Cold and windy zoo trip!

On Sat, Oct 6: went to the zoo with Aunt Shannon, Uncle Matt, Kate and Ryan... It was very windy and a little chilly! The kids ran around from animal to animal, well, the girls did and the boys loved just sitting there and watching the animals do whatever it was they were doing.

The girls liked the monkeys the most and the boys liked the polar bears!

Violet was awesome (36 days!) and spent the day in the carier or in the stroller (mostly babywearing!).

Then it was pizza and movie night for all of us. Early bed times for the moms! And video games for the dads!

First zoo trip as a family of 5!

What a fun day! We took the kids to the zoo on Sunday, September 30th. It was a beautiful sunny Fall day and we walked around for 4 hours. Violet enjoyed the fresh air and Lily was happy to see giraffe's and Johnny's fave's were the stingrays and monkeys.

A super great memory!

First parent teacher night at Lily's school

Jayson and I went to Lily's school tonight. We saw Mme Miheala before the class assembly and she had a few things to say about Lily:

- she is adapting well to routine
- she doesn't like to stay still during resting times, but she is getting better
- she has made some new friends
- she always is in a great mood!
- she is fun to have in class
- she has a little defiant side to her where she doesn't always comform to what is happening... Not in a bad way!

We saw some pretty paintings and pictures of Lily in her class.

Hard to imagine that our little girl is doing all these things without us during the day.

It was a very good first school meeting... Lily and Johnny stayed home with a babysitter (first time we hired a stranger!) and things went well on the homefront.

Violet smiles!

At 27 days young, Violet concentrated and focussed on me , maman , and smiled! She was mimicking my facial expressions! She is so beautiful and it's awesome having 3 little kids!

Lily's first day of school! Sept 10

As any parent would do, I asked Lily what she did on her first day of scool. She replied: "maman, what I didn't do what paint!"

I guess she had her hopes up a bit.

Violet Mary Ambrose

Born September 1, 2012. 8lbs 7 oz, 21 inches long.

Our Sunday...

Kids were with Mamie for a few days and they arrived yesterday afternoon. I am 37.5 weeks pregnant and Lily and Johnny are a couple of energetic kids. Will I make it to 40 weeks???

They might be full on energetic kids, but they are so fun to be with, they are kind and sweet and even Johnny is sweet on Lily.

We went to Ikea and had lunch and shopped a bit, then Walmart for a cone and some more errands. Good kids the whole time, it helps that they are ao cute and laugh a lot. Jayson took Lily swimming at 5 and Johnny and I hung around together at the house. He was hugging and kissing me so much!

We had a lovely mish-mash supper and after baths, we all read books and now they are both snoring. Today was a great day and I am looking forward to seeing the love that the kids will have for their new baby brother or sister!!!