team spirit

I love how our little man is giving the #1 sign in this photo - too cute.  Go Canucks!

I love October

This weekend has been so wonderful:

- crisp cool air

- extra blankets on the bed

- seeing my breath outside

- a hot pumpkin spice latte 

- biting into crisp apples

- visiting the pumpkin patch 

- moving our bedroom downstairs

- a sea of Lego towers and back-hoes made by my son

- a quiet, relaxing visit to the library without my son
- taking my oldest to the salon for his first "real" haircut

I'm feeling so much love for October!  I'm looking forward to seeing what else it has in store.

just too quiet

The other day I took my oldest son to the dentist - it was a hit.  He had so much fun trying out the water squirter and the air sprayer and watching television on the ceiling.  In fact he is still asking about Dr. Nancy, which is great... who wouldn't want their child to hold a healthy enthusiasm for the dentist?

After we got home we had lunch and he asked to go downstairs to watch tv.  I agreed since he was such a gem at his appointment.  After a few minutes it seemed just way too quiet down there.  I crept down the stairs and this is what I found:

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ten delicious kissable little toes

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A few things I'm loving right now:

• Fiestaware dishes in aqua and pale yellow
• Kitchenaid stand mixer in either ice or majestic yellow (do you see a theme developing here?)
• Socks the fox Blabla doll for my youngest son - my oldest has Andiamo the dog
• play-dates with friends
• walks to the park in the sunshine
• these Bravado nursing tanks
• these mini meatloaves we had for dinner last night - kid tested and approved!
• awesome baby giggles and smiles:

but who wouldn't love that smile?

• listening to our windchimes 
• newborn baby photos from our friends in Ontario
• checking out some other august break bloggers and discovering some amazing photos and women
• watching the boys discover the world around them a little more each day
• the smell of his baby wash - pure heaven!

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This photo makes me laugh every time I see it - I love how he wants to be such a big boy and his obsession with tools and things that go "bbrrrooom" (including his Papa's lawnmower).  He turned two just over two weeks ago and I find myself wondering where the time has gone.

Other wonderful things about our little man that make the "terrible twos" so worth it:

• he loves to dance - whether or not he hears music.  My favourite dance is what I call the "yum-yum dance", which is especially reserved for when he is eating something particularly delicious.
• he is such a cuddly, loving boy.  He loves giving hugs and kisses to everyone.  He even blows kisses goodbye to the grocery store check-out lady.  Of course he saves his most loving hugs and kisses for his baby brother.
• he has bead-head every morning without fail!  
• love how he takes people by the hand and leads them to where he wants to go - doesn't matter if he's known them forever or if he has just met them.
• his enthusiasm for everything he attempts and how he can see the humour in every situation.  (definitely something I can learn from)
• his fat little feet and his kissable toes, his very long eyelashes and his dimples when he smiles.
• he is incredibly observant - a trait he most certainly inherited from his dad.
• he is very persistent in getting what he wants, though I'm sure this has something to do with those "terrible twos".  It is still an admirable trait.
• his insatiable hunger for reading story books.  (something he got from his mom ;-)
• how he came into our lives and changed everything for the better - and continues to do so on a daily basis.

tiny moments

#19 - take B to the water park in Stanley Park

We had another stunning day in the lower mainland last Sunday and we took the opportunity to visit some of our favourite spots in Stanley Park:  the Aquarium, Beaver Lake and the kiddie water park.  It was B's first visit and he loved it (although we did have an incident where he got sprayed in the ear which he wasn't so thrilled with).  The water was freezing, but we like to call it "refreshing" on such a hot day!

If you're looking for a fun, free activity with small kids I would definitely recommend this one (though you'll need to pay for parking).  The location is great - beautiful views of the North Shore mountains and close to oodles of lush green lawn space to have a rest or a family picnic.  I'm sure we'll return again.