If only everything was as fun as rollerderby..

If you want a super fun night that's tons more exciting and cheaper than dinner at that swanky restaurant..... you GOTTA go see Rollerderby. Very few times have I had a blast for $10.. and that 3 hours was a blast. It's rare to find entertainment that can keep both my husband and I interested. This is where Rollerderby is special. It combines that sporty thing guys need and the empowering feminist thing that women need. I am now the proud owner of a Slaughter Daughters T-shirt and I'm already planning our next derby night.

In fact a group of us girls is going to see Drew Barrymore's movie all about Rollerderby. If you haven't heard it's called Whip It starring Ellen Page. I can't wait to see it and if you want to learn more about Rollerderby Whip It is a good place to begin.

saunders farm

Tomorrow I'm taking E to her first school Field trip. I know I'm more excited than she is but she's excited too. We're going to Saunders Farm. If you living in Canada's capital I recommend it. It's best for kids who are walking and tricky for those of us who still push strollers around where ever we go. Tomorrow it's just me and E. For more Saunders info click the link:)

puddles

I just wanted to post this because they are having such a bloody good time. After spending too much time inside this summer, we've decided we won't let the rain keep us in this fall. So here we are this week in the rain at the Agriculture Museum finding puddles and (in J's case) growling at cows.

playing with letters

I have been playing again on alphabetphotography.com hee hee hee!

These people have that creative magic. It's fun to write out names and see what comes up and it's beautiful to look at the designs and inspirational messages they have pre-packaged. I'm dreaming about a big "Welcome" framed at my front door.

waffles...mmmmmmmmmm...

I found this recipe on Waffle-recipe.com and have been wanting to post about amazing waffles for some time. I decided though to keep them to myself until we'd tested the recipe out a couple times. Well.. we've been having waffles most Sunday mornings now for a month.. and I can tell you this recipe will work and will be great. Yum!

robots

If you know anything about my superheroes you know we have many costumes here for Halloween, many. But J loves robots and that's a costume I don't have.. yet. Ahhhh... but now that I've seen this post over at the Filth Wizardry blog, I think J will have that robot costume sooner than I had thought!

Since J started to talk, it's mostly been about robots. He likes to take people on tours of his room so he can show everyone his robots. (Here are a few) He points at each and says very clearly 'another robot here - another robot here - another robot here' and if you are not captivated he will often add a 'lookit' and add in some more pointing.

I can't wait to see the look on his face when he sees himself as a robot.

eewww! there is a spider in my soap!

I love to craft. I have at times been big into stained glass, pottery, painting and other things. What I love the most about crafting though is the magic of making something with my hands, that is both practical and beautiful- whatever that medium may be.

When kids came along, it became quite tricky to turn on my pottery wheel and stick my fingers in mud or turn the soldering iron on and melt metal onto glass. It became far easier to immerse myself in the every day hustle and bustle of taking care of and cleaning up after babies.

Now that the kids are old enough I need back in. I've been jonesing for some good craft and I'm gonna get me some. But it can't be just any craft. I'm not just going to Michaels and spending $40 on stuff that has no purpose and only takes 2 minutes.. I still crave those practical and beautiful things... so here's the toddler version of my Tiffany lamp.. here is my latest Halloween craft craving!

A big thanks to HGTV for giving me my next fix! Click the link for the tutorial.

potty training

J is 22 months old. Is it bad that I haven't even considered potty training till about 5 minutes ago? With E I pushed too hard and probably started too young and I'm not interested in making that mistake again.. so I've been putting it off. That is until 5 minutes ago. That's when I discovered the strangest potty training thing I've ever seen. How fun is this! Target please come to Canada I need this.