Ciao February
Mar. 1st | Posted by Nicky
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I know it’s a short month, but it just seemed to fly by. There wasn’t enough time in the day for anything – many of the committments I had got bumped for others. I’m sort of doing a half-job of almost everything.
When’s the last time I baked bread? Last week? I usually bake bread ever day or two. (I know, I know; play my little violin.)
But March is here and slowly stuff is being ticked off the to-do list. One part of one of my contracts (a big milestone) is done. The other contract is centred around March, so when this month blows by, I’ll pick up all the other pieces. In the meanwhile, the girls are doing well and going with the flow, as usual. Jrock and I haven’t seen as much of each other, but they’ve got more face-time with him, two-on-one, which is showing in their relationship. (A bad example, but when I pinched Sugar’s chin in her bike helmet strap yesterday, she started crying for Daddy immediately. Poor little tyke. She had a little blood blister to show for it.)
One thing I’ve learned in the last couple of years is that I (now) do better with a slower pace – time for biking and baking and puttering. Deep breath – next month I’ll get my balance back. And we will take a weekend away later this coming month, which will be our first vacation as a family. Totally looking forward to that!
Some residual non-posted tid-bits from February. Enjoy! [click the pic 2x to see it bigger and bigger]
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- Tea party
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- Sugar on a sick day.
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- Warm and cozy at the back of the stove.
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- Spice helping bake Daddy’s birthday cake.
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- Sugar helping Daddy blow out the candles.
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- Our crazy Superbowl / Jrock’s Birthday Party. The children are blurs.
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- The only pic of me and I’m stuffing my face. Sigh.
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- Friends and our rug rats – off to the park.
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- Sugar, Z and Spice.
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- Reading while Mommy does research at the same table.
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- Sugar “pretending” to be Spice’s baby. There’s a lot of imagining around here.
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- Sugar and the girls’ Xmas gift from Santa.
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- Going through their goody bags from a party.
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- Sugar rooting for her Daddy.
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- Spice kept throwing him jujubes over the glass.
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- The proudest Daddy on the team.
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- A convention under their “nap quilt”s.
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- Off to dance class with snack in hand.
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- At the playground by the hospital.
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- The very beginning of spring – warm but not green yet.
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- Counting “moons” until Gramma and Grandpa arrive for their March visit.
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- I wasn’t joking about the spicy food.
You have a cat???!!! How did I miss that? I knew about the dogs, but that’s a pretty cute (and cozy) looking cat, too.
Whenever you post about the girls’ predilection for spicy food, I’m astonished – I like mild (medium at most) spiciness, at best, and can hardly believe that two little things like your girls could love things that spicy! Wow.
Ruth
Two cats!
that’s Vega – she’s a love.
And we also have Haatim… he and Laughlin have a hate/hate relationship. Quite rocky. However, Haatim has a crush on Maggie and sleeps with her all day.
Our Haatim: http://rowanfamilytree.com/2008/09/17/cheeky-haatim/
You make bread every day or two?! Seriously woman! Do you sleep??? Between the hair and the bread, how the heck do you have time to eat???
Love the pics! Especially the one of “baby” Sugar…too cute
Mary
Mary – I have a bread secret!
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking!
In my bookstore: http://astore.amazon.ca/rowfamtre-20/detail/0312362919
love 5 minute a day bread!! so good! we did no kneed bread with a sourdough starter we made from pineapple juice and spelt flour…makes the best sourdough EVER!! http://www.breadtopia.com
I too am a slow paced, bake and have tea, kinda mama. I get through the crazy busy times but sooo prefer the chill times! (although, really, with little ones how chill can it be?! lol)