Wa-dadadada

Karis has a very unique way of saying water. She calls it "wa-dadadada". Karis is also a very grateful baby and loves to say "thank-you" :)

Preschool

We started preschool a few weeks ago. We are doing our own preschool consisting of 4 moms, 5 preschool kids, and 4 babies. We meet every Thursday and the moms rotate jobs each week (teaching, helping, and taking care of the babies). So far we've learned about letters, numbers, colors, and shapes.

Hudson, Juliette, Ethan, Ella, and Natalie.

Blessed

On July 27th we renewed our vows. It was such a wonderful day and we felt so very blessed.  Friends provided flowers, decorations, punch, cake, and photos. Keith officiated the ceremony and Dan led the worship. It was truly a community effort and we are so thankful. We are thankful for our friends and for one another. But most of all, we are thankful that Christ is at the centre of our marriage.

Big sisters getting their little sister ready for the ceremony.

The girls picked some flowers the morning of the ceremony. Our friend Naomi came over to do my hair and asked if we could use the flowers to decorate my hair.

The hydrangeas were beautiful!

"Sweetly Broken" was one of the worship songs that we sang. Dan also sang this song on the day of our baptisms.

Keith did an amazing job of officiating the ceremony.

I love the above picture.

God is so good.

Things they say...

Handsome:

The other day as Spencer was leaving to take the girls for a walk, I overheard him say "boys shoes are not beautiful, they are handsome. From now on please say handsome and not beautiful" (This comment came after being told how beautiful he was several times this summer). Since then Spencer has received several compliments about how handsome he is and how handsome his shoes are :)

About growing taller every year:

"Mom, when I'm 100 years old, will I bonk my head on the ceiling?" -Ella

About God:

"Does God have really long arms?" - Juju

About future careers:

This month these are their aspirations... Juliette is going to be an ambulance driver and Ella is going to be a nurse.

"Juj, you can bring all the sick people to me and we will roll them into the hospital together"

Ballet

Ella and Juliette started Ballet class on Tuesday.  They looked adorable in their outfits.

Pink bodysuits, chiffon skirts, and ballet shoes :)

Juliette's class only had 2 kids in it, so they are going to move the 3-year-olds into the 4-year-old class. That works for us!

Ella's class dancing around with crowns and wands. 

The girls loved ballet and they also love their ballet teacher. We're looking forward to going back next Tuesday!

Words

Here's a video clip of Karis' words. I love how she says "Ella, Juju".  Also, when she says "cheese" she thinks she is having her picture taken and does a huge smile.

Not on this video, but one of her favorite things to say is "no way". She usually says this when she is finished eating and you try to give her one more bite - "no way".

Happy Birthday Juju!

Juliette is officially 3! We celebrated her actual birthday with our traditional cinnamon bun breakfast and White Spot dinner. Juju is very excited to be 3. During her quiet time today she started to cry and when I came up to see what was wrong she said "Momma, is I still 3?" I guess she just wanted to make sure.

Juliette's Birthday Party

Last weekend we had a birthday party for Juliette. All of her little friends brought their favorite fruit and we made a friendship fruit salad. We also had a little scavenger hunt, a ball toss, brunch and cupcakes. Juliette had a great time. After the party she said "I'm happy I didn't have to eat salad at my birthday." When I told her we were making fruit salad at her party she kept thinking we were having a green salad instead of cupcakes. 

All ready for her 3rd birthday party.

She opened her fruit presents and the kids made the fruit salad together.

Here are all of the little guests with the fruit salad. These are also all of the kids and babies in our home preschool.

Here is the ball toss game. This generated a lot of excitement. Ella even forgot that she was wearing a dress :)

Here are some highlights from the day.