Makeup Artist

Eli discovered my brown eyeshadow and a makeup brush the other morning.  He really went to town and I think he had a lot of fun putting it on.  Unfortunatley, taking it off wasn't so fun for a boy who doesn't like to get his face wet.  These may be wedding slideshow photos one day...

10 months

10 months! I can't believe her first birthday is right around the corner - 8 weeks to be exact.  She's just sprouting her first tooth and is experimenting with crawling up the stairs.  She's such a happy girl and still loves her Mom the most.  That is one thing that has stayed consistent since the day she was born, I'm numero uno to her.  I don't mind one bit :)

Ultimate Trains

A few weeks ago, Eli and I checked out Ultimate Trains in Nanton.  He LOVED it!  We didn't make it past this:

There was a little train ride that he went on twice:

But he didn't even see the entire miniature train display that was outside. :

We'll have to go back but I doubt we'll get past the gigantic Thomas track again.  I think it would be a super fun place for a birthday party.  I have to remember to file that one away for later.

How did that happen?

I snuck a few shots of Eli the other day when he didn't know I was taking photos.  He looks so grown up in these pictures.  I can totally picture him when he's 16.   It's like he turned 3 and all of a sudden got so big. It's just going by in a flash. I so love this kid.

Just the girls

Today is Friday and that means that Eli goes to the dayhome today. I think one of the best things I've done since deciding to stay home with the kids, is to put Eli at the dayhome 1 day/week. I started doing that when he was 15 months old and it has worked out great. I get a day off and he gets to play with other kids all day long. Now that Hana is here, it means that we get one day together - just us girls.

Eli has had a "tent" set up in the living room for the last week. It's just a few blankets thrown between two chairs. He's made it very clear that it's his tent and Hana is not allowed to go in there. He's got about 30 vehicles stashed in there and he shuts the door and she's not allowed near it. Well, today when we got home from dropping off Eli at the dayhome, I put Hana down and she made a beeline for the tent. She was thrilled to play in there. Hopefully Eli doesn't notice things are moved around when he gets home!

Happy in Eli's tent (shhhhhh)

More standing

                                                 I love Friday's!

She crawls

Hana has reached so many milestones in the last few weeks. She's waving and clapping, she says Hi,Mama and Dada. She just started crawling and it's just the cutest thing. In pure Hana style she crawls to get something that she totally wants but isn't taking off around the house - maybe that's yet to come. She's also standing, she pulls herself up on anything that she can. She loves to be on her feet and is so proud of herself when she is on her feet. She likes us to practice walking with her and she just laughs and smiles when we hold her hands and let her take steps. She even lets go of the furniture for a second or two and freestands. I can see that she is getting more and more brave on her feet every day. I have a feeling the baby gates are going to have to be put up this week!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to my Dad and to Brent. I woke up this morning to an almost empty house. Brent and Eli went camping for the night so there is no breakfast in bed to make today. Hopefully we'll have time to celebrate a little bit in between all of the activities we have planned for the day.

This is a picture from 3 years ago when Brent celebrated his first father's day. It's one of my favorites.