Silly Sisters

Ella and Juliette love to laugh together. Here they are making funny noises on the ottoman and laughing hysterically about it. They also love to run laps around the ottoman. In the middle of this video Ella tell Juju 'you're fabulous, Juju'. Then Ella goes to do something else and Juju calls "Ewwa, Ewwa". Juliette doesn't like it when Ella isn't nearby and will call for her when she's in a different room.

The Pumpkin Patch

This afternoon we went to the pumpkin patch. We went on a hayride and picked out a pumpkin to carve for halloween. The girls had a great time!

Juliette is strong, but she can't quite lift a pumpkin.

The cows at the farm were a huge hit for the girls. Ella asked if we could take one home in our car.

Last Thursday, Hudson arrived at our door all dressed up as a monkey. Ella and Juju got changed into their costumes and we had our own little costume party. It is very difficult to get a picture of 3 toddlers in their costumes. This is one of the best ones that I got, although you can't see her face, you'll just have to trust that Ella is behind the Tigger head. Oh wait, the pink and white polkadot tights that are coming out of the bottom of the costume prove that this is truly her. She wears these everyday.

Ella can build a fantastic block tower... but if Juliette comes and knocks it over, look out!

Our girls love apples.

More Family Photos

Here are the rest of the pictures that we got taken a couple weeks ago. They turned out great!

Proud Dad and proud Mom.

Miriam's dear friend Lianna took the pictures for us. Miriam came along to help out with the photo shoot and we got a couple of great shots with her in them as well.

A classic Juju smile.

The girls were so excited to be at a park with "lots of lakes". They were running around checking everything out.

Future ballerinas?

Grandpa Rob's

Grandpa Rob is away on a golfing trip, so we went to his place to visit the cats. Alaska used to live at our house. It was nice to have a visit with her.

Barbie golf clubs!! I'm not sure... but the girls may have ruined the surprise on one of their Christmas presents.

Halloween Preview

This year Ella is going to dress up as Tigger and Juliette will be a chicken (just like Ella was last year). We tried on the costumes the other day and the girls loved wearing them. Ella had to accessorize her costume with a pink purse. Juliette was upset when we took her costume off.

Ella has been noticing all the halloween decorations in our neighbourhood. The other day when she was walking with Moo they saw some scary decorations (skulls and hanging skeletons). Moo told Ella that those decoration aren't very nice. Now whenever we walk by scary halloween decorations Ella is sure to point them out and say 'those aren't very nice'.

A proud chicken.

Hilarious

Ella has started to use the word 'hilarious'. The other day Dadda was making her laugh at the dinner table and Ella said "oh Dadda, you're hilarious". This statement just sounds so funny coming from a 2-year-old.

Ella also loves to copy phrases that we use. The other day Juliette was headed for the stairs and Ella said "what's the plan here Juju?" This is exactly what Dadda usually says to Juju.

Ella also likes to wear her pink tutu and tights everyday.

Colouring

Here is a video of Ella and Juliette colouring together.

Ella tells Juliette not to colour on the 'wawa' (aka ottoman) and then she wets her finger to clean the marks off the ottoman. Juliette grabs another crayon and Ella tells her she can't have 2 crayons (these are all the things they hear from us). Juliette gives the crayon to Ella saying "there go" and then Ella requests that Juju draws her a turtle.

Family Photos

Earlier this year, we entered a contest and won the prize of a free family photo shoot. This morning we headed out to Abbotsford and had our photos taken by Lianna True. She did a fabulous job. Here are a few that she gave us to preview... more to come!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We went to West Vancouver and had Thanksgiving dinner at Uncle Mo and Aunt Lynne's. It was a great time visiting with family, and we were treated to a delicious meal as well.

Grandpa Rob giving 'horsey rides'.

Juliette with her Great Uncle Teddy.

The girls enjoyed an extra day with their Dadda at home.

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb...

Ella loves the book "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb". Here she is reading the book to Juju, and teaching Juju how to look at the book by herself.

Juju in Overalls

Juliette now fits into the overalls that Ella used to wear. She looks like such a big girl walking around in them.

Ella was upset that she no longer has a pair of "go-gos" (her word for overalls), so I had to convince her that a "go-go" dress was just as good as what Juju was wearing. This put an end to the tears and we were then able to start our day... phew!

Reading together

The other day Hudson and Ella decided to do some reading together. They pulled a bunch of books off the shelves and read independently for about 20 minutes. Hudson enjoyed reading "Where's Spot?" and Ella read her book of prayers.

Ella loves to sing / pray "now I lay me...". One of her books has this prayer in it so she sings it when she gets to this page. Her song is interrupted when she decides to offer the girl in her book some grapes. 2-year-olds can only stay focussed for so long.

It's a truck...

Hudson and Ella were very intrigued by the truck outside our window the other day. Hudson pointed and said "truck, truck, truck", while Ella said "it's a truck Hudson" and later explained to him that "the truck went bye bye". I love listening to their little conversations.

Breakfast of Champions

Just like her Grandpa Clark, Ella likes to start her day with a bowl of Raisin Bran. Juliette usually eats Raisin Bran in the morning too. Breakfast is often their biggest meal of the day. Sometimes I'm amazed at how much cereal they can eat... on other days Ella just picks the raisins out of her bowl and leaves all the bran.

Brushing teeth

Our girls love brushing their teeth. Ella is getting quite good at brushing her own teeth, Juliette mostly likes to eat the strawberry toothpaste off her toothbrush.

Visiting with Grandpa Rob

Grandpa Rob came over for dinner last night. The girls were very excited to have some play time with him. At one point Ella was trying to figure out where Grandpa Rob lives and so she asked him "where is your house Grandpa?".

Grandpa Rob also let Ella try his glasses on.

Little girl on a big chair.