More Swimming

Another day of swimming at Grandma's. 

Mylee is now used to the water and really enjoys the independence it brings to her.  Think I might be a little scared when she goes out to get her licence in 11 years.

And of course my water baby.  No matter what temperature the water is, Kiya seems to dive right in for a little while.

Embracing My Inner Teenager

Sunday July 28th was a day that I could let loose, forget the worries of being mom, wife, friend what have you and just be a kid again.  Yep that's right, I was one of many who got to attend the 2nd "The Package Tour" concert.  Though I am not a giddy little screamer like so many are I really enjoy live music, there is something about it that makes your heart pump faster, your energy level rise and well you get to jump around like a kid screaming and yelling with a bunch of other people doing the exact same thing. 

Things I learned from this adventure:
1. Women are not very nice to each other.  The horrible looks I received as to how I was dressed or maybe it was my sparkling personality, but holy cow the statement "if looks could kill" was an understatement.  We sat in seats on the floor and there were a couple people in our row who were just plain miserable.  The people behind us were more chipper and fun so we chatted and danced with them.

2.  Do not wear heels to a concert if you need to walk a couple city blocks in them.  Granted, the pants I was wearing were too long for regular flats, by the end of the concert I was walking in downtown Toronto with no shoes on. 

3.  When Boys2Men come back to Casino Rama, I am definitely getting tickets! In my opinion they were the best part of the show, granted I am not a huge New Kids fan.

4. To cheer on the Boston Bruins logo in the ACC is really, really naughty.

I did have an amazing time and would do it again in a second. Seats on the floor are totally worth the money they cost.  Though I could have done without seeing 98 degrees, I was really disappointed with them.

What is that?

So after a busy Saturday evening, we were cleaning out the fridge of leftovers and goodies and we found an interesting thing.  Karyn brought it for mom to try and we had our own little adventure trying to figure it out. 

There were a stacked pile of these in a netting in the fridge.  So our first question was "what is that?"

Our answer, thanks to google and Wikipedia is a RAMBUTAN.  Please don't ask me to pronounce that because I wouldn't know where to start.  

Second question was "how do we eat it?"  And this is where it got fun, and messy.  The key to "peeling" this fruit is to find the seam, squeeze to pop it open and then slide out the fruit inside.  It is a opaque clear fruit that is quite juicy and has a seed in the middle that you can't eat.  Someone told me it was like a lychee but I couldn't tell you, my lychee comes in a can.

Well this rambutan fruit was enjoyed by all of us, and I highly recommend it.  Next lesson though, how to pick the good ones at the store. 

Sometimes We Have Just Had Enough

Darryl, Mylee and I went on an adventure the other day as Mylee was feeling a little left out amongst the cousins.  She is the youngest on her Dad's side and the others have at least a 4 year gap above her so including her in activities is difficult.  So I had to run out to get something and decided to take her with me. 

Off to Sally Beauty supply we went.  Mylee is always excited to visit here because she gets to pick out a lipstick for herself and well....I go for the nail polish and nail accessories.  This adventure I was looking for one specific colour and didn't find it but did find a couple others....oops.

I try to include Mylee in all our activites but finding mutual fun for both girls is getting harder and harder.  Kiya is growing up into the hormonal age of "I just hate the world" and Mylee still wants to have fun and run around.  So I am now trying to spend some quality time with each girl separately, they are both so special and offer so much enjoyment in their own way. And in moments like this day it was hard to watch Mylee be upset, because really I understand both worlds.

So I snapped a quick picture of her driving Daddy's car as he had a work call to take care of outside the building (car is off, she is just sitting in the seat).

As you can see she is quite happy to be her cheeky little self!

Two Things a Woman Needs

...well in my opinion anyway. Or maybe I should change that to mother, I'll let you be the judge. 

I truly believe that if I had a really good oven and a sewing machine I would be all set.  I have come to learn how to sew, and it is a big difference from the first time when I put a front pant leg and a back pant leg together and tried to put them on.  Yep I am just that good =). 

I am also addicted to Pinterest and love some of the ideas that people come up with.  My mom sewed something for my sister and I liked it and wanted to copy it for Mylee but never had a sewing machine to do it.  Well last year for my birthday Darryl bought me one and it has been siting in the box for quite a while.  His mom was using it more than me.  So I decided to try something new, pillow case dresses. 

Such an easy project, or so I thought, next time I really much read the instructions more carefully before I try something.  I had to run out last minute for bias tape to finish the dresses.  But I must say they came out pretty good. 

This is Mylee's, I have misplaced the picture of Kiya's but it is somewhere.  My girl's wear them as nightgowns and I figure it cost me about $5 to make both.  Plus you can get pillowcases everywhere now.  I am so lucky my girls let me experiment.  Onto the next adventure....Pinterest here I come =)

Obsession

I have come to conclude that every woman collects something, something to do with fashion, be it accessories, earrings or other types of jewelry, shoes, purses, what have you.  I am one of these women, though I can tell you that my obsession takes up far less room, but an entire shelf in the bathroom closet. 

Hi my name is Shannon and I am addicted to nail polish.  At current count the girls and I own 95 bottles of nail polish as well as several different nail accessories, including but not limited to stickers, sparkles, and gems. 

Do we have a problem?  Maybe, or maybe it is the easiest way to teach the girls to take care of themselves.  We sit and do manicures for each other and get very creative when it comes to the polish.  Right now the girls have polka dots on their nails and it is quite cutesy. 

So yes I am a nail polish addict but I wouldn't have it any other way.  Besides there are more colours to get still!!!