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I’m so glad I brought my little camera today. It was worth it!

You Capture - Autumn

I love walking on the mountain in the fall but I hate taking my camera. I've taken a million pictures there and can't seem to find anything original now. At least when I take pictures of the girls they'll grow each year. I hope you enjoy this one.

You Capture - Orange

I love orange so my daughters wear a fair bit of it. Here's Hailey at the park in her orange hat and orange car seat accents.
She looks good in orange. No?

Gorgeous Day

We had a little bit of a rough morning. Vanessa was uncooperative at best and Hailey refused to eat. I finally got our scheduals sorted and we went out to play in the park. It his 19C today and very sunny afternoon. Vanessa played and played and played until she had to take off her fleece to play some more. Hailey went for her first park swing while her big sister pushed her. "Giggle, Giggle, Giggle” Vanessa and Hailey also went down a slide together. It was awesome! Amazing to think of the things they’ll be doing together in the spring. I tried to take some nice pictures but I got these.

This was one of those springs but it was big enough for pre-schoolers.

Trust me. Hailey LOVED it!

This park had some cool stuff we’d never seen before.

Swisssshhhh

Relaxing with her foot up.

1..2..3.. GO

Vanessa looks like a witch’s daughter trying out her spells. Smile! there will be candy

Hailey is 7 months

I can’t get over it. Hailey is 7 months old. She’s lively and loves to move. Munchkin loves food come dinner time she can wolf down dinner but she can take or leave breakfast. When she’s getting full she grabs onto the spoon to feed herself.

She used to sleep through the night but that’s a thing of the past. She gets up frequently but her cold is mostly to blame. She gets up nurses and goes back to sleep. Sometimes she gets her nose cleaned out. Ohhh she LOVES that. *sarcasm*

Hailey could play in Vanessa’s hair and giggle menially all day long. She can stand at the musical table and rock it. I see her bobbing in her stroller to the music in the stores. 

Stripped!

On Saturday morning I sent Eric outside to get something from the car. It was about 8:45. I was upstairs when he came back in swearing with Vanessa right by his side. It is very unlike him to swear. Especially with impressionable ears nearby. I came downstairs to see what was up.

Eric said, “Some one took the radiator, the headlights and the GPS from the car.” I was so shocked I barely believed him.

I responded with, “I guess my dad was looking for parts.” since he has the same make of van.

“Don’t mess with me right now.” was his comeback. He was furious.

As you can see from the pictures below the thieves came and stole exactly what they wanted. These were mechanics. They unscrewed the parts they could and even used our bins to catch the rad fluid. They didn’t want to get messy.

Eric called the police. He came quickly and had never seen anything like this. With the police report number we called the insurance company and they referred us to a local garage. They picked Eric up and he returned to the house by 11:30. The whole process took less than 2 hours. We should get the car back sometime this week.

I did want Eric to entertain the kids Saturday morning but they got more than they bargained for. Vanessa was beside herself when Eric left in the tow truck with our van on the bed. Initially we thought she was upset she couldn’t go but she told use she didn’t want him to take the van. It’s HER van. It’s a nice shiny red with fancy doors and don’t forget. It has a TV in it. Two days later and she’s still a little upset wanting it to come back. Good thing it wasn’t all stolen and we’ll get it back.

 

This is our second theft in 2 years. Completely unrelated but it has been suggested we get a dog. I’m thinking I’d like a house with a garage to park my car and our bikes…

Tada!

Some Pictures

Today I got out the camera to take pictures of Hailey playing on the floor. Mostly they didn’t turn out but here are a few of my snotty baby. Sorry, left my snotty pre-schooler out of these.

Eric sat down on the Thanksgiving week-end and took pictures of booth of our girls. He was more adventurous. There were lots of pictures but here are the nicest. 

Hailey played the drums with these two balloons for a long time.    We got her all dressed up in the gorgeous knits that her paternal grandmother knit her. She loved the ribbons. Vanessa’s in her twirly ballet dress. She’s gotten lots of use out of it since last Christmas.

right now

oh boy what a week. It's Friday but not the end of the week. Eric's work schedual is all over the map. He'll be working both days this week-end. I hope the weather improves because today was awful outside. 50 km/hour winds with rain and pretty chilly. We stayed inside all day until we went to pick Eric up at work. He took the bus in so to come back he'd need to wait for 3 buses in this crap so I felt sorry for him. Hailey and Vanessa have lousy colds. Hailey's having trouble sleeping and up 4 or 5 times a night so we brought the swing back out. Vanessa's handling it much better.
I think tomorrow we'll be getting out the snow suit. Vanessa's might need lengthening and Hailey will start wearing it soon although it's really warm but I don't have anything in between.
On a positive note I should be going out to a Mom's night out and possibly a book club. They're reading Pride and Prejudice which is a little heavy for me but I saw that the library has it on audio book. I find that easier to manage. I got through Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy that way and loved it. It's easier to follow and makes multi-tasking possible or maybe getting out for walks.

A night at the club.

We went over to Glenmore for their open house. Tim plays there so they were there too. Vanessa and Kieran tired each other out by running laps around the couches screaming their heads of with glee.

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Hailey wore THE curling shoes and Vanessa wanted her own pair. Vanessa wore them and then Kieran and now Hailey. They look like they should be hung up on the rear view mirror. Vanessa loved the club and going out on the ice but we won’t be going back on the ice until she brings a helmet. She got a nice goose egg from falling on her head but no permanent damage. I tied her hair up and she looks so sweet. Tim barely recognized her as she whizzed by.

We all had lots of fun and look forward to more evenings where the cousins can hang out. The older they get the closer they are.

3 1/2 and 1/2

Time flies ....  Hailey is now 6 1/2 months old. She’s so cute in a very serious way. She has a very intense look but she also is very generous with her smiles and giggles. She’s been sitting up for a month now. She can reach for things and sit back up but is still not comfortable with going from sitting to rolling around. She can get to the four corners in a room in a short amount of time by rolling.

Vanessa and Hailey have started to wrestle in bed a little. Hailey loves it but Vanessa’s motto is Hailey’s not crying so it must be ok. They need to be watched closely when they’re together.

I took Hailey to the paediatrician the other week and she’s in good health and meeting her milestones easily but we have to bulk her up a little. She only but on 10oz in 2 months. She’s not putting on weight as she should so I’ve been generous with her food these last couple of weeks.

Speaking of solids. She started almost two weeks ago. At the beginning she wasn’t really buying it. She gave us looks of disgust like there was poison in her cereal.

She has since changed her tune and this morning devoured her pearsauce and rice cereal. It’s such a relief and makes things easier. I’ve been wondering if she’s put on weight and will try and see about that next week.

Vanessa still has lots of fun things to say. The other day she went through a toy flyer.

Vanessa:Santa will bring that. Santa will bring that. Santa will bring that….etc

Me: Where will put it all?

Vanessa: Here. Here. Here. Here. Here.

Me: Where will we sit?

Vanessa: At “Jason and Fred’s house” (fake names")  And the dogs will go outside because Hailey is afraid of dogs. (Hailey eh?)