So excited!

House garden.

This is for you Erin. Here is the garden in front of the house. I tried to plant a bit more sparingly but everything here just goes crazy. My two tomato plants have burst through their cages and the chard and beets are doing very well. The zucchini is in a power struggle with the baby's breath but I'm trying to help it out by pushing the bb away. Good eating.

My helper.

We had Eden's 4 month check-up yesterday. Kaiya really is my big helper when it comes to taking care of the other girls. Kaiya watches Eden while I get ready and can now put Raine in the van for me when we are leaving. I took all 4 kids with me which went well. Eden peed all over the weigh scale (14lbs 4 oz, 25inches) but didn't cry too much while she was naked. Then I took all the girls grocery shopping where my only problem child was Raine. Oh well, it's getting better and better.

I love my mama & my mama loves me!

A bit of a long one of Eden. I also can't stand hearing myself in the video (don't we all feel that way?) but I'm sure when I'm old and look back at this I'll be glad it's a whole minute!

Bocce Ball!

I asked them to pose for this one - wow what a close one!

Sleeping baby, all cuddled up.

We finally got out for our first bocce ball game of the season. It's so great the girls are getting old enough to play now too, not just throw the pea. Raine missed her nap today so she was in a foul mood and spent a lot of her time screaming and crying. Near the end we finally coaxed her over to be our pea thrower. And my sweet little baby napped in the stroller, being pushed around to every spot with us. The girls were pumped to play and I'm looking forward to many more games with them :)

Street Performers Festival '10

Sword swallower/balloon swallower

Miss Eden taking in all the sights and sounds.

Ping Pong magician.

We took in the Street Performers festival for the first time ever! Auntie Calyn came with us which was a huge help as the girls love hanging with her and the more hands the better. We started with the sword swallower which was pretty amazing. Then he took a long, skinny balloon and swallowed the whole thing! And it didn't come back up! He said for a price you could watch it come out the other end - gross! We also saw a magician whose expertise seemed to be tricks with ping pongs. He was really good too and I enjoyed his humor.

We checked out some shops and had a snack - yummy elephant ears and then bubble tea.

I think it will get better every year as the girls get older and we can stay for more of the shows. This is going to be a must for us every year!

Hurdles!

Another video. Our little track star Livia doing the hurdles!

Haircut!

After a bit of a grumpy morning, both the girls and me, I was done with looking at Livi's lion's mane head of hair. So I proclaimed `We are going to cut your hair off!`because I am the boss! Haha! So I worked through 45 minutes of knots, the hair we gather we call her little friend. I`m tempted to put google eyes on these hair balls I get out of the girls hair but I suppose that would be a little nasty. Then I began to cut it off. Of course Eden started crying like crazy half way through but there is no stopping a hair cut mid way. Now it is done and it looks much better. A little crooked in spots but not too bad. She looks awfully cute.

Me First!

Raine was not happy about Grampa being served his birthday cake first. I didn't catch the best part but she was really yelling and mad at him. Ahhh, a two year old!

Grampa's 56th Birthday Party!!!

I have finally been able to get my videos up so thought I'd better throw in Grampa Jerry's 56th Birthday party. We had burgers and Gramma made some really delicious side dishes (my fav was the mashed carrot one) and a wonderful chocolate cake with a chocolate mousse.

Raspberries!

Eden is loving blowing her little raspberries. She's getting more drooly so they are getting to be quite large & wet. Pretty darn cute.

Fireworks!!!

We went to the fireworks for Canada Day in St.Albert once again. We met the Morkin & Lutgen families who saved us front row seats. We are usually a little further back which is great but it was nice to be so close. The kids loved it, but Livi snuggled into me and said they still make her a little scared. A much improved reaction than how she used to be. Raine loved it and Edie cried. Kaiya went around and took these pictures, hence the face Chris is giving.

Yogurt drink

Eden is getting much better at holding onto her toys. It'll be nice when she can just hold on and chew. And once I start taking pictures Raine is right in there begging to either see or have her picture taken. Here she is with yogurt drink all over her face, she'll go to the fridge yell 'gogart dink'. I've had to start limiting her intake because she'd drink it all day.