2nd week of August

I just don't have it in me to think up a catchy/creative title for this blog post this morning... it's Monday after all, so a few pictures is really all I've got for you :-P

More Beans! And there are still more coming :-) Uncle Leighton, Miriam and Dylan picked them and then Miriam and Dylan helped me wash, tip and snap them. All the beans are now blanched and put in the freezer :-)

Yum!

"Hey Mom, these two make a heart!" (can you tell what we had for supper that night? :-P)

Sitting :-) My baby is getting a little too big...

Quite proud of her new skill!

Miriam and Dylan have discovered puzzles! The bigger one is 50pc and Miriam can do this one on her own, Dylan can too!  Also, notice the new rug? We picked it up this past week. I didn't think I would like having a rug (looks/cleaning) but so far I love it! :-) We bought it because Lydia is starting to get around (squirming etc.) and she keeps pulling the blankets I lay her on, over her head :-( twice I found her wrapped in it unable to get out. The rug reduces the suffocating risk significantly :-P

A hot day in August

So hot and humid lately! Not a typical Alberta summer that's for sure!

It was so hot I really didn't want to turn on the stove or oven...the bbq would have been ok but it's still super hot standing in front of it cooking something. So instead I sent Byron and Leighton to the store to pick up some Alphabets and Frosted Flakes (we usually have porridge for breakfast so I didn't have any cold cereal in the house) Yum! I love cold cereal for supper on a hot day! Matthew works in an air conditioned office so he still wanted something hot for supper so he warmed up some spaghetti.

Our first ripe tomato, I just picked it after supper. YUM!! (this one is from one of the early girl plants)

2 Months

Ok so almost 2 months has past since my last post! So much has been happening around here and it's only going to get busier! In October things should slow down a little around here.
Here are some pics of a few of the things we've been up to during these past two months. :-)

I smashed up the van :-( Now we own an 04 Toyota Sienna :-)

Smashed up Van...Guess the color of the car I hit :-P

Wishing...

'Bridge building' :-P So cute!

Proudly showing off her metal!

Rachel's GRAD!! (Sherene and Aaron came down to celebrate) :-)

Sherene did Rachels hair.. .super cute!

Excited!

Miriam is 5!! Growing so fast!

Ice Cream sandwich cake is the best kind of summer cake :-)

A road trip to Winnipeg!! Daddy had to stay home and work so Mommy went with the three kids... Sherene, Aaron and Rachel drove in Rachel's new-to-her car.

Story time with Uncle Byron <3 br="br">

Auntie Nicole teaching Dylan how to do his hair :-P

Snuggles with Auntie Sherene <3 br="br">

Some beach time!

Big Air

Making castles in the sand with Auntie Rachel <3 br="br">

Lydia snoozing on Nana at the beach (Lydia doesn't fall asleep on very many people!)

Hair cuts from Nana :-)

These two are more alike than I thought... both can talk your ear off and LOVE jewelry/anything shiny... lol

Chatting with Auntie Miranda.

Mom's 49th birthday! What did the kids buy her? an old school skateboard like she used to have when she was a kid (nicole's idea) :-) She loves it and uses it all the time! Yup, my 49 year old mother skateboards!

Dress up with Uncle Leighton. We took him home with us for 2 months :-)

Peas from the garden!

We have LOADS of tomatoes!!! Can't wait to try one (this pic was taken a month ago)... some of them are orange now!

Matthew and Byron re-surfaced the patio (this is only 1/2 done, I don't have a done pic of the patio yet, but it is done)  :-)

Playing at the (splash) park waiting for (great) Oma to arrive for her Surprise birthday party!

 Fun at the splash park

Leighton earning his keep :-) (Byron is here for the summer too! He came back from MB with Bekah) Notice the tomatoes!! They are huge!

Cup stacking - Uncle Leighton taught them that! (Uncle Leighton is into something called speed stacking, look it up, it's pretty neat!)

A BIG stack!

HOT and HUMID days! (and our little Lydia is chubbing up... I switched her over to formula now. I only nurse her once in the morning now, I'm hoping we can keep that feed for a while :-)

Beans from the garden. This pic makes the amount look small, but it was about 2 suppers for all 6 of us. (Bekah wasn't home and Lydia doesn't eat beans otherwise it would have been all 8 of us)

Some Sunday morning sibling snuggles. Aww! 

Kindergarten Day!

Yesterday was a very exciting day for Miriam! It was Kindergarten Day!

Miriam colored a picture for her teacher :-) She did this page all by herself. I didn't even tell her to write the first letter of each animal, she just figured that out herself. I love how the owl starts with an A lol (Say it out loud... that is what it sounds like) :-)  and the moose is a deer <3  I wrote Mrs. DeWit  and Teacher on another paper and she copied it. Then she wrote her own name on the bottom.

All ready to go!!

So excited!

A hook and cubby with her name on it!

Dylan wanted to stay... so many fun toys in that room!

Garden 2012 :-)

Finally, some pictures of my garden :-)
Also, pics of 3 houseplants I'm babysitting while my in-laws build their new house :-)

In the back veggi garden we planted Beans, Sugar Snap Peas, Spinach, Lettuce, and Swiss Chard.
Also, a garden of 12 tomato plants and 6 pots with herbs in them :-)

My Iris' are blooming! I really wish they didn't squish out my lily's though :-P

Beans are coming up

So is the spinach

The peas were the first to come up (sugar snap peas, Yum!)

Tomato plants 6 are burpee big boy and 6 are early girls. The early girls already have flower buds!

Lookin' good

Herbs! ... I don't remember which is which :-P but there is some basil, oregano, chives, stevia, parsley, 2 of the pots have been knocked over so we'll see if anything comes up in them :-P

Dill