Ella's 3rd Birthday Party

We celebrated Ella's 3rd birthday on Saturday. Her real birthday isn't until next Saturday, but new baby could arrive before then so we celebrated early. 

 We arrived at the clubhouse a little early and Ella said "where are all my friends?"

Juliette had a great time at the party and Ella even shared her new toys with her when we got home.

 She waited patiently for the fun to begin.

 We had a French themed birthday party with crêpes and Eiffel tower cupcakes.

 Ella was so excited to open her cards and her presents. She received so many nice gifts: sunglasses, new shoes, new puzzles, a water bottle... 

 Here she is in her "high heels", holding her new water bottle. She is wearing the cupcake dress she received from Grandma Jo-Ann. 

For the past few weeks, Ella has been concerned that somebody was going to blow her candles out at her birthday. Hudson and Jonas, who were seated right next to her, were very gracious and let Ella blow out her own candles.

Above is a video of Ella getting her cupcake and serving cupcakes to her guests. 

Happy (early) Birthday Ella!

 These are a couple of pictures that Uncle Marzi took of Ella while he was in town. 

 Ella and Juliette wearing their new nighties from Grandma Jo-Ann.

Here is Ella doing her quiet time. She loves to take all her dolls and stuffed animals and set them up on the stairs. They all sit together and "have a party".

Jonas turns 3!

While Dadda was at the men's retreat this weekend, we went into Vancouver to celebrate Jonas' 3rd birthday. We had a great time celebrating at the community fair near the Lung's house.  

The birthday boy blowing out his candles.

 Ella's favourite part of the party was riding on the train and it was the first thing she told Dadda when he got home. "I rode on a train, Dadda, I rode on a train!"

Our buddy Hudson

We have had so much fun having Hudson over at our house on Tuesdays. Sadly, tomorrow is our last day watching him. Hudson, Ella, and Juliette have lots of fun together and we like to call them "the 3 musketeers".

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.