Sandy McFadden

All the Bacon

We are having breakfast for supper tonight. When dishing everything out Jen asked the kids, “how many pieces of bacon do you want?” Ella and Caile each say 1 or 2. Noah chimes in: I’ll have all the pieces of bacon that are left

Forgetful Sunday Morning

For once we were actually running a little early for church this morning. Jen decided to take advantage and run into Wal-Mart quick to pick up a couple things so we didn’t have to stop on the way home. We dropped her off at the door to save time and then went and found aContinue reading “Forgetful Sunday Morning”

Baby girl turns nine

Today my baby girl Ella turns nine years old. She had her friends party this weekend with cupcakes crafts. But today is her actual birthday and it is just family night. Each birthday Jen lets the kids choose what they want for their birthday meal and dessert. Ella is not hard to please she wantedContinue reading “Baby girl turns nine”

A Proud and Grateful Son

From a very young age my Mother and I were good friends. We had four years where I was the only child and we grew a strong bond. Even though she was really almost a child herself she spent time with me, read to me, played with me, and talked with me. I’m convinced that anythingContinue reading “A Proud and Grateful Son”

Skylanders Obsession

My son may take after me a little bit. When I was young it was Super Mario Bros. 3 for the NES. The hours I spent on that game is likely unbelievable. I would get books and magazines that showed secrets and how to beat levels. I remember my hands getting sore and dreaming aboutContinue reading “Skylanders Obsession”

More kids means less sleep and more sickness

Lately I feel like I’m always complaining about something. I really don’t mean to and honestly my life is pretty fantastic. But it always seems like there is something going on and I’d love to just have a stretch where I don’t get woken up at night and everyone in our house is healthy. ThereContinue reading “More kids means less sleep and more sickness”

Discovery Centre Fun Day

We had a great family day in Halifax today. The Discovery Centre has a couple new exhibits set up that we hadn’t been to yet so that was our destination today in between shopping stops. One of the new parts was a Sherlock Holmes mystery. They had eight chapters to the storey, each with theirContinue reading “Discovery Centre Fun Day”

I don’t care what you call her

We were in Costco today and Noah saw someone he knows from school. It’s funny because Costco is over an hour away but we almost always run into someone we know. As we walked past Noah said “Hi Lara” I asked, is her name Laura? The store was busy and it was hard to hear. Continue reading “I don’t care what you call her”

Snow Shoeing

Feeling like I had been trapped in the house too much lately after the stormy weather I finally decided to get out side and do something besides move snow. It started by making a quick detour on the way to the grocery store to my favourite walking trail. I didn’t make it far because IContinue reading “Snow Shoeing”

So Much Snow

Pretty confident that the last time we had this much snow was February 2004, in the storm that was dubbed White Juan. Here’s a few pictures of the front yard so far this month, where’s my bench? Watching the wind blow around this morning made me try to wait as long as possible before goingContinue reading “So Much Snow”