I am struggling with updating our blog! I really have the best of intentions, but lack actual concrete time. When evening comes and our little ladies are in bed, I am so tired!!! Anyway, one excuse I will give is that I used to conveniently blog within a few minutes through my iphone. I could send a blog post and picture on the fly! Then, the app wasn't working.... I now got my act together and another app and I will get back on track! But for now, I need to really do a major update!
So, here we are!!!! March! Our winter apparently was cold, but truthfully, it wasn't brutal! We had snow, but not enough to get to grow tired of playing in it! We thankfully got out on our snowshoes and enjoyed ourselves (we finally got another pair of LLBEan's kids snowshoes and a pair for Kev, still working on Tori who far prefers skiing with her friends!).
We have been blessed with the most beautiful March EVER! This past week we have had temperatures average 25 degrees Celcius! Unheard of for this time of year! Our Spring has sprung! Early but most welcomed! Our birds are back, and chipmunks, racoons etc... Even the odd mosquito! The river has opened and the sunshine and sights of Spring is such a miracle! The weather feels surreal. Hard to believe we may be back to snow and snowsuits after shorts!!!! Anyway, we will take it for as long as possible! Easter is around the corner and I am so excited to think if all stays as it has been, we will indeed be able to have the kids/big kids enjoying the outdoors while we visit!
Our girls are amazing! Hannah is glorious and fully trained (apart from nightime). She is so funny and LOVES her library craft time on Wednesdays. She really has the most infectious little laugh. She LOVES to laugh and make everyone around her laugh along! She is changing so rapidly with all her milestones of late. She now is in her 'big girl bed' and LOVES it! She monkeyed a little the first night for settling, but didn't fuss. She was just a little over-stimulated (I take full blame, I really couldn't resist the giant leaf that shades her bed, or the two flower lights she has access to on her wall). She has had no issues at all with the change. She was ready... I was holding on for as long as possible.... The crib that sheltered our three girls has been donated. That was the last of the 'baby' gear to go. Sniff.
Miss Mara-Grace has lost her first tooth on the bottom! She is such a sweetheart! So full of life and questions and rarely draws a breath! She LOVES to talk and play and talk and be crafty and talk. Did I say Mara loves to talk? Truly she is always talking but full of wonderment and excitement and curiousity. I wish I could bottle up her enthusiasm! She still loves school but each morning as we wait for her bus she says to me, "I am going to miss you Mommy, so so much". And then I tell her that I will miss her too and we chat about what we'll get into after school and off she goes. When she comes home, she is very very precise with her bus safety rules. She always thanks her bus driver and then comes off Smiling ear to ear and counts her steps after leaving the bus and meets me and we walk across after she gets the nod from her bus driver. She takes it all very seriously and then we get across and she erupts in talk and hugs! I should add that her bus safety picture she did at school won a prize! She won a gift certificate for a book store that we will visit tomorrow after haircuts! (Today and Tomorrow are ped days!).
As for Victoria... She has had such an amazing month!!! First, she got a wonderful Valentine's Day Present. A Driver's License!!!! I had the pleasure of taking her and I sat there and watched as she got into the car with the examinator (?) and another person. As a mom I am sitting there and wondering what's up with the other adult? That is rather intimidating. I am a ball of nerves as I watch her drive off... She returned and couldn't hide her smile! She had passed!!!!! The extra adult was actually there to observe the examinator. Who cares at this point?! LOL Victoria was so excited (she is the first one amongst her friends to have her license). She drove home and then Kevin and I told her that she could go for a drive if she wanted. It was strange. We stood there, taking pictures of her leaving for the first time alone. Talk about bittersweet! We hardly knew what to do with ourselves as we watched the time! At least Kev had work to distract his time! LOL FINALLY after a drive around and Tim Hortons she returned safe and sound! Now she often drives to school and we have grown accustomed to this new routine of having her drive herself places (play practices, work, parties, outings etc...). I still hold my breath until I know she is home safely, but really am so happy for her new found independance.
Victoria then spent 10 days on the Europe trip organized through school! She went with Madame Hanna who also accompanied me on a similar trip my graduating year!!! Victoria started in London (awww), then Paris, Switzerland and the Alps and then Germany and home! I so wished I could have stowed aways in her luggage! She is glad that she had this experience!
Kevin and I went away alone together for two nights at the end of February. It was a lovely little getaway! So great that we decided to take our little ladies (Tori was on her trip) away for a night to celebrate Mara-Grace's first ever March Break from school. We went to a wonderful zoo and did some shopping (I love going to the US!) at the Disney Store and ate at the Olive Garden (insert, mouth watering now). The rest of March Break was spent playing outside and doing crafts and just being together. Lovely time!
I suppose this is a good time to end this update and post some pictures!!! I PROMISE (again) to update more regularily. I truly feel I will with the help of my new app!
Much love xo
