March

  Kepler loves dressing up almost as much as Jayna!

 Kepler fell and scraped his nose, poor little guy!

 Jayna all ready for church at Grandma and Grandpa's house

 I got a perm! It's so much easier to do my hair now.

 Taking care of their babies

 Jayna loves her new pajamas from the Hills!

 Kind of a sad looking snowman

Baby Ivy is almost as big as Kepler, haha!

Who Wore it Best?

Bookworms

We are a family of bookworms, we all love to read. Half the time when the house goes quiet all of a sudden and I have to go searching for my kids, worried about what they might be up to, I find them sitting in Jayna's room reading books. Sometimes Jayna is reading to Kepler and sometimes they're reading separately.
I love it when I find them like this, especially since we all know what the alternative is ;)

Gibb set up the tent for the kids to play in this week-end, and this morning this is how I found them. With their chairs set up beside each other reading, love it!
This is how Jayna entertains her little brother when I ask her to keep him busy for a few minutes, and she's getting pretty good at memorizing the books too.

tonight

Usually I dread the nights when Gibb works late. Well usually I dread the hours of 4-6 pm every night, but especially when Gibb's not home. But tonight the kids were so good and we had a really fun night.

The kids played on their "slide fort" for half an hour while I made dinner.
(And I found a recipe online that I happened to have all the ingredients for and it turned out good!)

And then they ATE THEIR DINNER! Just this alone would have made it a great night! Jayna ate a whole bowl of taco soup and Kepler ate 3 bowls!

My kids are already neat freaks, they must get it from their Grandma's ;) They freak out if their is the tiniest speck of dirt in the tub. (Not that I really blame them because half the time it means that Kepler pooped in the bath again) Now there is a chip on the bottom of the bathtub and the last 2 nights Kepler has not wanted to stay in the tub because he's just pointing and yelling "dirty, dirty!" But I think tonight he understood that it's just broken.
Oh yeah, and then he really did poop in the tub, and freaked out even more.

After baths they played on their homemade balance beam Gibb set up from an old shelf, while I cleaned the kitchen.

They were both so good and playing so well together. And I really enjoy making dinner and cleaning up when I don't have 2 munchkins whining, crying and begging to be held the whole time!

Then we had a good easy bedtime, with no nagging, fighting, bribing, etc.

I love nights like tonight. I wish I could bottle it up, save it and then bring it out again on a night when I really need it...like last night.

Photoshoot

While we were in Airdrie we went to visit Alysha in Calgary one day. It was so fun to see her and let the kids play. She did a little photoshoot of the kids and they turned out so cute. I love the ones of them with their blankies!

Ski Trip

 Gibb and Chris went on a ski trip to Utah for a few days. 

Kepler wishing he could go too. Just a few more years!

While he was gone I went down to Airdrie and stayed with Scott and Erin. The kids had some cousin time (and I didn't take pics) and then we also got to see some friends. It was so fun! We got to hang out with  Sue and Amelia and their kids. I miss them!

Kepler, Kara, Kate, Zach, Jayna, Teya

Olympics

I think this blog post could be about any and every family in Canada with a TV or computer. I am SO proud to be a Canadian right now. And it's not that I'm not usually proud, I'm just feeling extra proud. There's something about having the Olympics in your own country and then having the athletes from your country do amazing that is really special. I have been proud of everything from the Opening Ceremenoies to the Closing (yes I was proud of the opening ceremonies!). There is something about having our 3 year waving her Canada little paper flag around the house and excitedly spotting every Canada Flag while we are out driving. And pretending her necklace is a gold medal, and saying that she will be a really fast skater when she is a really big girl, and listening to our national anthem being played with the mounties standing by. And there is something about our little 1 year cheering whenever the crowd cheers and yelling "Yeah Canada!" at the TV. And also learning that cheering makes people feel good, he likes to cheer "Go Mommy, Go Mommy!" when I pull out of our driveway, I hope that doesn't stop anytime soon. It's really inspiring, and seeing these amzing athelets fulfill their dreams really makes me want to have even bigger dreams. I just can't get enough of it, I'm sad it's all over, but it was so great while it lasted. GO CANADA GO!!!