Sunbeam

Sunday was Ava's first day of Sunbeams. She has been looking forward to this day for a long time. Because she has a January birthday she had to stay in nursery until she was almost 4. She was SO excited to be a Sunbeam, that's all she could talk about for the last month! So, on Saturday her and I had a "special date" and we bought her a new dress. Sunday morning it was so cute how she wanted to get ready and was worried we were going to be late. (Me, never.)

She had a great time at her class and loved her new teachers. She got to draw a picture and play with play dough. It was such a good day for her, she is such a good girl.

Cabin Fever

We have had some seriously cranky kids in our house this week, not quite sure if it's the freezing cold weather or the fact that it's the first week since before Christmas that we haven't been around extended family. It's back to just momma and papa, or to be realistic, it's back to just mom, boring. So we had a family night out to the mall so the kids could play at the playplace. Ava is so funny, she is my little social butterfly. She loves to meet new kids and have people her own age to play with. The boys enjoyed getting out and climbing all over the toys. Although they had the most fun trying to escape the playplace all together, gotta love those toddlers!Just to give you an idea of what I see out my window each day.Ava and Blake playing with magnets at the children's museum. We went their last week for family night! Blake and Chase (not sure who the other kid is) playing at the mall.

Introducing the next Oksana Baiul!!

Ava had her first experience ice skating last week and can I just tell ya, this girl has impeccable balance! I took her downtown to the outdoor park because it's only a dollar to skate and I didn't think she would last long, but boy was I wrong! She didn't want to leave!
I was impressed when she just got up and started walking out to the rink like it was no big deal to walk in ice skates. Then Katie and I held her hands around the first time and that didn't go to well, so we got her one of the helper things to use and she went around once with that. That didn't go so well either, she fell quite a few times. Then she turned to me and said "mom, I don't want this thing anymore" and took off on her own! She did so well, it was so cool to watch her enjoy it so much.
There were quite a few falls, but I was still impressed that she was skating all by herself and even doing a few little turns! I decided she deserved a little reward so it was off to cold stone to finish off the night! I hope you enjoy the video!

It's FINALLY Time!!!

So, after months and months of my sisters bugging me to start this blog, it's finally here! I've wanted to do it for a long time but I just never seem to get that far down on my TO DO list. Since Katie has been here visiting she used her mad photoshop skills and did most of the hard work for me! Thanks Katie!! The kids have sure enjoyed having aunt Katie around, it's been fun times!

Katie playing fun video's for the kids!
Katie couldn't do anything without Ava right by her side, Ava loves her aunt Katie!

Katie bought me Curious George!!!

So, this is for all the family that live so far from us (ok, I guess we're the ones that live far from everyone else). I hope you all enjoy seeing the updates of my three crazy but so wonderful kids! Enjoy!