Pictures

Ever since we picked up a new Canon digital SLR last year the whole family has really started to play around with the camera and has take different photographs. We all take different pictures and it's wonderful to see the things that the kids want to photograph. For instance this picture is of D trying to get close enough to take a picture of a Robin. He loves birds and thought it would be cool if he could capture one on film. I just love seeing the artistic side coming out of my kids. It's so much fun to watch. 

I secretly have a folder on my computer of all the pictures my kids have taken. One day I will show it to them and they can see where their love for photography started and see how much they have grown as photographers. 

Pictures

Kimono Dress Up

Today I pulled out a Kimono that I received as a gift when I was a teenager from an exchange student from Japan that my family was hosting. My daughter was so excited to see something that I had when I was younger and to try on an outfit from Japan! As you can imagine, an outfit that is meant for a teenager or an adult was very big for a 5 year old, but after a few folds and tucks, we got it to fit her fairly well. She loved wearing it so much that she ended up keeping it on and watched a movie while wearing it. She also loved that I had socks and shoes for her to wear. 

Kimono Dress Up

Christmas Laughter

I love the sound of children laughing. It's one of my favorite sounds, especially when it's my children laughing. My daughter laughs with her whole body and my son has a smirk that turns into a huge smile as he laughs.

Christmas Laughter

Fall Fun

Fall Fun

Little Foodies

I love how different my kids can be. Esspecially when it comes to food. My son tells me most days that he is a meat eater and loves meat anytime. His favourite meal is meat (preferably chicken) and mashed potatoes. My daughter prefers her fruit, veggies and yogurt and is often happy with just those.

Today after church we came home to make lunch. We didn't have any plans, only to use what was already in the fridge.

Jaclyn asked to make her own. She happily put together a bowl of yogurt, grapes, animal crackers and a banana with water to drink. 

David asked for a steak and cheese sandwich (we had leftover steak) and a glass of milk. 

They both have very strong ideas about food and want to start making meals for the family.

Little Foodies

Star Wars Birthday Party

For David's 7th birthday he asked for a Star Wars party. 

Chris and I love planning and throwing our kids birthday parties, and we try to make them into great memory makers for our family. 

David decided that he only wanted a smaller group of kids this year, which turned out to be a good thing for us since we decided the theme would be "Jedi Training" with everyone getting a "lightsaber".

Every "Padawan" (Jedi-in-training) gets hungry after a hard training session. So, of course we had some Star Wars snacks.

Chris had the kids doing different Jedi training. They had to fly an X-Wing and shoot the death star before they could learn to control the force. They were given a makeshift X-Wing built with the leftover duct tape and a two banana boxes. Then they learned to move things with the force (a balloon tied to some dental floss pulley).

Lightsaber training: First the kids worked at keeping a balloon in the air, which was a bit of a trick because of an unexpected breeze. After that, they learned some basic moves, and then got to practice on each other before defeating a dark Jedi (thanks Travis)

For a birthday cake, we decided to go out of our normal comfort zone and do an Ice Cream cake, Han Solo in Carbonite. The outside was chocolate melts mixed to grey, and cookies and cream inside.

 I think it is safe to say that David was happy with his cake, and his whole birthday party.

Star Wars Birthday Party

Summer Movies

This summer will be the third year we have taken our kids to the theatre for a summer movie.

It is such a great memory for us all. The kids still talk about their first time at the movie theatre when we saw the movie Toy Story 3, and then last year when we saw Brave.

Today we saw Despicable Me 2. The kids love the first "Despicable Me" and have watched it multiple time over the years.

One of Jaclyn's favorite parts in the first movie is when the youngest girl Agnes gets a new unicorn and while hugging it says "its so fluffy I'm gonna die". 

Last Christmas my brother and sister-in-law gave Jaclyn a extra large pink unicorn. After she saw it she immediately said "its so fluffy I'm gonna die". She has been sleeping with her unicorn every night since Christmas.

 

Here she is holding her big unicorn and her little one that David got her holding them at a sleepover at Gramma and Grandads. 

We along with David and Jaclyn are looking forward to watching a summer theatre movie together for many summers to come.

Summer Movies