fall!

 this, the girls were cranky.  ellie and jo both have colds and jo is cutting a molar. so i took them outside to the park to play and be distracted from their discomfort.  it worked. they played and ran outside and came home to a 2 hrs nap (ellie) and jo 3.5.  score for me.  2 hrs of school got done. har

 i had a tim's. it was worth loading the kids up and going. ha.  and yes, my braid is past the length of the cup. i really need a hair cut!

 i fed jo and she was happy!

 ellie brought her pony to run and enjoy the weather

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Posted by mel at 1:53 PM

skate park monday

 jo jo feasting on her amazing timmy's new apple, caramel bagel. so good!  watching the action from the stroller

 my heart.  chris is an amazing dad.  he truly is. he adores his girls.  so thankful for this dude

 my life.  thank you god, you are faithful

 up close of my clan

 nate was holding her so she wouldnt fall. he is truly kind with his sisters, not just at the skate park, but when his friend is over and they are playing video games; he is still kind to them

 my new fav pic. he's a great son

 trying to get her walking....haha

 such a happy little thing

at costco tonight, she saw a guy that i would describe as "alaskan wild man/hill billy/unshowered scary man" she caught his eye and smiled and WAVED. the guy was so taken, so touched with this. i smiled at him and said "she thinks your special"

 my heart. daddy and his baby girl

and that wraps up the last few days, with some school tossed in there. ha. i should do a school update soon. so far, school is AWESOME. i truly think it gets better each year.  so thankful i stuck it out, thanks dad for not letting me quit!  chris supports me for sure and has helped me through the hard days, but a day a yr ago, i was on the phone with my parents, crying and so very discouraged about home schooling when dad pipped up and said "mel! dont you quit! you can do this! we believe you can and support you" i held on to that and kept going....

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Posted by mel at 6:00 PM

JOHANA!

 hehe

 she wrote her own name! hee hee

 ellie was so excited to see her abc's, as she calls them

 last night, after i put jo to bed i found them like this. i asked nate what she was saying and he told me she was whispering in his ear "you are a poopy head"

 love their bond

so ellie is this chatter box of redic-ness.  she i so adorable in her chitter chatter and we love just listening to the things that come out of her mouth.  some prime examples are:

i gave her the last pudding on monday. she said "oh, no mom!  please put this on your list; pudding for me, next time you go shopping"

haha

waking up the other morning she greets me with "good morning mama, did you have a good sleep?"

then, asking for chips and i told her we didnt have any she said :oh, call papa chips and ask him for some to bring to me" bwahhhhh

she is just too funny, we think anyways

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Posted by mel at 5:48 PM

art and fears!

 we made a cute tree stamping picture yesterday. i made 2 trees and gave 1 to ellie to make, as she started stamping away, nate came over and quietly said "hey mom, can i make one too?"  i laughed and said yes, i already made you a tree trunk. he's really getting into this art stuff!

 ellie has a HUGE fear of bugs an spiders.  nate has a fake plastic spider that when she saw it, she would literally shake and scream. after working with her the last 4 days on facing this fear, and much chocolate and kisses from daddy, she finally touched it!  yesterday she was so proud to hold the spider and show me

 then she wanted a picture of it!

 such a beautiful girl!

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Posted by mel at 2:53 PM

park!

 jo's reaction when the other 2 went running off and she was strapped in. ha.  she was up less than 1 second after i unbuckled her

 she loves swings, smiling and being happy

 i took her pants off and let her go to town

 she wont be crawling much longer i think

 love her baby moves

 grass!  grass everywhere!

 i have some grass! you want some grass? 

 cute bug watching her older siblings play

 ellie on the run!

 she loves to run!

i took the kids to the park to enjoy some sun before the rain sets in. we had a mini picnic and enjoyed watching the kids get off the bus and say "no fair! i want to be home schooled" hahaha 0 comments

Posted by mel at 2:49 PM

helper

 as i was making soup for supper, ellie made her own soup. she played for a good 30 mins at the sink. i told her to clean it up when she was done.  when she finished, she came and got me and said"all done, i cleaned up"

and she did!

 we are studying birds for science, one of the experiments we decided to do was pick 4 different types of bird food and put it outside on different locations. on a fence, on the ground etc...and see which kind the birds like

i had nate line up his prediction/hypothesis for the birds fav food. as soon as the rain stops we will go out and check!

 on the ground, under the tree. i am thinking this one will not be a winner. haha

 on the mini fence, the yummy fruit mix

nate went out mon and tues to record his findings but its rained the last 2 days so im hoping he can get back out there this wkend to check on the feed 0 comments

Posted by mel at 2:43 PM

sat!

 sat night, our amazing friends came over to babysit the kidlets, while chris and i went to a concert. i LOVE the group so i was STOKED that they were coming to moncton! chris got us tickets for my birthday! it was so much fun!  i snapped a quick pic of johana and i before we left

 johana. my johana. so happy, such fun.  we love you!

 truly enjoying her one on one time with me

 my little monkey! 

she is really getting into things, we have to make sure the bathroom doors are shut, bec she LOVES to play in the toilet water, ESP after a bath. oya!  she is now attempting to stand up on her own from a seated position. but has no desire to walk.  which is cool with me!

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