Hi, my name is Elizabeth and I am a slacker!

Okay, not really a slacker. More like a mother, wife, maid, taxi, cook, secretary, Dr. Mom and because my life was not full enough, a business owner. Yikes, Christmas is about 2 weeks away and I still have stuff to do. Before kids I had Christmas beat in late October....man, those were the days but the kids make these days totally worth it!
Let's see, November was a boring month in our family I suppose, nothing much happened. The kids have been sick with little colds off and on since then but really, who isn't this time of year. I had a very busy month selling books, my best month yet. I love my job and I am actually going to a Convention in Calgary in January for Usborne Books, can't wait!
Here are a few pictures from the fall and on - I have to dust off the camera more often in the new year - a new years resolution!

Boo at the Zoo

Layne and Jessica with the Subway Sandwich

Evva the Lion

Dragon Layne on the bug ride

Zander the chicken!

Scooping pumpkin guts

Our creations!

Layne was a cowboy for trick or treating at the mall

Freezing our butts off at the Santa Claus Parade Todd, Layne and Ireland Goofy Layne

Goofy Evva

Making Gingerbread Christmas trees

Putting up the tree

Family photo 2008

It's already October

We are busy at the Peterson household, as usual. Layne is back into the swing of preschool and loving every minute of it. He goes Wednesday and Friday mornings and it gives me a chance to spend a few hours alone with Evva. Layne and I also go to a Kinder Links program put on by the school division called Purple Stew on Monday afternoons. There he learns about healthy food and eating choices through songs, activities and crafts. I get to make a craft for him each class too, this week I started a cook book filled with the snack that the kids eat during the 6 week program. We will also be starting story time at the end of the month at the library, it's nice to have a full schedule in the fall!

Evva, my poor girl is teething...7 teeth at once. She is still pretty happy 90% of the time but she is very clingy and wakes up most nights for a refill of Tylenol. Evva and I will be starting play group on Friday mornings while Layne is at school, it's a good chance to have her play with other toddlers.

Todd is good, it's very slow at work for him right now. Boeing in Seattle is on strike with no end in sight so there is not much to do here I guess. I really don't know much more other than the fact that he is bored at work and spends a lot of time surfing the net on company time! lol!

I became an Usborne Books consultant last month selling children's books. I have loved these books since they were introduced to me 3 years ago and now the kids love them too. Both kids are big book lovers so I thought why not, it's fun, easy and the extra money can't hurt! If you'd like more info about the books visit www.usborne.ca

That's the update for now, until next time!

Elizabeth

More from the Dropzone

Todd (a.k.a. Super Grover) did his rappel for Easter Seals on August 14th 2000, raising over $1500. Thank you again for all your support. Here are a few more shots from the professional photographer who was there.

Family Photos

For Evva's 1st birthday and our 10th anniversary we did a photo shoot with my friend Erin Keown at Harbor View. These are just a few of my favorites!

Check out Erin's website for more photos in the gallery!

http://erinkeownphotography.com/

Whoa baby, oh baby!

This is the Cole's notes version of a blog that I just finished, pictures and all, then POOF, it was gone. Sometimes I really hate computers. Anyway.

A trip to Kildonan Park for the kids and I. Layne was reluctant to go in the witch's hut at first but he laughed once he saw the witch was just pretend!


feeding the ducks

trying to be like her big brother on the slide!


Our newest family member has finally arrived as many of you already know! Zander Heinrich Malkoske arrived August 14th at 3:38 a.m weighing 6lbs 10z. He is a beautiful baby boy and we all adore him, especially his very proud auntie!

Proud big cousin always wanting to hold Zander! I asked him if we should have another baby and he very firmly said "NO!"

Todd and I want to thank everyone for their support helping him to take part in the Easter Seals Dropzone this year. He had a great time and I think he's up for the challenge again next year! We are waiting for more pictures from the event photographer, hopefully soon!

Todd is the speck 8 windows in, 2 down!

Whoa!

Happy Daddy is back on the ground!

We are slowly getting back into a routine here as we roll into September next week and another year of preschool for Layne. He loves all his teachers and friends and is excited to go back. I sit on the board of directors as secretary for the preschool so watch out for our first fundraiser coming in the next few weeks!

Have a great long weekend everyone!

A birthday, a trip and some family fun!

Evva's first birthday is over, our baby is not a baby anymore:( She is quite the happy little girl though, always on the go giving her brother a run for his money! Evva's beach birthday party was a lot of fun, unfortunately I didn't get a lot of pictures - but thank you to Lisa who took some on my camera for me :) Evva received a lot of wonderful gifts, many of which Layne laid claim to - until the novelty wore off and he resumed playing with his trucks again!

Todd and I had a wonderful, relaxing mini vacation at Country Charm Resort for our anniversary. It was nice to get away and reconnect and do absolutely anything we wanted to do without having to worry about the kids for 3 days! We went fishing, bike riding, played horseshoes, pool and badminton. We watched a lot of movies and went for walks too, it was a really nice place!

On the long weekend we hung out and had some family time. We went to the zoo, (our very favorite place to go together) and played in our backyard playground!

Here are some pictures of the past few weeks! Enjoy!

Evva's birthday cupcake

Happy together!

Smelling the flowers in the garden at the zoo

Feeding prairie dogs

Our little DIVA!!

Watching a movie in his fort

"Swimming on my bum"

Swimming with Papa

Swimming with Nana

Todd and I got "trashy" for the 2nd Annual Trash Bash