Julia and Emily's World

What a fun but busy weekend! It started on Saturday at Planet Gymnastics for Selena's 9th birthday. The kids had fun running around, jumping and playing. After that it was on to Selena's house for more fun and food. Then we took Selena, Mya and Jenna home with us for a sleep-over party. The kids were very well behaved. No fighting at all. Selena was a big help. She read stories and helped the others brush their teeth and get ready for bed. Bedtime was a bit of a challenge. We had them all in the office sleeping together. Selena was the first to sleep. No fussing from her. She's tired so she sleeps. Mya falls asleep shortly afterwards. Jenna and Julia are a different story. Bathroom breaks, thirsty, another bathroom break, talking, wandering the halls. Finally we moved them to Julia's room so they wouldn't wake up the other two. Eventually they fall asleep shortly after 11pm! Now you would think they would sleep in. Nope. All are up at 6:45am!!! N...

Julia is losing teeth faster than are coming in. She lost another one on Friday. Dentures soon?

This week I got a vacation while Mommy and the girls stayed home. I was in Vegas for 4 days to celebrate with friends. They were celebrating their 40th birthdays. I'm not quite there yet but I'm happy for them so I HAD to go and celebrate with them. The highlight of the trip was a helicopter tour to Grand Canyon West. We had 10 in our group so we were actually in two helicopters. We landed in the Canyon and had breakfast before heading back to Vegas. Check out the video below that one of the guys put together. I came home tired, broke (I have NO LUCK!) and in need of another vacation. This may have been a one time only trip with the boys but I sure hope we can pull it off again someday.

Emily has teeth! Her bottom two have sprouted. She's had them for a few weeks but it took awhile to get a picture of them. If you look closely you can see them.

Julia had a field trip from school to Puck's Farm. She really loved it because Mommy came along. Highlights included petting the animals, pony rides, wagon ride and milking a real cow! Luckily the weather co-operated and gave them a bit of sunshine in the afternoon.

Julia had her first soccer game and loved it. She didn't score (yet) but she did kick the ball a few times. Overall she played a good game and expect her to continue enjoying it until she has her first blind-sided collision with a team mate. She really loves her uniform because it "glows in the dark"!

The long weekend wasn't too busy. Saturday was rainy so we went for a drive to check out some backyard play sets. Man they are expensive! The cheap ones at Wal-Mart are looking better every day. On Sunday, Grandma, Papa, and Grandma came for a visit and dinner. We had the first BBQ of the season. Too bad it wasn't a bit warmer. Monday was pretty low key. We went to help Grandma and Auntie Weezie with their backyard gazeebo thing.

After battling a skunk last year and a mouse more recently, a new opponent has entered the arena. Mommy spied this bold raccoon sunning on our patio chair. She tried scaring it away by banging on the glass door. That didn't work. He just got off the chair and came to the door to see who was banging. There is nowhere for him to live in our backyard so he took off and we haven't seen him since.

Today we went to Grandma's for a swim, to celebrate Mother's day and Grandma's birthday.

Emily had her first try at the Jolly Jumper. She's getting the hang of it and really enjoys it!

We had a huge hail storm on Saturday morning. The house was rumbling! Julia thought it was cool. Emily was awake bug-eyed in her crib wondering what all that noise was. Luckily the hail stayed pea sized so no damage was done except for the flowers. There was enough hail to shovel! The road looked like a river! I have some video which I'll post soon.

This was a busy weekend filled with birthday activities. Saturday was my birthday. We went to visit Russell to give him his birthday present. We missed his party last weekend when we were at Wonderland. Later on Saturday we went to Grandma and Papa's for dinner. On Sunday Mommy, Julia, Emily and Grandma went to a fund raiser lunch at the Four Seasons downtown. Then it was off to Woodbridge for Julia's friend Makayla's birthday party. Then it was back home to celebrate Grandma's birthday with dinner and cake. That's it for birthday's...until next week.

Emily is now 6 months old. We celebrated with a little cake and ate it up for her. The girls were proud to show off their matching PJs.

On Saturday we went to Wonderland. It was BMO day. The weather was fantastic and we got back into the car just before the downpour. Here are some pictures. They look the same as last years pictures.

Not to be outdone by Uncle Gary, we finally found a place to move to. After looking for a year and a half, we found a house that meets most of our criteria. It has a large lot (with room for a swing set), a swimming pool, a nice neighbourhood, AND a price that we can handle. Oh, and it needs a major kitchen reno. I guess you can't have everything. We can't wait! Pool parties!