summer days...

i haven't updated in a while.... haven't been doing much.... just hanging out enjoying the summer. it was super hot that one week, and since then it's been sort of CRAPPY outside. what is up with that?!?? for example, today we're supposed to meet kai's playschool friends at the park, but it's thundering and starting to rain. last week we missed as well, due to rain. come on!!!

i'm just trying to figure out what to do on this gloomy day. any ideas?

random summer fun!

hallie finally has trust in the life jacket! this was her first time venturing off the edge of the pool!

look mom, no hands (no holding onto the edge!)
miss mylo
Emerson looking angry about something kai getting his water gun ready
hallie on the bench of the pool
thought this picture was funny.... look at mylo's skin color compared to daddy's
big sister hallie with little sister mylo

mylo!

emerson, wet from the sprinkler
kai, getting the rocket sprinkler all set up
emerson washing her bike
kai washing his bike

Canada Day!

happy Canada day! i'm a bit late in posting, but better late than never ;) (that is my motto lately!) we took part in the neighborhood bike parade. unfortunately it was way too busy and unorganized for my liking. it was a big stress fest for me! the kids don't even look happy here LOL! we decorated their bikes (quickly as it seemed like we were late, even though we were on time?? we felt rushed...) and then rode around the neighborhood, stopped for a popsicle, and then back home. it was so hot, which i'm sure didn't help with my stress/grumpiness.

we headed to the mall afterwards for some much needed air conditioning! it was GREAT! we did have one "incident" at the mall though. i'm not sure how it happened, but hallie was kicking upwards while she walked, just for fun, and she managed to kick herself in the nose?!!!! KRAZY! well blood started POURING out her nose, i wasn't too sure what to do! i've never seen a nose bleed like that before. my friend laura ran to grab some paper towel and a passerby called security and helped me sit with hallie to try to stop the bleeding. hallie was very upset! the bleeding kept going, we managed to go through a roll of paper towel before security arrived. they broke out their first aid kit and got hallie some ice. we were quite the "show" to see, apparently, because everyone had stopped to watch. my poor girl! anyway i look back now and laugh, but in the midst of things it was quite an ordeal. it bled for a good 20 minutes but finally stopped. we left the mall looking like war victims. blood all over us... hands, her face, my pants, her dress... yikes!!

hope you all had a great canada day!

we ended off the day with a BBQ hosted by neighbors laura & neil. it was perfect! i was home and in bed before fireworks went off at 11pm. i wasn't quite asleep, but almost. it was a very busy day..... zzzzzzzzzzzzz.........

sad news...

we had something very scary happen with hallie last night. it is stemming from the previous incident. she is ok, thank god. i met with our family doctor today and we are setting up councilling for hallie, as she obviously is in need :( i feel so sad for my baby, i really hope this helps and i hope we can get it all going FAST. please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

last day of kindergarten :(

i'm blogging all over the place, this post is out of order.... however last thursday was hallie's last day of kindergarten. it was a canada day theme.... hallie was very upset to be leaving her amazing teacher, and not looking forward to grade 1 just yet. she cried through the last half of the "ceremony" and the whole way home. :(

hallie dancing with her teacher!

hallie dancing with her sister!
kai popping a balloon with a canada day flag toothpick
kai had brought his puppy to the school, and it was too funny when we realized that another boy had the same puppy there too! kai's is named "puppy" and the other boy's was named "dog." cute!!
hallie with her amazing teacher! she was trying to smile through the tears here. i'm so happy that kai will have her as his teacher next year!

YAY for summer!

this was last week on wednesday.... we had charlotte over to play in the afternoon!

kai - a bit shocked after landing in a very COLD pool of water at the end of the slide LOL!

picnic in the park!

so friday was the first day of no school for hallie, so we celebrated by heading to the park for a picnic with friends sara, madison, cooper, and dexter! i even baked cupcakes, which is a RARE event. (don't get too excited, it was just a mix) we had fun, even though it was a HOT day. we had to find some shade. when we went to pack up and leave, i remembered we had a doctor's appointment for emerson. had almost forgotten about it! we headed straight to the hospital for that. it was a follow up appointment for her ear tubes that i stupidly forgot to book sooner. they've been in for 5 months now and i am just now getting her checked out. oops!!!

she passed her hearing test with flying colors, and the tubes are still in which is great :) we're good to go for another 6 months :) it's so nice not being at the hospital all the time! actually i think we have to go next week for her eye check up. i'm curious to see what he thinks at that appointment, as i'm still having trouble with emmy taking her glasses off. makes me think maybe she doesn't "need" them, otherwise she'd leave them on?? not sure....

hallie and kai had a sleepover at grandma's & grandpa's house after this busy day. they had fun, but kai missed his mommy and called home a bit sad at one point. he was thrilled to see me this morning, and said he had fun.

kai feeding mylo her bottle at the park... mylo gets 1 bottle each day and is otherwise breastfed. the kids enjoy participating in the bottle feeding!

kai burping mylo, he's a pro!
hallie and her friend, madison!
emerson
emmy eating her cupcake
miss emmy, waiting for a push!
kai found a piece of wood that automatically became his "gun" -- we don't buy guns in this house at all, yet he takes anything he can find and makes it a gun. lego, k'nex, sticks, etc. sheesh!! even his eggo one day became a gun shape. boys boys boys....

JUMP!

JUMP!
my monkey boy!
hallie on the slide
mmmmmm cupcakes!

Laken!

we bought new water bottles yesterday. they're awesome. they are LAKEN brand, bpa free and dishwasher safe! yahoo!! they were purchased at Amy Lou boutique and i think you should go buy your child(ren) one too! ;)

emerson eating candy - we walked to mac's the other night while daddy was at soccer (on our hunt for the missing croc - still no luck so i've purchased a replacement pair in the same color...) and i let the kids get some 5 cent candy. they were thrilled!

the LAKEN bottles! my kids chose their own (i chose hallie's, she was at school) there are lots of cute designs to choose from!

mylo after her bath last night....
i can't seem to cook grilled cheese without burning at least 1 sandwich. i get distracted EVERY time and this is what happens. i tell myself each time to stay beside the stove, watch it closely, etc. and it just never seems to work out that way. LOL! (who's coming over for dinner sometime?!? ha ha!)
more candy... i love how blogger uploads pics in random order. fun.
mmmm i love candy... i bought some for myself too ;) shhh don't tell !!

i will upload more pics soon, but for now, i'm beat. i was out ALL day literally from 9:30am to 11pm. i'm seriously failing with all of my goals!!!!! out all day, up too late.... nooooooo!! let's hope for a calmer week next week...

this weekend is the Canada day long weekend. my older 2 kiddos are sleeping over tonight at grandma & grandpa's house. they'll be back by 10am tomorrow. i have a photo shoot tomorrow late afternoon/evening, then sunday evening we're hosting a BBQ, then monday no plans (laundry hopefully!), tuesday is a bike parade in our neighborhood and then over to another neighbors' for a BBQ :) busy busy! what are YOUR PLANS? (this is the part where you comment!)

sad

i told myself i'd go to bed early, but i'm finding that tough lately. there seems to be a lot going on. tonight, i am sitting here with Mylo on my lap, watching the memorial service of an amazing man who recently was killed in a car accident. i didn't know him well, but i still knew him and for some reason this event has been really tough to deal with. i will post more soon - i have some photos, however just haven't had much computer time lately...

for now i will leave you with this: www.juliandabbagh.com

my today

yesterday was a good day. i felt like i was a great mom.... no yelling, no getting mad, i had a nice, calm day. it went well. the kids even went right to sleep as soon as we put them to bed. yay!! (i think they were just REALLY tired!) maybe the swim at the neighbors' right before bed helped.

today wasn't a great mom day. i didn't have patience, hallie was giving me (and her brother) major attitude. once i shipped hallie off to my mom & dad's house for "special time" and supper, things were better. i took the rest of my kids + my 2 dayhome kids to mac's for slurpees, then on to the park. it was HOT outside. only downside -- we lost a croc. emerson is down one shoe now. CRAPPY!!!! i drove around looking for it tonight, but no luck. i will look again tomorrow, otherwise we'll need to go buy another pair. (because of course, the 3 pairs she has aren't quite enough LOL!)

tonight bed time wasn't as smooth as last night, but it was a lot better than when i first started blogging again last week. it was much better. thank god!!!

i'm going to try to get to bed earlier, as that's one goal i haven't been doing well with. it's been 12:30am every night lately, and then Mylo has been waking often for some reason, and then 7:30am comes all too early.

no photos today. catch ya tomorrow!

Rainy Day Fun!

The kids got new umbrellas today! Very exciting for them, as they've been asking for 2 years now and i keep refusing to buy them. i find them a waste of money, really, because there just isn't much opportunity to use them. when it's raining, generally we're inside. so, what's the point? PHOTOS! that's the point! LOL! they were only $3.99 at safeway so i agreed. we got home and i told the kids to find a puddle and have at 'er! they had a BLAST!!! and then they were stripped down before being allowed in the house ;)

faces were also covered in mud splatter!

weird face kai!

oops! he fell....

poser!

she wasn't too sure what the umbrella was for, but still was excited about it. too cute.

jump!