My New Video Camera

I recently got a new video camera, and it is so much fun! You can see my post about it on my other blog here. I got the Canon Vixia HF-M31 and love it so much. It's full HD with a 32 GB of memory and an SD card slot for more room. I really love that it has an external mic input and a headphone jack for more professional use (which I am used to from school). It also has a nice touch screen and is so easy to use. I'm very excited to do some fun projects and home movies with it.

I've been wanting a video camera for a while now and I received some unexpected money that allowed to choose one that I wanted. I've been having a lot of fun with my new camera and am going to post more videos on here now. I'm just trying to figure out how to edit them nicely on my computer, but for now these are going to be the raw videos.

Here is a short clip of Gabe riding his little car he got for Christmas. He's getting really good at it and goes so fast, navigating corners with ease. He's my little race car driver. This is an everyday occurence:

Tangled

I just bought Disney's new movie Tangled.

Love it! It was so well done and so magical!

We loved watching it on blu-ray in hi def. I think my favourite part was watching Lizzy be so enchanted by it. It reminded me of how much I loved The Little Mermaid when it came out. When mom bought it for us, I remember watching it 3 times in a row and being impatient while we had to wait for it to rewind. I also remember one of the best thing about getting a new movie was watching the previews, for that was usually the first time we heard about the next Disney movie coming up. It was exciting.

I loved this new Rapunzel movie so much, I think it may even be my new favourite (sorry Little Mermaid, and Beauty and the Beast).

But don't take my word for it. Watch it yourself.
Here's a little preview:

new blog

So I've started a new public blog called Journal of a Young Mother. It's about being a mom, having kids and the funny things they do, and all the stuff in between. Check it out here:
http://www.journalofayoungmother.blogspot.com/
I've started this new blog so I can encourage myself to write something little every day. My goal is to post every day (or maybe every weekday). So please, check it out, comment, become a follower, tell people about it and enjoy the stories of my life. The more followers I have the more my writing can get noticed and it could be a gateway into getting some of my other writing published.
This is a public blog and I am keeping it separate from this blog. I am not using pictures of my kids or any names. So when you do comment, please don't use my real name.

Freckle

Gabe has a big freckle on the back of his leg just below his calf. Every time I change his diaper I think he has a spot of poop on his leg. It’s just the right colour. Even though I know it’s not poop, there’s always a startling moment, a brief instant where my heart jumps and my brain calculates where else the poop might be, like all down his legs or on my hands. Then it registers. That’s not poop, it’s a freckle. This all happens in a fraction of a fraction of a millisecond. Every time! Why am I fooled by a freckle several times a day? So I remind myself that Gabe has a poop-like freckle and I will not be fooled next time around. No sir. And then next time I change his diaper, “Aww crap (literally)! Not again. Wait. It’s his freckle.”

Halloween

Lizzy's Kindergarten class had a Halloween party. They got to wear their costumes after lunch, play games, eat snacks, and enjoy the overall Halloween revelry.

Here she is in her Simba costume at school. The hood is down and sadly that is the only picture I have of her in this costume.

Here's Gabe on Halloween in his tiger costume.

Lizzy decided to be a princess for Halloween. Here I am curling her hair into "princess curls."

Our little tiger.

The princess curls are finished! And they lasted about15 minutes. I think it took longer to actually curl her hair.

Getting ready to go out the door. You may have noticed that Lizzy changed her princess dress. She decided that this one was prettier. Her curls are already starting to fall.

They had a lot of fun trick-or-treating. Adam and I took the kids out after supper. Gabe was done at the end of the block, so I took him home while Adam and Lizzy continued on for some more loot. Gabe helped me hand out candy at home and had a blast.

It was a fun Halloween.

Once there was a snowman

In October we had the first snowfall of the season. The snow stayed for a few days before disappearing and we capitalized on that and played outside in our snowsuits.

Lizzy absolutely loved it and built a snowman right away.

Look how happy she is.

Gabe wasn't as happy, but he had a lot of fun. I love his touque.

Every snowman needs a good carrot for a nose.

The finished product. Look, they're best friends already!

Biking

We got Lizzy a new bike this fall. She absolutely loves riding it. She uses the training wheels, but Adam spent a little time teaching her to ride without them. She hasn't quite mastered it yet, but still loves to ride.

She's working so hard.

Family bike ride. I was riding behind Lizzy, pulling Gabe in the trailer and taking pictures at the same time.

I am so talented.

Another day. This is near our house on the way to the park.

Gabe in the swing at the park. It was a really beautiful day.