http://www.galpin.ca Web portal to the Galpin family. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:39:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en September is here along with full time daycare which means during the week our house is bustling with small children playing, eating, creating and learning. For Leah it means she gets to spend lots of time with her 'best' friend and she couldn't be happier. Until it is ... http://www.galpin.ca/2010/09/05/leah-and-her-best-friend/ When we started our garden last Spring, there were a few obstacles we had against us. The ground was still covered in two layers of rocks and plastic with soil that was pretty infertile underneath it all. Once we cleared the rocks and plastic, the soil was still ... http://www.galpin.ca/2010/09/02/garden/ The weather is cooling and it has started to rain. Not just a light sprinkle but the kind of rain that can get you drenched from walking to your house to your car outside. The kind of rain that makes you want to light the fireplace and dig ... http://www.galpin.ca/2010/09/01/enjoying-the-last-of-summer/ This past Saturday Morgan and I packed up the bikes and the bike trailer and off we went to find a trail that was highlighted in the newspaper a few weeks back. Leah thought it was pretty funny that the bikes went on the back of the car on ... http://www.galpin.ca/2010/08/31/mud-bay-park/ One of my good friends had a little girl recently and Leah has become totally enamored with her sweet babe, Katelyn. They came to visit us once and we went to visit them once and then all of a sudden one of Leah's babies was named Katelyn. We've ... http://www.galpin.ca/2010/08/29/introducing-katelyn/ Leah loves to visit her Grandma at work. It does help that her work is a pretty cool place to go with lots to look at. First we generally say hi and see what is going on in the kitchen that day. My mom shows Leah around ... http://www.galpin.ca/2010/08/27/visiting-grandma-at-work/ Morgan was away this past weekend so Leah and I were on are own. I took advantage of this to serve very easy, simple meals that didn't require much cooking or work. We also kept ourselves busy to help pass the time. On Friday we hung out at home, ... http://www.galpin.ca/2010/08/17/girls-weekend/ Leah is such a little girl these days, leaving her baby ways far behind her. Most nights she sleeps on the mattress in the floor on her home. She can master all the equipment (except for the swings) on our local, little playground on her own. She ... http://www.galpin.ca/2010/08/13/growing-up/ We were able to go up to the lake this past weekend and enjoy some beautiful weather with my family. The perfect way to start the day, sitting on the deck watching the lake with daddy. What a great view to enjoy while eating breakfast. Leah ... http://www.galpin.ca/2010/08/06/1120/ Every once in awhile I go through a phase that usually lasts for a week or two, go crazy on one thing, and then don't touch it for a month or two. Last month I went on a baking kick and was trying out new recipes while stocking up ... http://www.galpin.ca/2010/07/19/sewing-2/