A Visit from Grandma Jo-Ann

The girls love it when Grandma Jo-Ann comes to visit. She reads them lots of stories, helps them get ready in the morning (this includes getting to put on lotion), brings them clothes, and usually makes lasagna (Ella's favourite dinner!) 

Grandma took Juliette to Chapters where she picked out her birthday present- a pretend birthday cake. It has candles and decorations that velcro on to the cake. The pieces are also put together with velcro and you can cut them using the pretend knife.

While Grandma was in town we went to Maplewood Farms with the Reeds and the Lungs. The kids had such a great time playing on the tractors, chasing ducks, petting animals, and just being in each other's company. It's really sweet to see them all play together.

Grandma also bought the girls a water paint book, which they love!

Thanks for the great visit, Grandma Jo-Ann!

Karis flips over!

Karis hit another milestone yesterday- she rolled over from her tummy to her back! Her 2 big sisters were very excited for her!

Here is Karis doing tummy time with her 2 "coaches". They love to encourage her to flip over and they say things like "come on Karis, you can do it!"

These coaches, however, lose focus very easily. Pictured above is Ella doing her "silly face" and Juliette trying to stick Karis' soother in her ear.

Vancouver Aquarium

Last Saturday, we visited the Vancouver Aquarium. The girls loved the beluga whale show and the dolphin show.

Smiling Karis

Karis is getting cuter and cuter. She looks somewhat like a doll, especially in the picture above.

3 in a tub!

The girls are learning so much about their world and Ella asks some very funny questions sometimes. A couple of weeks ago, during Bible study, she said that "Jesus lives in her heart". Then she asked, "how will he get out?"

At dinner last night we were talking about last names. Ella knows that our last name is "Lafleur". After we said grace Ella asked, "what is God's last name?"

Last week during her quiet time, Ella combined her 2 block sets to make a very tall block tower!

We went to have a visit with Jonas and Mattias.

Juliette eats lots of breakfast these days. She eats bowl after bowl of cereal, often stopping to flex her muscles and say "strong" (something her Grandpa Clark taught her while in Kelowna).

On Friday, we went to Dadda's work to have lunch with him. We stuck around and met his grade 8 class and Ella said "bonjour" to them. Ella was confused as to why Dadda wasn't coming home with us after lunch and she cried as we were driving away and asked "why does Dadda live here now?" She was happy to hear that he would be home later that afternoon :)

Back to School

Spencer went back to work this week at his new school. He rollerbladed or biked to work everyday. The girls found this very exciting and loved waving to him from our balcony. During breakfast, they would ask "how are you getting to work today"? When Dadda came home on his rollerblades, he took the girls for a ride on his skates.

Back to work for Dadda also meant that it was the first week of Momma being at home with 3. There were some difficult times, but overall things went really well and we had lots of fun.

Happy 2nd Birthday Juju!

Today our little Juliette turned 2. It's hard to believe how quickly the time has gone. Juju has turned from a baby to a toddler and she has such a great personality and sense of humour. Her voice and laugh  are very unique and dear to our hearts. We love you, Juliette!

The party guests: Juliette, Hudson, Elise, Maya, and Ella. Elise and Maya are twins who will be turning 2 in November.

The morning of the birthday party, Ella and Juju helped Momma bake cupcakes. Juliette picked out her own icing- dark blue! The dark blue icing turned most of our party guest's mouths blue.

Above is a video of the party and some highlights from our game of pin the tail on the donkey.

Dora Bed

Juliette's birthday present from Momma and Dadda was a 'big girl' Dora bed. It fits perfectly under Ella's loft bed. She has slept very well in it so far. Her crib is still up on the other side of the room. We are slowly preparing the way to having 3 girls in one room.

2 month check-up

The other day, we took Karis in for her 2-month check-up and shots. She weighed in at 12 lbs 6 oz and measured 24" long. She was in the 90 - 95th percentile for her height, weight, and head circumference. Most importantly, she is a very healthy and happy baby.

Pictures from Corinna

A few weeks after Karis was born, our friend Corinna gave us the gift of taking pictures of our family. She did a great job, thanks Corinna!