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Santa Photos

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:19:25 +0000

The boys were invited to Grandpa Monte’s staff kids’ Christmas party again this year. They had a blast (it was at the new science centre). The highlight, of course, was the visit from Santa. No tears this year! Maguire was unsure, but sat still while the camera snapped away. Jakzen waited — very patiently — for his turn to sit on Santa’s knee. And he knew exactly what to do. There was zero hesitation when he was asked what he wanted for Christmas. An e-reader. Santa said…”um, pardon me??” Yes, that’s right. My 3.5 year old wants an e-reader. *sigh*

Cute sidenote: Jak’s present from Santa at the party was some Lego. When he opened it, he said, “I guess Santa is all out of e-readers”.

Shopping sidenote: Santa wants to get Jakzen the V-Tech Innotab (which Santa will be calling an e-reader…), but everywhere we’ve checked has been sold out. If you see any, please text/call me! Santa needs some help.

A great excuse

admin — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 00:39:59 +0000

Ok, so perhaps I used the party the other night to indulge in some of my favourite eats. Surprise, surprise that I made it a Dessert-themed gathering. In the case of sweets, my eyes are *always* bigger than my stomach. Thankfully I was able to send many of the girls home with some take-aways. And thankfully my husband also has a sweet tooth and was able to polish off his fair share.

Bedazzling Party

admin — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 02:51:45 +0000

I had the girls over last night for a Stella & Dot jewelry party. So much fun! Pretty sure we tried on every single piece about 16 times…and some of us (read: me) might have tried on a whole bunch of pretty things all at once. As usual, there were plenty of laughs. As usual, there was plenty of food. My only complaint was that the night went by too fast. Already looking forward to the next time we all get together!

Happy New Year!

admin — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 18:00:56 +0000

Three out of 4 Blakeney’s were awake to ring in the New Year.

Yay, it’s 2011!!

BIG PICTURE PHOTOGRAPHY – Ten on Tuesday, Party Edition

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:00:43 +0000

1. Jakzen turned TWO yesterday, and we’ve had a busy couple days with party after party…after party. Yup, three parties in three days — 2 were for Jak, and one was for Jak’s future wife, Olivia.

2. Party One was on Saturday with Jak’s Calgary grandparents. We wanted to do something low-key, but something we knew he would enjoy. The answer — a trip to the park! (Thanks to auntie erin for suggesting Helicopter Park…it was a hit!)Jak’s favourite part of the park wasn’t the swing. It wasn’t the slide. It wasn’t the merry-go-round. It was a ramp. Yes, you read that right. He spent the majority of our time at the park just going back and forth, up and down the ramp. Crazy kid.

3. Here are some “behind the scenes” shots of our time at the park…

4. Maguire was at the park, too.(I promise he’s under that blanket…)

5. One last round of photos from the park — boys being boys!

6. We had dinner at our place after our park adventures, and I made sure to have a giant chocolate cupcake for Jakzen for dessert. In preparation for what I assumed would be a messy experience, I stripped him down and plunked him back in his chair, all ready to dive in and get dirty. First, he was unsure what to think of our singing…and even more unsure of the sparkly candle.Once the sparkler had burned out, he picked up the cupcake and we were all ready with our cameras to capture him attacking it with gusto. No such luck. He took one lick, and put it down. Apparently there really is such a thing as too much chocolate…

7. On Sunday, it was Olivia’s birthday. Crazy that this weekend marked her FIRST birthday. Already! She’s such a happy little girl — and a total ham for the camera.

8. Yesterday we had a party with some of Jak’s best buddies…and of course, more cupcakes.

9. Maguire, the party animal.

10. Jakzen got the obligatory cupcake with a candle in it again…and once again, he wasn’t sure what to think.

Thankfully Jak has good friends like Ronan who *tried* to teach him how to blow out the candle.

Jak made a couple feeble attempts at blowing, but in the end, Ronan saved the day and blew out the flame — and Jak was grateful!Of course, Jak didn’t want anything to do with eating the cupcake, and opted instead for a chocolate cookie. Which he LOVED…and his mommy finally got those messy birthday shots she was looking for.