Ingvild's suprise party!

Is there anything better than a surprise party? How about a surprise party for someone who has never had a surprise party before! Sonia invited us to Ingvild's surprise party, held at Maelie's bowling place. When Ingvild walked in, this is what she looked like !



I don't think she was able to take the smile off her face!! She hugged every guest. Sonia had invited some of her new school friends, so it was awesome that they were able to come!!



Maelie of course LOVES a party!! So here she is being silly!



The kids sat at the table to eat while the older kids just sat on stools or stood up. It was very casual.



Once we were done eating pizza, we played one game of bowling. Maelie enjoyed helping out everyone! I must admit though... she might get the "helping out" genes from me... but she surely doesn't get the awesomne bowler genes from me!! She beat me by quite a lot of points!



Happy birthday Ingvild!

Fall at Omega Park

Today we were off to Omega Park. We have been twice already this year, however we had never been during the fall! I wanted to see what it was like with the beautiful colors. Sonia, Naomie and Ingvild came with us. Ingvild had never been to a place like this before. I was amazed at how wuickly she got used to the slobber on her jeans!



I thought he was pretty cute, and part of the nice fall background!



The girls fed this little guy a LOT of carrots. He was so sweet and friendly!



We had a pic nic in the middle. It was a bit chilly for a while!



Naomie saw a beautiful Monarch butterfly. He didn't fly off... we think he may have been injured. Nature always takes care of itself...


We went on a ride to the farm.



Maelie tried to swing off a rope!



Harvest time! Isn't it so amazing? We are blessed beyond belief when we look at everything the earth provides us with!



Yes, this dude was closer than he appears...!



I love Omega Park! We had a wonderful time!

Byward Market express visit

Yesterday, Sonia, Maelie, Naomie and I headed off to Byward Market for a specific reason. We needed to go visit the Croc store. Maelie had grown out of hers and so I got her a new pair. They are pretty nice and they actually look like Converse shoes.



She really likes them! We added a couple Halloween decorations on them.



On our walk back to the car, I HAD to have the girls pose in front of cute little pumpkins.



We spent the rest of the day working on some Halloween chocolates. I LOVE making chocolates for special occasions!!! There is just something about rediscovering my molds year after year.... and adding a few new ones to my collection.

Pumpkin muffins

This morning we decided to make some home made pumpkin muffins. Maelie LOVED them!!



This is where we got the recipe... Papercrafts Gourmet book. It was a 5 star recipe.

picture day

Maelie wanted to dress up for picture day today. I must say she looked pretty cute!!



Here she is with Naomie. Both looked really cute today!!

Maelie's alien & other news

Here is what I found on my couch yesterday... Maelie's alien and his troop of mice and Hexbugs!



I dropped by Buck or Two on Saturday and found these wall decorations... perfect just in time for Halloween!!



I wish I could cover all my wall with these spooky guys!! Time to get my Halloween curtains out. Time to put away anything that is not fall/Halloween related!! I LOVE this season!!!

girls day/night out

On Friday, I had a day off and spent the day out with friends. Running errands in the morning with Natalie and then running errands in the evening with Sonia! LOL It was fun!

I didn't take many pictures since I guess there is nothing much to take pictures of when running errands... but we did got out for supper at Montana's. Now is that not the perfect restaurant to take an exchange student to?

Here are Ingvild, Maelie and Naomie posing with their antlers!



We stopped at LaSenza girl for Maelie and Naomie to get some underwear. Of course, they needed to get matching undies!! Now they call each other to know which one they will be wearing that day! Silly girls!