Grandma Jo-Ann visits...

We had a nice visit from Grandma Jo-Ann this week. Unfortunately, Ella had the flu while Grandma was here, but we still made the most of our time. A highlight was going to the pool.

Garbage Truck

An exciting event around our house is when the garbage or recycling truck comes in the morning. When Ella hears the truck coming, she goes running to the sliding door saying "garbage truck, garbage truck". When it reverses down the lane she says "beep, beep, beep, bye bye garbage truck".

Juliette is happy to watch the action from her highchair. Look at her two bottom teeth!

Baby Beluga

Ella now knows the lyrics to her all-time favourite song- Baby Beluga. She sometimes breaks out singing on her own, but other times needs some prompting. She has a little stuffed baby beluga that our friend Steph gave to her that she also likes to use while she is singing.

Happy Easter!

We have been teaching the girls the Easter story. Little bits and pieces are starting to sink in for Ella and she has been saying "Jesus is alive". One of her favourite songs is "Happy Day" and she was excited to sing this at church on Sunday.

Ella and Juju in their Easter dresses. Juju was very cooperative for the photo shoot, but we only managed to get one picture of Ella.

Keith and Melissa gave Ella a pink Easter egg that had a few treats in it. Ella ate the treats, but now when she opens the egg she doesn't understand why there isn't still candy in it.

Fun with Friends...

On good Friday we had a park playdate and dinner with some friends. Jonas and Ella loved playing in the sandbox!

Juju likes to try on her sister's accessories when Ella is napping.

Ella and Hudson are starting to interact more and more. At meals they play peekaboo across the table.

Spring is here

Spencer picked up some alphabet foam mats to put on our deck. Now the girls have a new play area!

The whole point of these mats is actually to sit and play on them, Ella.

Now that Ella's hair is getting longer, the result of her taking her ponytail out is disastrous.

Hi Hudson...

Ella and Juju love it when Hudson wakes up from his nap. They are always very eager to help me get him out of his crib. Sometimes Ella even says 'great nap Hudson'. We love it when Hudson spends the day with us.

Bonding...

Ella and Juju like to make funny sounds back and forth. It is very entertaining for us to watch. Juju continues to be one of Ella's biggest fans and loves to watch her run around.

Hi Sportsfans...

Grandpa Clark likes to call people sportsfans and often says "hi sportsfans". Ella has learned Grandpa's catch phrase just in time for playoff season.

Red Robin

Last month we had a visit with Uncle Marzi and we celebrated his birthday by going to Red Robin. Uncle is a big fan of the double R and it turns out that Ella is as well. When we were leaving the restaurant Ella said "bye Robin".

Juju loves to swing at the park.

The girls love their Uncle Marzi.

Juju crawls!

Juliette is doing some very exciting things these days. Earlier this week she officially started crawling. She somehow gets up on all fours and she slaps the floor very hard with each stride. It is so cute to see! She can also now pull herself up on our ottoman. The only problem is that once she's standing she is not very stable so we have to keep a very close eye on her.

Pee Potty

This evening when we were getting Ella ready to go in the bath we noticed that her diaper was completely dry. Her diaper is usually soaking wet after a couple of hours. After we undressed her she put her Dora seat on the potty and said "pee potty". We helped her onto the toilet and she did just that, she peed! She was very excited to get to use toilet paper and flush the toilet afterwards. It was a very exciting first step towards potty training and we celebrated by giving her a few chocolate chips in a bowl. We hope she does this again!

Laura and baby Natalie came over for a visit this week. Natalie loved playing with the giraffe on our playmat. She is such a sweet baby and it will be neat to watch our girls grow up together.

Sammy the Snail

Ella and Spencer have the same favourite song. It is called "Sammy the Snail" and they love to sing and dance to the music. Sometimes Ella gets sick of hearing Dadda sing Sammy the Snail and she tells him "no Sammy, no Sammy". Juju likes to get in on the dancing as well.

Ponytail

Today Ella kept her hair in a ponytail all day. This is quite a milestone for her!

Kelowna

During Spring Break we visited Grandpa Clark in Kelowna. The girls had a great time and so did we. We had lots of laughs and played a lot of ping pong.

Grandpa had a perfect step stool for Juliette to show off her new skill of pulling herself up.

We had a nice visit with our friend Eileen, and our friends Megan and Jeff.

While we were in Kelowna, Ella was her grandpa's shadow. She enjoyed playing pass with him, playing the piano with him, and helping him with household tasks...

... like washing the windows

... and helping him plant flowers.

What happens when you let a 21 month old choose her own outfit?

She wears a "geen dress" over "bue pants", and ties the outfit together with her "fower jacket", pink hat and pink crocs.