Ahhhh, we made it home safely!
After getting up at 3:30 and traveling all day long with five kids, two dads and two moms, we eventually arrived on Canadian soil. We're back from the sunny land of Florida and much to our dismay, it snowed this morning here in Orangeville! AUGHHH! Why did we come home?! Hmmm. Well, at least spring IS on it's way.
How do I know?
Well, look who greeted us at our home today ... a spring baby. I was on my way upstairs this morning, carrying Sir Poop-a-Lot (Lucia) to change her bum, with two bouncy curious kids trailing behind me, not to mention an overly-hyper-dog who is still bouncing off the ceilings from our arrival home after being gone for three weeks and a very hungry, tempted cat ... and I looked down and nearly stepped on Little Miss Mousey.
I screamed. I panicked. I removed the cat. (We're low on cat food. I could just imagine what Jasper, the cat, was thinking when he saw what I saw.) I calmed the girls down, who were screaming because I screamed. Oops.
And then I got a "cage" (vase) and my ... ahem ... camera.
He's little. He's fuzzy. He's cute and he's OUTTA here (courtesy of my hubby - aka Macho Man, who I called as quickly as I captured this little guy. Or girl.)
She IS cute. We asked Daddy if we could keep her.
He said no. We all shed a few tears.
The girls - especially Lucia - loved our sweet mousey.
Doesn't she look like she could belong in our family?
Lyla studied her every move. I studied Lyla's every move. I wonder what Lyla wanted to do to the mouse? We will never know.
Fun times in the Gauthier home!
Well, now that I am back, my head is just SPINNNNING with everything - I need to catch up on orders, sneak peeks, galleries AND there are a TON of amazingly-fun events happening for {Project} La Tienda.
First off, I have to announce my official assistant for this trip. It's now confirmed and I'm so excited! Her name is Tamara Perreira. Some of my blog readers may know her as she's well known around our little town of Orangeville.
Here she is with her lovely, gorgeous family ... :)
Tamara, also a mom to three beautiful little kidlets, will be helping me transcribe details of each photos, she will be taking down information regarding each women I photograph or each situation. She will also help keep all the images organized and sorted for the next step of publishing the images.
I'm so thankful Tamara can join me! She's been on board with all of this since the beginning and she's already been such a great asset in planning events and getting the word out there about {Project} La Tienda.
Speaking of {Project} La Tienda, do you want to see the jewelry they make up close and personal?!?!?!
Then book this date on your computer: April 29th at 7:30
Tamara and I are hosting La Tienda Jewelry Showcase on April, 29th at 7:30 at New Hope Community Church (the Salvation Army church here in town). Come, have a cup of coffee, snack on some treats from She Takes the Cake and browse through some items made by the ladies of La Tienda - all items are for sale and ALL money raised will go straight to La Tienda.
Here are some samples:
We are also having a garage sale at the end of April, a luncheon this coming Sunday at New Hope Community Church ($5 per person - come out and have a great lunch with the church!) and, of course, the weekly blog auctions here at the Gigi Blog to help raise money for La Tienda. My goal is to have 12 local businesses (or not so local) auction off a $100 item per business so I can take $1,200 straight to La Tienda and bless the socks off of Rachel and her ladies! What do you think? Want to help? Want to donate medicine? Want to donate money? Just e-mail me and I will fill you in details!
I will be posting all the details about the jewelry party and the garage sale here on the blog and on facebook but you can also check out our new facebook group for {Project} La Tienda HERE. Please join the group! We'd love your support!
I'm so excited! This adventure has ben fabulous so far and you all have been so supportive! Thank you for helping us help them!
That mouse IS cute! I used to have two pet mice.. (From a pet store though lol)
Posted by: Amanda Tyas | March 30, 2009 at 02:20 PM
OMG that little mouse is tooooo cute. I'd want to keep it too.
Posted by: janet pereira | March 30, 2009 at 02:50 PM
Gillian, the mouse is cute but remember that is a wild one, not Ratatouille!! LOL I am glad that Abby aka Macho removed the mouse. It was a good science lesson for the girls though. :D
Happy about Tamara! That is exciting!! Wow, she has 3 children too! For some reason, I thought she was a teenager! LOL You two will make a great team!
Looking forward to hearing all about the exciting adventures to come!
Mom xo
Posted by: Brenda | March 30, 2009 at 05:31 PM
OMG .. I LOVE the little lady mouse or Mr. Mouse.. I guess we will never know. Those pictures are PRICELESS!!! Love the one with Lyla looking at her.. I love so much how your family's life story is captured in pictures.... I try to do the same thing over in this house.. but I need your artistic ability to make it much more perfect!!
Posted by: Stacey | March 30, 2009 at 05:40 PM
PS> Maybe it was actually Ratatouille!! I bet he's going to go back home to his mouse friends with big stories to tell!
Posted by: Stacey | March 30, 2009 at 05:41 PM