No, Simon is not in pain.

Upon being greeted he will sometimes hold this ridiculously cute expression for up to 5 seconds!

The mellowing out of Mr. Thomas Plett...
He's just starting to "get it". A little restraint here, a little understanding there. A kind and sensitive soul is he. A recent honest gesture: offering his fresh booger to the hairdresser and nearly sticking it to her face as she bent over him.

Grade 2 Student Led Conference
Emily graciously:
-Quacked us up with silly face #324
-Gave us a revealing look at her carefully recorded weather patterns
-Pointed out the book report worm framing her classroom and heading out the door towards the library
-Gave us a viewing of her very own house and explaining how she was able to build it by saving her paycheques and how soon she'll have enough to buy a pet and plant a vegtable garden to save on grocery expenses.
I'm going to just have to change my blog name to "boasting" the way you're going Emily!

sparkly, curious, affectionate

a tender sweet lovey munchie baby moment

i want to:

suck on his nose

inhale his milky skin

throw him up to the tree-tops, gently catching him over and over

soaking him with 1000 kisses

To Victoria with Love...

Krystle and I have this in common: We like to laugh at ourselves and we like to talk and then we like to laugh at ourselves again followed by talking, more laughing, more talking, laughy, talky, goodnight. 3 days and 4 gloriously grown-uppy evenings of this together with our clan at her and Clint's new pad. They fed us, bed us, and cleaned up after us when our hands were full. There is nothing like hanging out with kid magnets when you have 3 of them. Krystle and Clint, you made it the best mini-family-holiday I can remember. This could be the start of a beautiful vacationship ;)

(Sorry for posting the pic krystle, it was the least horrible of the lot)

my favoritest little brother....ever.

The highlight of Emily's life so far came at Marm (Krys and Matt's momma aka Marmalade)and Doug's on the final evening. It wasn't the warm welcome and conversation, or the wonderful feast they set before us. It came in the form of a special little pet ferret named Walter to play with and snuggle for a few hours. And for the 96th time: No Emily, we cannot get a ferret, not yet anyway...

Brainteaser: Rearrange pictures to show the order in which these were taken today. Good Luck!

simon the sweet

beautiful saturday

Just throwing together the last of the Maui pics for my Mom who turns 39 today...Happy Birthday to an incredible woman!

New Mommy Old Mommy Old Auntie New Auntie

James barely got a crumb of my attention during our 2 week oppurtunity to get to know each other. The trip felt like a whirlwind of whining (Tommy's making his grand entrance into the terrific two's) but not without some memorable windows of kid (and grown-up) fun and relaxation. Holding our beautiful nephew during a few of those windows was a very special feeling that I never want to forget. We really miss him. And on the subject, Heather and Ryan made a real impression on me both as new parents and in their familiar aunt and uncle roles for devoting an evening to taking Emily to the mall to buy her an "extra" Christmas present. For Ryan, this meant strolling James around so us girls could frolic and run into freak'n CHER! Not that Ryan planned on that, since it only means he'll have to hear about it for the rest of his life.