Mothers Day 2008

Mothers Day 2009

So then, Tanya gets this years 2009 Mothers Day Acrostic home from Isaac At School. It's Done in his own handwriting but if you can't read it, here it is
M - mommy loves me.
O - O my mommy opens cans
M - my mommy hugs and kisses me
M - my mommy makes my bed
Y - yells at me

Hmmmmm :) Steller!

Productive Weekend

So we got lots of outside work done this weekend. Felt Good to get the yard and deck looking good.
We bought new black multch for the front flower bed and I was going to get 2 yard for it but wasn't sure the trailer would handle all of it. So i went into town, bought and paid for a yard and told the guy, "yeah, better not get the second yard yet. Don't think the trailer can handle it so we'll be back" When I got home and emptied it in the flower beds, turns out I had just enough. And at $51 a yard, i was pleased I didn't have to go back. I told Tanya, 1 will do it, don't need to go back to which #1 son replies, "shouldn't you call the man and tell him you're not coming back" I stopped and was going to say no but then he proceded to remind me that I told the man i would be back and if i didn't come back, that would be lying daddy. Well, he was right. I was going to rationalize it but the truth was, i said i'd be back and now I wasn't.

I ended up not being able to call as I couldn't find the number and then Isaac wanted me to drive into town to tell the man i wasn't coming back... God uses a 5 year old to keep me honest!

Learning a 2 wheeler

Crazy Hat Night

Coloring

I really want to keep the kids coloring and things for the memories but i don't fancy all the paper. So... I've resorted to scanning some of the stuff and then keeping it electronically. I was away on a business trip last week to North Bay and Isaac had decided that he was going to draw a picture of Mommie, Eva, Faith and Himself and when I got lonely, i could just look at the picture. I love what he wrote in green, just in case I forgot... Isaac, he is 5. Thanks buddy. He also drew a picture of me and that was for him to keep and when he was lonely, he could look at it. When I got home, he was a little upset because he aparantly lost the picture of me. Went looking for it several times and couldn't find it. Too funny

I discovered this on a scrap piece of paper... have no idea why he wrote it but... "The Good Habs Are Great" Ha, my montreal canadien brainwashing has worked!

This is a picture that my diva has done for me. We complimented her on it and Isaac was appalled... "Daddy, it's not even in between the lines"

Goats and things

So we arrived home saturday night and a message on our machine says, "come on over to our house. Dave had to bring home a pregnant goat and is going to deliver the babies" When I arrived, the goat was tied up in the back of the van. They ended up doing a c-section in their garage. Let me tell, a sight I never thought I'd see from our kitchen window. This is better than the discovery channel

Check ou the recycling bin... one of the 2 "kids"

Chuckee Cheese Collage

We went to chuckee cheese last week and they have a picture maker machine. Isaac's idea was to get each of us on our own and then a family shot... he's a thinker that boy. Anyway, He did his own, Eva refused to go by herself, surprise surprise and when it came to tanya and faith, we'd run out of paper so this is best we could do.

Easter Outfits

Kids all had matching outfits for easter today...
I'm sure as they get older, these pictures will be met with some opposition, but for now we revell in their cuteness. I like to refer to the clothes as their cruise wear.

Easter Morning

Pics of the kids hunting for chocolate

I had hidden the chocolates and clues over the house. For the first time, Isaac actually read the clues himself (with a little help) I am beginning to realize that our kids are getting bigger and growing up. Some of the little things he used to say like "Maple Seersop", "Michael Murphis" and having "Hoooool's" in his socks, he no longer says. Our boy is growing up. Eva, still don't understand all that she says and its' yet to make total sense. And I love it!!!

Was rather proud of our kids. They would find 2 eggs hidden together and the one would take one and leave the last one for each other. Pretty cute. They played really well together until they sat on the couch and began to pound on each other... but it was cute while it lasted.

Zwicks Easter Egg Hunt

So every year, we go to the mall for an easter egg hunt. It's tradition. So much so that Katie and Jacob came from Oshawa to go with the kids. Unfortunately the fine folks at the mall didn't feel obliged to fulfill the annual mackay tradition so out with the old and in with the new. So at 1:00, the chamber of commerce had a easter egg hunt at zwicks park. They had over 35,000 eggs. There was a bit of a traffic jam so we got there at 1:05... well, half of belleville showed up so by the time we got there... nothing left.

Anyway, we were walking in and we bumped into my best friend while I was growing up, Conrad and his wife Kim and his sister Kim and her husband JF. We had a good time reconnecting. Although the egg hunt was a bit of a bust, a fun time was had by all... well kinda

easter

Party#1

Family party at Montanna's for my father in law's 70th birthday. We joked about getting him to wear the horns not thinking he would but... he did

Cucumbers and Fries... mmmm

Tan's old outfit

Can you tell the difference? this knitted set was actually made for tanya when whe was the same age. Above is Eva and below is Faithy