Getting into our Fall routine

This is Spencer's first week back at school, so our days have been getting into more of a routine. So far we are having a great week. We are doing lots of learning, playing, and snuggling.

Peter had his 1 month appointment and weighed in at 11 lbs 11 oz. At 1 month he outweighs all of his sisters, despite having the lowest birthweight. He is a full 2 pounds heavier than Ella was at 1 month, and 1 pound heavier than Juju and Karis were. Peter is in the 95th percentile for weight. Way to pack it on, Pete! - and thank-you for not being born in the 95th percentile for weight :)

Please take note of the cute overalls he is wearing in these pictures.

"ooh look at Petey, he is doing his tummy time" - Karis

Peter is great motivation in getting Ella to practice her reading. She will read to him for as long as he is willing to sit with her.

Happy Fall!

Last Friday we spent the day with the Martens' girls.  It was a beautiful fall day, so we spent lots of our time out in the yard. It was a fun day.

Baby Shower

A couple of weeks ago my amazing friends put together a baby shower for Peter and I. The theme was Peter Rabbit!

I felt very blessed by the fun decorations, the thoughtful planning, the delicious food, the advice for raising boys, and for the "which Lafleur baby was it" multiple choice game. It was a great afternoon. Thanks friends!

Peter got so many cute little outfits. Plaid things, blue things... it's a whole new world :)

More happenings...

A couple weeks ago, my mom came for a visit. It was very special introducing her to Peter. 

We also celebrated Ella's reading. She finished her "100 books" chart and we went for ice cream. Grandma Jo-Ann was in town for our celebration.

Juliette made Ella a card that said "Ella 100 reading. Juliette". The card was her idea, and she also put a couple of her favorite crayons in a gift bag to give Ella at the ice cream shop. I was concerned that Juju would feel left out because the spotlight was on Ella, but Juju has the sweetest heart and was excited to celebrate her big sister.

Soon we will go out to celebrate Juju. She is almost finished her reading lessons and has gained great confidence in her reading skills. 

Karis loves to say "Hi Petey, I'm your big sister."

One of the many adorable outfits Peter received at the baby shower.

Sophie and Penny enjoyed meeting Peter at French class.

Karis loves to practice her math.

Our girls have a new favorite activity - writing words with Scrabble tiles.

Uncle Matt came for a visit last week. He met Peter and had dinner with us. It was fun for the girls to see some of the places that Uncle flies to on the map.

The girls were learning about Abraham last week. Spencer did a cool art project with them - a painting of Abraham counting the stars in the sky. Diya wandered over and joined us for our art project.

The weather has been nice and we have been taking advantage of our picnic table.

And yesterday our sweet boy turned 1 month. Karis kept saying "happy 1 month Petey."

My boys all snuggled up for a nap.

Around Here

Juliette and Karis feeding their babies.

Last Saturday we moved. Thankfully we had lots of help and it went quite smoothly. This week has been quite full getting set up and caring for our newborn. We are very happy with our new place. Above is a picture of our girls playing with their friend Diya. Diya lives in the house above our basement suite.

Peter continues to get plenty of attention.

Ella had her first day of community class on Wednesday. She really enjoyed it. She is in a K/1 split and has already made a few new friends. Her teacher's name is Mrs. Thain.

And here is our growing baby boy. We are overflowing with love for him. He really is the sweetest little thing.