Day 28 {night shot}

Slow picture day today.  I did get a cute shot of Ty absolutely mesmerized by the television.....watching In The Night Garden of course :)

After the kids were in bed I attempted to do one of my assignments for class this week.  The goal to take a night shot....well silly me decided to go outside and test out the night mode on my camera.  BRRRRR  I got exactly one test shot before I said forget it and went back inside.  -40 is WAY too cold to be outside to try and get a picture of nothing in particular.

Day 27 {Clean carpet}

I looked at the carpet in my living room and decided it was long past due for a cleaning.  I swear when we own our own home we will not be having carpet.  The kids spill stuff on it, the dog comes in with muddy feet, Bill always wears his shoes in the house and the reasons go on and on.    The carpet which is supposed to be light beige in colour had black spots all over it, to the point where it was just gross.   I used to have a carpet shampooer but after several years it finally kicked the bucket a few months ago.  Which is half the reason the carpet was allowed to get as bad as it was.  We usually rent a good one from the grocery store about once a year and use our cheap one every few months.  So it was long overdue and I sent Bill out to rent one.

Here is what the carpet looked like after one swipe with the machine....EWWWWW

So after quite a few 'swipes' with the machine the carpet did come clean :)  Minus a nice light green mark where Ty got a hold of a marker....it just doesn't want to come out.

Later in the evening after the carpet was done and dinner was over ( BTW my Lamb roast was delish and everybody loved it!) Xander wanted to play the Wii.  So he pulled out the Wii fit ( onto the still damp carpet).  He was having a hard time playing though since Ty decided to join in the fun!

Ty making things slightly difficult for Xander

The boys watching Xander play

Thanks for looking :)

Day 26 {Roast Lamb}

I went to the grocery store today and got a leg of lamb.  I have never had lamb or cooked it before so this is going to be interesting.  I keep getting told to find mint jelly to go with it although I personally think that would be kind of gross, I will try it though.  I searched out a recipe for a marinade and found a good one.  Then after forgetting to go to the grocery store I ended up searching for everything in Walmart while I was there.  Well the Walmart near us is in the middle of building the supercenter and has not quite finished the grocery section so my choices were limited.  I had to get the roast marinating over night so could not just wait to get to the grocery store the next day. While searching around for fresh rosemary ( which Walmart does NOT have) I found an organic marinade in a bottle listing almost the exact same ingredients as my recipe.  SKORE!!!  So I went with the bottle and saved myself a whole lot of time and energy :)

I have it soaking over night now and will cook it with some potatoes and carrots tomorrow.  Hopefully its not too disgusting and everybody eats it!  I think as long as I don't tell Dylan it is a lamb we should be okay!  LOL

Day 25 {They HATE the camera!}

I have given up.  My boys hate when I point a camera at them.....well Ty is still too young to care he just looks at me and says cheese.  The other two?  NO WAY!  They make silly faces, put their hands in front of their face, turn around, leave the room, anything they can to stop me from getting a picture.  Unless of course they are doing something where they actually want a picture then its all smiles.  But normal everyday activity....forget it.  I had to pry Dylan's face away from the Nintendo DS and when I did this is what I got.

So be prepared for a lot of pictures of nothing for the next year....I have given up on my children.

Day 24 {more sparkler fun}

I pulled out more sparklers tonight while the boys were outside and let them have a little fun.  Of course all Xander wanted to do was take a picture with him "peeing sparkles" like his daddy!  LOL

 

Thanks For looking :)

Day 23 { My husband pees fire}

Today I went and borrowed a tripod from Bill's Aunt so I could take a picture showing motion for my class.  A friend gave me a link to a cool new trick (Sparkler Photography Tutorial)  I went out tonight to freeze my butt off trying to get a good picture.  Well the kiddos were in bed by the time I got out there tonight so I had Bill helping me.  This is what I ended up with.....

Not sure if I will be taking this picture to class with me but I thought it was pretty funny.    I will try again tomorrow and let the kids have some fun with it.   Bill and I really enjoyed playing around with it tonight.  Thanks for the great idea Jen! 

Day 22 { sledding}

Boring day in the house today.  I took some pictures for class but since they are of the bathroom faucet I'm not going to share.  LOL  So I took a cue from my favorite 365 blog (:: mcdougall photography: the blog ::) I took a picture of my lunch.  I must confess I LOVE McDonald's Angus burgers with bacon and cheddar.  Cheddar, bacon, lettuce, pickles, onion, and all the rest of the goodies that go on a good burger and all on a cool bun.  mmm mmm good! 

But I did find some pictures from last week to share.  Bill took these with Xander's camera when he took the boys out to the hill for some tobogganing last weekend.   He only took three pictures and they all look the same since he forgot he had the camera in his pocket.  But at least I got one I could show you all.

Thanks for looking :)