6 months!!

So we are definitely into the home stretch now!!  It is hard to believe that I am already 6 months along...although I am starting to feel like it!! This belly of mine is growing and the kicking is getting harder!! A soccer player I think!

6 months

The basement wall has just been painted by my wonderful Hubby...It is Spring Break for Little Miss, so she and I have hit the road and headed north to my Mom's for part of the week. At home we have NO snow..it hasn't lasted more than about 3 days whenever it has snowed. So Little Miss has been happily playing outside in Grammie's 2 feet + of snow each day.  They only problem is that the warm weather has hit up here too and it is quickly melting!  Making a bit of a wet, soppy Little Miss, but she is having fun anyway!

Wall primed and ready to go!

This was the progress report Hubby sent me :)

Little Miss enjoying the snow!

Our time up north is almost over...the 3 girls will head south in a couple of days back to Niagara and then Grammie hops on a jet plane to the sunny south. I want to crawl inside her suitcase and go too!!  I am ready for a beach fix!!  Plus, there are WAY cuter maternity and baby clothes down there!! The colours are so dark and muted up here (for maternity clothes anyway)...I am ready for the soft blues, greens, pinks and fun colours!!  

This is what I'm taking about!! (Pinterest)
A pregnant Mama could definitely wear this!

Thank goodness for JOE Fresh clothing (at a grocery store chain here in Canada), they have some cute summer tops that are inexpensive and will work for a growing belly!

Our next mission will be to get the baby's room ready...like I mentioned in a previous post, it is the only room in the house that didn't get painted when we moved in. We I have a pretty good idea of how it will come together, now we just have to do the work!

Enjoy the rest of your Spring Break!!

Excited for her baby sister this summer!

P.S.  Little Miss comes to the front door and says...'I need some help to get my boot!'  I look down at her feet and there is one pink boot and one very wet sock...lol...she had walked from the back to the front in the wet snow and slush to come get help!!  So cute..how can you not laugh at that...

The boot that almost got away!! I did have
to dig it out, it was down in there pretty good!

Salad #2

Ok, so call it pregnancy hormones...I'm a cheater this week...I have switched to a new salad and it has my taste buds wanting more!!!

Again, it's not a secret recipe. The flavours are perfectly paired with the sun that is shining and the small signs that spring isn't as far off as we think!!!

We were invited over to dinner to our good friends and I asked if I could bring something. I was told a salad, so I started to think about which yummy one I could bring!  Most of my yummy salads come from this household, I needed something different!!

So I came up with a Mandarin Almond Salad with a Poppy Seed Dressing.

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It had been a busy day and I basically had enough time to put the salad together and just grab the 'Kraft' Poppyseed Dressing out of the refrigerator!  I just wasn't satisfied with that...so 10 minutes before we left, I hit the internet and found this recipe and whipped it up.  I even made Hubby stop at the grocery store on the way to dinner to get the poppy seeds!

Mandarin Almond Salad with a Poppy Seed Dressing

*Your favourite greens (I used red leaf lettuce and baby spinach)
*Toasted, sliced almonds (watch them carefully when you toast them, they turn quickly and can burn! You just want them slightly golden)
*Sliced green onions (1-2 onions depending on how much you like - green tops too)
*Chopped celery (1-2 sticks)
*Can of mandarin oranges (drained)


Dressing  4 servings
4 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp vegetable oil (I used grapeseed oil)
1 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 tsp sugar (I used maple syrup and probably a bit more
Salt & Pepper to taste

***I did find the olive oil a little heavy in flavour, so the next time I will probably do 2-3 tbsp of the olive oil and the rest being the grapeseed, as long as it adds up to the 5 tbsp of oil***

***I toasted the almonds on a cookie sheet in the oven at 350 for probably less than 10 mins...start watching them closely around 5-6 minutes***

Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl and pour over salad a few minutes before serving (making sure dijon mustard is completely mixed in with other ingredients)

I took the salad and it was a hit!  I did also take the 'Kraft' dressing, just in case someone preferred it instead of the homemade (one being Hubby). That's ok, more for me!!!  :)

I wasn't sure how this salad would go over, so I didn't even think about taking a picture of it!!
Sorry!  I will do better next time!

Enjoy!!