New Backyard Fun!

We finally got the swing set we promised the kids 3 summers ago when we moved into this house!!
It's by Rainbow play systems.  Really high quality and even I can go on the swing.  Plus I can stand up in the fort part.  The girls love the whole thing, and Henry likes the sandbox, and demands to be pushed in the swing.   Not regular pushing, but one huge push, stop and then another huge push again and again.  We are trying to break him of this "need".

We got it installed just in time, because the weather turned nice the second we got it and it hasn't turned back. The day it was installed our pool was also opened, so our backyard turned into an oasis of fun, all in one day.

Rose's Birthday party!

For Rose's birthday a company called Safari Science came to do an animal show at our house.  She invited about 8 kids from school. 

Rose is looking out the window super early for her friends. 

Ridiculously yummy ice cream cake.

A lot of craziness with a home party! A lot of screaming and excitement at this age too! I tried to pack a lot of stuff in and realize in retrospect that we didn't need to do as much.  But idle time at a party is no good either.  Its hard to find a balance!

Super Sparkle!

Rose's present from Paige: a Super Sparkle costume!

Rose turns 5!

Rose's birthday was on a school day this year.  We ate a pancake breakfast and then Rose was eager to enjoy her day at school with her friends.  After school we opened her presents in her bedroom and then went to Montana's for an early dinner.  Paige had a brownie sleepover that night, so as a birthday treat, Rose slept in the top bunk for the first time as Paige was away.  Rose and I stayed up late playing with her presents and looking at her new Shopkins book.  I think she had a great day!

Happy Birthday Rose!  You are so beautiful, talented, smart, and fun.  And a super great big sister.  We love you!

Girls weekend!

In April Maura, Amanda, and I went for a night to St. Anne's spa.  We left around 8:00am, so we arrived there in time for lunch.  The entire weekend was devoted to utter relaxation...Lunch, followed by a massage, followed by tea, hot tub, Eucalyptus steam room, meditation, reading....lounging.  In other words it was busy, but in a relaxing sort of way.  It was cooler outside, so we were mainly indoors.  

This is what I had for tea.  It was a sampler plate with a ton of food.

This is the room we shared.  Amanda and Maura shared the Queen and I had the twin bed.

Relaxing by the fire on day 2 before yoga.

Playing cards.

On the second day we went for breakfast in our robes, and then I went to yoga.  We had to check out at 11, but we locked our stuff up in the locker room and continued to use the facilities...again the hot tub, steam room, lunch, another spa treatment.  Amazing! We'll definitely be going back, but 1 night was not enough! And for me I always sleep bad the first night anywhere new, so I had very little sleep and was too tired the next day.  It would have been great to have an early night there and catch up before enjoying more spa fun.

So sweet

New outdoor couch.

We have to get some covers for this thing as we won't want it to get soaked very often, and there are far too many cushions to put away....

Easter Fun!

Making Easter Eggs! This year we did something different and followed some instructions I found on pinterest. Shaving cream and food colouring. 

Both girls claimed to have heard the Easter bunny in the night.  Rose said she heard him hopping around.  Henry thought it was great and just ate things right away when he found them.

Rose bike

Rose has been riding her bike with no training wheels for the past month! She's so quick and speedy! Her bike is so small, so everywhere we go kids and adults make comments on her abilities. She rips around like crazy.

Henry talking

Henry's talking has really progressed.  He can communicate for pretty much anything he is trying to say.  A few more super cute sentences from Henry:


"Yum a cookie a me (he uses the word "a" to fill in the blanks a lot)

"Daddy Get a cheerios a me?"

"Scoutie pood a floor" (or ground)

"Woah mommy! Yook! a train!"

"Daddy Car!!!!!" (he says this for all white cars)

"Where daddy go?"

"say hi a daddy"

"Try a mommy car?"

And then feeding Scout her food: "Scout (soak) sit! Scout Down"....Scout EAT!"


Sometimes (often) the talking is so cute that I can't even handle it.