Happy Birthday Grandma!

Today is my mom's birthday. She is celebrating by flying home from Vancouver after a visit with Pamela and Aveet!

Happy Birthday, Mom! Thanks for always being there for us.

Beach Day!

On Sunday, we spent a good part of the day at the Turkey Point Beach! We had planned to go the night before but when we got up on Sunday, the weather was dark and rainy. I texted my mom (who was going to come with us) and she said it was also raining at her place, so we canceled. :(

But then it started clearing, so we decided to just go! As soon as we got to Norwich to pick mom up, it was raining again and we drove though some heavy rain and very dark clouds on the way there. BUT, then it cleared! The beach was almost empty when we got there and the weather just got warmer and clearer. There was a bit of a breeze which created some waves too!

The kids took no time getting into the water.

Drilling into the sand on the shore.

Norah squealed with delight for the first while we were there. She LOVED it.

Splashing in the waves.

Daddy too!

It was brighter than this...guess my camera settings were off a bit.

Burying Jacob in the sand.

:)

Lunch break!

Just floating.

Seriously loved it.

Playing frisbee.

She was COVERED in sand.

Grandma came too!

Daddy buried them both in the sand.

That's our friend R with Logan. She is the same age as Norah.
Her parents and baby brother joined us too!

Pouring water on the sand kids.

Jacob too!

Eating some very sandy cookies.

It was a wonderful day! Hopefully we can get a few more trips in this summer!

Norah's Birthday Celebration

My parents came over last weekend to help us celebrate Norah's bi

It's a cookie cake!

Patiently awaiting some gifts.

She sees them!

Hmm, what could it be?

Taking off the tissue.

Don't they look excited?

She needed help from Grandpa with this one.

A dollhouse!

Jacob and Logan want to check it out too.

With Grandma and Grandpa.

All the grandkids!

Canada's Wonderland

We went to Canada's Wonderland on the weekend. It was a beautiful day and the kids had a BLAST. Jacob was quite nervous at first and definitely had rides that he did not like but he still had fun. Norah, as expected had no fear and tried all she could!

Thanks for the tickets, Mom!

Beautiful Day!

Today I had the windows open! It was so nice to have the fresh air in the house and to hear the water rushing through the eaves troughs and down the driveway. Spring IS coming! (After 10cm of snow tomorrow...)

Today my mom came and took the boys out for the day. The went to Funworx and then to see The Lego Movie. They had a great day with Grandma and were still talking about it when they went to bed. Thanks mom!

Everyone getting in on Grandma's texting.

 My friend Alicia introduced me to the world's best chocolate chip cookie recipe about a year ago. This recipe creates the softest, chewiest cookies, they are SO good!

They are also super quick to make!

My baker in training.

Apparently Logan was playing dress up while we were baking.

Alicia is due to have a baby any day now and so she's been on my mind often. When zucchini was on sale at the grocery store on Monday I picked up a couple to make a chocolate zucchini loaf that I know she loves.

He's still helping!

The finished loaves and a few cookies in the background.

While we are talking about Alicia, you should check out her Etsy shop, The Mint Tree, and "like" her on Facebook. She's taking a bit of a break now while she waits for the baby to arrive but she still has a few things listed. We love her stuff!