Thinking outside the box..

... or inside the bowl, as it were.

After Nana and the kids were done pouring the cupcake batter into the cups, Nana gave Zach the bowl to lick. He licked away with his fingers, but apparently that wasn't doing the trick.

He stuck his whole head in there to get at the batter at the bottom of the bowl. And this was the result:

And so it begins..

Here is Alexandria's passive-aggressive homework from tonight. I told her she had to finish it before she could watch a YouTube video. She had to use some words from the word bank in her homework. This is the sentence she came up with:

It reads: "I love you but not when this happens."

Messages from Santa

I can't wait to show the kids their messages from Santa :)

http://magicsanta.ca/gateway.html?code=WZPRRE

http://magicsanta.ca/gateway.html?code=76QLP8

Random shots from the iPhone

Just before Tanya and Kyle's wedding

 A pic with Amber Mac (author of Powerfriending) and Scott Stratten (author of UnMarketing)

 

My cute lunch date

 Building a tower "so high" at THEMUSEUM

 One of Zach's favourite parts of THEMUSEUM - the kid-size toilet :)

 My yo' books table at MeFest in October

 Alex having fun at the Watts Up exhibit at THEMUSEUM

 Zach and the "ground beavers" at THEMUSEUM

 Zach behaving VERY WELL at a networking/marketing event with Mommy

 Getting a hair cut and playing Wii racing

 Zach's regular state of being on the couch

 Cutie after school on a warm, but rainy-ish day

 A gorgeous Oktoberfest day

 My Oncle Hans pumpkin :)

 Fun with the forward-facing camera on the iPhone

 More fun

 My mini-Elton John

 Looking like such a little lady!

 Sharing a licorice a la 'Lady and the Tramp' at Nana and Grandpa's

 Putting in the new window at Nana and Grandpa's

 Tired on the train ride back from St Jacob's

 Intermission at Peter Pan

 It was such a magical show. Alex's reaction to it was awesome :)

 At the Little Tot Spot

 Great to see some friends at She's Connected

 Zach doing a fabulous job with a giant floor puzzle

 Playing in the leaves on the way to pick up Alex on Hallowe'en

 Getting dolled up at the Mabel's Labels party at Blissdom Canada

 Relaxing in my hotel room at the Delta Chelsea

 My "costume" for the costume karaoke party at Blissdom Canada. Get it?

 The kids joined me for a night at the Delta Chelsea after the Blissdom Canada conference was over

 Giant Connect 4. Pretty cool

 Painting at the hotel

 Fun in the leaves

 Enjoying the sway Mommy got at the Mabel's Labels party at Blissdom Canada

 First snow of the 2010/2011 winter season.

 Fun in the ball pit

 Singing in the choir at the Remembrance Day ceremony (Alex is in orange)

 A warm sunny day - November 12

 Even the dandelions are confused by the warm spell!

 More fun with the camera on the phone