Wednesday, June 25, 2008

If my week is anything like this I can't promise I won't eat all the ice cream

Phew that was a mouthful. Yesterday morning was crazy. We decided to head into Toronto to get my passport renewed. Ethan woke up at 5 am and wasn't going back to sleep. Ava was also woken up by his happy state. The rest of the morning was full loud regret of having woken up to early. The title, is the comment I made to Ant as we wrestled the bambino's out the door.
The rest of the day went rather smoothly, we made it to the passport office in only 4 hrs ( because some of my readers may not have caught the the tone, I should point out it only should have taken about 2 hrs). I miss placed my birth certificate, Ava needed a change of clothes due to the horrible diapers we switched to to save a little money, so not worth it, but that's another story. I could go on and on, but really I'd rather talk about the fun stuff. We went for a tour of the mall, there was a hot air balloon fountain that the Bambino's loved to watch. There was also a stop at Ikea, I love that place. We got something new to store the Bambino's toys. Not that the diaper boxes weren't working I thought that these might be a little more durable and suit the living room decor a little better. I went through all their toys today and wow this thing holds a lot. Ava really likes to stack the bins together, in the store she kept making piles with them. Ikea is a great place for kids to roam although Ethan just wanted to jump on all the beds. After getting through Ikea, we headed back to Ants hotel room to watch the planes fly over head. Ethan (and dad) kept jumping up and running to the window every time one went over head. We were right beside the airport so it was quite frequent. We chilled out for awhile waiting for the traffic to die down so the drive home would not be as long as our morning adventure. It was worth the wait we sailed all the way home.


Sunday, June 22, 2008

Stung by a Bee

Ava is a trooper, we were all hanging out in the back yard. Ava started cringing and rubbing her hands together. I went to investigate, there was a honey bee in her wee hands. I tried to act calmly as I got the bee out of her tight grasp. I gave her a hug and off she went rubbing her hand. She hasn't really complained to much about it, but her fingers and hand are swelling something crazy. Poor Girl!

Saturday, June 21, 2008

Happy Traveler

We took the dogs for a walk on Sat. This picture of Ava I took by reaching around the stroller so she didn't know I was going to take it. I know it's really blurry, but I had to share. Looks like she's really enjoying the walk doesn't it.......

Friday, June 20, 2008

Why I Love My Sister


I think this picture sums it up in a nutshell
We are friends, family and oh so crazy!
Hang in there babe
Love you like crazy!

Thursday, June 19, 2008

21 Months

Personality at 21 months, so soon you will be two and then off to collage.
All I feel these days is that everything is flying by, I keep trying to just breath and slow down to watch you both. My camera seems stuck on the shelf as my hands are busy trying to catch up with all the destruction in your wake. Nothing in this house goes untouched, it is you play ground. Right now as I write I should be cleaning up the paper you've pulled out of the filing cabinet, closing all the cupboards and drawers in the house (they are all open), picking up all the toys all over the floor, but instead I'm writing this so I have something to look back on and say oh ya.....

Ava's doing.....

  • dancing and sing, loves to play the piano
  • can talk but would rather you just read her mind it's much easier that way
  • still in love with juice
  • Loves hanging out with our dog Penny in the back yard, follows her all around the yard talking and giggling away to her
  • doesn't lose her temper very easily
  • loves her books
  • is super shy and any time she is scared she sticks her fingers in her ears
Ethan's doing....

  • Moving, I don't think he stops while he is awake
  • eating, loves food he's loke his dad and gets really grumpy when he isn't fed in 3 hr intervals
  • getting into new things, no stone is left unturned. He must know what everything is and how it works. He's just figured out how to turn on and off our lamps and thinks it's the neatest thing since sliced bread (which he takes for granted)
  • loves to talk, knows so many words although most people wouldn't be able to understand what he is saying.
  • is learning patients although it is a ruff road
  • as of yesterday his new favorite word "NO" so fun, but super cute right now

Sunday, June 15, 2008

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Wading Through Life

Sorry every one I've been feeling boring lately, so I don't post anything.... then your board because there is nothing to read.I guess I could tell you the Bambino's are testing boundaries. Hitting, throwing and screaming till they throw up, but some how I have created a bubble as to not remember any of these incidences with any clarity after the fact. Forget and move on.

I thought my camera was getting old, it was turning gray, turns out that it was just layers and layers of dust....... not really because I would never let dust actually touch my camera, but the situation called for a dramatic description and cobwebs come with spiders eww gross......

I made time to process last weekends pictures this morning.....