weeks.
voila, chris's hand made walk way stones, we will do more landscaping next year
close up on the hebrew letters
sprinklers for the plash pad!
it was raining, which would explain the mini puddles. long shot of the driveway
another shot of the finished driveway.
one last pic
a friend is due to have her wee one any day now, so i offered to take her little one off her hands friday morning so she can get some desperately need me time before her baby comes. nate and weston had a blast together. they played so well, the morning went very smoothly. first nate stacked the trucks up for weston to play with
nate likes piles and stacking things...
then they rode on their trucks
many laps were done on those trucks
all that truck playing makes one hungry...snack time
then up to the play room, where weston discovered elmo
and the slide, the boys spend a good 10 mins going up and down the slide
hey baby, who you looking at...
" trains mommy, 2 trains!"
the boys were glues to the window waiting for the big trucks to come
already to go
truck arrives
pouring and setting it
almost done
the look of pain, stress, tired and concentration
chris is tossing the different colors (see all the dust...guess where it all went.....)
finished pouring the concrete, now using the roller that chris made, shawn and chris now put the pattern on the concrete
we stamped "as for me and my house" in hebrew, my idea. it's cool. chris found the hebrew words, down loaded it, copied it by hand on to a foam stencil, cut the letters out, poured the concrete on it and set it....see a pattern? i came up with these cool ideas, chris does it...that's team work for ya...ha!
dirty, dust covered boy
large mould for the stones
nate spent most of the afternoon standing in the window, with his boots on saying "help, daddy, help" over and over and over. he wanted to be outside SO bad
almost done
chris in pain..
