bad indoor play park...

It has been snowing off and on the past week (actually it's been snowing the last four months but who's counting), so we thought we would take the kids to McDonald's on Friday for lunch. We invited the next door neighbour and her three kids as we thought they could all run around the indoor play park and burn off some of the built up energy which seems to be accumulating more and more each month.

The kids were having fun until this boy, who we will call "the devil" had a temper tantrum inside the play house. The kids just got out of his way and came back to the table to eat their hamburger. After lunch they went back to playing and so did the devil and his bad temper. The devil child came back into the play house screaming and started kicking & pushing all the kids around. This kid was about 5 years old and when Dann, Leanne and I asked who's kid it was, nobody claimed him. He ended up kicking Ryan (next door neighbour's boy) and then pushed Emma down to the ground on her bum. Dann had to go into the play tube, to get the kids out and away from this little boy (there was 7 kids trying to get away from the devil boy).

After all the kids were safe, Dann was walking back to our table and he said in passing, "who's kid is that anyway?" Then this mom who was sitting at the table across from us spoke up and said, "he's mine." She did not move from the table, just oblivious...

Hey, I know all kids have their moments and Emma has her fair share, but this stunned mom was not willing to address the problem, even when her son was hurting other children... that just makes me mad!!

Not only did Emma get pushed to the ground playing, I believe she contracted Pink Eye from the indoor play park too. We are off to the doctor this afternoon for some antibiotics....

Poor Chicken!

Even though Emma's eyes are ichy and sore, she still loves to play with Ethan and he enjoys all the attention.

Everyone keeps telling me that Ethan looks like me or my side of the family, but I do see some Dann in him too! If nothing else, they both enjoy being naked, even though this photo only has one boy in his Birthday Suit (I thought I would spare you the image of both of them)!

Back Home

Emma, Ethan and I packed up our bags 2 weeks ago and invaded my parents house while Dann finished some of our house renos.

Dann has wanted to build a play room in the basement since we moved in, thus he finally got around to it. Dann framed up our storage room and sided the room with panelling. He painted the panelling to match the rest of the basement (bluff), put down a foam floor and then used our old area rug for the final touch.

(Dann even framed in a plastic mirror on the wall so the kids can look at themselves - he thinks of everything)!

Emma was so excited to see the finished product! Dann moved the kitchen centre out of Emma's room and put it down in the "new" room. She has spent countless hours playing in her new play room already and we have only been home for a couple of days. Not sure if Emma will like sharing her new space with her baby brother, once he is on the move!

Dann painted the last wall in the kitchen (now the walls are all one color)...

and the stairs now have white painted risers instead of white paper risers.

I think the risers turned out great... I have such a handy husband!

Enough reno photos...
lets look at the kids now!


Ethan is now 4 months old.
He is 21 pounds and 27 inches long.

Those thighs are bought and paid for...

Happy Birthday Grandma!

Mom was excited to celebrate her special day with her grand kids.

While we were away, we spent some time with Great-Grandma.

She is going to be 93 this summer, and still lives on her own in her house.

I think she has more energy than humanly possible!

Holding Ethan brought a sparkle to her eye, which was nice to see.

Emma also got a chance to spend 4 days with her cousin, as Dean and Richelle came home for a quick trip while we were at my parent's (to meet Ethan and visit Great-Grandma). We all had a nice visit, even if it was short.

Great-Grandma with her two Great-Grand Daughters

I managed to make a quick trip to Calgary to visit my old roommate and some family. Kari's youngest son Jack could not get enough of Ethan. All Jack wanted was to get as close as possible to Ethan. Jack is a big boy, so we had to hold him back on a few occasions.

I also got a visit in with my friend Janice. Her youngest daughter Olivia and Emma had a ball together. They were attached at the hip and played like old pals.

My cousin Debbie stopped over to Mom & Dad's the last night we were there. Grandma Deb loved Ethan and was ready to take him home! Yup, I said Grandma!! This Foxy Granny has 3 grand kids of her own and one more on the way!

We will end this slide show with a pic of Ethan in his highchair.

Nothing New

I don't really have anything new to post, so I thought I would put on a couple new photos and call it good!

Emma loves using all of Ethan's baby things with her dolls...

and

A close up of our little guy!

Bye for now!!