French Class

Since September, I've been tutoring French. We had our last class on Monday. The girls learned a lot and we had lots of laughs. On our last day everybody brought their favourite fruit and we made a "friendship salad". Since we had been learning about fruit in French, the girls said the name of their fruit as they mixed it into the salad. 

My class started as a class of 2 (Sophie and Emmalea) and then grew into a class of 5 (Penny, Sienna, and Ella joined us). Juliette mostly just played with Ms. Corinna and Ms. Jackie while I taught, but she joined us for the picnic at the end. 

Uncle Matt and Auntie Jaynie

Last weekend we had a visit with Uncle Matt and Auntie Jaynie. The girls had a great time with them and Juliette calls Jaynie "Jimmy". They were very grateful for a few new outfits, colouring books, and new haircuts. While they were visiting we celebrated Grandpa Clark's birthday (more pictures to come).

Matt and Jaynie's Wedding

Here are some more pictures from Matt and Jaynie's big day.

Strider Bike

Sometimes things don't go exactly how we think they will with our little ones. Yesterday we gave Juliette a Strider bike. We thought it would be fun for her to have one for the summer and she is about to become the middle child, so she could use a treat. Juliette has been asking for a bike for the past month and she sees Ella riding hers all the time. We were very excited to give it to her and thought that she would be thrilled so we got the video camera out to film the excitement. Instead, she threw herself on the pavement and cried. The video is quite funny and eventually she came around and now she seems to like her bike. Who would have thought that this would be so upsetting?

Here's a video of Ella on her Strider. She is getting very fast and loves to put her feet up to glide. 

A Visit from Grandma Jo-Ann

The girls were very excited to have Grandma Jo-Ann stay with us last weekend. They had so much fun together, and Momma and Dadda even went for a night away!

 We spent Saturday night in Vancouver. We went for a nice dinner and swam in the outdoor pool in Stanley Park. The weather was beautiful on Saturday and the pool felt very refreshing! The girls and Grandma had a great time and Ella has been asking when we will be going on our next date.

 On Monday we went to Chapters and Grandma bought Ella her birthday present, a doorbell house. It is a little wooden house with 4 doors that open and close and that all have doorbells that make a different sound. There is a doll that lives in each door and a set of keys to lock and unlock it. Ella loves it!

 Our traditional trip to White Spot.

Our friend Natalie...

Yesterday, we were able to visit with Natalie while her Momma went to the gym. The girls had a great time together. Natalie is 16 months old and she is getting cuter and cuter. We love her smile and her curly hair. 

Week 36

We are now in week 36 of pregnancy. You may look at the side of our blog and wonder why I say I'm in week 36 when the ticker says that I'm 35 weeks pregnant. This is because it makes me feel like I'm closer to meeting our little baby. So rather than saying I'm 35 weeks pregnant, I say that I'm starting week 36. This mentality doesn't work well in some areas of life. For example, when Ella turns 3 I will not say that she is starting her 4th year... that just sounds way too old.



So far I've been blessed with a great pregnancy and have had very few days where I haven't felt well. If you haven't already voted on the gender of our baby, make sure to do so!