Tinky loves this car. In fact, all three kids love it, but Tinky thinks she's a big girl when she's driving it!
Andrew fixing our car this weekend.

And Davey fixing his bike:
Then he saw dad was having some trouble so he decided to give him a hand.

I think I mentioned a while ago that we had a LOT of work done on our car. Just over a grand worth I think with a list of about another $1500 that needed to be done. Well I found a copy of the manual for our car at the library and Andrew did some research and decided to replace the bearings himself. The lady at the garage had said we could go till fall with our current ones, but I guess we've been driving too much and they fused to the casings.

Well, luckily Andrew had read you can take the piece in to a garage and they'll remove it for you and put the new one in (for $30) and he got the piece at Lordco for about $50...so a job they were going to charge us almost $200 for...not so much. Now we just need to find a good tire sale!

While Andrew worked on the car I took the kids for a walk. Normally I'd have been putting them to bed, but they had a late nap and it was a nice evening.

Happy Birthday Mamma!

I always thought my mum was the most beautiful woman on earth (you can see why).

As a child I thought she was the most creative and fun person around...she would tell stories from her childhood and I would try to be just like her...even the naughty stories (like chasing other kids with worms and your playground cop days).

Later I grew to realize that you're not just beautiful, fun, creative (and a bit spunky). You're also one of the wisest, most giving, thoughtful people I know.


I am so blessed to have you for a mother and I hope you know just how much you are loved. Happy birthday mamma!

Mommy and Davey date day

Yesterday, while Daddy watched Elisabeth for me, Davey and I went to the Zoo. We left just before 12 noon...and just as I turned onto 264th, this is what I saw in my review....


But he was quite happy to wake up and go to the zoo, so in we went. The whole purpose of our trip was to ride the train, but the first ticket we could get was for 1:40....so we decided to walk around.

For the first time ever, both the giraffes we re out while I was there. But one was especially friendly.

I do mean friendly!!

Davey wasn't quite sure he should be riding on the giraffe though.


We got to the tiger enclosure and not only was the tiger doing a little show, he was growling the whole time too. SCARY!

The jaguar was out and prowling too. And then we got to the baboon enclosure. This old guy was desperately hoping for a snack.

Hazina and her new friend were out suntanning.


Davey liked this hippo best.

And he was very interested in this upturned tree. Lately he says, "we're going on a journey mamma." And that's what he said as we trekked off into the BC type part of the zoo.



Looking at the hipppos from the other side. I might add...Davey walked the whole zoo by himself. I was mighty impressed (and grateful!)

"I run to my mummy!"

Then we got to the train. He decided he was too scared to ride. I think that's our fault for putting him on that carnival ride last weekend. Hopefully he'll forget his fear quickly since he loves trains so much.

Today Davey and I get to go on another Mommy Davey Date...this time to the movies!

For those of you who are interested (Mum & Kat) I updated my crafty blog finally.

Here is tinker visiting with an Abbotsford cat this afternoon.

She's not sure about that cat...

But Davey seemed to like him. He was such a friendly cat. And really liked strokes.

Here Davey is telling me about how he fell over and scraped his elbow.

But somehow it turned into a story about how he lost (and found) his arm...

Laughing at his hilarious story...

Back to Tinker and the cat:

Snacking on butter cups.

Then she wanted to stand with daddy.

But when Davey saw me taking a picture, he wanted to come and be in one too.