Luca is S-i-x

Luca turned six years old this week!

She is extremely competitive and hates to lose.

Luca loves looking pretty.

She loves music and dancing.

Luca is very determined and will work hard to accomplish what she wants.  Most recently it has been handstands.  We have mats set up in our house where she does handstands against the wall every day.

Luca loves to cook and bake. 

She has most recently mastered pancakes .

This year she lost her first tooth

and started grade one.

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Baby Luca

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

and Six

Happy Birthday Luca!

Seven...

Nollie celebrated her 7th Birthday this week

A family party

A Sick Cake by Curtis

Bubbles

and a party with friends at the park

Happy Birthday Nollie!

This Little Boy is One

 Finn had his first birthday last week.  I can't believe it!

We call him, Finley, Finn, Finny, Mr. Fister, Mister,  Finny-Finny-Coco-Bop,  Monster, or just Trouble.

He is determined and when he sets his mind to something he tries for it over, and over again.

 

 He loves water-play including the bath, the pool, the sink, the dog dish and even the toilet.

and he loves to be outside!

Happy Birthday to my Little Man!

Another of Curt's Sick Cakes

Rainbow Cake

Last weekend we had my parents and sisters over for supper and cake to celebrate my parent's birthday's and anniversary.  Since it happened to be on St. Patrick's Day I thought it would be a great time to try out a rainbow cake.  I have after all pinned rainbow cakes at least 5 times on Pinterest I'm sure.  I used the recipe from The Little Epicurean but I just put regular buttercream frosting on it.  I think this is the first cake I have made where I didn't have crumbs all through the icing.  Just seeing all that colour makes me happy!

Here is Mom & Dad with their grandkids (missing Grace).

Happy 6th Birthday Nollie

Nollie loves creating things.  The words that come out of her mouth most often are “Can I draw?”  She goes through stacks of paper drawing every day.

If she is not drawing you often see her holding her camera, preferring to take videos over sill photos.

Nollie has lots of ideas and doesn’t accept that something can not be done.

Nollie loves listening to stories.  She loves to eat with her hands

and if you get her outside she will explore for hours

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This year Nollie lost her first (and second) tooth

Started Kindergarten

Continued Swim Club and joined Soccer and Sparks

and grew her bangs out.

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Baby Nollie

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

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Happy Birthday Nollie!

31 Today

It’s my 31st Birthday and I thought it deserved a blog post but I wasn’t sure what to write.  Here are some random thoughts about me today.

1. I am wife of 7 years to an amazing man
2. Mother of 3 lovely girls
3. 6 months pregnant with baby number 4
4. Have two pets, a dog Simon & a cat Pepper
5. I’m a first year homeschooling mom
6. President of the Swim Club
7. Girl Guide/Sparks Leader
8. I spend way too much time on the internet
9. I’m currently reading the Hunger Games Trilogy
10. I got my 1st smart phone this year
11. I’ve been finding grey hairs on my head.
12. The weather forecast today is sunny with a high of 0*C, this winter has been unusually warm
13. I’ve been cross country skiing nearly every weekend this year
14. I’m a library addict and easily have 30 items out at any given time.
15. I’m going to make a chocolate cake today and let the kids free for all decorate it.
16. I was up at 5am and had the bathrooms cleaned by 6:15am today.
17. I love my mornings to myself
18. I go to bed by 10:30pm
19. I’ve been enjoying two coffee’s every day
20. I am just starting an art journal.
21. The trim is only done in two rooms of the house and we’ve been living here 3 years.
22. I have kids drawings taped all over the walls of my house.
23. I would rather shop online than go to a store
24. I wear my slippers every day so I can’t feel the crumbs on my floor
25. I am a huge procrastinator
26. I bought myself a plant, some chocolate, a fresh journal and some new markers this week, I guess you can call it a birthday present to myself.
27. Have extra long hair on my legs
28. I don’t use shampoo or conditioner
29. I’m can’t stop myself from buying kids books at the thrift store.
30. I’m not very good at being on time
31. I feel like I’m exactly where I should be at 31.

Happy 2nd Birthday Wavy

 Hard to believe my baby is 2 now.

Here are some photos of her to celebrate

 

  

Riding the tricycle

Her pose

Yes, she dumped an entire box of Cheerios on the floor while sitting on her potty.

The girls laugh about this all the time 

"..remember the time Waverly had spaghetti stuck on her nose.."

Waverly was a scootcher for most of the last year.  

She has permanently stained an worn through several pairs of pants.

..but she has finally decided to start walking this past month. 

(I don't think I have a single photo of Wave walking, gasp!  I know, horrible Mom)

Baby Wavy

Wavy's 1st Birthday

Wavy 2nd Birthday

Happy Birthday Wavy!