I'm not the only one who likes orange...

Aubrey is addicted to oranges, she's always liked them but not that Mandarin oranges are available, she can't get enough. She eats 2-3 a day - not sure if that's ok or not but she asks for them in her sleep practically. Today after church she saw the bag of oranges and asked for one. She grabbed it but we were busy taking off our coats and shoes and getting changed that it took too long for us to get around to peeling it for her. So she started peeling it on her own, she did a great job, peeled the whole thing, put the peels in the garbage and continued to separate out the slices on the table then ate them, all by herself.

Going for a walk

Tried to get outside today but it was really cold. It didn't last long and ended up at the library for a warm break. It's not as chilly as it is in Victoria I'm sure...just waiting for the snow to fall here. It's suppose to snow tomorrow and Monday. The movers came and picked up our stuff in Victoria yesterday and now we just wait and hope it clears customs! We are really missing our winter coats and a scarves!

My Favourite Salads

There are 2 salads that we get at the hotel quite often that are the best salads I've ever had. I'm not sure of quantity of the following ingredients, but I don't think you could go wrong.

Chicken Chop Salad

Iceberg lettuce
Diced chicken (great use for leftovers)
Grapes (cut in half)
Blue cheese crumbles (could use feta if you don't like blue cheese)
Candied walnuts
Chopped dried apricot (if you didn't know - apricot and blue cheese are GREAT together!)
Dried cranberries
Blue cheese dressing (or balsamic is great).

Indian-Spiced Prawn Salad

Apples and/or pears cubed
Mango cubed
Avocado sliced or diced
Cooked prawns
Cilantro
Indian spice (not sure what they use, it's not curry, maybe tandoori spice??)
If you wanted to add a lettuce I think butter crunch would be really nice.

Try making these and tell me how it went! I can't wait to try when I have a kitchen!

(Salads taken from the Fairmont Olympic Hotel)

I got my material in the mail today!

That was fast shipping! I got the owl and polka dot material and my vintage stripes and floral both in the mail today. They are just enough for some pillow cases. The polka dot orange one is brighter then in the image so I might just use it in the living room as it matches the dining room wall!

I finally found what I want to do in our bedroom. Our old bedroom had one dark brown wall (like our current living room) and the rest of the walls were a beige colour. Our headboard was a pea green that matched our curtains. Then new bedroom will be similar but an emphasis on blue than the solid brown or green.

I want this bedding from Linen n things and I love the whole room, so I bought a similar blue paint for the headboard wall and a really pail blue for the rest of the walls. I'll reuse my green curtains. I also want to make an upholstered headboard eventually, maybe a green. I wanted it something similar to this:

Our last bedroom furniture set was from Ikea and the cheapest one there and it lasted us 9 years. We gave it away before we moved planning on buying a new one, hoping it would last us for another 9 years - we'll see. The above is a 2 drawer dresser we'll each use as night stands.
And we'll each get one of these dressers as they're on the smaller size and but them side by side for a long bench of dressers.

Aubrey Update

Aubrey is talking much more and finally starting to put 2 words together. It's usually things like "more please" and "Teddy go?" for where's Teddy? She's just started to say sorry and if she is being rambunctious and accidentally hurts me, she says sorry and rubs my back.
Not only does she refer to herself as "you" bit she thinks that when you want to get someones attention you say "Aubrey, Aubrey, Aubrey"! So she says that to get ours! Except it's more like "aubey".

Last coat

We decided we needed one last coat of the orange making a total of 4 coats! We also painted all the cream. We still have to paint the two brown walls. Aubrey fell asleep in her room today for two hours while we painted!
All the cream paint is zero voc which makes it so much nicer!

On a random note, Aubrey thinks her name is "you"! When she wants something she points to herself and says me? Instead of "me"!

Sent from my iPhone

Magic Mouse Toys

Our favourite toy store downtown Seattle in Pioneer Square. We've visited this toy store a few times in past trips to Seattle before Aubrey was ever born. We took a walk to it one evening and Aubrey went wild.

I LOVE these nesting owls, they are so sweet and would look great in Aubrey's room but they are $36 so I might have to save my money for it.

Do you remember Calico Critters? I use to have some when I was little and totally forgotten about them. They are so little and sweet and have full houses, furniture and accessories that come with each family of different animals.