Friday Phone Dump

I'm going to try posting the pictures that I take during the week with my phone. They'll be mostly of Norah since she and I spend a lot of time together, but I get the others in too! Mostly candid shots of what we do every day.

Before school fun. Aren't her shoes cute?

She loves being outside. And the sandbox.

Lunch

Logan's first soccer game. It was dark. And then windy. And then rainy.
He's number 2.
His second game was canceled. The fields were too wet.

Norah was literally blown over by the wind several times.

Picking up her snack from the porch. (These alphabet pretzels get huge when they get rained on!)

I used to pick the cat food up off the floor but she hasn't bothered with it in a long time, so I stopped. This week she started dumping it again. :(

She was trying to put it in her dress to carry it around...

Dumping all the pots out and climbing in is fun!

It rained A LOT this week...lots of puddle jumping!

Helping daddy get ready for the new shed (more on that later!)

:)

Garden Helper

We had a few nice days this week so Norah and I visited a couple garden centres and got some plants to get in the garden. I realize I didn't do a great job taking pictures but trying to actually get stuff planted, take pictures and control Norah was a bit of a task!

Checking out the watering can.

Yes, she is wearing a mainly white dress to garden. Oops.

She was obsessed with the watering can.

Some lettuce and herbs.

Drink break! (And a photbomb from Cheeto).

Relaxing in the swing after all the hard work!

Wordless Wednesday

Mother's Day

My parents are in Spain right now so we got to spend Mother's Day with my grandma. We met up with Aunt Sandy, Uncle Ross, Andrew, Krista, Brendan and Grandma for a yummy breakfast before church. Thanks to Krista and Andrew for entertaining the kids!

Then we headed to church for the service and to see Logan sing in the choir.

Norah and Great Grandma before the service.

Junior Choir

 It was an inter generational service (so no Sunday School or nursery!) But the boys sat with Great Grandma and Brendan who kept them very entertained. :) Thank you!

Brendan and Grandma came back to our house for lunch and a bit of a visit before they both went on with their day. It was so nice to be able to spend some extra time with them both.

We tried to get a pic of the kids and I with Grandma and it proved to be a bit difficult...here are the results though!

We missed you, mom! Happy Mother's Day!

Wordless Wednesday

Fashion Kids

These are from a couple weeks ago....

Nice pic of Logan, Jacob doesn't seem impressed.

Have to remember to move that picture frame...

:)

Bowling Banquet

Yesterday was the annual bowling banquet. Logan's third banquet and Jacob's first as an actual bowler! Scott took the boys alone as I was seeing Stars On Ice (in very fabulous seats) with my mom and we opted to leave Norah at home with a baby sitter.

This year, they bowled at Towne Bowl as Waterloo Lanes is no longer in existence. It's a smaller league but still lots of fun. This year, we took advantage of instruction clinics offered by the league which allowed them more time on the lanes to figure things out. 

Checking out the trophies before things started.

 Logan bowled really well this year! He improved on his technique and really figured out HOW to bowl well. He won the award for "Most Improved Peewee" by increasing his average by 11 points on last year! He also was the "Triple Crown Winner". He had the highest single game (124), highest average (80) and highest double score (226) among the peewee boys, quite the accomplishment. He really got the hang of bowling this year!

Accepting one of the awards.

Proud guy!

This was Jacob's first year bowling and he did great too. Jacob has a very optimistic view in life and has seen bowling the same way. He just walks up and throws his ball every single time. No forethought, little disappointment, just getting the job done! He did bowl really well for his first year though! He and his team mate had the most points during the regular season of play which brought them a trophy! He will definitely be excited to bowl again next year.

Getting his trophy.

Happy with his teammate!

Between the two of them they collected 12 badges yesterday too....added to the ones that I still haven't sewn from this season, it's a lot! I've enlisted help from a friend for the sewing so the shirts are ready for the fall!

Another great season of bowling done!

You can read about last year's banquet, 2013 and also the year before, 2012.

My Birthday!

It was my birthday on Thursday! My mom came for the day and we went shopping and out for lunch with Norah. We had pizza for supper (so I didn't have to cook!) and cake and presents after. A few phone calls and lots of Facebook messages and hugs and kisses from the kids and it was a great day!

Scott even had the camera out and snapped a few pictures, so here they are!

Decorated by the boys!

I look kinda silly but Norah's cute.

With the boys.

Tried with Noah too, here's the result.

Opening some gifts!

 Then we tried again at a pic of the 4 of us...

I think this is my fav.

I just love Logan's duck face in this one!

And we're done!

Thank you to everyone for the good wishes!

Math Night

 Last week, I took the kids to Math Night at their school. Scott was working late so it was just me and the kids. It was a bit tough.

The boys were really great and excited to try the games. They even played together really well.

Most of them were dice type games with addition and subtraction.

Getting excited!

Norah, however, was not impressed. She just wanted to eat the dice.

I tried to put her in the stroller with videos on my phone (something I RARELY do) and it didn't work.

Working had at matching shapes.

Trying their hand at Perfection!

It was fun for the boys but kind of a nightmare for me. Norah was not happy to sit in the stroller or quietly on my lap. Like usual, she was a ball of destruction. I know the boys would have liked to do more and stay longer but we did leave kind of early.

Note to self...next year, don't bring Norah. :)