A first for Nick

Well it finally happened. At almost 17 months old Nick fell asleep eating in his highchair.

It's hard work eating lunch! 

It's back to work tomorrow after a great 2 weeks of holidays! I hope I can get out of bed on time!

xo,
Meg 

Living Room Renovation: Before Photos

Our project this year is to renovate our living room. It is the first room that you see as you enter our house and right now it houses a piano that isn't even ours, some toys, a plant, a bunch of wine and our soccer balls. Interesting combination eh?

Here's the view from the kitchen:

Here's the view from the front foyer:

The trim and baseboards need upgrading. They will be replaced with bright white ones.

We are about to start seriously shopping for hardwood. Yes that beige carpet has got to go!

We are thinking about getting bamboo or walnut wood. Something medium in colour. 

This house was built in the 90's but you would think that it was built in the 80's with some of these gems:

Floral chandelier anyone? Or how about brass switch plates?

You'll notice in the pictures that the room is painted toothpaste green. I envision it to be grey or taupe. I REALLY want to paint it grey but I have yet to convince the hubby. 

Lastly we will be buying an actual non-hand me down adult dining room set. This hutch I bought off of a co-worker for 50 bucks. It has done it's job but we would like to buy a long buffet in a darker wood. We already have a long mirror that will go back on the wall once everything is complete.

I'll update as we go. I can't wait to rip up that carpet! Stay tuned :)

xo,
Meg    

Wine it up!

New Years Eve was fun! 

We hosted a wine and cheese party at our house. I forgot to take a picture of the cheese but Dan did the shopping so you can imagine how much there was. We had havarti, 3 types of goat cheese, 2 types of swiss, stripy jack, brie and babybels. 

And for the wine...

Left to Right: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Tempranillo (All from Magnotta Winery in Cambridge.)The next three were wine that we made at Simply Fine Wine. These included Amarone, Sangiovese and Gewurtraminer. The last one was an ice wine made by Lakeview Cellars that is still chilling in our fridge since we were too full on wine and cheese to crack open another bottle. 

Happy 2013! What did everyone do?

xo,
Meg

Snow walk!

Yesterday we had some family time in the park. Nick loves being pulled around in his sled and attempting to walk in the snow.

Here he is exploring...

Kaboom!

After playing in the snow (yes I did a snow angel) we had to have some hot chocolate of course! 

 
Love these family times.

xo,
Meg 

End of a Month, End of a Year

And what a great month it has been!

• We went to an annual Christmas open-house at a friend's house.
• We played in a charity soccer tournament.
• We were all sick.. again. I am hoping this Winter is more forgiving.
• I had my annual cookie exchange with the ladies.
• Friends came over for eggnog and pie and Backyardigans :)
• We got and decorated our Christmas tree. Nicest tree we have had yet!
• We shopped and wrapped and shopped some more.
• I went to my staff Christmas party.
• We went to The Wonders of Winter at Waterloo Park. (Until we were chased back to the car by rain!)
• I visited with a friend on her birthday.
• We had our monthly play date at Amelia's house.
• I went out for Christmas dinner with some teaching friends. (We've done this for 6 years now!)
• We had a wonderful Christmas (despite Nick being sick) in Kingston. We got to attend a Christmas gathering with high school friends, have 2 delicious turkey dinners, and some sledding fun with Nick and his two oldest cousins. I also visited with two girlfriends.
• We did some shopping with our gift cards from Christmas. 
• We ended the year with a wine and cheese party at our house.   

                                         Fisher Party 2012

Our Christmas Tree

                           

I am looking forward to 2013 and all that it has in store for us! Happy New Year!

xo,

Meg

Annual Stocking Photo

Nicholas posing with his stocking at Poppa's house is now a tradition for us.

Christmas 2011 (4 months old):

                    Could he have been any cuter? Or balder?


Christmas 2012 (16 months old):

                              Still cute and definitely not bald!


What is your Christmas tradition?

xo,
Meg  
                

Is it Christmas Yet?

I saw this picture on a blog that I read so I thought I would share it!

This coming week at work is going to be nutty and full of fun! The kids have been through the roof for a while now so I can just imagine what they will be like this week.

After hearing about the horrific events in Connecticut yesterday, I think we all just want to spend time with our families and hug our kids even tighter this Christmas.

xo,
Meg