She's the one with the ponytail and white tutu:
Making a "diamond" with her legs... and checking that the diamond is actually there...
Super Ballerina - saving princesses one at a time.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Ballerina
We registered Tegan in a community ballet class this winter. She was the youngest and one of the smallest in her class... and possibly the most distracted... but still ridiculously cute (possibly because of the distractedness!) She loved it though and did really well.
She's the one with the ponytail and white tutu:
Making a "diamond" with her legs... and checking that the diamond is actually there...
Super Ballerina - saving princesses one at a time.
She's the one with the ponytail and white tutu:
Making a "diamond" with her legs... and checking that the diamond is actually there...
Super Ballerina - saving princesses one at a time.
Happy 90th Birthday Great Grandpa!
Ryan's Grandpa turned 90 years old this year - and he's still going strong!
Biggest. Present. Ever. So exciting!
Best. Present. Ever. Box o' Kids
Biggest. Present. Ever. So exciting!
Best. Present. Ever. Box o' Kids
Birthday and such...
Snowman - first of the year (at the end of the winter!)
Happy Birthday to me! Who knew Ryan and the kids were so talented?
My birthday flowers...
Playtime with Baba
Happy Birthday to me! Who knew Ryan and the kids were so talented?
My birthday flowers...
Playtime with Baba
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Beaver Creek
We drove out to Beaver Creek last week after seeing a friend's amazing photos. Also, it was a crazy warm January day and we needed to do something outside! Aaaand my friend at "no invitation required" made the cutest toques EVER for the kids, and I needed a good excuse to take them on a photo shoot. Feel free to send her a message if you are now in desperate need of one of these yourself.
The guy in the interpretive centre gave us seeds to feed the chickadees - see:
Tegan taking a rest halfway through our hike.
The chickadees were being shy so the kids decided to plant the seeds (in the snow) so we could go back and see the sunflowers in summer.
We saw some!! Standing very very still so they will come and get our seeds...
Made ya flinch!!
Pretty neat day! At the end of our walk we went back through the centre and Graye saw a puppet stage and wanted to stay for the show. I told him there wasn't one that day but we could come back again when they were on. Later, I asked what the kids liked best on the trip to "the creek" and Graye would only say, "But there wasn't a puppet show..." ;b Honestly!! I guess we'll need to go back again.
(click on the photos if you want to see them a bit bigger)
The guy in the interpretive centre gave us seeds to feed the chickadees - see:
Tegan taking a rest halfway through our hike.
The chickadees were being shy so the kids decided to plant the seeds (in the snow) so we could go back and see the sunflowers in summer.
We saw some!! Standing very very still so they will come and get our seeds...
Made ya flinch!!
Pretty neat day! At the end of our walk we went back through the centre and Graye saw a puppet stage and wanted to stay for the show. I told him there wasn't one that day but we could come back again when they were on. Later, I asked what the kids liked best on the trip to "the creek" and Graye would only say, "But there wasn't a puppet show..." ;b Honestly!! I guess we'll need to go back again.
(click on the photos if you want to see them a bit bigger)
Happy 3rd Birthday Tegan!
My baby is now 3 years old - pretty crazy! For her birthday party we decorated frames, painted faces and then took pictures of the kids to put in the frames.
Tegan... in her dramatic "dark butterfly" pose.
This was a much more common expression that day ;)
Shark attack!!
Dino bites! Graye spent most of the rest of the afternoon looking in the mirror that he was carrying around.
Old school princess cake! I remember my mom making these for my sister and I for our birthdays.
We did a treasure hunt as well... found it!
Gift opening with the family, post kid party. :)
Tegan... in her dramatic "dark butterfly" pose.
This was a much more common expression that day ;)
Shark attack!!
Dino bites! Graye spent most of the rest of the afternoon looking in the mirror that he was carrying around.
Old school princess cake! I remember my mom making these for my sister and I for our birthdays.
We did a treasure hunt as well... found it!
Gift opening with the family, post kid party. :)
Thursday, January 27, 2011
It's Something!
The computer I use with all our pictures on it has been hospitalized, so I currently cannot update the blog with new pictures. I am tired of seeing the Christmas stuff up though, so I thought I'd give you something else to look at. (You're welcome!)
A friend posted this video on her blog with exclamations of how amazing Adele is. I agree. I could literally watch her just sitting in a chair and singing for hours. Hope you like it too...
A friend posted this video on her blog with exclamations of how amazing Adele is. I agree. I could literally watch her just sitting in a chair and singing for hours. Hope you like it too...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Christmas Photos! (...finally)
Ok, this one isn't "Christmas" per se, but it is a good photo!
Ok, NOW for the Christmas photos...
We told the kids they could open a present on Christmas Eve, and then actually picked out 2 for them - one being a pair of these pajamas. The kids were SO EXCITED to open a gift, and (being the super intelligent mom that I am) I gave them the pajama gift first. Graye excitedly tore off the wrapping, opened the box... and immediately burst into tears. "Ohhhhhawwwww it's just 'JAMAS!!!" I know, I know - it's like the worst practical joke ever played on a 4 year old. They then got to open gifts sent from good friends in Alberta, and that fixed the situation immediately. The 'jama's weren't too bad after that, and he spent the rest of the evening showing them off (but only while also holding onto his new helicopter). Parenting tip #1: Do not make a preschooler's first gift of Christmas one of clothing.
Stockings on Christmas morning!
Princess books - Tegan's gift pile at the end was entirely pink.
Graye's favourite gift was a big box of hand-me-down dinosaurs from a friend of mine who's boys had outgrown them. I think the sheer number of dinosaurs in the box nearly sent him over the edge. Not sure why we even spent money on anything else for him! ... and I was thinking he had so many dinos already that he probably wouldn't care too much if he got anymore. Pft. Chalk another one up for Mom!
Tegan likes to make "princess cake" at the beach, in the sink in the mornings (stirring up her barrettes in a cup of water while I do her hair), or when I am baking anything at all. We thought maybe she would enjoy making some princess cake that actually resembled "cake".
Princess shoes!! (5 pairs in fact)
Christmas kids!
And the family... minus Milo. Whoops.
We had Christmas at my parents on the afternoon of the 25th.
Graye got a 3D book - he just came up to me today with his glasses on and said "Everything's in 3D!!" HAHA!
Can you see the car?? Coolest remote control ever.
Tegan called her poofy barrettes her "Princess ears"
Then went to Ryan's parent's on the 26th.
I kinda like my platters. ;)
Tegan got the biggest gift - her birthday/Christmas gift from Nana and Farfar:
A kitchen!!
"I loves me some corn!!"
Aunty Jeanette modeling Tegan's Princess chandelier earrings: this season's hottest item.
The girls having an apéritif:
Graye trying out one of the snowboards Maizie and Ella got:
Fail. ;) Maybe next year!
Hope all of you had an amazing Christmas and that the start to your New Year has been wonderful! I also hope that I continue to see those close to me as much or more than I did last year, and to those that I haven't seen in a while... like 5 years (we'll be back BC!!)... I better see you all sooner rather than later! It's just taken us this long to tame the children. =D
All our love to you and yours! xo
Ok, NOW for the Christmas photos...
We told the kids they could open a present on Christmas Eve, and then actually picked out 2 for them - one being a pair of these pajamas. The kids were SO EXCITED to open a gift, and (being the super intelligent mom that I am) I gave them the pajama gift first. Graye excitedly tore off the wrapping, opened the box... and immediately burst into tears. "Ohhhhhawwwww it's just 'JAMAS!!!" I know, I know - it's like the worst practical joke ever played on a 4 year old. They then got to open gifts sent from good friends in Alberta, and that fixed the situation immediately. The 'jama's weren't too bad after that, and he spent the rest of the evening showing them off (but only while also holding onto his new helicopter). Parenting tip #1: Do not make a preschooler's first gift of Christmas one of clothing.
Stockings on Christmas morning!
Princess books - Tegan's gift pile at the end was entirely pink.
Graye's favourite gift was a big box of hand-me-down dinosaurs from a friend of mine who's boys had outgrown them. I think the sheer number of dinosaurs in the box nearly sent him over the edge. Not sure why we even spent money on anything else for him! ... and I was thinking he had so many dinos already that he probably wouldn't care too much if he got anymore. Pft. Chalk another one up for Mom!
Tegan likes to make "princess cake" at the beach, in the sink in the mornings (stirring up her barrettes in a cup of water while I do her hair), or when I am baking anything at all. We thought maybe she would enjoy making some princess cake that actually resembled "cake".
Princess shoes!! (5 pairs in fact)
Christmas kids!
And the family... minus Milo. Whoops.
We had Christmas at my parents on the afternoon of the 25th.
Graye got a 3D book - he just came up to me today with his glasses on and said "Everything's in 3D!!" HAHA!
Can you see the car?? Coolest remote control ever.
Tegan called her poofy barrettes her "Princess ears"
Then went to Ryan's parent's on the 26th.
I kinda like my platters. ;)
Tegan got the biggest gift - her birthday/Christmas gift from Nana and Farfar:
A kitchen!!
"I loves me some corn!!"
Aunty Jeanette modeling Tegan's Princess chandelier earrings: this season's hottest item.
The girls having an apéritif:
Graye trying out one of the snowboards Maizie and Ella got:
Fail. ;) Maybe next year!
Hope all of you had an amazing Christmas and that the start to your New Year has been wonderful! I also hope that I continue to see those close to me as much or more than I did last year, and to those that I haven't seen in a while... like 5 years (we'll be back BC!!)... I better see you all sooner rather than later! It's just taken us this long to tame the children. =D
All our love to you and yours! xo
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