Long Weekend

We are at the tail end of a long weekend.  It was a much needed quiet and low key weekend after all of the excitement of Halloween and Sydney's birthday parties.  We got a few things sorted and organized around the house, did some cooking and enjoyed not having to be anywhere at all!

Here's a few snapshots of the past few days:

Little Ballerina

Sydney decided that she was going to wear her dancing outfit as her clothing for the day on Saturday.  It was pretty cute, especially seeing everyone's reactions to her while we were out, all those sweet glances and all-knowing smiles from other Mamas! 

She wanted to show me her spins on her bed in her tutu, girl's got some pretty good air time!

Christmas Shopping

My office is looking a little more like Santa's Workshop every day.  I've been slowly amassing Christmas gifts and ticking people off my list left, right and centre.  Feels good to be so organized this early!

Circle Craft

Spent an entire day and one afternoon last week at this year's annual Circle Craft Market.  This amazing event houses over 300 artisans who are selling the most amazing jewellery, pottery, clothing, food and artwork. 

My friend Sarah and I spent the entire day there on Thursday and came away with some beautiful things both for ourselves and as gifts.

I returned on Friday afternoon with Sydney in tow to get a few more things.  Ended up getting this very cool name puzzle for her with some of the birthday money that Grandma and Grandpa sent.

There was a balloon man there making beautiful twisted balloons for the kids, Syd waited patiently in line before deciding that she wanted a rose bouquet and he was only too happy to oblige!

Princess

Sydney got a beautiful gift bag filled with all things princess from her friend Alexis' birthday party last weekend.  She dug out the foam tiara and decorated it with the sticker jewels one morning.  It was so sweet, she loved it!

Symphony

The highlight of our weekend was a very special Sunday afternoon spent with Louise and Sophie at the Orpheum theatre for the kids show put on by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

The lobby was open an hour early so the kids could try out the instruments, Syd loved the cymbals and snare drum and even tried to belt something out on the tuba to no avail!  Think she need a little more lung capacity before she'll be taking up that instrument!

The show was amazing, so lovely listening to the live music and the kids did well sitting through the show.

It was a very special time together!

Pumpkin Waffles

Early this morning I got up and made a batch of pumpkin waffles with a recipe that I've had literally forever!  They were so delicious, moist and flavourful, loved them!

Pizza Party

The end of last week was marked with Sydney's preschool's Parent Council pizza party fundraiser.  Sydney and I volunteered to help again this year and a fun time was had by all.  The kids so enjoyed doing some Israeli dancing with Marla again this year.

Remembering

We did take some time today to stop and remember the reason for this day off is to pay homage to those who gave their lives so that we can live in an amazing, free country.  I am filled with gratitude for those brave souls who gave their lives so that we could live ours as we do today.  It felt right to remember today.