Date Night!

One of the great things about Fort Mac is that we have lots of good baby-sitters. The down side to this is that there's not much to do here. The movie theatre only has 6 screens, so by default we usually don't want to see or have already seen at least half of the movies playing. And there aren't that many restaurants to choose from either, you can only go to Moxie's so many times...

So when Gibb and I heard that the Barenaked Ladies were coming here, we decided to get tickets. I know what you might be thinking, neither of us are exactly the hugest BNL fans, but it was something fun to do on a date. And it was SO much fun!

When we first got there the opening band, Jessie Farrell, was still playing. Gibb's not exactly the biggest country fan and he affectionately referred to her as "Jessie Swift or whatever" all night. We set up our lawn chairs with the rest of the "old people" and were happy that we got a decent spot.

The first half of the show we were probably just as entertained with watching other people dance as we were by the band. Our top 3 favourites were:

1. Blue sweater lady - an older lady in a bright blue hoodie going crazy, dancing and singing all by herself all night long
2. Wife beater guy - this guy was standing up amidst all the "old people" sitting in the lawn chairs dancing away, (our favourite move of his was the fist pump) and the reason he wasn't up at the front was because his pregnant girlfriend/wife was sitting calmly in a lawn chair beside him
3. Camera man - he was part of the crew and in between snapping shots of the band he was swaying and singing evry word to every song, we thought he might start crying at one point

Then about half way through BNL playing we realized that we're not lame old people yet, so we went up front and had some real fun! Don't worry, we can dish it out and we can take it. So here's some of our sweet dance moves for your own entertainment!

They put on a really fun, entertaining show and did some hilarious free styling and really tailored the show to Fort McMurray! Of course they played all their classic songs and their new song that was on the Bachelorette this season! It was one of the best dates we've had in a long time!

My Baby Boy is 2

Today was Kepler's 2nd Birthday. It was a pretty low-key day since we already had a Mickey Party for him with Gibb's family a couple weeks ago.

When he first woke up Jayna and I went in and sang Happy Birthday to him. He kept asking us to sing it again and again. He could not get enough of us singing Happy Birthday to him all day! I think he even sang to himself a couple times.

When Kepler was born we took pictures of him every month by the same stuffie. He's 1 week old here.
And here is 2 years later.

We went out for dinner and ice cream tonight.

I love what good buddies these 2 are now, at least whenever they're not fighting ;)

Jayna 3 (almost 4) and Kepler 2
I think they look more like 7 and 5, when did they get so big?!?

We opened a couple of presents before bed.

We got Kepler this really cute garbage truck. It's amazing! He already loves it and I can see it being one of those toys he plays with a lot.

Kepler is such a sweet little guy. Some things I want to remember about Kepler at 2:

He still loves to snuggle!
He talks in sentences most of the time and is trying to use his manners. Whenever we're in the car and he wants to tell me something he says "Excuse me Mommy, excuse me!!" until I answer him and then he says "Look, a puppy...or firetruck...or bird!" or whatever has caught his eye.
He's really social and remembers most of his (and Jayna's) friends by name.
He's obsessed with Mickey Mouse! Ever since our Disneyworld trip he just can't get enough of everything Mickey.
He's starting to become more aware (and self conscious) of when he needs his diaper changed. If I ask him if he's poopy, he says "Mickey's poopy." and then he goes and lays down beside Mickey and they both get their diaper changed together. Sometimes I change Mickey, sometimes he does and sometimes Jayna does. Then after we're done he always tells us "Mickey's all clean!"

Happy Birthday to our sweet little boy, we love you lots!

Kepler's Mickey Party

A couple week-ends ago we were in Edmonton and Gibb's whole family was there. So we decided to celebrate Kepler's birthday a little early.

Of course it was a Mickey Party!

Showing Kepler his cake, he loved it!

Singing and blowing out candles

The black icing was a little too messy for the little kids.

Very nice Lukey!

Cousins!

Opening a couple presents

Kepler was most excited about his Mickey towel, he started snuggling it!

I'm glad we got to celebrate his special day with some family.

Robert Munsch

Jayna and I got to go see Robert Munsch last night. One of the great things about living here is that some of the big companies will sponsor activities for families so it was free!! Thank you Syncrude! I think I enjoyed it a little more than Jayna, she was worried because she really didn't want to go up on stage with him. I was glad he told one of my favourite stories Mortimer, and one of Jayna's favourites Stephanie's Ponytail, and a few we had never read before.

Afterwards we got to get a few books signed. Jayna chose to get Makeup Mess signed. It was really neat being able to meet such a famous author!