Day One hundred and Thirty Six.

Ben and Jake love to bake. One this particular day we were making no bake energy balls with puffed millet, hemp seeds, sunflower seed and pumpkin butter, dark chocolate chips and honey. I think they ended up making only about 5 balls each because they are most of the mix before they made it to ball form. They had fun though...that's what counts!

Day One HUndred and Thirty Five.

There are a lot of walks happening in the evenings these days. We have been having days and days of 25 degrees with sun and breeze...perfect weather for walking! I wish I could get the boys commitment level up for their walking accesories. The rule is that whether they take a bike, scooter or plasma car with us they MUST keep it the whole time. Inevitably they get ten minutes in and tire of the toy...even after promising as sincerely as they can Jon and I get added excersize by lugging them home!

Day One Hundred and Thirty Four.

 A couple of Spidermen came with us the the local fire fighters open house. A lucky RCMP officer got to have his photo taken with them!

Day One Hundred and Thirty Three.

Daddy and Ben had a Star Wars night...Ben was very excited for it. He went up to jon and whispered..."guess who is getting a juice box!/"  "YOU ARE!". He then proceeded to talk non stop through the whole movie, he loves it SO much!

Day One Hundred and Thirty Two.

Ella has been taking steps every now and then for awhile now, but starting about a week and half ago when she was ten month old she really got going and now...she is walking everywhere!

Day One Hundred and Thirty One.

11 Months Old!

1- Ella is VERY busy. She never sits still.
2- She is walking everywhere now!
3- She is still seems teeny tiny...but she is almost 20 pounds.
4- Ella has a great sense of humor, she loves to laugh.
5- She gives high fives, waves, signs "more" and blows kisses.
6- She says "Hi" now and very enthusiastically.
7- She is an amazing sleeper! She naps from 12-4 everyday and sleeps from 7pm-8:30am. This doesn't surprise me too much as she is so active when she is awake.
8- She adores those brothers.
9- She understands a lot of what we say to her. When I say "Ella don't touch!" I can see her will power  making her shake with effort to obey...but curiosity will take over while she shakes her head vigorously at herself as she touches the forbidden object anyhow.
10- Her curls are really growing now, she is going to have beautiful blond curls. Her eyes are the most piercing blue with a very dark ring around them.
11- She wants so much to be a big girl. She doesn't want to play with anything "babyish" she just wants to do what the boys are doing.

Oh she is so cute. This girl can make you tear up with how very very adorable she is. She makes my heart so happy.
One more month until she is one! I can barely believe it! We are so excited to celebrate her!

Day One Hundred and Thirty.

My favorite Mother's Day gift this year... the potato masher of course has a certain...eh hem... significance...