New Job & Lots of Tyler Videos

It’s been some busy times around the monkey house. I quit my job at Playground, after 6 years, and am now working for Bluetide Management. I’m a developer, I write programs and build cool websites. I can go into more technical details, but I usually get blank stares and nods.

Dude!!!

Ridin’ the Pumpkin Express

Pumpkin Bouncin’

Stealing Mommy’s Breakfast

Maisie’s 2nd Birthday

Tyler’s First Heels

Tyler tried on her first pair of Mommy’s heels today and she was definitely able to strut her stuff. Smack the link to check out the video.

Reduce Reuse Recycle

Most of the waste in your house can be recycled and we definitely take advantage of that. We composte what we can and what’s left over usually amounts to one small bag of garbage at the end of the week. Well the recycling bug has passed down to Tyler as I saw her recycle her first piece of plastic this week. I was cutting up some cantelope for her and the plastic wrap that was covering it happened to fall to the ground. I didn’t notice at first and she ended up walking over, picking it up, and then taking it to the recycling bin. We are SOOOOO proud! Now if we can only get her to take out the composte bucket that would be GREAT! Happy Monday!!

Tyler @ Toddler Town

Tyler is now totally confident at going down slides. Check out the video to see for yourself. This is at the little kids playground in Abbotsford at Mill Lake.

$2463 & 60KM Thanks to You!!

What started as a “maybe we could raise that much”, to a “I don’t know” ended up being a NO PROBLEM! Between very generous individual donations, the generous winners of our “Poker for Boobies Tournament”, the many Capes for the Cure and Tutu’s Too orders and my Mom’s car wash, we surpassed the $2000 mark for fundraising. Which ended up sending me on a 60KM walk all around Vancouver. There were aches, blisters, blisters on blisters, some great laughs, great memories and something that will never be forgotten. Being part of a 1600 person walk and in the end raising $4.1 million was pretty amazing and it more than trumps any of the aches and blisters that you get on the walk. Thank you everyone for your support and I hope everyone got as warm a fuzzy feeling as I did.

Oregon Surfing 2008

This past week we went to Cannon Beach, Oregon for a surfing trip. We only ended up getting in two days of surfing, which was a bummer, but we had lots of great camp fires, walks on the beach, roller blades with Tyler in her stroller, great deals shopping and some great food. Okay, the food got a little repetative with the hots dogs and burgers, but we did finish off most of them. And what we didn’t finish we fed to the birds. One seagull ate a whole hotdog in one bite. We stayed in a great place that was only 1 block from the beach. We HIGHLY recommend it. For the price I don’t think you’ll find a better place in Cannon Beach to sleep 8 people. We also HIGHLY recommend The Original Pancake house. The pancakes were the best that we have tasted anywhere! The only catch is that they’re open from 6AM to 2PM every day. Don’t be late and don’t order anything other than a big plate of pancakes. As for stuff we don’t recommend, I would not recommend Cannon Beach Surf Shop. The staff were rude, including the owner, and the rental gear STANK like smelly socks. It actually stank worse than that, but I can’t find the words to explain how brutal it was. Check out the pics of the trip to see some of our adventures. We’ll get some surfing pictures once we collect the photos from everyone else.

Tyler & Daddy Picking Blueberries

Tyler and I went blueberry picking the other day. It was pretty easy to keep her content. I just rolled her up to a blueberry bush and she would pick it clean. Even the green one’s. Check out the video for some more Tyler fun.

Tyler’s First Video Game

Tyler played her first video game the other day. It’s called BabySmash and it’s really easy. All you have to do is smash the keys on the keyboard and shapes and letters pop up on the screen while giggle sounds play. Parental supervision is required especially if it’s on a laptop. Tyler swiped Melissa’s enter key a few months ago and popped off my backslash key the other day. Here’s a video of Tyler’s first time playin’.

Kids Super Hero Capes & Tutus for the Cure (SOLD OUT)

Thank you to everyone who purchased a cape and tutu. We’re sold out this year. If you really really want a cape or tutu

Melissa’s raising money for the BC Walk to End Breast Cancer and one of her fund raising efforts is making super hero capes and tutus for kids.

The capes are $20 and you have the choice of a superman (red), supergirl (pink), or batman (black) style cape. For all capes the childs initial is incorporated into the logo. The capes are made of a medium weight polyester. It’s easy to clean and wrinkle resistant.

The tutus are also $20 and they come in either grey, white or cream, with a pink satin waistband & bow and chocolate brown or pink polka dots.

100% of all sales will go directly to pledges for the BC Walk to End Breast Cancer. Anyone wishing to make a cash donation can do so at Melissa’s personalized Walk to End Breast Cancer site, http://www.endcancer.ca/goto/melissas-walk, which will provide you with a tax receipt.

Thank you for your support!

How to Order

Tutus
1. What size in inches is your child’s waste?
2. What is the distance from your child’s waste to knee?
3. What color tulle would you like? (grey, white or cream)
4. What color polka dots would you like? (chocolate brown or pink)

Capes
1. How tall is your child?
2. What is your child’s initial?
3. What style logo woud you like? (Batman, superman or supergirl)

How long does it take?
Capes and tutu’s generally take a day to make. Though depending on how many orders we have and also how our personal schedule goes, it can take longer. If you don’t need the cape or tutu right away please let us know. It can help us to schedule, which capes to make first if someone needs one quickly.

Payment & Delivery
If you live in the Fraser Valley or somewhere near Vancouver we can arrange to meet you somewhere to deliver the item as well as receive payment. If you live elsewhere we can definitely ship the item to you at your cost. We did ship one cape to Texas, which cost $8.50. There might be cheaper shipping options, though that was Canada Posts rate with a bubble wrap envelope to help protect the cape. Payments can be completed through PayPal for $1 per item. This is PayPal’s standard transaction fee.

Pictures
If you purchased an item and have a picture of your child in the cape/tutu we would love to have a copy of it to post on our site. With your permission of course.

Thanks for Partying with Me!!

Thank you to everyone who came to my first birthday party! I had a great time! I hope my friends who couldn’t make it are feeling all better. I really feel spoiled with all of the presents that I received. It was lots of fun opening all of the gifts and I’m having even more fun reading the books, playing with the toys, and wearing my new clothes. I can’t wait to party it up on my friends birthdays, now that I’ve gotten the taste for cake.