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another week!

sunday during the down pour chris took nate captive, against his will to play outside
it took nate a few min to warm up to it and they ended up having a blast!


                                                           jump, jump, jump

 they came in soaked and happy!
 and made more laundry for me! haha

we picked up these books at Costco. I LOVE them.  I've seriously taken 2 to bed to read at night. they are updated and ubber educational.  they have these facts and hand on activities
we were studying composites the other day so making use of the cloudy day on  Monday we made our own composite!

paper mache!
I've never made it before and it was fun! messy but fun. haha
I used 1/2 flour and water and mixed it till I liked the consistency, then I added salt to prevent mold and cinnamon to make it smell nice
worked like a charm
 nate mixed
 ellie played
then we created and let dry over night
 yesterday morning we popped the balloon and ate breaky deciding on what to make these composites into
nate came up with armour!
we have to paint them next. it was a fun project for sure!
 
nate funny- I had to slip out to the grocery store yesterday am, nate was playing ninja and wanted to go dressed up like he was. I thought sure, why not. creative play is good and I love that he has no concept of what is "cool" and "uncool"  or rather he has no concept of caring what others think of him. 
so we get to the store and run into our neighbour, a good friend...she comments that nate is dressed interesting....I told her in front of nate that he's a ninja :)  and is playing the role. off nate went to hide behind the produce. then she commented that it's nice that I let him out n public like that. hahaha.  I took it as a complement and said yep, I am ok with him dressing up and being a kid.  I am also ok with him wearing pj's at noon.....cough.....
point is, he had a great time playing while i got groceries, being himself!
 I came into the room and found this. my little mess maker!  I think she got some help! haha
nate dressed as a fighting machine and yes, I let him run around outside dressed like this. it's called creative play and little tv!  go nate go! be who GOD created you to be.........

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sunny sunday with a bit of rain

trying for a kid pic
haha
me and my dolly

i think yesterday was one of the most enjoyable days this summer.  we did church, separate cars so i can bring ellie home for her nap.  while she napped i did more chores and chris ran his errands. the boys came home we chatted outside, it was cloudy so there was a bit of a breeze. then chris left nate and i in the gazebo while he did some office work...nate and i read these awesome books and the rain started!  we sat out there for an hour going over the books and enjoying the rain!  ellie woke up and we then camped out in the living room, drinking coffee and napping while the kids played. so relaxing!  chris had to bust the party up for a leaders meeting, i stayed home and put ellie to bed. the kids come over and hung out in the back yard jumping on the jumpoline while i read my awesome book!

such a nice, relaxing day, very enjoyable!  i've got my book on and instead of watching tv i'm reading again!  it's nice

anyways....it;s monday and it's back on the go!

rejoice in all things, again i say rejoice!

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fri/sat

first off how can anyone sleep like this????
nate does!

friday morning, i planned a secret surprise with my pal to take the kids to her camp to swim!
nate was beyond thrilled, cause he's a fish
ellie kicked her legs in excitement!
it was SO hot on fri.  we jumped in the pool before shan and the kids got here
it was so hot that even i went swimming!
ellie liked the water but clung to me
i have to say a HUGE THANK YOU to my parents for the eye surgery!
i went swimming with no fuss! no contacts! it was AWESOME!
a great shot of hopey!
ellie met ryland for the first time in person. haha
his mom and i were pregnant together last yr
the swarm of kids and the watermelon
there was more kids but i zoomed in to not take a pic of us mom's in our swim wear
nate the fish!
ellie CRASHED in the car 3 mins after we left
she napped for another 2 hrs when we got home!
thanks shan for the invite, we had a blast!
sat morning nate entertained himself by settling up a grocery store
sigh
i took the kids out to our splash pad to cool off
ellie LOVED it!
us 
it was 11:30 and she was begging for a nap so i put her down.  
chris went to a friend's 80th birthday party while i stayed with the kids
it was a kid free party
nate was blessed to go over to the neighbors for 2 hours to swim
we need a pool...haha
as soon as chris got home we jumped in the van and took off to teacher evelyn's retirement party
ellie held the card
swinging at the party
nate guzzling his drink
i told him he could run off and play in the woods with the kids after he ate
it took 3.5 seconds for him to eat
bawahhhh
that was out wkend so far!

is it me, or is it super busy summer????

i am going to try and lay low this week and chill.........lets see how that pans out...... 2 comments

another day!

wanna know why my windows are always dirty?
now you know!
and i wouldn't trade it for nothin
the perfect way to start the day
my dolly and my coffee and a quiet park
we did some swinging before nate's surprise arrived!
yeah for friends
                                           i looked up and saw them way up there
so i zoomed in and wonder what they were taking about?
miss ellie heading for the water
no worries she still didn't like it
peek a boo!
(and do i ever see my sister in this pic!)
waving at me
my little miracle

after swearing up and down yesterday and last night to chris i was NOT leaving the house today, instead i was going to get some things done around here....i woke up at a respectable 8:15 and saw how nice it was so off we went to the park...oh well, i'll clean when it rains!

and that's our thursday! 3 comments

play date and swimming

yesterday morning we went over to my friend's place. we have gone through a lot together in the baby/fertility issues so we were both excited to find out last fall that we were pregnant TOGETHER!  we were 2 wks a part but she had her baby a week early...making her son 3 wks older than ellie
the babies played together very nicely. haha
he was all over her with the love
nate played with her other son while we chatted, actually thinking back we only saw the boys to feed them...haha. they played awesome together!
we chatted and caught up and it was a great visit.  she's home schooling her son this fall so i am stoked to have a good friend home schooling!
then we came home for naps and i i woke up ellie so we could hit the neighbors pool and go swimming
yes, i woke her up!  
i put her in the play house, the only place with shade. haha
chomping down on the watermelon
nate came for shade too
swimming! he is such a fish. loves the water!  it was a full and fun day. love summer! 0 comments

canada day wkend!

sun night we went to a baby shower
but before we left we gave miss ellie an apple
she loved it!
haha
i blog the silliest things
all ready to go to the party!
see, she wants to go!
we went out to a friends place for the day to chill and eat. it was hot, hot, hot but ellie did amazingly well
nate was SO tired when we got home, he crashed on the couch around 5:30 and begged for bed
so i told him to go....about an hour later he gets up with his second wind
so i said to chris "lets go get ice cream!" 
and we did
ellie waving to everyone
nate dressed himself
good job! haha
it was too hot to brave the crowds last night so i skipped the fire works, stayed home and watch tv, ate pop corn (cheddar flavour, amazing!) and hung out with chris
it was nice!
this morning ante asked to go back to our local hang out, i said sure
ellie was so delighted to be reunited with her doll house
awwwww!

we had a nice weekend.  got home house work done, the van is fixed, had some social in, enjoyed life.

we also change nate's train table to a table!  best idea ever! (when chris built the table he made it module to grow with nate)  nate LOVES his desk and chair, so fat he has been in his room for 42 mins and i have sat here in SILENCE.  he's is building a space station and emailing davey.  haha....

happy canada day long weekend everyone!  and welcome back to life! 0 comments