A Day in the Life

One of the books that I remember reading when I was younger was "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day."

Last week I had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.

I fully blame it on the fact that we ran out of coffee that morning.

Here's a part of the what my five were up to.

Full bowl of cheerios tipped onto the floor.
  Little boy on a big chair trying to drink the last cup of coffee.
    Tipped milk glass.
      Sunscreen on the Super Babies, on Lydia & on the carpet.
        Short naps.
          Poop in a swimmer diaper.
            Poop in another swimmer diaper.
              Poop, poop everywhere.
                Sunlight dish soap in the mouth.
                  First call ever to poison control centre.
                    Pee dribbles down the hallway.
                      Tired mama.

I love being at home with my five and at the end of the day this is a gentle reminder that tomorrow promises to be a new day.

They're Back

Hannah & Caleb are back from their trip to the Okanagan. They went with their Nana & Grandad and camped in their trailer, had a week of fun in the sun, and brought us back some freshly picked Okanagan cherries.

Yum.

It was quieter around here, but we missed them both.

Hannah has a habit of biting her nails... not sure where she gets that from... ahem... anyways... her Gramma promised her a manicure & pedicure if she stopped biting her nails. Hannah has stopped biting her nails ~ even while camping.

Promise kept.

If I remember correctly (which doesn't always happen these days), I was 26 when I had my first manicure and I was 29 when I had my first pedicure.  My daughter is ONLY eight.  At least at her age she can pull off the turquoise and purple!!!

Your love is better than ice cream

Better than anything else that I've tried

Lyrics by sarah macglachlin

Baby It's Hot Outside

It was so hot today.  We biked to the water park this morning and spent some time cooling off.  Gramma, Eli & Adi joined us at the water park, too.  We LOVE when our cousins visit from Calgary.  Unfortunately, Hannah & Caleb didn't get to come along because they're in Westbank camping with their Nana & Grandad.

Joel went over under the bridge.

Luke loves to put hats on & he loves to put them on all by himself.

Our beautiful twins.  Luke took a little coaxing to get comfortable with the spraying water, but he eventually joined in the fun.  Usually Lydia leads the way, but Luke was in the lead today.

Here they come... Luke, Lydia, Adi & Eli... having fun with the cousins.

Let summer begin...

Our five had a lot of fun at this  "unorganized" birthday party on the weekend.

Caleb liked to tumble instead of slide.

Joel loved every minute of it.

Happy Belated Canada Day!

It's the way things go in my life... I'm always a few days behind.

We didn't do much on Canada Day, but we are very proud to be Canadian!

Our five wore their Canada shirts...

And ate Canadian doughnuts from Tim Hortons (idea taken from a friend).

We were supposed to go to a BBQ, but it was cancelled because of the weather so we went for a bike ride instead.

Next year we're thinking of checking out the Steveston Salmon Festival . Looks like fun for the whole family.

... and a Happy Belated Fourth of July to our friends south of the border.

Run Up For Down Syndrome

The Run Up For Down Syndrome was on Sunday June 6th.  It was raining when we started, but the sun was shining when we crossed the finish line.  We had 24 registered walkers/runners on our team, Lovin' Life with Luke, and we raised a total of $1,210.  A huge thanks to everyone who supported our team.

Here's some of our pictures, but it's definitely worth your time to watch the 8 minute video on YouTube.

It's all for this adorable little guy...

Our team, Lovin' Life With Luke.

And here we go...

Hannah & Caleb both ran the 5k and then had to wait for us to finish the 5k walk.

Here's Luke crossing the finish line... YAY!!!

It was a lot of fun. Next year the race is on June 5th.  Our goal is to have 50 registered team members on Lovin' Life with Luke.  Hope to see you all there.