Butterfield Acres

We headed out to Butterfield Acres last week. I hadn't been there since I was in elementary school. It sure is different than I remember it being. What a fun place! There was so much to do from Pony rides, to petting animals, tractor pulled wagon rides, playground, even 2 huge sandboxes with lots of trucks. They had free wagons, so Eli got to cruise around while I pulled him, I think that was one of his favorite parts along with all the tractors and trucks to see. All in all, a little bit chilly but a very fun morning.

Who doesn't love to pet a lamb?

If only his feet were a few inches longer.

Woah!

Driving the tractor - he didn't want to get off.

And the sun finally came out at the end of our trip :)

My boys

I can't resist posting this. A cute picture of my boys :)

Two little monkeys

Eli and Evelyn are so lucky to have a cousin the exact same age. They are always very excited to see eachother. We took a bike ride to the park a few weeks ago and they had lots of fun!

Sharing pretzels in the chariot. It's cozy in there!

How often does the person on the other side weigh the same as you?

For Brent

Today Eli and I headed downtown to pick something up at City Hall. Eli enjoyed the train ride and Brent didn't want to miss out on seeing Eli on the train, so here you go Brent...just like you were there! Eli even had a little conversation with an intoxicated man, luckily he only rode the train for 1 stop. Eli must have sensed something wasn't quite right because he sure snuggled right into me while the man was talking to him. The picture above is Eli in front of one of the old centre street bridge Lions, I didn't realize how huge they are.

Phew!!

We have had quite the week around here. We decided a few months ago to sell our house. I know, I know...we did ALL that work. However, after weighing all of our options, moving meant me being able to stay home with our family for longer which is important to us. We'll be sad to say goodbye to this place, but I know our next house will be a home in no time at all.

I think we may have gone through one of the fastest house sales ever. Our realtor listed the house last Friday at 11am, and we had an offer by 3pm! We took the offer and conditions officially came off this past Friday. I was so happy to not have to show our house for very long. It's a lot of work to keep this place show home clean with a busy, messy toddler around.

Also, we found our new house! We went house shopping this past Friday, and found "the one". We were not expecting to find it on our first day out looking, but when you know, you KNOW. It's in McKenzie Towne, so a new neighborhood which will be an adjustment for all of us (including our families). It's a 2 story vs a bungalow (our house now) and has a finished basement and all the landscaping is done ( but needs some fine tuning by Brent). It's on a very pretty street and there are tonnes of amenities around us. I'm looking forward to the house, and feeling a little nervous about the change in neighborhood. Brent and I have both grown up in our little bubble of the SE/SW so this is all new to us. Best of all, this house needs zero work, we don't even have to paint if we don't want to. Plus, it came with a hot tub!Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Here are a couple of pictures of the main floor of our new place

I've always wanted a front porch

The living room is bigger than what we have now

Lots of cabinet space and a window overlooking the back yard. Also, spot for the wine - important!

Dining area with windows on all sides. Can see the fire pit and garage in back.

Words

I can't believe what a difference 3 months has made in Eli's vocabulary. He only started talking at 18 months, and now at 21 months he can say almost any word we ask him to. He's constantly making us laugh with his pronunciation and requests. He definitely knows his food words, and asks for toots (treats) and juice about 30 times/day.

Tonight our bedtime conversation totally made me smile:
Me: What are you going to dream about tonight?
Eli: Football
Me: Football? That sounds fun, anything else?
Eli: Hockey
Me: Oh, hockey, your favorite.
Eli: Popsapa (popsicles)
Me: Popsicles!
Eli: Tookies (cookies) and Daddy

Sneaky bugger

We've been super busy these days around our house. Trying to get all of our clutter put away and the final projects finished to list our house for sale. Eli is also a little bit sick so he's been fussy and clingy - can't blame him really. He's also been getting into more mischeif. The other day I couldn't find him anywhere and was starting to panic when I walked into our bedroom and saw one of the lamps turn off out of the corner of my eye. Eli was under the bed, turning on and off the power bar!! I caught him on film and he just looks so happy to be under there. The dogs however are not so happy because that used to be their safe from Eli spot, until now.

Caught red handed

This is awesome!

He's also started to like to eat his food under his picnic table. I sense fort building in my future.