Trains

Trains

Snow Day

My kids love the snow, they would play in it every day if they could. Here are some pictures of them enjoying themselves!!

Snow Day

Sleepovers

David and Jaclyn are each others best friends and love to play together (most of the time). One of there new games is to play sleepover at bedtime. Usually they will both crawl into Jaclyn's bed and tuck themselves in for the night. The other night we decided that if they were going to sleep then they could have a sleepover. I went through our bed time routine and then turned out the light and left them together. Less then 5 minutes later David came out and said that he wanted to sleep in his own bed. Chris and I figure that it is only a matter of time before one of them sneaks into the others room at night to have a sleepover.

Sleepovers

Pirate Day

The kids and I enjoy having different themed days, they vary from cowboys/cowgirls, knights, princess, superhero and of course pirates. Whenever we have a themed day I try and have a craft to go with it either that or stickers. I am really enjoying how much more the kids want to be a part of everything. They love to cook, bake, organize and clean with me. Both David and Jaclyn ask me most days if we can do crafts together.
They are lots of fun!!

Pirate Day

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

We put up our tree last weekend. It was lots of fun watching the kids help decorate it.
Here are some pictures that I took this morning of the kids.

Jaclyn not that interested in having her picture taken.

David loves Christmas!!

Sibling love.........

Our tree!!

I love Christmas!!!

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!!

Waiting for a muffin

Here are our two kids sitting on the new "visiting chair" that was given to us by the kids grandparents. I have it just off the kitchen and the kids like to sit in it while I am making their meal and talk to me.

This morning I pulled out some of our Christmas decorations and we started to put them out. During this time I sat down with David and we talked about what Christmas was all about. I told him that we were celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. We also talked about what Jesus' birthday and His coming down to earth means for us. After we talked a little more about what we were celebrating David asked if we could make a cake for Jesus. I told him that I would love to make a cake to celebrate Jesus' birthday and Christmas.

This is the conversation I had with David after his nap today:

Me: David would you like a muffin for your snack this afternoon?

David: No mom, I want to wait until Jesus comes!

Me: (Trying not to laugh) What?

David: After Jesus comes for his birthday and cake!

Me: Oh........well I think we need to talk a little more about when Jesus is coming.

David: For his birthday at Christmas.

Me: David, Jesus won't be coming to our house for Christmas. Do you remember reading the Bible and talking about how Jesus was born on earth and now is living in heaven until it is time for us to go and be with Him?

David: Oh, I forgot............can we still have cake?

Me: Yes we can still have cake.

David: OK, Thank you mom!

Me: Do you want a muffin?

David: No, I'm OK

Waiting for a muffin

Jaclyn

Jaclyn is growing up into such a fun little girl. She loves to dance and sing. She also likes to dress up and will try on any shoes that she can get her hands on. This morning I put her in a dress that was mine when I was a little girl. It fun to see my daughter in a dress that I remember wearing when I was young. I am very happy that my mom saved some of my clothes from when I was little. Thanks mom!! I am enjoying seeing her in some of my old clothes. In fact right now I am waiting for a package from my mom with some of my old sweaters for Jaclyn to wear.

My little diva!!

Jaclyn

New Blog

I have started to make cakes. In doing this I have also started a blog to record my thoughts and some pictures in this new adventure.

The web site is: www.hobbycakes.blogspot.com

I started a new cake tonight and I will be trying some new ideas with it. I will be posting more pictures this week.

Does anyone know of a good cake template for my new site? If so, please let me know.

New Blog

Its been to long....

Sorry it has been so long since I last blogged! Our life has been crazy here.........
so here is a little update.
David is almost completely potty trained, still working on the nights.
Jaclyn is out of her crib and sleeping in a big girl bed. We bought her a twin bed, she looks so little in it. However she is sleeping really well.
The kids and I love to make crafts together and I am always looking for more crafts that they can both do. Yesterday was pirate day, we made pirate hats and talked like pirates all day!
Does anyone have ideas of crafts I could do with the kids?

I will try and post some pictures soon!

Its been to long....

David turns Three!

Well David turned three on July 19 and we had a wonderful weekend. The kids grandparents came into town, which the kids always enjoy. We went to Stanley Park, had a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse party and celebrated with Davids birthday twin Jenna. (They are born an hour and a half apart at the same hospital. Her parents are good friends of ours)

Here are a few pictures from our weekend.

Jaclyn and David playing at Stanley Park.

Here are David and Jenna on their birthday together. Ever since they were babies David has always wanted to be close to her. When they were about 7 months old David sucked her toes. As soon as he could walk he started to chase her for kisses and hugs. He would get so excited when she would let him hug or kiss her. It was very cute! Well it seems that the tables have turned a bit. Jenna now loves to hug and kiss David and he will run or say NO to her. Right after this picture was taken David moved over away from her.

They are so cute together, and they have a lot of fun playing with each other.

Jaclyn playing at David's party.

David going to make more bubbles.

The kids outside with the bubbles.

I made Mickey Mouse capes for all the kids that came to the party. They all loved them and wore them all afternoon.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cake

David turns Three!

Summer Swimwear

The kids new swimwear with built-in life jackets.

Summer Swimwear

Weekend Fun!

I love spending time outside with my family. This last weekend we spent most of the time outside enjoying the sun! We went to White Rock beach, which is one of my favorite places to spend time. Both Chris and I just love the sounds and smells of the beach! It seems that our children enjoy it also. We had a wonderful time, we walked along the beach, looked at a big sandcastle, watched the planes fly by, had a picnic and ice cream. David has been asking everyday since if we can go back. I think that we will be making more trips to the beach this summer. We also went for a walk to a park. Chris and I are going to try and go for a walk with the kids every day that it is not raining so that we can all enjoy the weather and parks around here. It is wonderful that Jaclyn and David are getting older and both enjoy getting outside more to play.

Jaclyn's first time putting her feet in the ocean.

David playing in the water and watching a plane fly by.

Playing at the park

Picnic time

Running in the field

"Flower for mom"

Weekend Fun!

David's Eyes

Well David has been wearing glasses now for about 4 months. He didn't like them at first because he couldn't understand why he was wearing them. He is doing really good now and wears them all the time.

When we first started the process of finding out that he needing glasses, how strong his prescription would be and how his eyes are developing. We also started talking to his Dr's about if he was going to need surgery on his eyes to correct his cross-eyes. After more tests last Friday they decided that he would need the corrective surgery. They said that he will still need his glasses but he would be able to focus better when his eyes are straight.

His surgery is booked for April 3o (thirteen days after they told me he would need it). It is only a day surgery, if fact the procedure is about 25 minutes and the rest of the time we will be there will be in prep time or recovery time. In all it will be about 4 hours.

I have started to talk to David about the fact that we are going to the hospital to have a nap so that the Dr's can look at his eyes. At the moment he thinks that the whole thing will be an adventure and today even told a lady at the store "the Bob & Larry book is for when I go to the hospital to have a nap so that the Dr's can look at my eyes". The saleswoman had no idea what he was talking about but it shows me that he is starting to understand what is going to happen.

Although he seems to understand it now I hope that he still looks at it as an adventure after his surgery! I can't help but be a little concerned as his mother, even though it is only a little surgery.

David's Eyes

Spring is here.....

Life around our house has been crazy these last few weeks. With Chris finishing up his semester (he is taking his Masters degree in Christian studies) as well as the kids both being sick earlier this month. David with tonsillitis and Jaclyn with the flu and she is teething. They are both doing much better now.

The weather here has started to clear up which means more time outside playing and walking. We are all looking forward to many more days outside enjoying the beautiful sun.

Tomorrow is Chris's last day of school which means that next week he is going to be looking for a job to support us for the next few months. We are also looking into our future and have to decide if he is going to finish his Masters degree in the next two years or if we are going to look into working in a church again and then finishing his degree over the next 5-7 years. If you are the praying type please pray that Chris finds a job soon and that we follow the path in which God has prepared for us.

Here are a few pictures of the kids from the last few weeks!

They love to spend time together.

Our little angel.
My future paintball player.

Jaclyn's first time on the swings.

Cheese!!!

Spring is here.....

Jaclyn's 1st Birthday

I can't believe that my baby girl is one years old.

This last year has gone by so fast (actually it has gone by too fast). I found myself trying to savor every bit of Jaclyn's babyhood. She is our last baby and I wanted to remember everything about it, not that I don't remember what David was like as a baby but the time went so fast.

Jaclyn is such a wonderful addition to our family and we feel that our family is complete. For those of you who haven't met her, she is a very serious baby (I believe I blogged about that in an earlier post) however she has so much more to her personality already that we wonder what kind of lady she will grow into. She is funny, sneaky (she surprises David all the time), stubborn, active, noisy and loves to make faces. We have really enjoyed this last year with her in our lives and David adores her.

Some highlights of our weekend are:

We took the sky train into Vancouver on Friday to go shopping in Metrotown with David and Jaclyn's grandparents. It was the first time we have taken the kids on the sky train and they both loved it and it was nice to share that first with their grandparents.

We had an open house party for her on Saturday and some of her aunts, uncles and grandparents were here. Some of her great aunts and uncles were able to be here as well.

Jaclyn shares her birthday with my grandfather as well as my bother. So March 8th is a great celebration for our family.

This year my grandfather (Jaclyn's great-grandfather) turned 75 and my mom had a birthday party for him on Sunday (their actually birthday) which is why some of her extended family was in town. Jaclyn's uncle turned 17 that day as well.

This past weekend was a fun party weekend!!
David and Jaclyn slept hard and long every night this weekend.

Jaclyn loved her ice cream cake!!

I am looking forward to what this year will bring. I expect her to be walking on her own soon and I am looking forward to having her talk more. I am also excited to see how the interaction between David and Jaclyn develops.

Jaclyn's 1st Birthday