Teehee!

And voila!

Here is a touque! ;)

Look! It even has a pom-pom & a polar bear on it...

Which is the symbol for living in the Canadian North.

Did you know all of our license plates in the territory where I live

are shaped as polar bears?!

I will take a picture of mine someday.

So I call this a touque.

What do you call it?

Hat?

Cap??

I'm curious now. =)

Calling for snow.

What's that you say?!

Snow flurries at the end of September??

Preposterous!

But...

We have had crazy, abnormal weather overall this year.

So this just looks like more of the same crazy...

Note to self:

Winter is coming early...

And most likely staying late.

*sigh*

Get the mitts & touques out, ASAP.

First days...

Beautiful smiles =)

Crying out of happiness (???) while we sang "Happy Birthday" to her...

(this one was difficult to interpret!)

In her princess birthday suit looking like Goofy and acting goofy!

First day at Nursery school: fits right in like flin! hahah!

(how cheeky, huh?!!)

3rd time is a charm!!!

My first-ever home made cranberry jelly initially turned into syrup...

It did not set.

I found out later that I should not double recipe's and/or skimp out on sugar both of which I had done. So I re-boiled the jelly a second time this time adding more certo preservative.

Still syrupy.

Frustrated, I was ready to throw the whole batch on a huge bunch of pancakes the next weekend that I was going to force my husband to make (he's the best chef ever).

But I managed to get enough patience to re-boil the mixture again on the 3rd day after the hubby phoned his Grammy back home in Newfoundland who said to add more sugar as it is the main thing that helps to set it.

So I added a bit more sugar...

and VOILA!!

1 hour later I could see the mixture in the jars starting to set!!!!

WOOP!

And OMG, is it EVER good with homemade bannock!!!!

YUUMMMMMY!!

It's was so good that I went out again yesterday and picked some more cranberries!! Made another batch, this one less sweet and a bit more tarty....Mmmmmmm!!

I must say that I am tickled pink with myself...and so glad that I did not give up!! I think that I want to jam and jelly everything now! heheh!