Cake Pops

I made my first ever Cake Pops for a bake sale for Eli's preschool this weekend.  They turned out very cute and making these were right up my alley.  I even have a little secret.  I researched making cake pops and the process looked rather time consuming so instead I used Timbits inside!  Voila, instant round circles that I know taste great already.  I'll totally be making these again in the future.

Happy 1.5 years

Not the greatest photo, but it's the only one from today.  Hana is 1.5 today!  We've had a rough week. Actually, rough doesn't even begin to describe it.  She's been sick, she's getting teeth and she's been really really moody and grumpy.  But, it looks like we've come out of the rough patch and she's back to her normal happy self. Phew! I was slightly worried that she hit the terrible two's 6 months early, but I think it was just the factors above.

She's such a little person now.  She knows how to let you know what she wants.  She demands certain things and she's pretty tough to argue with.  She's so funny and makes us laugh on a daily basis.  She belts out the biggest "Bye!" anytime a dog walks by, and before bed.  At 18 months she says Hi, Bye, Paul, Mum, Dada, Eli, Baba (banana), Hat, House, No!, Uh Oh, Bubble and Done.  She also combines 2 words to into one word and says "HiEli", "GoodGirl", "NoWay", "HereYouGo" and "GoAway".  It seems she has a new word almost every day.  Very different from her brother who learned his animal sounds first.  She could care less what a cow says, and is very good at telling Eli when to "GoAway". ha!  She is very much a helper and loves to pick up her toys and help clean up.  I'm looking forward to see what the next 6 months bring.  Happy 1.5 baby girl!

Buddies

These two are becoming such good buddies.  Hana adores her big brother and wants to do everything that he does. She follows him, sits with him, eats where he eats.  He is such a great big brother and is very patient with her.  He even lets her hit him on the head without much complaining.  Sometimes he gets frustrated when she doesn't do what he asks (like follow up downstairs) but overall he's pretty awesome with her.  She tries to copy the words that he says and can already say his hame. It's pretty fun to see their relationship grow - especially since Eli ignored her for at least the first 6 months of her life!

Hockey night

Brent and his Dad took the kids to an Okotoks Oilers game. They made it all the way to the 3rd period. I would consider that pretty successful!

Singing

This video cracks me up.  He wanted to sing Beauty and the Beast, but doesn't know the words.  He goes into a little bit of jibberish at the end.  My favorite part is the ending. ha! Perhaps we will skip the singing lessons....it might be a lost cause. 

Cousins

My kids are so lucky to have so many cousins (ok some of them are 2nd cousins but in this family, they are as close as first cousins).  It's so fun to see them play together and accept each new one that comes along.  These photos are precious because I know before we know it they will all be big kids and won't even fit on this couch anymore!

Quote of the Day

While looking at my Eat clean book, Eli says
"Who's that Mom?" (on the cover)
"Her name is Tosca"
"Why does she have no shirt on?"
"She's showing her muscles. She's really in shape."
"In shape? She's a rectangle?"