Happy Easter

Easter has been filled already with food and egg hunts...and spending time with family.
I thought we were seeing friends and family last night too but I was surprised by Mr. R when he took me to a restaurant i had never been to for a surprise birthday dinner!
The company was wonderful! And the food was amazing! I'd definitely go back there!
Today we are sharing our Easter Sunday with friends, lamb and salmon are on the menu... And probably a few instagram photos will be snapped.
I hope you have a lovely Easter if you celebrate... If not, enjoy your Sunday!
Hugs
Char.x

wishing you a HAPPY Holiday Season...

Thank you for a WONDERFUL 2010...your support and friendship has been priceless(really ...truly it has)

Wishing you ALL a Merry Christmas...and a FABULOUS 2011.

We will be taking a wee BLOG-cation...and will be back Jan 2nd.

Until then...many Christmassy HUGS...and Mistletoe kisses...

take care and keep safe.

Char.x

(painting above of all the cousins here in UK-they're all growing SO fast)

cousins...cousins

we don't get together often...but enjoy our time when we do...that's Cousin Ulla in the middle holding little Ludwig and Cousin Lars(her brother) on the end in the blue...

Mr R and little Ludwig...the Happiest baby you've ever met...he's adorable!

after filling our bellies with a yummy BBQ...we all went for a walk..or took the little ones for a walk...

I adore this photo of Uncle Lars and our girls...

this was neat...I'm sure it was built in the 60's...it looks like a Mushroom and has a hole in the centre. The acoustics are amazing, we had so much fun stamping feet,screaming,chanting and clapping under it.

Hopefully we'll see Uncle Lars again soon...and wish Auntie Ulla, Kristian and little Ludwig a wonderful and safe trip back.

this afternoon we're heading over to friends to celebrate little G's 7th Birthday...he's a HUGE fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey Team...so I painted a custom Once Upon a Time for him.

Have a lovely Monday!

and OH...I nearly forgot...

I have a B.O.G.O offer on my Esty Store prints until the end of May.

(if you don't see one of my prints there...it maybe because it's not been listed or has expired...just email me and I can re-list it)

Until tomorrow

Char,ON

WHAT would you bring?

This was my lunch...I know...it's simple, but I'm a simple girl. I LOVE.LOVE.LOVE to cook and make things pretty...but I also adore when you can taste the raw product.

Avacado and eggs...one of my all time faves.(as many of you know)

I NEED your help though. This Sunday we're visiting with cousins who have flown over from Sweden.

I am supposed to be bringing a desert.

WHAT to bring/or make?

I can cook...and don't bake much at all...I can follow a recipe, BUT I really need to impress...a little this time. My cousin's husband is a sou-chef...

PLEASE HELP ME...

HAPPY WEEKENDING.

Char,ON

English cousins...

we miss them all terribly!
It's funny to think that one day all their age differences won't determine their relative size.
I have a feeling Tristan (far left) and our Jordan (with the pompoms) will tower over all the other cousins.
Things could change...my brother was always tiny, very similar to Ashley's frame...and at 15 he sprouted to 6ft 2inches...we have a lot of height in our Family...Scandinavians seem to be naturally tall. My Dad is 6ft 2 and Mum is 5,11, Aunt is 6,2...my grandparents were tall too...and what did my sister and I get...a mere 5ft 4.5 inches.
Stick around...hey, in a few years this sketch could look VERY different.

We had a wonderful weekend...celebrating Birthdays, visiting wonderful cities...and spending quality time together...my kind of weekend!
We went to Kingston again because hubbie was scuba diving out there.
Kingston is one of the oldest cities in Canada, and has so many beautiful Century homes...I would have loved to have taken pictures but it poured yesterday...the girls and I spent most of the morning running for cover from those OH so LARGE raindrops...you know the ones where if you step out in the rain you feel like someone just dumped a bucket full of water on you...
We still managed to catch the Antique's market and buy a few TinTin comic books and a few Dr.Suess books for the girls. Classics seem to be treasured here in this home. Ashley loves comics...and the TinTin books captured her imagination for a good few hours on our trip yesterday...that's when you know you've bought something worthwhile.

I'm cleaning the house today, getting ready for the start of school next week...I feel like I need to purge a little.
I realized that I use maybe a 1/3 of my wardrobe(I have T-shirts still from 9 years ago), and the girls are growing out of their clothes...
I'd like to keep some of the girls fabrics for future craft projects...but what to do?

Any ideas friends? Have you saved your kids pretty dresses or tops because you couldn't part with the memory?
I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Char,On