Monday, June 28, 2010

Ottawa Trip - The Museum of Nature

The Tyrannosaurus Rex, Lily's favourite

Lily running through the dinosaur hall anxious to see everything all at once

she LOVED the dinosaurs

Playing with some of the kids in the animal puppet show room

the view of Ottawa out of the newly built glass atrium

Sadly, I forgot to bring my camera to the museum but I managed to grab these shots with my iPhone.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Lily's Preschool End of Year Party

Bouncy Castle fun with Cam

Emily watching the bouncy fun, it was a bit rough in there for her!

Lily hugging Blinky, our town Mascot

Showing off her dress... it's NOT ugly!

The bouncy castle and lunch area

All the kids performing their little concert of songs they learned this year

Lily getting her hat and scrapbook of artwork from Rose


Cutest hat ever, it says "I got my start at KIDS Co-op!"

Lily watching the waves

Emmers sneaking a cookie

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

The Dopp Invasion - Day 2

Emmers and Kieran jamming


The boys playing crib. Phil and Jason have a crazy Crib Rivalry. They play for money and are so serious and fast when they play I can't keep up. We moved onto board games for the rest of the afternoon cause that's our thing :)

Got a babysitter and went to dinner kid-free! Nothing like the Patio at the Bruce Bar with GIANT Glasses of beer!

And giant pieces of fish! It's like 14" long.

Monday, May 24, 2010

A Visit from Aunt PJ, Uncle Phil & Kieran!

Kieran discovers the water table!

Look at that little face

Jason and Phil trying to stay cool in the shade... the beers didn't hurt either

best friends in the making

watching Emily run away and thinking about following her

they got very wet!

too cute!

such a handsome little man

Aunt PJ letting Lily play with her camera... Aunt PJ is braver than I am!

Uncle Phil doing story time

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Our Garden - Stage 2

We transplanted the plants from our indoor garden and added some tomatoes, basil, chives, parsley and flowers to the garden today.

The girls helping me plan where everything will go

time to dig!

here it is!

Roma tomatoes, cucumber, zucchini and marigolds

Beefsteak tomatoes, basil, chives, parsley, marigolds and pretty little flowers I can't recall the name of

lots of different colour blooms on each plant, so pretty

marigolds to keep bugs away

more pretty flowers

and our tomato plants already have tomatoes!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Lauren, or as I like to call her, My Angel

I've been having a lot of back problems with this pregnancy (Jason LOVES to laugh at me hobbling around). Mostly sciatic pain, so I haven't been much fun for the girls. I have to sit down a lot and if I'm on my feet for more than 30 minutes I can't walk for an hour. So running around the back yard and taking long walks is out of the question these days. Not to mention I've picked up a lot of work this summer and don't have a lot of time for playtime, which sucks (but I enjoy the work!).

And then along came Lauren. She's a college student home for the summer and she had a flyer up offering her babysitting services. I called her and asked her to come over on the days when Jason's working or sleeping cause he's on nights to give me a hand with the girls.

Lily and Emily LOVE her. She is so enthusiastic and energetic. She plays with them outside for hours and takes them to the park and for walks which allows me to work and rest when I need it. They're excited all morning on the days she's due to come and Emily cries when she leaves. I'm gonna miss Lauren when she heads back to school!







Wednesday, May 19, 2010

My little artist


she painted daddy smiling

Such concentration!