In a way, I am glad but I am also sad. It was nice having everything at my disposal but its also nice to be sleeping in my own bed. We had a great time, we were good this time though. Of everytime we go, we will almost always end up mailing up to 8 rubbermaid totes back north which can be expensive since Canada Post sucks. Speaking of Canada Post, its actually cheaper for me to have an extra bag and get charged for excess baggage of 1 piece of 70lbs than mailing something that is 20lbs via Canada Post. It sucks.

I was getting used to nicely to the extremely mild temperature, the whole time I was there, I maybe wore my jacket twice..it was mostly +6C  and the highest was +17C and it was a rude shock to come home and it was -10C..not too bad but today was soo bloody windy but I am glad unpacking the stuff kept me and kids busy indoors.

We are actually a few days in our stay-cation..I think its a new word invented for Canadians who travel within the country instead of going overseas. Truth be told, I actually still pretty much prefer to travel within Canada. I highly doubt most Canadians have seen most of Canada, it is a pretty darn big country.

Yes its a fun thing, Halloween that is but after 4 years, I still dont get it. The kids certainly dont “GET” Halloween, well maybe not yet. To Ava its about dressing up, but her idea of dressing up is taking off all her clothes down to her skivvies and then put on her costume, soooo not working in Iqaluit in this cold.

Yes, I am the worst blogger in history! I am slowly losing this blog I think and probably also running out of excuses of not updating.

I came across this tutorial from a crafting message board and thought it was a cool idea. So I had to make one for the kids especially since the ABC we have are wooden blocks and I almost always incur some amount of curse words when I accidentally step on them. Plus when Ben was going thru his teething stage, he thought some of the blocks were good enough to eat. So I am pretty proud of these, I can throw them in the wash when they get gross. My daycare kid is in the “everything taste yummy” phase so when she saw this, she was very pleased to know the letter “O” taste yummy

I’ve been sewing a lot..like an insane amount with the blog hiatus for a bit. I cleared the kids closet today of their summer stuff and found out they have enough clothing to last them all winter. I am however proud that 98% of their wardrobe is sewn by me They still get clothing from their grandparents, I dont mind it much.

Truthfully, I’ve been busy!

Well the snow stayed and some of the lakes are frozen. I was a little surprised when I saw this.

We’ve had snow, enough snow that I bundled the kids to go outside and give them a wooden spoon each and they are very happy..happy enough that I have to bribe them when its time to go inside. So thats it, no more berry picking for me..

I guess the answer depends on where you stay. Some might say champagne, some say oil, some say beer..who knows but I say “vanilla”! Yes I am not kidding!