you know you are getting old...

when this is no longer a scene from a late Saturday night after the bar but results from ... a Tupperware Party.

I had a few friends over for Tupperware party which was fun and not something I ever do - it was pretty tame, flip through some catalogues buy MORE Tupperware, eat some good food, have a glass of wine. catch up with friends blah,blah, blah but then...Starr and I finished a couple bottles of wine and started onto my favourite, Amaretto and coke - we then convinced Scott and Shelby to take the new car out and get us late night junk food - the fact I can even write this post is pretty impressive. (**hopefully it all makes sense)

I am loving the name of this new wine that Casi and Shaun brought for dinner last week - "Mommy's Time Out". Starr and I definitely took the name to heart. **I know a few of my faithful readers are not fans of a long winded post so there is no need for them to read any further but for those of you who have a few minutes or enjoy the in depth ramblings...

this post and my tipsiness in typing it out and thinking that I sound oh so brilliant totally reminded me of a very old episode of "Facts of Life" when Natalie tried drugs(it was pot I believe) and then wrote her school book report on Moby Dick. She thought it was the absolute best book report she had ever written and was so eager to have the teacher read it...well, in her "altered state" of mind she wrote:

Page 1 MOBY

Page 2 DICK

Page 3 WAS

Page 4 A

Page 5 VERY

Page 6 BIG

Page 7 FISH

hopefully I was able to be a tad more eloquent than that

a little bit of romper room

tonight at Scott's Pampered Chef Party he invited the guys to bring their wifes (yes...how sweet of him :)and their kids - we sent all the kids upstairs with lucky lucky Shelby who hosted a chaotic version of Romper Room. We had 10 kids (3 months to 6 years) and it was crazy but Shelby did a great job and they all played together well and I am proud to report no injuries...a grand success!

The long awaited BBQ

Tonight we had a BBQ at my best friend Kim's, her husband Aubrey and the very cute Elias's backyard. It is unfortunate that it took planning this in June to find space in our calendars (and I admit mostly my calendar was the issue) but it was well worth the wait. It was an awesome evening and the food was delicious (BBQ chicken w/fresh tarragon from the garden, zucchini from their garden and a really good green salad(lettuce from the garden). Here are a few pictures from the evening:
Elias - 21 months The boys chillin at the fire pit.
Kaeden and Elias sharing a dilly bar - I was impressed that Kaeden actually shared, even though I think Elias got the short end of the stick when it came to getting any of the chocolate.


Fresh Raspberries...they had tons and wow were they good!

I tried asking Kaeden a couple of times to hold the raspberry out in from of him so I could get a neat picture and he promised he would and then would pop it into his mouth every time I went to snap the picture.

Kim, Kaeden, Elias and their other baby, Panda!
Kim the gardener with one of the many zucchini's they grew - my mom would be so proud! At least her surrogate daughter has picked up the gardening gene - too bad about her own black thumb daughter!
The only house in Alberta with their own palm tree! Aubrey loves anything Tiki/Hawaiian and he made this for their backyard and eventually for the tiki bar they will have.
I like this picture... I can't believe he has grown so big that he can now look over the ledge!

A random picture of Kim's orange Pansies - just because I liked the colour of them!

Thanks again to Kim, Aubrey and Elias for a great night!