Kate - "I go to mall. I go on a turtle."

Kate loves this carousel ride at the mall.  Her favourite used to be the sea horse, now it's the turtle.

Ciaran's 2nd Birthday Party

It stinks to live far away from people that you love.  In fairness we're not that far away from Ciaran, Zorana and Jason but it's just far enough that it's awkward with little people.  Visits are consequently few and far between, so when the invitation to Ciaran's party arrived, I made sure that we could and would go!

Alice and the bumbo

She isn't really sure of the bumbo, she'll tolerate it for a few minutes here and there.

Alice on her tummy

She's getting so strong and so stinkin' cute!

Victoria Day

My parents introduced me to Minet Point Beach in Barrie when Kate was a baby, I think we've been twice.  We didn't know what to do with ourselves this holiday Monday and it was supposed to rain but we thought what the heck, let's go to the beach. 

Such a lovely time was had, and the rain, it came after we got home!  YAY!

Alice is 3 months old (plus one day - don't tell anybody)

And the cutest baby is ...ALICE!!

More Zoo Fun!

We went to the zoo zoo zoo... again.

 Alice is now officially 3 months old and well, this is not the photo I plan to use!!  Poor Alice was too tired to pose for photos after our momentous trip to the zoo.

Playing Luke and Maya Style

Today we had visitors!  My sweet friend Diane made the trip to Tottenham with her kiddies Luke and Maya.  When they arrived Alice was asleep and it was lovely outside so we decided to play in the backyard.  We opened the sand/water table.  Much fun was had, and well, when you're a little person much fun usually includes a mess - the more fun, the more mess.  We had so much fun that everyone needed new clothes, well except the Moms.  New clothing was not a problem for Kate (it's her house) or Maya - two girls live in this house.  Finding clothing for Luke, however just proved to be a source of amusement for the Moms!

 The bag and shoes just made the outfit perfect.

 Maya looking so sweet in blue!

 Kate with the bowl of fishy crackers Diane put out for the girls to share...

 Luke playing with a car - to compensate for the form fitting leggings?

 And of course what visit would be complete with out jumping on your new friends Mom?

 Luke couldn't miss out on the fun!

 Maya all ready to go.

Thanks for coming to visit Pellarins!  We had lots of fun and are looking forward to playing again soon.

Alice is 12 Weeks

Sweetie Girl!

A Wedding

Going to a temple wedding is special, very special.  It's even more special when the person getting married is someone you've watched grow up from a little person into an amazing adult. 
Pre-dinner picture taking with my little ladies!

 Sacha and Nathan

 Every table had a cute name and an even cuter story to go with it.

Sadly the two little people I was travelling with prohibited me from taking anymore photos... or enjoying all of the wedding festivities.  HOWEVER, I was able to be there in the temple and that was so important to me and so special!

Alice is 11 Weeks.

The Hat!

I must say, I LOVE Kate's summer hat!

Stealing Kisses

This was the scene after I made a trip to the water closet and left Kate alone...

Kate - "I go to mall."

Kate loves the mall and the toy store.  She loves Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket - because of the rides and children's play area.  AND she loves the toy store because she can look at so many fun toys and try out the cars.  This is her favourite car.

(You'd never know this was the 10th anniversary of my school because I didn't take any pictures... just a picture of my kid in the toy store.)

Adventures in Walking!

What to notice about this picture... the swing that's out again, the new (to us) chair and desk that were purchased at the "toot'n'holler", the stroller covered in black mould waiting for the bulky garbage pick-up, AND the child in the window.  We bought a step stool when Alice was born so Kate could climb up to things and it has become permanently located in the window.  This is where you can find Kate in the morning waving goodbye to dad, and in the evening, waving hello!  

 Today we went on a walk.  It was getting later in the afternoon and Kate hadn't wanted to nap and we were out and Kate just wanted to keep walking, so we kept walking.  I thought that since she was in such a walking mood we would walk to Antoinette's house.  We were maybe another 10 minutes from her house when Kate just wouldn't wake any more.  That's when I should have turned around... but it took me another 5 minutes to realize that Kate was falling asleep.  That's when the walk took a turn for the ridiculous.  I had Kate dead asleep on my shoulder and Alice in the stroller.  I wasn't sure how I was going to make it home but seeing as I had no options I just kept walking.  I stopped to adjust a few times.  When I got home I just laid Kate out on the couch. 

Alice is Ten Weeks New!

We began the day with some photo taking...

Then I took more pictures because Kate crawled up beside Alice to cuddle while I was drying my hair, too cute.

My two favourites from the ten week portrait sitting...

When Ken got home we went to vote, and then to the park. 

The tunnel... this takes us under the railway tracks to the park.