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.

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.

Pumpkin Patch

Below is Sophia running wild with her classmates at the pumpkin patch the week of her birthday.

Say "whiskey" on the hay wagon.


Picking a pumpkin.


Posing with the pumpkin.


Posing on top of the hay bale maze. Actually I think I caught her in the middle of the potty dance.


Running free 'cause that's just what kids should do.

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.

Birthday Girl

When I was a kid (alright I was a teenager) I wanted a purple bedroom. That never quite happened so I gave my daughter a purple room for her birthday. I had to talk her down from a deep dark purple but she's happy with the colour she got.


She's child of the week at school and wore this birthday crown home.



She insisted on a chocolate cake with chocolate icing and purple sprinkles. I couldn't find purple sprinkles so I got some extra purple icing instead. She was so excited about her cake that she sampled it before I got to icing it hence the odd shape.


She loves shoes and dressing up.


She also loves purses.

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

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).

New Addition

Jewel Elisabeth a few minutes old in L&D.


A few hours old in Maternity.




First day home with big sister. Funnily enough Sophia had a similar look on her face to Jewel's when we brougth her home to Ethan and Isaiah.

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.

The Makeup Artist

My budding makeup artist got her hands on some eyeshadow. I'm really impressed that she realised what it was and where it was supposed to go (sort of). She was very proud of herself since she went looking for me when she was done to show off. She even showed me the eyeshadow she had found to prove that it was eyeshadow and not crushed chalk or something. I had to distract her with an offer to take her picture and then wrestle the eyeshadow away from her.

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.