Family Day

For those of you who don't live in BC, we have a new holiday here "Family Day". So on Monday Spencer had the day off work and we spent some quality family time.

We have been reading through the story of the Last Supper with the girls and telling them about Jesus washing his disciples' feet. For Family Day we decided to wash our girls feet to show them Jesus love. They loved it, and even asked if they could return the favor!

Juju took the washing of the feet to a whole new level and decided to hop right in the bath (with her jammies on). Juj loves the bath and is often the last to get out.. busy pretending that she is a fish swimming in the water.

Ella washing Momma's feet.

Washing baby Karis' feet.

Juju washing Dadda's feet.

We then went to Crescent beach on an "adventure". We went for a run along the ocean, and then let the girls explore. They spotted cranes, sandpipers, and eagles along the way. 

We sat down for a picnic lunch.

And Dadda taught the girls about clams. We sure do live in a beautiful place!

Princess Tea Party

Last weekend we were invited to a princess tea party. Our friend Amaya, who is in Ella's class at church, was very excited about her 4th birthday party.

Amaya is in the beautiful purple hat.

Baking, Printing, Painting Nails....

Ella and Juju were great helpers in the kitchen this week. We made cinnamon buns for a bake sale to raise funds for Guatemala. 

I love this expression that Juju is making in the picture above... it is one of my favorite faces that she makes. 

Ella has been really into printing lately. She often prints during her quiet time. 

When you are the father of 3 girls, you need to learn some different skills. Here's Spencer painting the girls' nails.

"Horsey" Rides

Ella and Juju love getting "horsey" rides and often ask for a double.

Karis loves to play with her picnic basket from Uncle Matt and Auntie Jaynie. You may notice in this picture, she is starting to get some hair!

Family visits...

Yesterday we visited with Great Grandpa, Grandma She-She, Auntie Morgan, and Auntie Jan. We had yummy treats and the girls even got some fun gifts.

Here are the girls wearing their new dresses, thank-you Grandma She-She!

Ella making "cookies" from her cookie set she received from Auntie Jan.. thank-you!

Enjoying our days...

The girls love to play with Momma's heart punch. They have been collecting hearts in a jar. They give the hearts to Dadda to take to work. Dadda has a jar on his desk at work that is slowly filling up with hearts from his little girls.

The girls helped me mop the floor the other day. They thought this was such an exciting thing to do, which made it fun for me as well :)

Some days these two are the best of friends, other days they are the worst of friends!

Madeline

Our girls love the book "Madeline". Here's Ella reading to Juju before they do their quiet time.

The book is set in an old house in Paris. There are 12 little girls who share a room. The other day Juju asked, "why do we only have 3 girls in our room?"