St. Andrew's Spring Fair

This past weekend, St. Andrew's had their Spring Fair. Even though I grew up in this area and even went to this school for my elementary years, I have never been to their Spring Fair.

I went with my mom and sister. They had a great silent auction, games, bouncy castles, and food.

Here I say mom and the CWL ladies, who were holding a bake sale.

My mom and my auntie Grace!

My lunch!

And here is a lovely Kahlua set that I almost bid on but resisted. I have enough booze!

It was a great time. Next year I'll see if I can donate an item or help out. 

Happy Mother's Day

To all the moms out there! Especially mine!

My mom with her grandkids. Noah is such a ham!

Noodle date

Me and my hubs have discovered the Noodlebox on Main and Broadway. The portions are so big, we can split a dinner between the two of us and be stuffed!

I took my mom  the other night, and we split a pad Thai. I love that there's a fountain of plain or sparkling water. Did you know I love fizzy water? I do! So does my mom.

Eek

I tried updating my mom's phone over the weekend and got this message. It freaked me out and I stressed about having all her info erased! It was touch and go for awhile, but we managed to revert and update to her latest iCloud backup. PHEW!

Dine out

Last night me and my mom went for an impromptu dinner at Seasons in the Park. Dine out Vancouver is happening right now, so we had lots of food for a great deal. There was a family next to us and their adolescent daughter accidentally caught her hair on fire! It smelled gross for a few minutes, but everyone survived. So, an excited night for everyone!

Christmas 2016

Our first one without Pa. We smiled, laughed, sang, and lifted a glass for him.

The kids are growing up!

But they still love to tear into their gifts.

Me and mumsie.

Slippers from my sis!

My other sis wanted the ones with glasses so I got - different slippers from my sis!

Dessert. I will look longingly at this picture once my tummy stops aching.

Noah got some cyber glasses games thingy? I dunno what it is, but he had hours of fun with it.

Merry Christmas all!

Breakfast

My momma packed me breakfast today - so you know it's gonna be a good day. Happy weekend, all!

More of Ma's birthday

We did some more celebrating for my mom's birthday on the weekend.

We had dinner at the Thai House.

And then invited my family over to our new apartment for the first time, for some cake! It was great fun and they all liked the new place too!

Happy Birthday Ma!

Today is my Ma's birthday! My sisters treated her to afternoon tea.

And a nice dinner out.

And we are doing more eating and celebrating this weekend too!

PNE 2016

Me and my mom decided to check out the PNE again this year. It was drippy out! Which means there were no line ups for the PNE prize show home, so we were in and out in about 10 minutes.

We had some fish and chips. And the guy at the counter gave me free deep fried pickles!

I don't do the rides and the kids weren't around to play games. So we spent a lot of time in Show Mart. Ma was obsessed with these inflatable beds. You fill them up with air and they're so comfy!

EDIT: She went back on the last day and got the 3 demos beds for CHEAP!

Newsboy Hat

My mom loves this hat that I made her from Debbie Stoller's Stitch 'n' Bitch book. But she decided to share the love and gave it away! So I made her this one, which was a little bit longer and warmer. She has pretty much worn it every day since last March! She wore it so much that she put a hole in it. And that means… time for another hat! I made her two this time, she can pick the colour or just take both of them.

Both are in Vanna's Choice yarn. One in barley"

And one in Oatmeal.

That should keep her cozy for awhile longer. 

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there, especially my mom! Isn't she gorgeous?!

We had a big family brunch buffet out at Craft. Here is Leyna, photobombing our picture.

And Noah, writing me notes. They say "Yo money is weak" and "Sucka". Hmmm!

Another cabled Newsboy Cap

My mom loved this hat so much,

So I made her another one.

I admit, I'm a bit jealous and wanted to keep this one for myself. It's made from Vanna's Choice, so it's nice and soft. Plus I did one extra row of cabling, like the last one, so it covers your ears. The perfect length. The perfect hat!