Photo of the Day October 5th

I started my day with a lovely surprise this morning... when Chris got off work at 7am he chose to stay up instead of coming straight to bed so he could get Sophie up and make her breakfast while I caught a few extra minutes of sleep. To make it even nicer, I awoke to the smell of the coffee already made and six beautiful autumnal roses in a vase on the counter - you would almost think it was our anniversary or my birthday or something!

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On a different note my attempt to turn over a new, healthier leaf is progressing well and I'm very pleased to say I'm only 3lbs away from my first major goal. I think I may have overdone it today though... I attended my first Body Pump class at Goodlife this morning and my legs feel like they're in danger of giving way at any minute as a result. Normally I wouldn't be too concerned, but I've got my NIA class this evening - it might not have been such a good idea to plan both on the same day! Keep your fingers crossed that I don't collapse in the middle of my NIA routine tonight, okay?

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Photo of the Day October 4th

With two projects on the front burner today, I found myself with little time away from the computer. As the co-editor for the Tecumseh P.S. newsletter, the day before the new issue is sent home is always my busiest... formatting articles, adding graphics, and trying to piece together the 40+ articles, ads, and photos into a cohesive 12 page format. The end result looks quite good if I do say so myself, and I'm looking forward to seeing the "paper version" show up in Sophie's backpack tomorrow. To pull myself away from the computer occasionally I focussed on my other "to do" for the day, finishing the current selection for my book club which meets tonight. We're reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (yes, you read that right), so it had my head swimming a bit... alternating my mind between soccer practice and marauding zombies, back-to-school BBQ's and Regency-era England isn't easy you know! I do hope I haven't accidentally thrown some information about how to fight an impending zombie apocalypse into an article about packing litterless lunches...

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Photo of the Day October 3rd

Sprinkles, ready to find their home on a cupcake

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Saturday... our crazy day has come and gone again, full of trips to the farmer's market and grocery store, a workout at Goodlife, Sophie's dance/gymnastics class at the Little Gym, and cooking. The farmer's market this morning held an extra little surprise for Sophie when I dropped her off with "The Treat Ladies" for a cupcake decorating class while I picked up some of our veggies. The Treat Ladies have a wonderful little stall at the farmer's market with a glass display case full of amazing goodies, and a table all set up for kids to colour and take part in their cupcake & cookie decorating mini-classes. Sophie loves it, and I love the fact I can get at least a portion of our shopping done and out to the car while she's absorbed in chocolate sprinkles and crayons. She's already asked if she can go back next week to decorate something else, and I have the feeling this may just become part of our busy Saturday from now on!

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Photo of the Day October 2nd

When we got together with Chris's family for dinner to celebrate his birthday last week, Sophie asked her cousin Courtney if they could "schedule a play date" (yes, those were Sophie's actual words) at the Children's Museum, and Courtney said yes. Today was the big day, so shortly after lunch Chris took them both down to the museum for an afternoon of fun. The London Regional Children's Museum is a great place for kids to discover new things, play and learn, and is our default go-to spot on rainy days when we're feeling cabin fever from being stuck inside. Sophie and Courtney had a blast, and were all smiles when I picked them up a couple of hours later... apparently while they were there Sophie scheduled another play date with Courtney, this time at KidScape... I may have to buy her an appointment book of her own if this keeps up!

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Photo of the Day October 1st

Ten months into my photo-of-the-day project, and still going strong! When I started this project I wasn't sure I would be able to keep up with posting, and while there have been several times I've fallen a few days behind I'm pleased that ten months in it's still mostly on track. So now the question becomes what to do on January 1st 2010? Will the project continue past it's one-year anniversary? I've enjoyed writing these posts and love sharing a "snapshot" of our daily lives with our loved ones near & far. It's sort of an online (albeit sometimes mundane) scrapbook, and I would absolutely love for Sophie to be able to look back on the year she turned four and see what her world looked like, long after she's probably forgotten most of it. So, what to do? Feel free to weigh in on my internal debate by leaving a comment if you want!

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Photo of the Day September 30th

Sophie and I came home from the gym this afternoon to the wonderful smell of onions, chilies and coriander because Chris surprised us by getting up early (he had worked until 7am) and starting work on dinner. Cheese enchiladas in green sauce... one of the meals we prepare that show me just how much my tastes have changed since Chris and I married. I was never a "spicy food eater", shying away from hot foods and rarely using anything spicier than black peppercorns to give a kick to my meals. Chris, on the other hand, loves hot peppers of all kinds and has kept an ongoing rotation of different hot sauces marching through our fridge for years. The idea of buying cheese with hot peppers in it (pepper jack??? what???) never occurred to me, and some of the dishes he prepared for me when we first met brought tears to my eyes... I was practically unable to eat them. Now, I'm the one buying pepper jack cheese from the market, and adding jalapeños to our chili, and growing hot peppers in our little front porch garden. Times, they are a changin'!

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Photo of the Day September 29th

The forecast for the rest of the week calls for rain, so we made a point of getting out of the house for some playground time this afternoon. It's nice that Tecumseh P.S. is so close because shortly after the "big kids" get out of school we can head down the street and play at the school's playground. We've even met up with some of Sophie's classmates, which is a lot of fun for her ("Look! It's my friend!!!" she'll cry as soon as she sees someone she knows...) I have the feeling this will be one of our few playground trips this week, so we did lots and lots of climbing and running to help combat my anticipated "cabin fever".

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