Kim 365

Meet our little family of djembes: the smallest one was a gift from my sister Jean, brought all the way here by her from Kenya, the medium sized one I brought home from Uganda when I was there in 2003, and the largest one is one I bought to play with since the smaller two don't have very good tone. They sure look good though!

I haven't had much opportunity to play since having kids, but I still enjoy it when I have the chance!

The boys had a blast playing in the backyard this afternoon: 3C never felt so good!!

Markus insists that these are Lizard Boots....no sense arguing with a soon-to-be four year old!

I'm convinced that the difference in the kitchen between Martha Stewart and I is not the taste and quality of our food, but the disaster left in the wake of the cook. The "clean as you cook" strategy can only fly so far when you have three small children under foot.

We had spaghetti and meat sauce for supper tonight - Clay's favourite! Wyatt's been anything but keen on most veggies lately, so I put some spinach in the sauce, that way he couldn't pick around it. Instead of being pokey about eating his veggies he and Markus were pokey about the whole bowl of pasta. Oh well, Bailey thought it was great :)

I am loving the bokeh in this picture, from the light reflected off the pot lid.

I made the boys a tent today, with a flat sheet draped over the table. Inside it we feasted on Kinder Surprise chocolate and the boys were thrilled with their horrible toys with way-too-small parts.

Meet my main floor half bath, and its gaping hole in the ceiling. Ugh. This is definitely not what I was anticipating a year ago when we moved into this almost-new home. I thought a new house would mean less problems. Alas, the tub's overflow drain on the second floor was not sealed properly and has been leaking, probably since forever. My dad came over to pull the ceiling down today and we used our super sleuthing skills to find the problem. He sealed it for us and it appears to have done the trick.....now what to do with that gaping hole?

Our first instinct is to redo the drywall, but Dad says there's some really nice looking suspended ceilings you can get now - which would be easier than drywalling. Contemplating going for a tin ceiling look - would that be weird if we did it only in this little bathroom and didn't have it anywhere else in the house? Please weigh in. While I'm asking for advice, what do you think about wallpaper? :)

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5

My niece and nephew's birthdays are within two weeks of each other, so today all the aunties, uncles, cousins, grandmas and grandpas went over to celebrate. This beautiful 8 year old was thrilled with a new NDS game!

I took this (and yesterday's shot) with Clay's new Canon T2i. No flash, but ISO set to 1600 - can't believe the clarity!

"Men and women around the world have a simple dream – to earn an honest living, provide a home, food and education for their children, and to be gainfully employed in a job that brings dignity and joy.

Often referred to as ‘Fair Trade,' the philosophy of helping to build a sustainable future is based on the principle that trade should have a conscience. Through Fair Trade, artisans and farmers receive respect, dignity and hope from working hard and earning fair value for their work."
-Taken from Ten Thousand Villages' website

Learn more about Fair Trade here:
www.tenthousandvillages.com
www.transfair.ca

My brother Cody gave me this shirt for my birthday a few years ago. Isn't he charming?