February 18, 2008 - Cold is a whole new word here

I graduated from high school in the Okanagan of BC. There cold means snow, cold means -4. I moved to the North in 2001 to be with my now husband. Then I learned that cold means C_O_L_D. When you can feel the hairs in our nostrils freeze its cold; when your wheels turn like you are riding the Fred Mobile in the Flinstones; when the metal in the frame of your glasses causes marks on your face, then you know its cold. Most days I don't mind. Its the days when I realize I have taken my two preschoolers out and the school is closed because it is too cold for them is the days I wonder why I live here.

We are praying the Cold has ended; it has been a beautiful weekend, the sun is out, the wind is mostly gone, the weather is nicer so we've been out walking more - forget about the bears, the people come out of hibernation with the sun! While out for a walk the other day I brought the camera along and got these adorable pics of the kids.

February 18, 2008 - an intro to my life

Hello world. This is my first attempt at a blog, so please have patience.

My background bio is that my name is Shannon Faith Hall Caidler. I am the eldest of 3 girls, and am married to the eldest of 3. We have decided to break this 3 chain and have 2, a boy and a girl. The Johnson & Johnson commercial about children changing everything is absolutely true. I learn more about myself every day with them than I ever did in a month before. Unfortunately I don't always like what I learn, but I work on changing things I don't like.

My husband is a wonderful man, a wonderful father. He works away from home and desperately misses being with the kids - and they desperately miss him. We call him regularly and have a map to show where he is, which the kids love.

My son is almost 4, he is totally into Cars and cars in general - he gets frustrated by me when I don't remember the truck we saw 10 days ago when he describes it to me. He loves his daycare/preschool, thinks its funny to give the wrong answer on purpose, and loves to chase his sister around the house.

My daughter is almost 2, she loves Dora Diego and Elmo. She is learning to run and loves to sing. We call her our little dub dub and she loves it.

I was until recently a mostly stay at home mom, I had a few casual jobs that took me out of the hosue when dad was in town. Now I am working at the day care and the kids come with me when dad is gone, and stay home when dad is home. It is new still, I haven't worked a full time out of the home job since I was 26 weeks pregnant with my son.