Birthday Party

Super quick post because I'm not feeling well. I thought I'd share some pics from today's festivities. Don't you love her $15 outfit?

Written by Sadie...

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And then she started to EAT the computer.


Anyway...
Tomorrow we're going to the birthday party that we may not have actually been invited to but got an invite by e-mail on WEDNESDAY. My cousin said that the party was immediate family only but she wanted Sadie to be there. She didn't want to invite her other cousins, etc. I guess that is fair enough.
For the event I bought a cute dress at Once Upon a Child - $15 for dress, shirt and leotards (Gymboree). I am actually very surprised by my recent addiction to buying second hand since I've never done that before. It is so much more fun searching for something special than walking into a store and buying whatever is laid out for you. Not to mention the fact that Sadie will quite literally wear this dress ONCE and at the full price I'm certain this outfit would be at least $100!!

Toys!! Toys!! and more Toys!!

So, my first battle with Sadie's room was organizing her toys! We really need to pack up her "baby" toys. I still have her exersaucer and swing assembled. I also think her floor gym is in the closet. I went for the toys she's currently playing with first and washed them.

Of course, organizing leads to playing and playing leads to mess:

Uh OH! You know what's coming next...

Babyzilla!!!!

The Mess!

But that's OK because playing is FUN! (The Fuzzy on my pants is thanks to our PB Kids carpet which sheds... A LOT... so glad we spent THAT money... grumble grumble)
BTW, My mom bought Sadie a FP doll house for her Birthday. I took the Daddy out and replaced it with another Mommy.
I hope I haven't ruined the surprise! It's been sitting out in the open for a few weeks.

Houston, We have a problem...

Here's hoping SHAME gets me moving on unpacking/setting up Sadie's Playroom. It's scary in there right now! No, we do not actually using this room at the moment and we are not going to be profiled on hoarders, buried alive. At least I hope not!
This room will be done by the end of NEXT week.
I will document as I go!

Long Island - Part 1

This took way too long but my time on an actual computer is few and far between!

Our trip to Long Island and New York City was amazing! We had so much fun with Laurie, Heather and Ryan that we didn't want to come home. I'm even plotting to get away again before the end of the year... we'll have to see!

Our drive was actually pretty good even with rain and traffic. THANK YOU Britax Boulevard! Sadie is so comfortable that she sleeps so easily in the car now. When I compare our last couple of trips with our trip to Quebec (that report is coming too - better late than never) I can really see how big of a difference the car seat makes. Sadie was miserable in her Peg bucket!!

Anyway, our first impression of Long Island was that of surprise. It is *so* weird to drive across Manhattan to get somewhere that is not NYC. It was absolutely mind blowing until we found out that there is another way onto the island.
We love Manhattan and all but going across the city during rush hour in a subcompact amongst native NY drivers and transport trucks was NOT fun. Fortunately our GPS took us the other route on the way home!
The highways on the Island were big, fast and very busy but the area we were staying was almost rural. So. Weird. In the daylight we would find suburban bliss but at night it was almost out of my comfort zone darkness!
Our hotel ended up being in the perfect location but I would still get lost every time I tried to find it myself! It was very close to Laurie and Heather (apparently if you drove the correct way), clean, free breakfast, pool (we didn't get to use it) and around restaurants.
On the first night we met up and went to dinner. Ryan and Sadie hit it off immediately and so did the four of us. The kids ended up being up way too late but they didn't seem to mind.

Playing at the Hotel the first night
The next day was a busy one. We met for Breakfast at the Hotel and abused their free breakfast policy. They had good waffles! Afterward we went to a great aquarium with the kids. They had a blast! Here are some pictures from our first day:

Best Friends from the start!

Having fun while we ate lunch

Beautiful Coral Reef

Wow!

A little bit more Halloween...

We had one last Halloween event tonight - a Post Halloween Potluck with my mommy group. Sadie adores playing with the older kids. She got along great with the group leader's 4 year old. They were so sweet together that I started to wish she had a big sister. Too bad things don't work that way!!


I had been hanging out with this group for a few months and I hadn't gotten around to the whole "2 mom family" thing. It never came up since we're just "moms" hanging out. I didn't bother to explain.
I finally told them tonight and it went really well. I'm not a "coming out" kind of person. I don't like explaining things over and over. It's not like you need to come out and say you have a husband. Things have certainly changed since being pregnant and having Sadie!! I better get used to this!

Sadie's first Halloween!

Sadie had a fantastic Halloween!

All of Sadie's classes last week had Halloween themes. I now know "The 5 Little Pumpkins" poem by heart.
On Wednesday night we went to a family fun night at our parent-child centre. This was Sadie's first time in her costume! She really enjoyed the special storytime (indcluding the 5 little pumpkins).


Friday was our biggest Halloween day! In the morning we went to a special Trick or Treat Parade for little kids. It was really busy but so much fun. I've only been in our new town for a few months but I still ran into many people from our various programs. It's nice to feel part of a community!







We also went Trick or Treating at a local mall that evening. They had a Monstar Mash afterwards with a live band. Sadie brought home a lot of candy from these two events!

On Saturday we went to Boo at the Zoo! I have to admit there was a lot less Boo than I was anticipating but it was still fun. How can you go wrong with animals, kids in costumes and hanging out with other moms? I'm not sure how to link off iPhone but we were joined by Amy, Melissa and their son Jackson as well as Shannon (private blog) and her two boys!



(Image stolen from Melissa)

FINALLY it was Halloween! We carved pumpkins and decorated the house. We decided that Sadie didn't need to go out to Trick or Treat this year so she stayed home to give out candy. We had a lot less kids than we'd expected (around 60) so we have A LOT of leftover candy. What are we going to do about THAT? lol




oh, and I almost forgot! Sadie made some "bumkins" too!



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