Ryan and a Hammer

Scary thought right? Well, yesterday Sam and I bought two new cabinets for our kitchen b/c ours needless to say are full and running over. So, we start putting them together last night and Ryan comes over and starts playing with the tools. He is such a helper that when we got to the stop of hammering in the wooden doles we decided to let him have a try and surprisingly he did quiet well. Here are some pictures of him hammering away.

You see where Sam has his fingers...

Sheer Determination!
Why is it things work better when your tongue is sticking out?

Towards the end he would let Sam finish but I thought for a 3 year old to have that much determination and coordination I was shocked. He did so good we may let him put the last one together himself. LOL!

Hooky Monday

Ryan and I were supposed to go on a field trip with his class Monday to Hollywild Zoo. Well, needless to say it got canceled and we played hooky. I had the choice of taking him to school and going to work or staying home with him on a rainy Monday...Well...you see what I chose....

Happy Easter!

Here are some pictures from Easter. We had a blast. Nana cooked lunch and everybody came over to my house to eat. Nana out did her self as usual. After lunch, we had an egg hunt for the kids. After all the eggs were found the real eggs turned into baseballs and I know have bits of broken eggs all over the back yard but its okay b/c we had so much fun! Anyway, here is Ryan first thing going trough his Easter basket the Easter bunny brought him.

Mommy and Ryan cheesing for the camera!

Ryan hunting eggs!

Daddy and Ryan-he fell and scraped his leg :(

All the kids with their baskets

Ryan checking out what kind of goods he scored!

Our New Stove!!!

It Came!!! We got a call from Lowe's at 7:14 am Saturday morning letting us know what time they would be there to delivery our stove. I don't know who was more excited....me or Sam. But they got to our house at 10 and they brought it in and set it up and hauled off the old one. If anyone is thinking of getting new appliances I suggest doing it now b/c Lowe's has a rebate promo going on now where you end up getting free delivery and haul off. But anyway here is our new stove and it is wonderful. It heats up fast unlike our last stove and it cooks fast too. And this was the first thing we baked in the new stove! It baked in 24 minutes for 2 nine inch round cake pans...I couldn't believe it! That was the lowest amount of time the box said which on any other stove would not have been enough time but for this stove....not a problem. Can you imagine if I had used the convection speed bake option? I am in Love!

TGIF!!!!!

I never thought this day would come! I don't know ifi it is just me or what but this has been the longest week ever!!! I am still not back in my groove! Definately looking forward to the weekend. It's Easter! Nana is cooking (which means you know its going to be good) and Sam and I are hosting. We love having all the kids over! They go outside and play on the playset and enjoy themselves. Ryan loves having the company too!

Nana gave me a task this Easter....she always makes a bunny cake for Easter and this year she has given me the job! (I'm in trouble). But I am excited at the Challenge never the less. Sam and I just bought a new stove, dishwasher and microwave and the stove should be here Saturday so this is going to be the first thing I am going to bake in the new oven! We are so excited! It is the first steps at making our kitchen pretty! IF you have never seen our kitchen it is not the prettiest thing ever. It is all white cabinets and white appliances and a whiteish gray floor....It is TOO much white. So, we got black appliance to hopefully offset some of the white. Our next project will be tiling the area between the bottom cabinet and the top cabinet. I think it is called a backsplash? Maybe? Should be interesting considering Sam and I are do-it-yourself people and we have never down what we are about to do. I will take plenty of pictures to show off how it does or does not turn out. But for sure I will have pictures of the new stove on here by Monday! Can't wait.


HAPPY EASTER!!!

Wordless Wednesday

I finally got my pictures to load!!! I am so happy! So here is our trip! This first one is us waiting to board our first flight to Detroit.

Ryan looking at planes!


Playing in the street...Yes it is actually safe to do that there!

A shot of the street where we played

Laurianne and Ryan

Yes...you see right....that is Sam trying to use the "Skip it" I didn't know they still made them.

Ryan out cold at 6 p.m. He had only been up since 4:30a.m. without a nap!

This is the only picture I got of Sam's brother Seb and his wife Melanie and their daughter Molly

This is at the mall we went to. Ryan was enjoying throwing money into the fountain.

This was the night we went to Old Deluth. All the girls were getting their hair done and he had to have his done. Doesn't he look handsome?

His favorite spot...hiding in the cabinets in the kitchen.

They made him a birthday cake...and again...I had to blow out the candle.

This is Emilie.

This is Ryan and mine's first ever subway ride.

Sophie (Sam's sister) and her husband Patrice

Sam and I on the subway

A beautiful church in Montreal

Ryan and Xavier in the stroller as we walked in Montreal

A building in Montreal

Ryan on the way back to Laval on the subway or as they call it....the Metro.