Proulx Family Pumpkin Festival

So, once again, far too much time has passed between posts. And, as always, I'm going to appease you with a whole pile of photos. This weekend we went to the Proulx Family Pumpkin Festival. Here are photos of a few of the things we did there...

Playing in the leaves...

















Jumping (and falling) ...

















Riding tractors...














... and climbing hay bales.
















And finally standing still enough to get our pictures taken...
















Happy fall everyone!

Summer is Over!

Sorry about the length of time between posts, but we've had a busy summer and somehow there just never seemed to be time to blog. Here are some of our summer moments....


E and A having a good laugh, while holding hands on the steps.








Up and down the slide at one of our many summer parties (we're such party girls - or social climbers).






Our first camping experience (okay, so it was indoors). I think I saw a bear in the tent!






Dad was right - raspberries must have some purpose











Practicing early for Halloween...











Hands in my pockets, Hands in my pockets, Hands in my pockets.....







These new bunkbeds are great!












And finally, a video of A counting. You'll notice she has a bit of trouble after 14. :-)

The end of summer

Today, DoT and I took the day off and went golfing and to a movie (Harry Potter). We had decided that sometime when the kids were back at the daycare we would take a day just for us. And today was the day. It was really great... we played nine holes of golf and didn't keep score, went out for lunch and then took in a matinee. Of course, I'd been looking forward to the day (and to the holidays that came before it), and now I'm a bit depressed. It feels like summer is over. I know, it's only mid-August, but all our holidays are done and now it's back to the work grind. On the plus side, I'm so busy at work the next few months will probably fly by and it will be Christmas before I know it. (We actually did start our Christmas shopping today!)

The week before last, we drove to New Brunswick for the 40th anniversary celebration of DoT's parents. We spread the trip over two days in each direction (two days to get there, and two days back), and it went surprisingly well. The girls are now totally addicted to the Doodlebops, but it was worth it. Deedee, Rooney and Moe got us through about 6 hours of driving every day.

The 40th anniversary celebration was great. It was very laid back (which is good when you have two-year olds) and was an opportunity to see the whole family, without the typical running around to do it. And it was so nice to catch up with everyone again. Unfortunately, although we took our camera along, we discovered when we arrived at the party that the batteries were dead. So we didn't get any pictures. So, if anyone reading this blog has digital pictures they can email to us, we'd really appreciate it. (And it's not really pictures of the girls we're looking for -- although I know there were plenty taken -- it's pictures of everyone else!)

Last week DoT and I put together a list of all the words the girls can say. Their speech has really started to come around, and I was curious as to how many words they say. Well, the list totals 104. Now, not all of them are perfectly clear, and it may only be DoT and I who know what they're saying some of the time, but they are definitely picking up words quickly. And starting to form simple sentences like "Don't pull rope" (from the Doodlebops), "No, my toy!", and "I don't know." It's pretty cool. I am definitely liking that they are now much more able to tell us what they want.

Well, I don't really have anything else to report. I'll leave you with a couple of pictures though, taken over the last couple of days.

(Picture 1 = A modelling mommy's shoes; Picture 2 = Both girls having fun in their "new" tent (a bargain picked up at a garage sale))

















Enjoy the rest of your summer, everyone!

Cottage life...

Fun with the pool that grandma brought...



Good times at the beach ...

More birthday presents! ...

And hanging out by the campfire...

What a fantastic week! Thanks mom and dad, J & L, P & R, M & J! We had the best time. And the girls are still looking for all of you (especially J & M) to appear at any moment. The first night we were back, E woke up in the middle of the night and insisted on going "outsie" (i.e., outside) to the campfire. She wouldn't go back to sleep until I took her to the front and back windows and showed her that the party wasn't going on outside without her.

And L -- today A walked up to me and said "ola!" (And they both keep chanting, periodically throughout the day, "don't pull (the) rope!")

Well, gotta run. I've spent way too much time trying to pick out the photos to put up. There are lots and I could probably have put up twice as many. Maybe a few more will make it into the next blog entry.

In a couple of days it's off to New Brunswick!

K...

Haircuts

Today we went to get haircuts. We had booked appointments at a place that, it turns out (I think), doesn't take appointments. We arrived there at 10:15 a.m. for the 10:30 appointments and there were about 6 or 8 people ahead of us. The stylists at this place cut hair really fast, though and E was in the chair at 11:00 a.m.; at which point the hairdresser asked me to wet and comb her hair. Huh. Then she came, gave E a sucker to distract her (it worked!) and cut her hair in about 40 seconds flat. Then it was A's turn. The sucker worked on her too, and we were out of there in 5 minutes. Didn't cost us any less though. :-) $10 per kid -- but it was totally worth it. They didn't scream, and now their hair isn't hanging in their eyes.

So here are the before and after pictures...

E, before and after:

A, before and after:

Summer Holidays

Here are a summary of the daycare photos we received, we were happy to get such an unexpected gift. The crowns were for their second birthday. Dad has survived 2 days at home with the girls this week (lots of time at the park - especially on the swings) so things are looking up for the longer home stays in August. We are going to try some water play in the back yard this afternoon (they like playing in the cat dish so much, you know it will be a hit). Bye for now.