Adventures in Babysitting.

This past week I had to journey into the city everyday to look after a certain little grandson.  His mum decided to return to work early so she thought if I looked after him for the first week things might go a wee bit smoother.  Well, they did.  For him.  I'm exhausted.

 

Baby is the one in the plaid shirt.

Monday night I got stuck in town because of a freak snow/ice storm.  That was nice.  Tuesday was how many times can I poop day.  Wednesday was let's see how loudly I can squeal day.  Thursday was if I smile all the time do I have to have a nap day.  Friday was his dad's day on duty.

Every night I came home to a what is this nice meal prepared by Mr LC. He did laundry and cleaned the house for me too.  Maybe I should look for a job somewhere.

I'm only going to help out with the baby on Mondays regularly.  Thank heavens. I'm too old for this stuff.  Let's see, how many holidays take place on a Monday?  Score!

Pancakes.

Did everyone have pancakes today for Shrove Tuesday?  We had yummy vegan pancakes here at the the LC.  I got the recipe from Janet over at The Gardner's Cottage.  She has the best vegan recipes.

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My favourite pancake came for a visit today.

He was wearing your typical Canadian Boy attire.  Flannel shirt and khakis. For chopping wood.

Happy Valentine's Day!

In honour of Valentine's Day I usually make valentine cookies or a heart shaped cake.  This year I chose to make cookies because I like to torment myself.  Et voila.

Rolled out cookies are usually a pain to make.  This is why I only make them once or twice a year.

They don't take long to bake.

Obligatory fancy photo.

Here's another.

My favourite valentine of all:

four months old today!

Have a love-ly day Gentle Readers!  Be sweet.

p.s. I'm only having one cookie in honour of my far-away-friend.  You know who you are.

p.p.s. Don't forget to enter the draw for one of my cushion covers over at Itsy Bits and Pieces .

Christmas Day.

Did he see Santa???

I hope everyone had a cracker of a day.  Good friends and family, good presents, and most important of all, Good Eats!

It's Christmas Eve.

We're having a white Christmas here Gentle Readers.  It just doesn't seem like Christmas without snow.  We have much to be thankful for this year, especially the safe arrival of our first grandchild.

No, he didn't arrive under the Christmas tree.  He must be either waiting for Santa or he thinks he's a present.

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The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them has the light shined.  Isiah 9:2

I wish each and everyone one of you, my friends near and far, a joyful and happy Christmas.  God bless us every one!

Mail Call.

This is what I found in my mailbox yesterday:

And in other breaking news my grandbaby is getting saucy:

seven weeks

Talk to the hand!

p.s. Please ignore all that baby truck in the background.

Cross Cultural.

Here is Grandbaby ready to go out into the cold and wind:

Burka Baby!

Long Time No See.

It seems like I haven't been here in forever.  Mr LC got back from the Dominican on Monday so between him and my Grand baby I've been a wee bit busy this week.

Here's  my five week old baby:

Is he not the cutest thing you have ever seen?

I just loaded a ton of Dominican photos last night so I haven't edited them at all but I'll show a couple here:

How sweet are they?  I was sure Mr LC would have brought some of these babies home with him but for some odd reason their mothers wouldn't let them go.

Cuteness squared.

Boo Hoo!

Happy Halloween!

BOO!

Today's Blessings.

Mr LC made some applesauce today from apples grown on our property.

Then, we had an unexpected visitor.

Baby Boy's first visit!  He slept through the whole thing.  Are we boring or what?

It's Been One Week.

My daughter mentioned today that it's been one week since Baby Boy was born.  I don't know about her, but I'm pooped.  I got my camera out to take a one week photo and alas, I had left my memory card in my laptop.  At home.  So here are a few photos from when he was a day old.

He's a really good baby I think.  He doesn't really fuss and sleeps well too.  A dream child.

Here He Is!

He arrived October 14th at 8:27 PM weighing 8lbs 9.5 oz.  He is the most beautiful baby in the world!

0ne hour old!

Mother and Babe are doing great.  God has blessed us well.

Somebody Reads My Blog.

Last night I got a phone call from this creature:

Playing the pregnant card she convinced her hubby to go and get her some of these:

She had to call and tell me they were on sale and had moved to the cookie aisle.  She's helpful that way.

Only the Best Will Do.

For some months now, Daughter #2 and her Hubby have been weighing the merits of various stroller/car seat combos.  Who knew their were so many options?

Everything seems so high tech and difficult these days.

#2's Pa-in-law chimed in and declared that he would buy said stroller/car seat/computer/dvd etc combo.  Money was to be no object for his first born grandson to be.

Well, he delivered.  All the way from Italy.

This Peg Perego can do everything but wash the dishes.  It's a wonder in safety and innovation . 
  This is #2's new stroller/carseat/yada yada yada:

#2 and her hubby were so excited they had to bring it over to our house to show it to us.  See Mr LC mesmerized by the Peg?

He's just so relieved he didn't have to pay for the thing.

Things Are Blooming Around Here.

When I think about how cold winter is here I'm always relieved to see my flowers blooming again come summer.  It truly is a miracle how they manage to survive the winter.

There are five kinds of roses growing there.

These white ones are my favourite because they have such a lovely fragrance.

The tiger lilies came from my Mother in law's garden many years ago.

The yellow day lilies are just starting to bloom.

And this sweet pea is really blooming.

I Do Have a Clue.

Hello, Gentle Readers.

A short while ago I mentioned on this esteemed blog that Daughter #2 would be having a baby.  She is with child.  She waddles.
I digress.  #2 graciously permitted me to share the sex of the baby on said blog.  Here are a couple of hints.

You have three guesses and the first two don't count.