This Halloween was perfect. We started the evening off at one of Poppy’s best friends houses where we gathered with friends new and old. After a few drinks and a hearty dinner we headed out for a little trick-or-treating! My heart was bursting watching my little flamingo run up to the doors shouting “Trick-or-treat “and “HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!” with her little crew of friends. I didn’t take a ton of pics because I wanted to enjoy the moment….I now wish I had a few more but these will have to do.

This past week was filled with birthday celebrations. First on the weekend, Danie and I enjoyed our first surprise party ever!!! and I can honestly say it WAS a surprise! Neither of us had a clue what we were walking into. We thought we were going out for dinner and had accidentally walked in on someone’s party…super awkward at first and then all of the faces looking back at us started to look familiar. A huge thank you to Michelle for the love and thought that you put into this and to everyone else that helped  make it happen. We still can’t believe you pulled this off! We love you! Well done. As if the party wasn’t enough, on the night of our actual birthday we were the lucky recipients of one of the best bbq dinners that have ever hit our mouths. Thank you Tara and Chris – the mac ‘n’ cheese and ribs were insane. The next day I woke up still full from the night before and got to work setting up for Kegan’s birthday dinner! (yep my husband’s birthday is the day after mine). We celebrated him over burgers and boozy roasted marshmallow shakes followed by butter tarts from his favourite bakery. All in all, I am now a very happy 34 year old with approximately 5 birthday pounds to lose.

Some long overdue pictures from the much needed road trip poppy and I went on in May with Grammy. It was a week filled with beautiful Berkshire adventures, family visits, old farms filled with more animals than Poppy could hug and awesome parking lot carnival!  We love you Grammy. Thank you so much for these memories. We can’t wait for our next adventure with you! xoxo

Just thought I’d pop in and say hello and happy Friday! I promise I will get back into the groove of regular posts soon. I have a ton of pics from the past few months and a bunch of super yummy recipes to share…until then, please enjoy these pictures I just recently cleared off of my phone. I was running out of space and needed to make room for our road trip next week!

Hello again! Sorry for the silence over here but I needed a bit of a break to focus on “real life”. Poppy has grown so much in the past few months! Not just up up up but in so many other areas. I couldn’t be a prouder mama if I tried. Oh and did I mention she changed her name? Well she did. Her name is now Curious George the monkey. Please if you see her don’t even bother using her old name. She has only one friend who can’t seem to wrap his head around Poppy no longer going by the name Poppy annnnnd lets just say it has put a bit of a strain on their relationship.

Now for Easter-

This was such a magical Easter. George was SO excited for the bunny to come that she had a hard time getting to sleep. When she woke up she couldn’t wait to see if the Easter bunny had come! First Danie came over then we had to get dressed and put on some of her new barbie makeup; I got her a little case of it because she always wants to dig her fingers into mine. I have been trying to teach her that “less is more” but she is far too excited at the moment to listen. After she put on a not so modest amount of lip gloss on her cheeks we headed downstairs. On the giant chalk wall there was a message from the Easter Bunny himself!!! George made me read it a few times and then headed over to her little table to enjoy the tea party Mr Bunny had set up for her and Baby. He had left two cups filled with jelly beans and chocolates and two carrots. After munching on a few jelly beans and sipping on a cup of rice milk George got her hunt on. It was so much fun! Happy Easter!

It’s been one heck of a week.First Poppy caught a terrible cold then Poppy got a big girl bed!!!! then on her first night sleeping in her big girl bed she came down with one of the worst stomach flu’s she’s ever had. It broke my heart to see such a tiny person in so much pain. No fun at all. On the plus side I’m pretty sure she’s in LOVE with her bed.

Sorry for my absence this past week. Life can get crazy with this wild one at my side and I cherish every second of it!

Poppy- I’m in looooove!

Me- ohhh Poppy (heart melting into a puddle)

Poppy- I’m in LOVE with YOU mommy!!!

Me- (I honestly don’t remember what I said….total mush)

*note: Poppy’s heart of gold T made by Tribe is alive

1. Me and her.
2. Morning.
3. First ever skate. So happy to have shared that special day with her Gampy.
4. Taking a break.
5. Back at it.
6. New headgear. Now she’s really ready to hit the ice.

Guess who got her own weekly feature on the petitscoquins blog! So excited to be welcomed by such a beautiful clothing company, to share weekly pictures of Poppy doing her thing in petitscoquins gear! Head over to the petitscoquins blog to see more from this weeks feature.

While wandering around my dad’s property over the holidays we came across these two giant trees that had been uprooted during a recent storm. I felt bad for the trees but was also overcome with a child-like excitement to explore them. Poppy loved playing in the trees with us. It brought back such vivid memories of so many wonder-filled walks in the forest by my cottage as a little girl. It was beautiful.