The girls enjoyed smelling all the pretty flowers.

We had a nice lunch at the Sandbar.

Followed by a nap in the stroller.

Great Grandpa's

We had a nice visit with Great Grandpa this week. As usual, the girls loved seeing the cuckoo clock and his bird book that makes different bird sounds.

Big Girl Bed

Ella's big bed arrived this week. We put it together and she has been sleeping in it the past few nights. It is a junior loft bed, so she uses the ladder to climb into bed at night. It isn't too high above the floor, but it is high enough so that Juliette will sleep underneath on a mattress someday soon. We will soon have 3 sharing a room. Ella loves her new bed, she calls it her "bunk bed" and is excited to go to bed at night. The transition has gone really well and she knows she's not allowed to go down the ladder in the night so she stays in bed until we get her in the morning.

Welcome Home Dadda!

Ella and Juju have missed their Dadda and were very excited to hear that when they wake up, Dadda will be here! We decided to colour him some pictures to give him as a welcome home gift.

To celebrate our last night together, we had dinner at Subway. Ella thinks the best part about Subway is the apple juice, something she doesn't normally get to have at home.

This afternoon we went to the park with Moo. Moo helped us out a lot while Dadda was away. Thank-you Moo!

Ella's snack of choice these days is broccoli. I used to try to give her steamed broccoli, or broccoli with cheese sauce and she never liked it. Last week I tried giving her plain, raw broccoli... and she loved it. I told her that it will make her strong, so when she eats it she likes to ask "what is this going to make me?" And she likes to hear me tell her it will make her strong. It sounds like something my grandma used to tell me, but it works!

The girls were on very good behaviour (for the most part) this week with Dadda away. Yesterday afternoon, Ella had a bit of a rough time and was being quite whiney. I told her that Momma was feeling a little tired and that she needs to help out more than usual since Dadda's not around. She gave me a big hug and asked "does this make you feel not tired"? It was so sweet!

A day with Oren

Last Wednesday Oren's usual babysitter was sick, so he came to spend the day with us. We had lots of fun together. Oren is only a few weeks younger than Juliette, but he is much bigger than her.

When Oren's mom, Jess, came to pick him up she brought us cupcakes!

Help from Grandma...

With Dadda in Guatemala, Grandma came to spend a few days to visit and help us out. The girls loved their time with her and were sad to say goodbye. Grandma brought Ella and Juju some new clothes and Ella has worn her new Minnie Mouse shirt everyday since receiving it. Some fun things we did while Grandma was here were going to White Spot for dinner, and going to the pool. Thank-you for your help, Grandma!