corey's new camera

so Geek decided about a month ago to get a new camera. These were his first pictures - with the kidlets at the park. Props to him because it is really hard to take pictures of our girls when they know they are supposed to "pose for the camera" - Libby and Cadie both have this scrunched up "CHHHEEEEEEESE" kind of face that looks hilarious and is in MOST of our pictures of them.

peas please

Well, the cute story of the day... We were at Libby's preschool graduation, which was in her defense, right after lunch... Cadie came with me (you can see the matching dresses I stayed up late sewing for them last night!) And Cadie has had this habit ever since she was a baby, of hiding food in her cheeks. Like a chipmunk. Anyway, at the graduation, atleast a half an hour after we had eaten, Cadie starts chattin it up with the parents sitting on either side of us. I thought she was adorable so I was a little confused when this one older lady who looked very prim and proper was grimacing a bit behind her hand. I look down and sure enough, Cadie has green, mashed up peas still in her mouth from lunch. Actually, starting to roll down her chin a bit... So I was already mildly embarrassed. And then the program starts and Libby's last. By then Cadie is frantic. So when she finally sees her sister walk out she stands up on her chair and YELLS "There's Libby! I see Libby! Thats Libby! Can I have a SNACK?" Of course everyone politely chuckles and I think it's at Cadie but no - I think they're actually laughing because poor Libby was the last child to come out and everyone else had this little circle they were supposed to stand on for pictures and stuff but they had mis-counted and poor Libby didn' have anywhere to stand so she kind of hung out on the front/side making faces at everyone until the teacher grabbed a cushion for her to stand on. I think she liked the attention...

Ahoy Mateys

Well, nothing SUPER funny/exciting happened today except that everything was a little bit funny and things just kept happening that were a little bit funny which made everything seem REALLY funny. I guess you had to be there. So last night Cadie totally bailed and her lip split open and she got her face pretty scraped up. So when we were at the park today there was a steering wheel -you know, those random steering wheels that are always at parks, so Cadie knew what to do - she's got this hilarious, low, gravely pirate voice and she was growling "ahoy matey" at this poor little girl - and when Cadie gets "into" a part she goes all out so between the piratey growls and her face being all mangled, this poor little girl was just terrified of my cute little Cadie! Again, you had to be there. But I laughed. And then I spilled this tiny little bit of milk on the counter and thought to myself I'll wipe that up after I feed David (who's howling) his bottle. Little did I know that Libby would be horrified at the spilt milk - I got quite the scolding, culminating in an ear piercing, terrified "BUT SOMEONE MIGHT SLIP WITH THEIR HAND IN IT!!!" Am I the only one that finds this stuff funny? Seriously, there was way more funny stuff I just can't remember it all...

Time Out Please?

So I have 2 kids that LOVE eating and will eat anything and LOVE it, no matter what it is. And then I have sweet Cadie. She cannot be bribed, cajoled or threatened into eating or even trying something that she does not like. Last Canada day we tried and tried to get her to eat cotton candy, knowing she would love it - we must have tried too hard because when I finally managed to shove a bit into her mouth she screamed and spit it out as if I had fed her poison. So she refused to try supper tonight. She loves potatoes but these mashed potatoes still had some of the skins on them so they looked different. Anyway, I told her she had to sit at the table until she tried a bite. A few minutes later she starts bugging Libby - she's hilarious, she doesn't hit or pinch but she thinks she is because she says it - when she's really angry she actually goes up to the person and says "HIT, HIT!" So she was "hitting" libby and I asked her what she was doing because she seemed toally unprovoked - she replies that she really wants a time out. please? (so she can get down from the table) She's 2! I thought kids weren't supposed to manipulate that young!!

who needs clothes!

So we were lucky enough to go to calaway park today - the weather was awesome and the day was even better. The highlight of the trip for me was watching Libby (who hates getting splashed) go down the log ride... and love it! But even better than the fun family day was something that happened this morning. Corey usually gets up for the day around 5-5:30 depending on if he goes for a morning run. Even though the kids are often up at 6, the don't usually see Corey in the mornings. This morning Libby goes down and sees Corey and says "daddy! What are you doing here?" He explains that he doesn't have to go to work on weekends and she tells him that she wishes he never had to go to work at all. He replies with "I go to work to make money to buy you clothes and food and stuff." She responds with a classy "Daddy - (sigh) I will be naked and not even wear any clothes so you don't have to go to work anymore." (dead serious, too!) I love my kids!

little tattle-taler

Help! Please send me your advice on how to get your children to stop tattling! Libby alerted me for the 100th time today that Cadie was doing something wrong. THis time it happened to be coloring David. Here he is with black marker on his arms and face and clothes. Cadie, the culprit, smiles as she shows me the marker is also all over herself. How do I get Libby to stop running to me everytime Cadie breathes?

is summer here yet?

we've been having so much FUN lately!
We've had trips to the telus science center, the zoo, the mall, the park and everything it just feels like summer must be coming soon!

Libby rode a 2 wheeler bike (with training wheels) for the first time at the park. David mostly loved eating the rocks.

I'm working part time so I've been enjoying every minute with my kids and not taking a single second for granted. Even with Libby's bad language (someone taught her a swear which she repeated over and over and over again...) and Cadie's occasional screaming, we've had so much fun together.