So here it goes, I am joining the masses and starting a blog. I figure it will be a good way to keep friends and family informed of the day to day happenings of our life.
I will start with a little update for you. Joe just celebrated his 40th birthday on the weekend. Wow 40! Ah it's no big deal he managed just fine. We purchased our first house over the weekend, now that was a big deal! We still have some details to finish up so hopefully it all goes through without any problems and if that is the case we will be moving in the end of May, woohoo! I am sooo excited.
Madison has her last swimming lesson this week and she is doing awesome with her swimming, she even goes in the deep end. Madison keeps pretty busy between grade one, swimming, art class and just the regular 7 year old girl stuff. She is doing very well in school and for the most part really enjoys going to school.
Wyatt is as busy as any 3 1/2 year old boy ought to be. He spends some of his days at daycare with his little friends learning his abc's, counting, colors, crafts, singing, playing and most important... the daily nap. Wyatt knows that his name starts with a "W", so every chance he gets he proudly points out all of the W's that he sees .
I am keeping busy at home with the general day to day stuff, doing the bookwork for Joe's business and running kids around. I guess the upcoming month will be busy packing, ugh! I go back to work in July for my six month stint and then back to stay at home mom in the new year.
Well, I think I have rambled on here so I will finish this entry for now. I will check in soon with pics of our new house. Until next time...
Here is the second snowfall. Joe and the kids got out and built a big snowman. Joe and I had a snowball fight ( I challenged him to one) we had to get out and have some fun in the snow too!
The kids really enjoy decorating the Christmas tree. Joe puts the tree together (yes it's fake) then he puts the lights on. Once that is done it's the kids and my job to put the decorations on. We put the tree up on Dec 1 this year. The kids are pretty good at leaving the tree alone now, but for the first week they wanted to play with the decorations and move them around.
Look, it's Rudolph. Madison have some fun with the ornaments. Such a joker, just like her dad!
Putting decorations on the tree is serious business you know! ;)
Look at the pretty balls mom. Wyatt really got into the decorating this year. He even has a Lightning McQueen decoration, I guess I should have take a picture of it, oh well.
The final result!!! It looks much more exciting when the gifts are under the tree I think. But can't do that until the kids are tucked in on Christmas Eve, you know when Santa comes.
The kids and I ventured out to the TransCanada Waterslides on Tuesday with my sister and her kids. The weather was great and everyone had so much fun. It is pretty reasonable at only $12 per person with children 3 and under free. It's not as busy as the Cultus slides and they have some nice grassy areas to sit on. Wyatt is such a little fish, I could barely get him to come home. He even went down the blackhole slide with me. Madison on the other hand isn't as adventurous when it comes to going down the big slides. She loves the water but likes to stick to the smaller slides which is just fine by me. If you get a chance to go it is alot of fun for the kids (and adults too!), you just take the Bridal Falls exit and the slides are just past Dinotown (you can kill 2 birds with one stone Ha Ha). Enjoy your summer!
This is the latest achievement for Wyatt, he can print his name and he likes to draw people. The first picture is our family as Wyatt sees us, how cute is that? The first time he drew people like that Joe and I were watching him and Wyatt was just beside himself, he was so proud of his accomplishment. It is amazing how one day they are scribbling and the next day there are shapes and detail. Just had to brag about it, it makes a mother proud!
