Pumpkin Carving

Dracula and Smiley Face

Tessa being silly

Instead of Tessa carving a pumpkin with a knife she gets to color with markers, glue & glitter.

Random things that have happen lately...

• We were driving down the road and I had a little road rage and Tessa says "Mom, don't be so angry"
• We have tried to teach Tessa manners such as please, thank you, no thank you and so forth. She will say excuse me when she has something to say and when you are not listening to her, when she finally gets our attention she will say "Your not listening to my words".
• This is bad....I was giving Tessa a bath the other night and she was splashing and having a good ol' time. I accidentally got a few bubbles on the bathroom floor and Tessa says "Mom don't do that dad will get pissed!!" You know we are usually really careful with what we say around her but it was so funny I couldn't help but laugh because she said it exactly the way Chris always does.
• Tessa still carries a blanket, matter of fact I believe it's the blanket that co-worker(Lissa Drummond) bought for her shower gift. This thing looks like it has been ran over a hundred times. It was such a soft pretty pink color, and it just doesn't keep the lovely downy smell anymore!! I guess one day Tessa told Tammy(daycare provider) that she loves her blanket because it smells just like my mommy. I was kinda embarrassed at first, because if I smell that bad OMG!!! Then of course Chris reminded me that I carry it every morning right after I put my perfume on. ;)
• Tessa has several imaginary friends...something like 4. She plays with them, reads them stories, tells them that Harley(our dog) is an alligator and if they don't hurry to the couch they will get eaten. I don't ever remember having imaginary friends, could be I had little brothers that I would dress up in girls' clothing!! Ha Ha they will kill me for telling people that. Remember boys, I have pictures in my possession!! Blackmail someday;)
• Tessa has it made up in her mind that my mom is Uncle Casey's mom. If I say grandma is on the phone, she will go "Uncle Casey's mom?" Back in May my mom came to visit us in Austin before we moved to Canada and Casey kept telling her that was his mom...I guess it has stuck!
• We have a conceded child she will say "I am as pretty as a princess"

Well hopefully I gave you a little chuckle about what everyday life is like in the Prilipp house.

Jasper...

Great time had by all!! Friday night we checked into our cabin, ate dinner, hung out with Jason, Ally and Quinn. Saturday we got up and headed to Columbia Icefields. It was so windy...on the way we passed several falls and lots of great scenery. Then stopped in the city Jasper, to do some shopping and eat dinner at the famous Jasper Brewery Company. Sunday we headed home...sad to return to the real world. Here are some of our favorite pictures.

Athabasca Mountains:



Cheers to a GREAT DAY!!!


Chris finished his sampler beers...

The view from our cabin:

Columbia Icefields:

FUN with FLOUR...

Tessa LOVES playing with flour, this is what it looks like ;) Am I CRAZY?

Thanksgiving weekend...

Well it's Thanksgiving here in Canada on Monday. Strange to have Thanksgiving before Halloween but that is the part we deal with living in a different country...even though it's STILL North America ;) Yesterday we took the day and headed to Praire Garden's What fun we had. It was the Haunted Pumpkin Festival. Lot's of great things to do with the kids and we had some awesome Banana Garlic Potatoes. They were so good. Here are some fun photos... Of course Chris being silly Tessa making pumpkin art ;) Tessa, Quinn and Ally in the petting zoo. Jason, Ally, & Quinn just moved here from San Antonio. Thanks to Jen Hopkins for intruducing us we are having fun together exploring Canada. Our families are heading to Jasper Mountains this coming weekend together to maybe check out the glaciers or even the hot springs. FUN - FUN!!

Tessa is also really enjoying gymnastics and of course the trampoline is her FAVORITE. She is actually getting pretty good ;) Here is a little video for you all:

Oh Sarah...

This is funny!!