Friday, May 31, 2013

Swinging Hard

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We are in Kelowna for a week and this afternoon, my dad and J put the finishing touches on the swing set. The day my sisters were born, my dad bought this swing set at the neighbours’ garage sale. It was pastel pink, blue and yellow in those days. After we had had it for a few years, my dad repainted it and made new seats out of wood (the originals were plastic and were very sad after 10+ years of Okanagan summers and winters). Now, 30 years later it needed new seats and new paint again. J helped paint when she was here before C was born and my dad saved the last bit of reassembly for her.

I am soooooooooo happy to be in Kelowna!

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Gosling Daycare

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As I walked to baby group today, I came across this gosling daycare. There are about 4 pairs of geese and these are their offspring. Four of them were watching the babies and the other four were doing whatever it is geese do.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Monday, May 27, 2013

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Leg Trick 2.0

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J has been a leg lifter since the say we brought her home. Recently C has been showing signs of doing the same…

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Birthday Cakes

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I didn’t get around to making a birthday cake for Alex…some things just don’t happen with an infant in the family…He couldn’t decide what to get so he and J got a dessert sampler. The cheesecake on the left is J’s, the one on the right is the birthday boy’s and the little pie in the middle is for all three of us to share!

Friday, May 24, 2013

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Cooking Is Exciting

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C hung out with me while I cooked this afternoon. Apparently cooking is very exciting!

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Going To Kindergarten!

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Today J’s kindergarten hosted a tea for all the children starting kindergarten in the fall and their parents. J was pretty excited (and she picked out her very own spiffy outfit!)

Monday, May 20, 2013

Contemplating Apples

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Baby C spends a lot of time pondering the apples hanging on the wall behind the couch. They are bright and lovely!

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Homework

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Before Christmas, J received a birthday gift card for the toy store. She chose some more Cars for her Cars collection (no surprise there) and she decided she wanted some “homework.” I convinced her that grade 5/6 vocabulary and math were probably too hard for her right now, so she got the kindergarten spelling book. It’s white board, so the pen erases and she loves it…especially now that she can spell some works and can write all of the alphabet.

Friday, May 17, 2013

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Coffee Date

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After C’s doctor’s appointment today, we met Auntie Rebar for coffee…C looks thrilled!

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Science World And The Dentist

I had to keep J home today because she had a dentist appointment.

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Because it would have been an excruciatingly long day otherwise, we started out with a trip to Science World this morning.

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J did really well at the dentist. She got to hold the vacuum sucker thing herself.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Civic Duty

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It’s election day! We voted, which means we get to complain! The year J was born, we voted three times before she was three months old – there was a municipal election, a federal election and a provincial by-election.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Sunday, May 12, 2013

A Mom And Her Girls

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Saturday, May 11, 2013

I Don’t Like It!

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Both my girls did not take the same way to their “new” dresses. This one isn’t new, just new to C. J wore it when she was about the same age to her aunt and uncle’s wedding. We decided that we would go our for Mother’s Day brunch today to avoid the crowds tomorrow…a good plan!

Friday, May 10, 2013

New Dress!

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My mom and dad are back and look what my mom’s magic bag had for J! Now I just need to do something about her footwear!

Thursday, May 9, 2013

My Big Girl

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How did she get so grown up???

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Almost Asleep

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The bouncer is a sanity saver when a certain small person is fighting sleep!

Sunday, May 5, 2013

My Blue-Eyed Girls

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Except I’m not sure that C’s eye will be staying blue…we’ll see!

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Soccer Tricks?

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Fifers had her birthday party tonight at Cates Park in Deep Cove. Alex was pretty excited to try some soccer skills!

Friday, May 3, 2013

Snoozing In The Bouncer

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Baby C is slightly younger than J was when we got the bouncer…looks like J was pretty excited about it and C is bored!

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

A Baby Tiara

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Someone’s big sister is a bit tiara obsessed….