Brown Bear...

Juliette loves it when Ella "reads" (not really reading here) Brown Bear. You can hear her little voice saying the animals in the background.

Kisses from Karis

A Soft Answer...

Juliette's favorite verse: "A soft answer turns away raft (wrath)." At the end of this video is her deep laugh - one of my favorite sounds in the world.

Karis

A few of Karis' favorite things to do are: saying "Dadda", smacking her chest like a gorilla, and giving kisses. She says Dadda to any man she sees. It feels a little weird when we are in the grocery store and she points to the man in line behind us and starts yelling "Dadda, Dadda, Dadda".

This weekend Dadda is away on a men's retreat, so anytime Karis says "Dadda" Juliette reminds her "that's not Dadda, he's on the men's retreat." Very helpful :)

Little Reader

Ella loves being read to and has been requesting to learn how to read. It has been so much fun to teach her and watch her sound things out. She sometimes guesses at words, but when she slows down and sounds them out it is really amazing to listen to. Ella gets very excited about the progress she is making - and so do we!

White Rock

Last Friday I took the girls to White Rock. We walked along the pier and explored in the tide pools.

It was much hotter than we expected so we didn't have our bathing suits. Ella and Juju wanted to splash around so they played in their underwear.

They brought along their butterfly catchers and collected clam shells and a few crab legs.

The girls washed up, got back into their clothes and we met Dadda's gr.11 class for lunch. Dadda invited us along for his field trip to "Le Vol au Vent." The girls loved being a part of this and they were a huge hit amongst the students.

Here's Ella's face after we told her she was getting chocolate crêpes for dessert.

And after a big morning at White Rock, all 3 girls fell asleep in the van.

Victoria Day

Last Monday we went to Burnaby to visit Great Grandpa. 

The girls love his bird book, his bird ornaments, and his coo-coo clock.

Ella wanted to bring her devotional to show Grandpa.

We spent some time in Great Grandpa's backyard, looking at the trees, the fruit bushes, and the birds. The girls loved it back there!

91 year old Great Grandpa explaining nature to an almost 4 year old in a tutu - precious.

The girls LOVE climbing trees.

We went to the Fort to Fort trail and had a picnic dinner.

Happy Victoria Day!