Under the great big sky

Tuesday, 11 March 2014

a lovely birthday!

On Friday I celebrated my 28th birthday, and I have to say it was one of the best birthdays I have had in a long time! Here are some pictures...

We started off the day with delicious homemade sticky buns made by the Baker Extraordinaire herself! We had Mom and Dad Claus visiting with us for the week which was great... more about that later. But just look at this deliciousness.... enjoyed with one of Brian's coffees, a match made in heaven!

In the afternoon Brian and I left the babies with Grandma and went on a coffee date! We haven't been out for coffee for a very, very long time. Definitely not since John was born. We went to Fixed, one of my favourite coffee shops downtown. It's not a great place to bring kids, so we thought we would take advantage.

That's a ginger and date scone.... yummy!

It's been really cold here lately, and the harbour actually was completely frozen in the day before my birthday. When we were down there it was thawed a bit, but you can still see some ice.

We ran into our friend Rebecca who kindly took a couple pics of us.. hurray for moving beyond selfies!

some romantic! ;)

Brian was inspired to go up to the top of the parking garage so we could have a better view of the harbour. So we ran up the ramps.... feeling like adventurous teenagers again. Not saying we're not adventurous anymore... but a double stroller kind of cramps the style when doing stuff like that. ;)

View from the top! See the sheets of ice?

Mom and Dad treated us to an amazing dinner at Mallard Cottage, a new restaurant in town that opened in November 2013. It was delicious. We had an early reservation, but the dining room was full before too long.

They have an open kitchen, so you can even sit at the bar and watch the chefs at work.

This is my seared halibut with barley risotto. The picture doesn't really do it justice as the lighting is low, but it was really delicious. What a treat!

Contented husband!

Reflection when looking out the window

So there are a few pictures from my day. It was a treat! More pictures to come but now there's a little lady who is up from her nap...

Monday, 17 February 2014

February Photos

It's cold and windy here in St John's! Gusting up to 130 km/h, means there's not much we can do outside. But, we're doing okay. Here's some latest pictures.

John didn't like this pouch sling as a newborn.. but now that he can sit up in it (it's a pretty tight squeeze!) he enjoys it when he just wants to be close to mama. He's not quite in it right here but we had a chuckle...

Fluffy-haired freshly bathed little boy!

Saturday morning meeting. Rabbit is there too... can you see him? Bronwen organizes the meetings by gathering the chairs.

Wearing my old-man fleece PJs!

Horseplay on the couch!

Classic sad face.. poor little guy.

My name is Bronwen and I hate wearing hair clips. I prefer the grunge look.

I can sit up by myself! (usually with a pillow behind.. just in case)

Friday, 31 January 2014

January wrap-up

Can't believe it's the last day of January! Here are some pictures from our month..

We got a lot of snow. Here is the jumbo snowblower making a huge cut to the drifts along the road.

The kidlets

Bronwen got a little chair and easel from our neighbour for her birthday. She quite enjoys it.

We had a birthday party for Brian. It drew quite the crowd! Here is Bronwen with her buddies... they just turned 5 and she loves to run around with them.

Happy birthday dear husband of mine!

This is his "it's my birthday and my wife made me a cake" face.

Went downtown for a walk.

Sometimes Bronwen hates the stroller.

Love me!

And me!

Oh Charlie, can we be friends forever...

It's been a bit of a long month especially this last week. The nights are loooong which makes the days long too. The kids have both been waking very, very frequently.... consequently we are running on very little sleep. Makes it hard to write a thesis or spend your day with a sometimes very strong willed toddler and a sensitive little guy! But we'll get through it... right? :)

Enjoy your weekends everyone! We recently acquired a waffle maker which makes Saturday morning breakfasts even more fun around here. Hurray for Saturday morning breakfast!