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.

Hattie's Birthday Parties

After the Pinkalicious Party, we planned a Princess Party for Hattie. (Obviously as much for me as for her :) We sent out invitations with a map on them showing the way through all the princess centres to the 'happily ever after' (below). Saralynn and I painted some signs and pictures for the different centre and put them up around the church gym.

 Saralynn was at the Repunzel tower doing face painting, painting nails, and putting on princess tattoos. The little girls loved this centre, and Saralynn was so good to them (including coming dressed as a princess)

 Lunch was pink muffins, pink applesauce, strawberries, and pink juice. Everything fit for a princess!

 I didn't plan many activities because the kids were so young and I knew they would prefer to run around playing, which they did. There were a tonne of dance parties held in the middle of the room to the princess music that was blasting the entire time. (technically Cinderella's dance floor on the map)

 We also had Sleeping Beauties castle in a corner, complete with a kitchen and dress up centre inside. I made it out of cardboard boxes (which were next to impossible to come by) and taped and spray painted it. The girls loved it, but it was nothing like I thought it would be (but perhaps everything it should have been with the minimal effort I put in it.) The girls had fun playing in it, and the boys had fun running by and knocking it down.

Then off to Tinkerbell's Nook for necklace beading. This was also a huge hit with all the kids. It was fun watching them assemble their necklaces. Each girl knew exactly what they wanted, and they were all so different. 

 Then back to Belle's kitchen for Princess Cake. I set it in front of Hattie and while I was turned to get the knife, she licked it. ha ha! Needless to say she got that piece, but then when we handed her her piece she started eating it without waiting for her fork. Obviously she was very excited about the sugar aspect of it.

 Then present time. Everyone was so generous with their girls, and Hattie was really grateful for everything she received. Her favourite was 'real' makeup and nail polish. After gifts the kids went to get their treat bags and went home. It was an awesome party!

 Then Party number 3 a few days later. Nana brought over a 'kinder egg' cake, which was a hit! (that's as close as she would let Hattie get to 'blowing out her kinder candles'. Obviously where I get my birthday cake candle blowing ceremony phobia from :)

 Then more gifts. Benji and Hallie got her 'lip lips', which she of course loved cause she could take them to her room and not have to ask mom to use some.

 And Nana and Grandpa got her a pony castle, which she loves. Nana took her downstairs and made up some story where the ponies all needed to get into the castle before the evil dog got them. Hattie went into sheer panic mode because she was so scared. ha ha, so funny!

This little girl had non-stop parties for the entire month of March! From Pinkalicious to Princess to Pony, they were all fantastic! We sure love you Hattie and we love what a fantastic girl you continue to grow up into. 

Hattie's Pinkatastic 4th Birthday

Hattie had a Pinkatastic birthday this year. We had decorated the house the night before with all things Pink and Hattie, so when she woke up in the morning it was all a fun surprise!

For breakfast she got Pink pancakes with strawberries and Pink juice made by dad.

 Then we went up to Calgary where we met up with our Friends at a fun factory. Hattie and Avery were delighted to see each other again and had a blast running around for hours.

 Tanner and Peter had fun running around too, but had far more fun playing the video games set up around the room.

Then we headed to Wendy's for lunch and Pinkalicious cupcakes.

 After lunch the kids grabbed the presents and tore them open.

Hattie got a doll from Avery, a Pinkalicious sticker book from Peter, and a Pinkalicious dress from Tanner (and mom). Hattie loved it, and Tanner was just as delighted because he had helped me sew it by handing me pins and pulling them out.

 Then it was off to the Pinkalicious Play! We got there early and the kids got front row seats on the floor. The play was cute, and Hattie absolutely loved it. It was so cute watching her. She had the biggest smile ever the entire time, and every once in a while she would suddenly hug Avery just because she was so happy and excited.

Peter loved it too. He sat on my lap laughing and clapping the entire time. It was everything we had hoped it would be!

 We sure had a fun day! Happy 4th Birthday to our Pink Princess!

Tanner's first lost tooth!

Tanner lost his first tooth on March 23rd! Hurray!

It was only wiggly for about 3 days before it popped out.

I had him call a tonne of people to make it extra special for him and he would say, "So, guess what? I lost a tooth, and let me just tell you how it happened. I was sitting here eating chocolate off a spoon, when I felt something hard, and I said 'what the heck'. I took it out and it was my tooth. So, that's how it happened."

He was sure proud of himself, especially after Larry and I told him we didn't loose our first tooth until grade 1.

The tooth fairy came that night and left him a little note, a Kinder Suprise egg (since that was way better than money to him) and four quarters (because that's what tooth fairies do, they bring money)

What a happy and proud boy he was!

"I'm Baby"

We love our Peter! He has the biggest, funnest personality!

He absolutely refuses to refer to himself as Peter, but rather, calls himself 'Baby'. That, and he LOVES when we say his name over the phone (Peter or Baby in this instance). He loves calling Nana because she plays the game so well. All she does is say his name and he laughs so hard, then pauses so he can hear her say it again. He loves to laugh and to get people to laugh at him, especially at the dinner table. That is his time to shine.

He does this funny thing where he will look at me or Larry out of the corner of his eyes, and it makes us laugh every time. Needless to say he does it over and over. His face expressions are always so animated.

Currently, he is obsessed with trains. Lucky for us we have tonnes from Tanner's obsession. He always has a train or two in his hand, and usually insists everyone around him does too. He also loves superheros. He calls them all 'Batman' and loves wearing a cape and Loves wearing the superhero t-shirts. Some days we have to pull them out of the dirty clothes because he won't wear anything else.

This little boy is such a character, and we all love him So Much!

Valentine's Day photos

I love Valentine's Day, and I Love taking pictures of my kids with Valentine's props.

This year, Hattie was awesome at posing for me. We had tonnes of fun taking a million pictures!

Peter was so funny the entire time. He wanted to be in the photos really bad, but he always acted like a ham in all of them. It's so him lately! He would do some goofy pose, then run to the camera to see what he looked like, then laugh like crazy. Funny boy!

I love these photos of my two oldest! For whatever reason, I think Hattie looks way older in these photos. Made me a little sad cause she's still my little baby girl.

And, wahoo! I got a photo of all three kids looking, and looking pretty cute!

There were only two photos in 1000 where Peter wasn't looking goofy. He was funny that day. He even went to his closet and picked out his own shirt and pants to wear for his pictures because I changed Tanner and Hattie once too. He did not want to be left out!

The Risk of a Sunday Nap

I don't know how he does it, but Larry frequently falls asleep with the kids playing on him. This time, however, I was completely amazed at how he could stay asleep during Hattie's makeover. I came upstairs and couldn't stop laughing. Hattie had attached almost every bow in her drawer to his head while he was sleeping. Those she couldn't clip on, she piled on top.

Once he woke up, I think she got a little jealous of how 'beautiful' he looked, so she restyled his hair with the biggest bows and pinned every single other bow in her hair. She thought she was the prettiest girl in the world.

When Peter came upstairs he wanted to look pretty too, so he put on all her headbands.

For about a week after, she continued to style her hair like this (even for public outings and ballet).