Some recent pictures...

Man am I a slacker :(

Okay so here are some recent pictures from the past month...not much is new; Ian got a haircut and no longer looks like my baby. Bella is doing well in school and is all geared up for her birthday which is in less then 2 weeks (can you believe that she will be 5!)

What a slacker I am!

Okay I promise to update with pictures soon! I can't believe how long it has been since I posted...things have been so busy and with the warmer weather, we are trying to enjoy it :0)

Mommy Brag Time!

I got a call on Friday from Bella's teacher saying that she forgot to send home a letter to tell us that Bella was chosen for student of the month :0)

They have an assembly where they present the students (1 or 2 from each class) with a certificate for their achievements. So we went this morning (Chris took the day off work) and watched her get her certificate and get her picture taken with the other students.
I had asked her teacher how they go about chosing the students and I was told that it was all dependant on how they act with the other students and teachers etc.

Okay warning, here comes my bragging moment...the teacher went on to say that Bella is doing so well that she is ready for grade one already and could possibly do some grade 2 work!!!! Not too bad for a junior kindergarten :0) I am so proud of my little girl! She is such a smart little thing. So there you go, a proud mommy bragging moment!

Oh and one more ;0) She can say her whole alphabet backwards...when I asked her who taught her she said herself! I am so amazed at the things she can do.

Okay I will stop bragging now.

What goes on in their minds?!?

Okay so I debated on posting this or not...but figured you all might get a little giggle out of it (because I can laugh about it now)
So yesterday I was on the computer checking my email while the kids were playing so nicely and quietly (for a change). Ian was near me playing with his dinosaurs while Bella was upstairs playing with her barbies. She came downstairs asking for help to dress the dolls a couple times so I knew she was okay and not up to mischief...or so I thought.

All of a sudden I hear her crying and she comes down the stairs asking for help and this is what I hear "Mommy my nose hurts" When I asked her why she says that the toy duck to her barbie baby is UP her nose!!! She put a stinkin' toy up her nose!!! What was she thinking, I have know idea and apparently she doesn't either. When I took a look to see where it was, it was so high up that I could barely see it so I knew that I wouldn't be able to remove it myself. So I call Chris at work to ask him to come home early so we can take her to the hospital for them to remove it.

Now mind you the whole time she is screaming and crying saying how much it hurts...it probably did, a hard plastic piece stuck up where it doesn't belong can't be too comfortable. While waiting for Chris I tell her to try to blow it out. It seems my daughter didn't understand "blowing out" and kept sucking in! So I grabbed a kleenex and told her to blow all her boogers out for me and yayyyy the little duck came out!!

That is where my sympathy ended for her and I became a little angry. Why on earth would a 4.5 year old do something so stupid I have know idea but I am glad that it came out without a traumatizing visit to the ER. Hopefully she learned her lesson and won't be sticking things up her nose again!

So there is our silly story, hope you got a giggle from it ;0)

Dancing Revolution...

So we just recently got the game dance, dance revolution and the kids are loving it :0)
I am not too keen on the young kids playing video games but I figured at least this one gets them exercise too. Bella has the basic understanding of it, just needs to get a little bit better at stepping on the arrows at the right time. Ian thinks that it is a breakdancing mat ;0) He steps on the arrows a couple times and then gets down and starts rolling and spinning around on it. i had fun taking pictures of the kids "dancing" and watching Bella face when she was really concentrating (she sticks out her tongue when she is really thinking...it is too cute)

More from today...

Figured I better throw some in of Bella too ;)

Toronto fan!

Here are some pictures of Ian from earlier today. His Papa Carp bought him this jersey and it finally is fitting him so I thought I would get some pictures of him in it.