baking...at 3am

(Emily) So here I am, baking delicious ginger cookies [like the  Giant ones from  Starbucks...yummm] for Manning's birthday party / Christmas Party we're having tomorrow. I fell asleep with the kids tonight for a good 3hr nap, so I figure I'll finish the baking I need to do tonight, so that tomorrow I can focus on more important things- like savory recipes and getting my tables organized for when guests arrive. I'm starting to wonder if I really am insane with all that I am doing. [oh...and it's 4am over here] My throat is a bit sore though- so I was thinking I should get this all done now, before I feel like total garbage {which I'm really praying I don't!!!}

I will have to take some photos of all that I've baked to post here soon. I haven't uploaded pics in a while!

My little man is all grown up..... sorta

(Emily) big tears over here, my youngest little man hit the 1yr milestone today- and when I think back to where we were a year ago today, and what we've been through up to this day and it makes me proud to say- my little man was able to eat cake today.

Happy birthday 'Little Man'  xoxo

Maplebottoms.ca is ours

(Deana) Well we officaly own maplebottoms.ca.  Our IT guy will be doing a Splash page today and working hard on our site.  I always thought that develoing a website was simple a touch of a botton.  I was wrong there is so much to look at making sure we have our images and descriptions from our suppliers.  We have to organize the shipping and ordering boxes, order our stock etc.  WOW when I type it all out its is alot and I am probably leaving out alot.
But we are getting very excited and just can't wait to have everything up and running.

We are almost there....

(Deanna) Well we are almost there the launching of our website the excitment is building and we are getting everything in place so far we will be finilizing out logo hopefully this week.  Once this is done we will sit down with the designer and start getting our site ready.  There is just so much to so I never thought that this process would be so long I always pictured this process being easy but I was wrong.  We have to think of ideas and approve the logo, come up with a marketing place for one of the biggest suppliers, find boxs, find a company to ship our murchandise etc.......
I will be honest I have had my doughts not that me and Emily couldnt do it, but more could we be better then our compation, after looking at what might be our compatition it made me realize how much there is still to do on top of our regular days of kids, laundry,cooking and sleeping(haha).
I guess I am just excited I can't wait till everything falls into place.  Stay tuned for more updates not that the wheeels are turning.

Lions, and tigers, and.... Kids? oh my!

Well I went back into the daycare thing, full-swing! I have 3 daycare kiddies , on top of my 3 kids that are stuck with me for life [ha..ha..] and it's so much fun! So far, the new little ones are adjusting magically, and I haven't lost my mind yet. Funny thing is- my day only gets long, once my daycare hours are over! Go figure!

Blah!!!!!

(Deanna) Well it has been a bit since I last wrote the days seen to flying by these days.  I have my general routine in the morning ( get 8 year old off to school, make the beds, wash morning dishes, youngest some gets up feed him and change him, make coffee and have a bite to eat) seems simple, doable RIGHT!!
Well these last few days I don't know what it is but as soon as I get my oldest onto the bus I return home and find myself running to my bed for just 5 more mins.  My youngest sleeps till about 10 so I have a hour.  As soon as he gets up he is fed and changed and put into his day clothes we play and sing and then at noon he is down for the count agian and there's me running to my bed and I nap till 3 or so till my little man gets up and its not like I am getting up through the night I sleep so soundly that my fiance gets up with the baby.  So there is a few things wrong with this I am a bit of a neat freak and everything in our house has its place, so you could imagine how my house looks I was even to lazy last night to make a good meal I fed my famil Wacky Mac (a kosher version of KD).
While I was pregnant with my second I came down Gestational Diabetes since then I have been given a note to go get my blood tested to see of is gone its a 2 hr test so I cant bring the little one could you imagine.
So the timing is an issue but most of all I am scared to go.  Diabites is all over my family and doctors have said I have a great chance of getting it.  I know I know its better if I go incase something happens right.
Well here's to me going to get tested fingers crossed.

some photo brags :-)

 proud mama and her two cloth diapered babies [Emily, Madison and Manning]

 Mason, building with daddy [ a drill in the hands of a 4 yr old = heart attack for mummy]

my little chub , Manning