No more circles!!!

In the past when Simon rode his bike we would spend most of the time going around in circles.....well, he has gotten the hang of the steering thing and happily rides around the block.

Mothers' Day Weekend

A weekend filled with family time, fun, surprises and lots and lots of food....and I didn't have to cook any of it:) The celebration started on Friday evening when Riley, Nee Nee and I headed to a nice restaurant in Barrie called Shirley's. Riley was so well behaved, all of the people that work there came over to comment on her behaviour. I was one proud mama!!!!

This is how Jason got her dressed for the evening...and the little model at work:)



Saturday we packed up a picnic and headed out to Wasaga for the morning.

We had some lunch



Played on the beach




And even ate some sand:)


The kids humoured us with a few poses for the camera.....notice all the loving headlocks and death grips





On Sunday morning I slept in until...are you ready...8:00a.m.!!!!!!!! It was so nice!!!!! The four us then headed out for brunch and to the park. here are our little monkey's 'posing' for the camera.


Why is so hard to get a picture of both of them???????

And of course.....the headlock:)

Special words

I have been writing down all of the funny phrases Riley and Simon say to us. Some of the things that come out of their mouths are priceless. Here are a few of the most recent quotes...

1. "Oh mommy, nice hair, you look so nice today" - Simon
2. " I'm a little sad mom, Katie and Lily are my friends, Laurel is my friend, Owen and Devyn are my friends, what about Bree? Is there still room?" - Riley
3. "Yeah Riley, you amazing" - Simon
4. This one is x-rated :) "Mommy girls have vaginas and boys have a penis, I like penis'" - Riley

Robins Nest

A robin has made a nest in our climber. The kids are both so excited about it, we go out to visit the eggs multiple times a day. We are sure to say good morning, have a good day, good night and have a few other conversations with the eggs daily. It will be really neat for the kids to watch the eggs hatch, a great learning experience!

Active Kids

Every Monday the kids and I join our good friends Nancy and Owen at the Rec Centre for a program called Active Kids. Here are some of the things our VERY active kids like to do...

Tea Anyone??

Check out this new gadget for making tea.


I went to a tea party on Sunday and had the chance to relax with some of the best tea ever. Thanks Christine!

Saturday

On Saturday we all headed down to Toronto to meet up with some friends. We met at the Royal York Hotel as that is where Colin, Tonja and Annah stayed. Kate , Pete and Bree came down as well. We let the kids run and chase in the lower level of the hotel, they had a great time...and we are sure the hotel guests loved it too:) We headed out to the Old Spaghetti factory for some dinner and then back to the hotel for some good old games of chase.

Simon and Bree playing chase in the hotel


Riley and Bree having some 'noodles'


Al and Annah



Hugs for Bree

Simon's hair cut

Jason is known by some friends as 'fluff' because of his crazy fluffy hair....well Simon got that same hair, fluffy. On Friday we went to get some of the fluff tamed. He sat in the airplane chair, watched Backyardigins on T.V. and said "no lady, don't cut my hair" the entire time. Here is the handsome boy after the cut...

TREES

This is what Jason did while we were having fun with Nee Nee





What a guy!!! We borrowed a truck from good friends of ours (thank you so much Kara and Paul, we owe you...again) and Jason drove to his Aunt Rosemary's and Uncle Rick's house. They live on a beautiful piece of property with tons of tree. He spent the afternoon digging up 42, yes 42, trees all by himself. Thank you Rick and Rosemary it is very much appreciated. After all that hard work he was up planting all 42 trees on Sunday. Thanks to all his hard work we have a great line of trees up the sides and back of our property. Notice that he planted them around the plot for the beach volleyball court that is going into our backyard... nothing like a little motivation:) Thanks for all of your hard work Daddy we love you!!!!

Baby Ducks

We spent Sunday morning with Aunt Chantal, Uncle Craig, Mathieu, Andrew, Alivia and baby ducks!!!

Weekend at the beach house

Riley, Simon and I spent the weekend at Sherkston with Nee Nee. We headed down on Thursday evening and had an action packed weekend. Here are some of the highlights...


Golf cart driving



Going to the park



Climbing trees



Went for a walk down the beach...the kids had their own ideas...and went into the water. Yes, that is ice...it was freezing. Riley actually attempted to swim..funny girl.




Campfire and beautiful sunsets




Bike rides...Uncle Ryan and Aunt Hillary, she rides this bike everywhere..thanks again!


Attempted to feed the ducks...overtaken by seagulls:(

Dance Class

On Wednesday parents were allowed into dance class to watch. Riley asked that morning if grandpa could come too. It was so fabulous to watch her, she did a great job. She listened to the teacher, sang the songs and was often the loudest voice, she didn't run back and forth form the group to me ( like most other children did). Grandpa and I proudly took photos and video. With only a few minutes left of the class she started looking back and forth from me to the teacher, I could tell that it was hard for her to have me sitting right there but unable to come see me. The end of the dance class ended with a few tears:( I was so proud of her, I too had tears in my eyes watching her...she looked like such a big girl. Here are some photos of our little ballerina girl.