Spring Cometh

Pay no attention to the time and date on these photos. They were actually taken on Sunday I just didn't realise that the time and date (which I had not set) would appear on the photos.

Winter aconite at the community garden.


Purple crocuses at the community garden.


Checking out the ducks and geese at the pond.



Dogwood twig and bud ready to go.


Lilac twig and buds also ready to go.

Dress Up

More birthday festivities.

The cow boy.


The chief.


The traditional blow pop and birthday cards.

Birthday 2009

Since I've been threatened with bodily harm if I don't I'm going to try to keep up with the picture blog. Someone had a birthday today.


Taking a birthday phone call.


Mr. Bling.


The cake. Mom got to playing with the frosting a can.


Decked out in birthday gear.

Hazards of Being A Younger Sibling

Your older siblings will decorate you.



Words fail me on this one.



Ethan was similarly decorated. I don't know if it was his doing or Sophia's.



Jewel eventually saw the humor in this too. Ethan and Sophia were jumping up and down to show her how to jump in the command center (so named by a friend of ours). This she found funny enough to laugh at.

Isaiah

The boy formerly known as the ghost is getting a little more comfortable around cameras.

Apple picking in September.


Getting ready to take off after inspecting big brother and the baby.


Covetously eying the paint, as hubby says, in Sophia's now purple room.


Mmmmm chocolate icing. For his next birthday I'm just going to pop open a can of icing and let him have at it. He never eats the cake.

Jewel

For those who asked here are some new pics of the latest addition to the clan.

Little big sister with baby sister on her lap.


The ultimate big brother holding baby sister.


Caught the smile on camera. She's about 7 weeks in this picture.


Checking out Sophia's birthday festivities from underneath a quilt that great grandma made.

Dirty Jobs

"Hi! This is Dirty Jobs. Today we're going to talk about lava."

We had watched a Dirty Jobs marathon the day before he did this. The episode where Mike Rowe tags along with a vulcanologist must have really stuck with him.

Back In The Day

nap time...


This DOES NOT taste like chicken... Ethan


We are innocent.. you didn't see anything... Ethan & Isaiah


You talking to me buddy? You wanna start something? - Sophia aka Scrappy Doo

Signs From the Bus Station

Hubby took the kids with him when he went to drop my mom off at the bus station the first time (long story) last week. It clearly left an impression on Ethan because a day or two later I found the following on the stairs and in the upstairs hallway.





It's funny how his handwriting is neater on the magnadoodle than it is on paper with a pencil.

An Exercise In Avoiding Going To Bed

What better excuse is there for avoiding going to bed than admiring your new baby sister? Isaiah is absent form these photos because he actually goes to bed when we tell him it's bed time (most of the time).

Birthday Boy

Celebrating the big 06. There was no cake since Isaiah doesn't care for it. I made ice cream sandwiches instead. No candles either since A)I was tired and forgot to get some and B)I really didn't want to find out what my little MacGyver/Evel Knievel/A-Team hybrid would do when presented with an open flame.


Mom scores! Mr. Potato Head is a big hit with the birthday boy.



Cutting the wrapping paper was as much fun for Isaiah as actually playing with his presents.



Whack-A-Mole! Those critters never had a chance.

He Can Build It

After watching construction crews tear up many of the sidewalks in our neighbourhood for most of the summer Ethan has decided that he's a construction worker. Here he has his hard hat and shovel for digging. Sophia is checking out the action from the couch.

He also made himself a construction vehicle out of a rocking chair and he drew a construction road sign on the chalkboard. I'll try to get pictures of those later.

Listening to Baby

When Ethan and Sophia start fighting they can briefly be distracted with an offer of listening to the baby. They usually conclude that the baby is either sleeping or laughing.

BIrthday Boy

Ethan turned 7 today. Here are a few pictures of the festivities.

The Cake: Ethan had asked a few times for shamrocks for his birthday so I made him a shamrock cake.



The birthday green eggs and ham egg pie (also know to some as quiche). We love Dr. Seuss in our house.



Ethan blowing out the candle.



Ethan with birthday cards from Grammy and Papa and Great Grandma with Isaiah swiping frosting off of the cake in the background.



Ethan and Isaiah playing with some of Ethan's presents.



Sophia playing wish a large light kosh catepillar.



Ethan standing in one of his presents.