Another one bites the dust

This post is for my wonderful husband. Every Sept he gets the hunting itch and I think no matter how many times he could go out into the bush, either scouting or hunting, he would like to do more;)
After a successful hunt during our holidays he was going for antlers, not just meat for the freezer. When he caught the above picture on the motion and infrared sensitive trail camera he was even more excited to go out hunting.

During the shotgun season he was able to go out only once, but it was enough!!! He got a nice mature buck with a clean shot right into the heart (sorry to you sensitive people:).

Jeff's first buck! We were all very excited for him.

The girls were not at all squimish about the dead deer that Jeff brought home in the back of his truck. They wanted to climb in as well and did a thorough inspection of the body. For some reason they were fascinated by the fact that the eyes were still there and we had to keep telling them to not poke them, or touch the tongue, or other unmentionable body parts.

Katie was at school when we took Jeff's proud posing pics, but Maya had fun to be included in the photo shoot.

If you look at the tip of the left antler you can notice a small dip. Go back to the trail camera pic and you'll notice the same. This is a rare occasion that you get a picture of a nice buck and a couple of days later you actually get it. Way to go Jeff!!

It's NOT chocolate!!!

All you moms out there probably have an idea of what's coming, but I thought I'll share the "soo cute" moment first.
Our volunteer Otto was looking after Maya while Jeff and I were in a meeting this morning. Apparently she didn't like being left and was crying quite a bit, but then Otto put on a show and Maya was out cold after just a few minutes. I guess she was out of sorts because she was tired:) Katie was behaving nicely and was allowed to sit in on the meeting with her colouring book - she did great and didn't interrupt hardly at all.
After lunch it was nap time. I put Maya down and then snuggled with Katie on the couch and was reading to her. After about 1/2 hour Maya was crying and I went to check what's up....

The smell gave the crime away right off the bat, but I didn't anticipate the extent of the crime scene. Needless to say I was not happy. Maya was coverd also so off to the shower first. All the bedding and clothes into the wash and then the fun part. Scrubbing the %$@! off the walls. But it's all clean, the windows wide open to air out the room, and I must say that the girls played very nicely while I was cleaning.

So this was my day so far, how was yours??

Fall Clean Up

We took advantage of the beautiful sunny days we've been having and got pretty much all our outdoor work done over the last couple of days.
The girls were both big helpers, either by helping loading up the trailer, or by at least being happy and getting along most of the time.

All our summer play things, bikes, and patio furniture got loaded up and stored in one of the trailers on site. And no, Maya did not drive the lawn tractor, but she had fun pretending while I loaded everything up.

And off we go. The girls just loved being able to ride on the wagon.

After we loaded up the wagon a second time, this time with yard waste, we picked up Daddy who was busy splitting some firewood and we took the LOOOONG way to the place we dumped all the green waste.

Daddy and the girls had a lot of fun and enjoyed the sun while I got to play taxi driver. It was getting cold out though and I was glad to get inside and have a nice hot shower after a busy day.

How was your week? What are your plans for the weekend? I'd love to hear from you.

Halloween

We had a lot of fun on Halloween. I don't have a lot of time for this post but I thought I'll just share some pics.
Maya and Daddy did a Jack-o-Lantern while I was volunteering in Katie's classroom

Maya as a puppy (same as last year, but this year it fits)

Katie as a Mommy Jaguar

We shared dinner with our friends and then we had 10 kids head out for trick or treating

Doing a good job saying thank you!