Dance Recital 2015

Rose did an amazing job at her recital.  Her costume was so amazing and she looked so beautiful that we had to make sure to take photos before we left on such a nice sunny day! Of course I forgot to also take a photo of her in her Acro costume, since that was her second dance.  Luckily there were photos taken at the studio in May.  Auntie Amanda babysat Henry, and brought Rose some incredible roses.  

We got in the car close to 9:00 and Rose was DONE

May long weekend

What to say about the May Long Weekend.... hmmm.  Something about the bugs perhaps? 

We pulled the girls out of school around 12:30 and got a head start on the cottage traffic.  The lack of traffic was probably the best part of the weekend.  We raced up north where it was raining.  This was actually great as we were able to go for a family rock to the river to skip stones as the rain was ending.  Then the kids went to bed and Mike and I played a round of Quirkle.  The weekend seemed to be going well so far. 

The next day we quickly realized that the great outdoors was teaming with black flies.  Like so bad that we couldn't even venture outside. We attempted to walk to the river again but had to turn back.  Instead we tried to amuse all of the kids indoors with colouring and games.  Henry just wandered around and attempted to enjoy himself outside on his own while swatting away the flies.  Poor guy.  You had to feel sorry for him as he was so desperate to play with this one truck. We tried to have a campfire and roast hotdogs which was almost torturous.  After a day and a half of this we decided we would enjoy ourselves at home more and got in our car first thing Sunday morning.  

Playing Rukshuk

A burger and fries on the way home.

Scout enjoyed the car ride home so much that she kept jumping back in as we were unloading the car.  It must have been cozy back there.

The rest of the weekend we spent hanging around in our backyard, swimming, playing on the swings, etc.  Not a bug in Sight!!

Skills Day

Almost at the end of the gymmastics year.  The held a skills day for the parents of the various pre competitive groups. Rose was really scared and extremely upset the night before.  Once we got there though and she saw all of the other girls and they went through their warm ups, she was totally fine and rocked it! I think it was a turning point in her gymnastics as she has felt really confident and proud of herself since then. 

Going onto the floor for her solo routine. 

Practicing with coach amanda

Here's Rose with her favourite coach Amanda.  We started with her at a different gym club when Rose was just a toddler.  When she moved to a new club we followed her over.  Hoping Rose can be in her class again one day.  Amanda asked to take this picture with her.

She earned a medal for a job well done.

Only a couple of weeks left of gymnastics until the year end Gala.  She'll get a few weeks off of training and then will be moving into the pre-competitive 4 hour group.

Fun at the park

 If you look closely, you can see Henry's face.  He is super bummed out that he can't go in this vehicle.  He thought it was part of the playground.  I took him over to see it and he mistook that for being able to try it out.  TRY!!! TRY!!!

Happy to live by the lake!

Training Scout

Scout Sit!

DOWN!

Get it!

Outside riding!

FINALLY!!!!!!

2!

A few pictures of a 2 year old, and scenes from the party at Amanda and James' house. 

Henry Turns 2!

What a little guy.  He was really excited to see the presents on the morning of his birthday.  He had a trial run at Auntie Amanda's the night before so he knew what it was all about. 

His new train table.  It's in the basement which is a bit of a disaster,  but he doesn't mind.

I wanted to do something special on Henry's birthday, and since we had no plans I walked him to Tim Hortons where we had a birthday cake and chocolate timbit with a chocolate milk.  He was so excited about this.  Then we went to the park and played for a bit.  I loved to spend the quality time with him on his special day.

The girls didn't get enough of Montana's on Rose's birthday so they asked to go back there for Henry's party.  Plus they wanted the staff to sing to him, as Rose was too shy to allow then to sing to her the previous week.  Unfortunately there was only 1 waitress so we understood when she said she wasn't going to sing.

Still got this awesome birthday cookie dessert.

A week after his birthday I took him for his birthday pictures.  Once again so cute I can hardly stand it.

Happy birthday my littlest guy.  You are so funny, smart, and eager to be part of the team.  We love you so much.

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.