All in a days work...

So...Who ever thought staying at home was all about the soap-operas ?

Today, while Sean was at the office, I .....

1) Tandem Breast-fed twins

(no pic necessary!)

2) Provided them with Breakfast

3)Provided them with Lunch

4) Gave them a snack

5) Kept their diapers changed repeatedly

6) Baked 5 dozen Chocolate Chip cookies ... for my dear sweet husband

7) Cooked up this weeks supply of babies' veggies

8) folded the dried laundry

9) washed & hung two more loads

10) successfully entertain two happy children...not that THAT is particularly challenging...

(in place of photo...just imagine playful children basking in their Mummy's attention...)

11) Kept the house clean & tidy!!

(ie: dishes washed & dried & kitchen left spotless!!)

&

12) I found the time to touched base with three different friends!!

Heck...I'm AWESOME...no wonder that man married me ;-)

Just Hanging Out...

...On a Cold Winter's Eve

Wood stove is burning

Cabin is cozy

Mum's cooking is awesome

Life is good!!

Time to kick back & relax!!

Need I say more?

It's a Mum's Right...

THIS is about nothing other than...

...a Mother's right to BRAG ! !

God, my kids are CUTE ! !

Winter ??

OK...So...

...we had winter in JUNE (2008). It was June 9Th to be precise, when we got a foot of snow, and summer didn't get much better...Given this, you would think, we Yukoners would be deserving of a beautiful & extended Fall...Having said that, Mother Nature had something else in mind.....

On September 29Th at 10:30 p.m...

...in the middle of a good "chick-flick", Sean announced that the ground was totally white! I quickly hit the pause button on the remote & ran for the door. As fast as I had made it outside, I ran back in to retrieve babies & camera!! Although the girls were born in the early days of winter last year...they were too small to go outdoors & experience the sensation of snow-flakes landing on their little noses!! (Given it was a long winter of -40 & colder...I didn't get out to feel the snow on my face either...)

Sooo....THIS was it!!

And they LOVED it!!

I love Sarah's squinty smile as the flakes hit her lashes & Adelaide's wide-eyed expression as her hair got whiter & whiter!

By morning...we were buried in a load of wet white stuff!

At 5:00 a.m. we had at least 4 inches! Before the rain finally came, I heard it got to a solid 8 inches! Power was knocked out through many areas of town (OK so town is tiny & only has a few "areas" so can you imagine how bad it must have been to say..."in MANY areas" ? That pretty much cover all of Town!)

Note:

One of the bonuses of being "off the grid" is that such occurrences don't have any impact on us :):):) Well, except for when the phone cuts-out on me in mid sentence...

Mean while back at the ranch...or was that, back at "Noah's Place" Their "My Martin" was hit with a good ... are ya ready for this one ?.....

A FOOT & A HALF OF SNOW ! !

As if the trees hadn't taken enough abuse in June...they were still hunched over from THAT assault! There's no way they'll survive now...

And to think...

this was NOT a Weeping Willow!!

But it is NOW!!

The one good thing about a generous snow fall...the yard mess gets buried for another season!!!

No matter what...a good snow fall is always breathtakingly beautiful.

And as you can see...

the excitement has been just too much for this little soul ;)

So....for tomorrow???

who knows...

Summer perhaps?

When the Hunter's away...Aunt Maureen will play...

...or was that WORK ??

And So it begins ... Breakfast for 38

Menu: baited water

YUMMMMMY

The Chef: Aunt Maureen

The Server: Aunt Maureen

The Poop Scoopers: In the house sleeping ;-)

Food prep

The happy Chef

Look at her cookin' !!!

Serving Yunice...the gentleman :)

Sarah waits with unbridled anticipation...

Emma's next :)

Don't forget Taz & Jarvis !!

Koda (a rather rambunctious fella!!)

The rewards are endless...

Let the kissing begin!

(ahhh Maureen you ARE a good sport!!)

This would be Bria saying "Thanks"

and Maui...Such a grateful soul...

Sarah is right in on the appreciation thing...

Ahhh..Akiak is SO gentle with her praises...

Bria saying "Thanks" Again !!:)

A Job Well Done... & the Final Seal of Approval

by the Lead Dogs

Maui gives a big High Five !!

Starah says "Put one there Mo" !!

Sarah telling her new best friend "You go girl" !!

Maui & Aunt Maureen wrapping up Breakfast Chores

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And when all is said and done...

The POOP-SCOOPERS sleep on....

...& the Hunter returns to a happy home :)

WE LOVE YOU AUNT MAUREEN

Da Daaaa !!!

ADELAIDE ANNE

(September 28 - too early in the morning!!)

We just KNEW she could do it!! Adelaide has STOOD!! Now honestly...the first time she did, I was too slow with the camera &, truth be told, she was on a 45' angle to the floor (not exactly balanced or straight...) So....Here is a photo of the FIRST real success at standing! And to think, the wee one waited for me to get all the way down stairs to find the camera & then get all the way up stairs to capture the moment...

Well "all the way" is relative...when you live in a tiny Yukon cabin, NOTHING is all that far away ;-)

Adelaide was saving THIS smile for her Daddy!!

God help me now!! Next thing you know the girls are going to be running about the cabin & getting into even MORE...if that is even possible!

Domesticity in a 21 Century Yukon Cabin...

This would be Wellington & me watching our

first load of laundry!!

Notice the stackable dryer is absent?

Sears goofed up & delivered the wrong one...

now we have to wait for the proper dryer to come in...

Oh well, nothing like "freeze-dried" clothes!!

Mum must be laughing now...

or simply wondering what ever happened to that daughter that she knew...

Well Mum...I moved to the North...met a Musher & now

I spend my Saturday nights entertained by how little

water & suds there are in my NEW washer!

How life has changed hasn't it??

& poor Sean...
The day he met me...he had NO idea what would become of his humble dwelling ...

insulation, paint, stairs...fridge, stove, a microwave

(did I mention the HUGE TV from Brenda & Michael??)

& now

Home Laundry Facility!!

Ahhh...the bliss of domesticity in a

21st Century Yukon cabin ;-)