First Cottage trip of the year! And Rose's inaugural visit!

We had a fantastic first trip of the year.  The weather was perfect, around 25 on the Saturday, and a little warmer for the Sunday morning.  Surprisingly, the bugs weren't too bad. Although Paige would tell you otherwise.  She spent a little bit of time outside by herself playing with her dinosaurs (as we watched her from the screened in porch).  While she was out there she got bit around the ears and hairline by blackflies.  Her ear is quite puffy still.  Because of the bites, she was very scared to go to bed at night.  The first night in the new bed was a bit of an adjustment, and because of the bugs, it took a lot of coaxing to get her to go to sleep the second night.  She thought that there were bugs and butterflies on her ceiling.  She even asked to go home.  Once she was asleep she was fine for the most part.  She had a ton of fun over the weekend spending lots of time outside, playing in the water with Daddy, fishing, and colouring and playing with playdough.  The weather and water temperature were better than any weekend last summer.  I hope it continues! Paige, Rose and I are returning to the cottage next week with Grandma and Grandpa while Daddy is at a conference for the week. 

Rose pretty much did the same things she does at home while at the cottage, but particularly enjoyed a nice sleep in her bouncy chair on the porch on Sunday morning...the warmth and fresh air did her good. The car rides went well and both girls slept from home until Weber's where we woke them up for dinner.  After that, Rose slept on and off and I sat in the backseat to keep them company. The ride home was similar. I sat in the backseat the entire time as Rose was a little more alert.  Paige, on the other hand, slept quite a bit from the swimming and the dose of Benadryl for her puffy ear!

All in all, a successful trip! I assume that with more trips, Paige will get used to her bed up there, and less nervous around the bugs. 

Born in 2007....

This is along the lines of the needing hand sanitizer comment....

As we were leaving the grocery store yesterday in the +35 degree heat Paige says, "Mom, it's too hot, we need to go back in the air conditioning".

Girls in Green...

Mommy's picnic mix-up...

On Monday we thought it would be a great idea to pack up a picnic lunch and head down to Coronation park for a picnic and trip to the splash park. We did just that but when we got there it was far too busy to park, and the splash park was under construction.  We headed down to the waterfront in downtown burlington instead.  We found a parking spot and joined the masses of other picnicing people and splashers.  We set up our picnic lunch and then panic washed over me.  The diapers never made it into the diaper bag! Rose was asleep with a pee diaper no doubt, and would need a change when she woke up.  We did have one diaper, but that was not going to tie us over for very long.  Even if we asked another parent of an infant for a diaper, you never know if you need 1 diaper for an afternoon, or 6.  I spent the majority of my lunch time looking up phone numbers of convenience stores near by and calling them to see if they were a)open (it was a holiday!), and b)had any diapers.  One place had pull ups and that was it.  We decided we would have to go home and then swing by another splash park after feeding and changing her at home (she peed again after her nap in the 1 spare diaper).  So we finished up our lunch, Mike and Paige played with a ball for a while, and we walked back to the car. 

Don't worry--Rose wasn't in the sun, just for the picture...in the 1 spare diaper!

Anyway, we made it to the next "splash park" which was very sad.  The water wasn't on and there were numerous kids there, Paige included, wearing their bathing suits.  Instead it was hot as heck with no relief in the direct sun. We stayed for only a while and then went home and set up a blow up pool for Paige to splash in (i wish i had pictures--she was sliding into it from the slide and having a blast!). What an action packed day.  By the time the backyard swimming was done it was about 5:00.  And Rose pretty much slept all day....and went to bed late!

Clara and Amy's Birthday party

Amy and Clara turn 3 this week. Amy on the 24th and Clara on the 27th. They had a joint birthday party and the guest was Paige. Rose is starting to smile for real now.

Amy in her fairy dress.

The girls make crown and wand crafts. Great when the party hosts are teachers. They know how to do these things up.

The girls in their finished crown crafts and face painting.

Rose slept in here for a few hours...

Waiting for the cake to be transferred onto the table.

The girls are starting to go downhill. Lots of crazy playing and excitement. Notice Paige's pouty lip and rubbing eyes. The other girls were saying "what's wrong? We were so worried about you." haha
Awesome cake!!

I had to leave her in here long enough to eat cake and then take her out so she would wake up!

Yum! Paige's favourite thing...icing!

The girls had so much fun that they were completely wound up at the end. When we got home it was past Paige's bed time but she needed a shower to take off the cake, glue, facepaint, sweat, icing, etc. She was mad and then was yelling, "I NOT TIRED!!!" when she got in bed. Ya right. It was tons of fun though.

Awesome eyes!

Yesterday my eye became very sore, pussy, and then swollen. In the night it was so swollen it was almost completely closed. And every time I woke up, the left eye was crusted shut. By the morning it was starting in the other eye as well. And when Rose got up for the day, she had it too. We went to the medicentre and have contagious pink eye. Awesome! It feels really awful, but luckily we have drops that should clear it up quickly, and we won't be contagious within 24 hours. In the meantime the trick is to keep Paige from getting it. Lots of hand washing and no touching eyes!