Father's Day with Grandpa Rob

We had Grandpa Rob over for a Father's day dinner this weekend. The girls had a great time with him and wanted him to read story after story. Ella really wanted him to read her new French book, which was difficult for him to read and perhaps even more difficult for a couple of French teachers to listen to.

Juliette now fits into the dress that Auntie Morgan got Ella for her 1st birthday. The shoes are from Auntie as well... Juju is grateful for the hand-me-downs (for now).

Ella loves to dress up in the princess outfits from Uncle Marzi and Auntie Jaynie. Here she is as Sleeping Beauty.

The other day, Ella, Juju and I were walking out of the store and Ella recited the alphabet to me. I have been trying to get her alphabet onto video... so far I've only managed to get her to recite to letter 'p' before she gets distracted. She also knows how to count to 10.

Happy Father's Day!

We had a nice Father's Day last Sunday. Dadda slept in while we made him a special breakfast. We also gave him the silhouette gift we had been working on. Happy Father's Day!

Juju claps

Juliette loves to clap, wave, and play peekaboo. She often misses her eyes and covers her ear instead while playing peekaboo. It is so cute to see her interacting more and more.

Officially 2

Ella is officially 2. She has a great birthday and we even had a mini celebration on the real date, June 16th. Hudson spent the day with us and Melissa brought over some cupcakes, thank you!

Playdate

Last week we had a playdate with some friends we don't get to see very often. Jocelyn came over with her son, Judah, who is 3 weeks older than Juju, and Angela came over with 2 of her girls.

The Canucks could have benefitted from this defensive pair.

Three princesses- Cadence, Maria, and Ella.

Our Little Fans...

Maybe next year, girls.

Ella's 2nd Birthday Party

This past Saturday, we celebrated Ella's 2nd birthday. We had a great time with family and friends.

Ella with Moo,

with Uncle Jesse,

Juju was very happy to snuggle with her grandpa.

Ella with Auntie Morgan.

"Thank you Jonas"

Juliette had her best little friend at the party as well. Natalie looked very pretty in her headband and she even knows how to smile for the camera!

Ella with her new strider bike. It's "just like Jonas' bike". Ella loves to be "matching", so she is excited that she and Jonas have "matching bikes".

Juliette is getting prettier and prettier!

Some of her other gifts included: an easel from Grandma,

a pink tutu from Auntie Morgan, and some princess outfits from Uncle Marzi and Auntie Jaynie.

Since Grandma Jo-Ann was in town, Juju was sure to wear her Tigers onezie.

Here are some highlights from Ella's party: Jonas dancing, Ella opening presents and getting distracted by wanting to ride her bike halfway through, and Ella blowing out the candles.

She was very funny when she opened her gifts. Anything that was a clothing item she wanted to wear immediately. This resulted in her wearing a Canucks' t-shirt, a pink tutu, and sparkly sandals. Thanks to everybody who shared in Ella's special day!

Juju Waves

Since Ella had her birthday party this weekend, Juliette has decided she had better start doing some new tricks. So, this week she has perfected her wave, started clapping, and started playing peekaboo.

When we say hi to Juju, she stops and waves. It sometimes looks more like she is milking a cow but we know she means 'hi'.

Peek-a-boo!

Juliette and Dadda love to play peekaboo together. Just this past week, Juliette has started to play on her own by covering her eyes. Ella is excited to now have her sister to play peekaboo with!

Fun at the Park

We met some friends at the park this afternoon. It was quite warm and we brought out sun hats and sunscreen. Juliette had a great picnic experience. She has always been a happy baby, but lately she has been especially full of smiles and giggles. Maybe she is excited that we are getting some warm weather and her first summer is just around the corner!

Jonas is going to be a big brother very soon. Kara is absolutely glowing. We can't wait to meet little Lung!

Girls' night!

This weekend is Dadda's weekend to go away. We decided to have a girls evening. We painted our toe nails and ate oreo cookies. To top it all off, Moo came over to help put the girls to bed.

Snuggling up.