Dishes and Soaking up the Sun.

Whatever Miriam does Dylan has to do as well!


Miriam and Dylan drying the dishes after lunch on Sunday :-)





SMILE!


SPRING SUNSHINE!
Ok so spring is a great time in our house!! We get sunlight coming in the windows!! (This is a big thing for us)!! In the spring, the sun is low enough in the sky that is actually shines into our windows! During the summer, it is too high in the sky and the tree in the backyard blocks lots of the sunlight. In the fall it usually comes in a bit - but not as much. During the winter the snow is usually too high in front of the windows so the sun can't shine in. We are hoping that soon we will be able to enjoy the sun shining into our windows during all seasons, then we won't have to wait till spring to enjoy the sunshine from inside our house! :-)
Although we can't wait to get out of this basement suite, there are things that we will miss... my kitchen is one of them :-P, and front load washer and nice dryer, flat top stove and convection oven, not having to drive for a babysitter - my Sister (in law) Rachel lives right upstairs :-P

Dylan and Miriam are fighting over a nice warm spot in the sun :-P

Bye Bye Car

We sold our car yesterday :-S
Selling it was part of our orginal plan when we bought the van, (we just didn't want to buy a used vehicle and sell the reliable one we had until we had driven the new-to-us one for a while). Now we know the van hasn't acted up in (almost) a year, so it was time to sell the car. We have mixed feelings about it because we really really loved that car. We also really enjoyed the luxury of owning two vehicles for almost a year :-) Last summer was a great time and we were able to get out and do so much! We will miss it. Hopefully in a few years (or maybe one year lol) we will have that luxury once again! For now, the car has done it's job and served us well. We sold it. Now we have some extra money for a down payment on our own house! :-)


Bye Car, you have served us well! :-)

True Love

Matthew and I have been writing messages to each other on the wall in the shower for a long time now :-P Both with foam bath letters and with bath crayons :-P But this one that Matthew drew this morning beats all! :-P Yup I have the best hubby ever!

Wishing for Summer

I thought I would change my background to a picture my sister Sherene took. I can't wait till the warm weather blows in and we are playing at the park in a tank top, shorts and flip flops! Yay for summer!!

123 magic?

Just thought I should do a quick update on how the 123 magic stuff is going.

It's still going very well, although if I slack then the kids notice right away and try to get away with almost everything. :-P As a result I realize right away when I'm not doing it right. :-)
We seem to be having a bit of a hard time when we are out though - sometimes I don't have a time out spot and sometimes I don't have a timer so I have forgotten to tell them they can go play :-S (I should just put a small timer in the diaper bag).
The only thing I would love to change is that we use a chair for a time out spot and I would love to use a room as a time out spot - but right now their room is a bedroom and a storage room. So if they tried to rip it apart they would succeed! and I wouldn't be able to just leave it that way, I would have to clean it up asap. (If it was just clothes blankets and toys I could just leave it) :-P Maybe when we sell our portion of this house and buy a house of our own we will have the luxury of using a bedroom for a bedroom and nothing else :-P Then I could use it as a time out spot. :-P

I still highly recommend this book :-) but as before: READ it before trying it and saying it doesn't or won't work with your kids :-)

Happy Helper

More pics

Oh I did take 3 pictures when my family was here :-P Here they are:





Dylan found Auntie Becca's cheesies! :-P Miriam decided to join him and eat some too :-)