A Little Christmas Fact to Share...

Just a little piece of Christmas info I'd like to pass along to all those interested..."Magical Reindeer Dust" does not attract flying reindeer when spread all over Mommy and Daddy's carpet! However...when it is licked up by small children and Scottish Terriers the red and green "magical dust," that to the untrained eye looks like cookie decorating colored sugar, does leave pretty colored splotches that reindeer might be able to spot as they fly by. Good thing we're going to Gigi and Pa's for Christmas (and don't worry, we have another bag of Magical Reindeer Dust) because the carpet cleaner does a great job of removing those red and green streaks from the carpet! Just wanted to pass that along!! Happy Holidays!

Yep...we are being POUNDED!!!

Just a quick note to all those wondering...yes we are being absolutely pounded with snow!! The snow started around 10am and is still going strong!! I have shoveled the driveway three times today (we decided to pave the driveway instead of purchase a snowblower...sounded perfectly sane at the time...not so much right now!! LOL) and Jeff is out right now doing the final shovel before morning. We have been forcasted for 30 centimeters, but my guess is it will be quite a bit more. About 8 inches have fallen so far and the snow isn't due to stop until tomorrow afternoon. As it looks now, school will probably be canceled tomorrow...yeah...at least Maddy can stay up tonight to watch Shrek the Halls at 9pm...she's thrilled about that. I'll keep you all updated on the first snowfall of the season!! Stay Warm!!

Happy Holidays!!

Happy Holidays!! Just wanted to put a quick post up to show how adorable my little girlys looked at their first Christmas party of the season!!

Jeff's work had a party for the kids this afternoon. It was lovely. They had worked hard to make it a super fun afternoon for all the kiddos. There were crafts to make, cookies to decorate, a fishing game, a magician and of course Santa made an appearance!! Maddy loved Santa and Sarah HATED him!! She cried when he walked in the room and went into hysterics when Jeff tried to hand her over for a picture!! Oh well...in time she'll warm up...maybe!
We had a couple of friends over from Jeff's work for dinner on Saturday and went to see Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium on Friday...all in all it's been a busy weekend for the Pederson's!!
Hope all is well in your end of the world...enjoy the holidays...and take a second to share some of the Christmas Spirit this season!!

Shopped til I Dropped...Literally

When I arrived home from my shopping trip I told Jeffy that while we were in Bangor I went to check tire prices because I just didn't feel like shopping at the mall. He promptly asked where his wife was!! As hard as it may be for anyone who knows me to believe....I was totally shopped out!! What a great feeling that is after sooooo long with sooooo little shopping!! Needless to say I had a great weekend!!

The girls and I left here at 10am on Friday morning. We were in the Portland shopping mall by 5pm and we shopped there until supper and after supper we closed the Christmas tree shop at 11pm. By the way for those who have never been in a Christmas tree shop...it was really great!! They carry polish pottery year round!!!! Plus they have tons of great deals, it's a whole lot like Big Lots! Anyhow...we checked into our hotel and were asleep around 1am. We were up and out the door by 9am the next morning. We shopped the outlets in Kittery until dinner time, ate, and then headed to Target and the Christmas Tree Shop again...until closing. Sunday morning we were on the road by 9am and in the Bangor mall at lunchtime. We ended our shopping extravaganza at Wal-mart and the grocery in Houlton before heading across the border back to Oromocto!! Talk about a shopaholics dream weekend!!! We all got great deals and truly enjoyed a little time away from the kids! I do have to say that even though it was nice to get away...it was even nicer to get home! I missed the girls like crazy by the second day and of course Jeffy too!! I went hog wild buying markdown Disney store costumes and Children's place costumes!! How can you turn down Disney costumes for $3.99??? That's one of my purchases in the pictures! Is that the cutest Tinkerbell around or what???

Well I am now off to try and catch up on my sleep!! I'm way too old for 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night!! LOL Hope everyone in the States enjoys Black Friday shopping...as much as I may feel shopped out right now...if I could I'd be right there in the mix bright and early Friday!! You know I love a bargain!!

Go Cats!!

Well I have done it...I have successfully raised 2 little Kentucky Wildcat fans...which is a feat considering they have only lived in Oklahoma and New Brunswick! I guess they got their "blue blood" genes from my side of the family! LOL I only have to do a series of claps and both my kids respond with Go Cats! In fact Sarah is now copying Maddy when I clap they both say Go go go go go go go go GO CATS! I guess that baby Wildcat DVD from Pa really does it's job!! So like all good KY fans my girls would happily wear their Wildcat sweatsuits everyday if I would allow it! Not that I say no too often!! Mommy's a Cats fan from way back!!

Well not a lot going on here in Oromocto! It's getting colder...and oh yes...WE HAVE PAVEMENT!!! Who knew getting the streets paved could possibly make me so very happy!! And I seriously almost kissed the guy who came to pave the driveway!! I cleaned all the floors, washed all our shoes and swept out the garage...all on our first day with pavement! It's amazing how much dirt a gravel road/driveway can accumulate, not just on the floor, but everywhere in the house! Oh happy day!! And to think all it took was 20 calls to the city, 10 calls to the contractor, 2 calls to the pavement company, 1 call to our member of Parliament and 1 call to the mayor!

This week is a short one for Maddy...Monday and Tuesday off...then Mommy is off to the states with Geraldine and company for a shopping trip in Kittery! Hanna Andersson here I come!! I'm due some serious retail therapy!! I'll try and post more pics before we leave!! Have a great week!!

Halloween Fun

Well Halloween has come and gone here in Oromocto...I'm sad the ghosts have to come down...but we all know that means that very very shortly the Christmas decorations come out!!! If that doesn't bring my spirits up...nothing will!!

The kids had a great Halloween week!! The Saturday before Halloween the Oromocto Mall had a paint your own pumpkin afternoon. Maddy adored that!! She painted and painted and painted until we had to leave her pumpkin at the mall to pick up later due to the abundance of paint!! There was no way that thing was going into the van! From there we headed from to Kent Hardware where they were having a little Halloween party for the kids as well. At Kent there was a coloring contest, pumpkin carving and "Gross Out" stations. This time the kids wore their costumes and decided on Pooh and the Honey Pot. (As most of you are aware I have a little obsession with costumes and the kids have about 40 to choose from!! Gotta love those yard sales!!) Our Halloween weekend was finished up with a party at Maddy's friend's house to carve yet another pumpkin!! The girls had fun and I picked out all the seeds from 6 pumpkins to roast as a treat for Maddy's Halloween party at school.

Monday prior to Halloween brought us the first snow of the year! It was a complete shocker...Sarah's bright and early wake up call that morning at 6:00am started our morning. I went to open the porch door to let Fergus out and saw a good two inches of snow on the deck. AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! Big Suprise...I'm not a lover of winter, so to open my door to two inches of snow in OCTOBER nearly put me over the edge!! Thankfully it all melted by noon and the temp. was back up into the 50's. Good thing the kids had gone crazy playing at the bus stop in the morning! Here's to hoping we don't see snow again for at least a couple of months!! Wishful thinking I know...

Halloween day was exciting for all of us! I got to attend a Halloween party at Maddy's school. Mr. Roy is awesome and I can see why Maddy loves school as much as she does!! I am still utterly amazed at the amount of French Maddy has learned...kids are so sharp!! Then of course we had the big afternoon of counting down the minutes until Trick or Treating. Maddy decided to go as Eeyore and Sarah was a giraffe. Daddy took them around the block while Mommy dressed as Pooh handed out candy! For a neighborhood that isn't completed we sure got a ton of kids!! I gave out 78 McDonald's coupons and 55 bags of chips...and honestly there were only a very few kids that got both. I can only imagine next year when the roads are paved and all the houses are completed and occupied!! It'll be a madhouse!!

I hope everyone had a great Halloween!! I look forward to seeing everyone else's pictures!!

We are alive and well!!

I know that I have been very slack in updating my blog!! Sorry to those of you who check it regularly!! My camera is on the blink and I couldn't seem to get any pictures to download...and really what is a blog without pictures?!?!





I did finally get a couple downloaded, they aren't super, but hey...it's something right???





We are all doing fine! Maddy is absolutely loving school. In her eyes, Mr. Roy hung the Moon here in Canada!! She is learning more that I could have ever imagined in her French program. She may not always know what she's saying, but she sure can talk the talk!!










Sarah is growing growing growing! She still refuses to walk, but that's fine by me!! She says quite a few words, her favorites being Hi! Bye Bye, Thank you and the sign language sign for no! Thanks Shasta for suggesting I go that route...I have enabled my child to sass me before she can actually speak!! LOL











Jeff is getting into the groove at work. I don't think it's as exciting as he had hoped, but you know pushing paper just comes along with the job title! He was gone to Kingston last week for a conference. This kids missed him, but Maddy was really excited to get to sleep with me for a few days!!



The leaves are turning and the weather is lovely. You couldn't ask for a more mild fall. They say it's suppose to be a rough winter...not surprising really...the Pederson's are back!!


Hope all is well in your world and I will be working hard on correcting my camera issues so posts will be much more frequent!!