We love Photo Booth!

By far, one of my kids favourite things to do with the computer is play with the photo booth. It can entertain them for Hours! I love looking at the photo roll when they are done and just laughing my face off. Besides just making funny faces, I love that they will spend hours dressing up in different costumes to pose for the camera, play in that costume for a while, then change costumes so they can pose and play again!

Peter's 2nd Birthday

Anyone who knows Peter knows two main things about him. 1. He calls himself 'baby' and expects every one else to.  and 2. He LOVES "Engines". So it was only natural to throw this little boy a train party for his 2nd Birthday!

We made the cakes in the morning, and he was so excited to help put the trains on. He was also super patient and didn't try to touch the cake while we were assembling it and taking pictures (probably because he was in a sugar coma from all the icing I let him have while I decorated it :).

 I also made him his own personal Thomas train for the candle blowing ceremony. 

I wanted some cute pictures at home, so I lit the candles and stuck the cake in front of him. Poor kid had a panic attack. He started crying and saying, "Hot, hot, Mom, no no!" Needless to say he wouldn't get near enough to it to blow it out for pictures.

 For the party we invited friends to come to the train park with us for a picnic and playing.

 Picnic included hotdogs, chips, fruits and veggies and pop!

 Then we lit the sparkler and sang him Happy Birthday. Again, he was terrified and needed Larry to hold him so he didn't run away. Then he was happy and started singing 'Happy Birthday to Baby' with everyone else.

 What's a party without your cousin buddy there to celebrate with you and eat cake with you until your sick!

 Even Grandpa made it back from his long trip to join in the celebration and show Peter how to blow bubbles!

We had a fantastic day! Peter was so great the entire time and had so much fun playing on the playground. Peter, you are growing up so fast it's crazy! It's true what people say about every kid growing up faster than the older ones. We have enjoyed every minute with you. You are generally so mild mannered and play so good with your older brother and sister.

At 2 years-old, I can say your favourite things are: Everything Engines, 'Batman' (which is any superhero), playing trains with Tanner (cause no one else wants to play as long as you do, so we bribe Tanner, and the two of you play for hours), jumping off the couch arm onto the cushions (much against my liking), eating cereal from mine and dad's bowl (I'm certain you have a 6th sense where you can hear me pour my bowl of cereal from the furthest corner of the basement), candy!, socks, playing outside (you could spend all day out there riding bikes, throwing balls, and playing in the sand and rocks), letting Hattie dress you up like a princess, and watching Thomas movies (we go to the library to get books and movies and you very confidently try to walk out with 10 Thomas movies every time. You hear the tv turn on and naturally assume someone has put in a Thomas movie for you so you go running as fast as you can). You are so fun and lively! We love you so much!!!

Easter Morning!

This year the Easter Bunny came Sunday morning and did a scavenger hunt for the kids to find their baskets.

 They each started with a egg at the top of the stairs, and their clues took them all over the house. Tanner's clues were all hidden in the coveted Star Wars eggs, Hattie's were in Princess eggs, and Peter's were in Batman eggs. Most of the clues were pretty easy, which was good considering the excitement level was way too high to concentrate on solving clues. It was a really fun way to spend the morning.

 That silly bunny dropped little candies all over the house. That was Peter's favourite part by Far. He had eagle eyes and cat-like reflexes in his candy gathering efforts.

 Hattie's treasure hunt led her outside in the Freezing cold to discover her basket.

 Tanner discovered him in the craft room stuffed in his helmet.

 Peter was directed to find his under the train table after he had collected every jelly bean off the tracks.

 The Easter Bunny brought each of the kids a chocolate egg, a little toy, and a fun things like toothpaste :)

Easter 2012 at the Galt

On Saturday, the Galt puts on an Easter craft day for the kids in the community. Last year the kids loved it and we could have spent all day there. This year, however, it took some convincing to get them interested. Hattie jumped right in when she saw a paper butterfly and was so proud of it.

 Once Tanner got interested, he made a bunch of different animals out of plastic eggs. The glue they had us work with didn't work at all. Larry and I ended up taping everything on, so in the end the eggs were more tape then craft.

One successful craft was the styrofoam balls that we stuck a bunch of feathers into to make chicks. Peter especially loved this one and flew his bird everywhere.

 The kites, however, were the biggest hit. Larry took the kids outside into the freezing cold and they all flew kites together. Everyone else went inside because it started to snow, but my kids refused to come in because they were having so much fun. Larry was super awesome about it and kept throwing their kites back up constantly. Me, I stayed inside where it was warm.

 Then we met the Easter Bunny. Tanner and Hattie were thrilled to sit by him, but Peter was obviously terrified!

Easter Eggs!

We had our friends over to decorate Easter Eggs!!! I'm not a fan of dying the eggs because they take forever to colour and dry, so we glue on feathers, wiggly eyes, paper, piping, pom poms and felt. They look WAY cooler and the kids have more fun because they each get to create their own individual masterpieces!

It was fun to see what the older kids could come up with. The younger girls did princesses, or course, and they turned out pretty cute.

Tanner and Hattie took their eggs outside to play for a couple days. The bonus to these eggs is they don't break very easy either.

However, I did find one stinking up the van a couple days later, and then I found two in Hattie's room that were cracked open and nibbled on - Yuck!

Tanner's Easter Party

Tanner had his Kindergarten Easter Party that we were invited to come to. They are always so much fun for the kids. There were a tonne of crafts including making bunny ears, colouring, and decorating cupcakes.

 Really, Hattie and Peter could have lived at the cupcake centre. They each got to make two cupcakes. One to eat immediately and one to save for snack time.

We all came home with a sugar buzz and lots of Easter crafts. It was a fun afternoon to kick off the Easter holidays.