A thank you and a tear

Some times, as parents, you wonder if you are doing things right. Last night, at supper, Lily confirmed that we are on the right track....

The kids were gone for a week with Mamie and as a suprise, Jayson and I decided to paint the kid's room to make it a bit nicer and colorful. Since I am over 6 months pregnant, I left all the lifting, patching, trimming and painting to Jayson. He did an incredible job.

When the kids arrived on Sunday afternoon - daddy was out with a friend hitting balls and I did my best not to let them see their room before he got home. I failed. While playing outside, Lily, who usually pees in the grass outside decided to go inside to pee and ran in before I could catch her. When she opened the door to her room she yelled out "Oh, I love it, it's so beautiful, my daddy did this for me." I wish I had recorded that and I hadn't told her that daddy had painted that for her, she just assumed it.. Lily is a very thoughtful and expressive little girl. OK, so back to why we're doing things right...

It's suppertime, we're all sitting down and as a little family tradition, what we all do is give thanks to eachother and give kisses all around. Johnny proudly kisses me and daddy and then Lily kisses and says thanks. And then very sweetly says, thanks for my new room daddy. At this time, Jayson and I were behind her for our kiss and our hearts melted.

I must say, that I think that it could be our proudest moment so far. And in our eyes, that little split moment, that little sentence makes us think that we're doing something right.

Zoo sans Johnny...

Went to he zoo with our friends the Bahm's... Without Johnny. We sure missed him, but the girls had a blast! Especially at the water park!

However, a great day sometimes has a price to pay and Lily has been sick for the last 24 hours and now has a feet.

Not fun. Even sans Johnny.

First sleep-over!

Lily is having her first friend sleep-over with Scotlyn! She was so excited to have her friend sleep with her in her Dora bed. It's been an hour, so far so good! They did go to bed completely exhausted at 9pm, we figure they will sleep well!

Off to the zoo tomorrow.

Funny girl

Lily says: "maman, I am not a smart chicken today". She said that because then she would be able to be naughty. Mmmm. No. You have to be nice and you're not a chicken. Oh ok maman.

Great night sleep!

Kids slept all night, even after going to bed later than usual! Johnny woke up at 7:30 and Lily got up with me at 7:00.

Lily is in love...

After Johnny was in bed tonight, Lily and I laid on the couch tonight an snuggled. She hugged my belly, told her baby sister that she loved her and that she was so cute. We were watching Care Bears and I asked if her baby sister should bring her one and she said yes, just a small one though.

It makes me so proud to have a little girl that is full of love.

Late nap!

Lily fell asleep in the van after we picked up Daddy. We brought her in the house and she didn't wake up! Sleeping from 5:20 to 7:20 means its going to be a late night!!!

Our zoo day!

We went to the Toronto zoo today, how fun! Lily, Johnny and daddy (me too!) we're so excited to see all the animals. Lily's favorites were the elephant and the giraffe. Johnny really liked seeing the big cats.

Walking into a special rainforest room, where it was hot and packed, Lily yells out: "this place is beautiful". She is very expressive and is mostly always full of nice thing to say!

Johnny ran. And ran. And ran so much, we could tell that his little legs were tired.

We bought a membership so we'll be going back again soon!

Daughter's love

This morning, while Jayson and Lily were sharing a ham and egg sandwich, Lily put her hand on daddy's cheek and said: "daddy, you're so cute".

Daddy's heart melted.

McHappy Day

Lily and Johnny computer painting together. All for charity. And a cheeseburger.

Sleep

Last night, both kids woke up and ended up in bed with me, I had Lily's feet on my back, and Johnny's feet on my belly. I enjoyed it an it was so special - especially since they were both snoring! Jayson ended up in Johnny's bed! These are the memories I want to remember...