Cole's 3rd Birthday Party – The Canada Party.

We drove out to Richmond to our friend Don and Jess's to celebrate Cole's third birthday. Jess made homemade turkey chilli and cheesy cornbread... Yum! Chicken fingers and sweet potato fries for the kids. Coles birthday cake was awesome... A mountain of mini sour cream doughnuts dressed up with Canada flags. After doughnuts followed ice cream cone decorating by the kids... Way too funny. Some couldn't care less about the decorating and concentrated on devouring the ice cream and others just ate the cool decorations and left the ice cream to melt... Ahhhhhhhh... Kids.

"Oh Canada... I mean... "Happy Birthday to you!"

"We didn't do it."

"Hello?"

Shiny orange... Mmmmmm... Oh, if I only could be a little taller...

"I didn't do it either... Don't I look innocent?"

Emma loves balloons...

The mini doughnut birthday cake.

Here comes the ice cream cones...

Let the eating and decorating begin!

Ryan decorating his ice cream cone.

The birthday boy.

The Noisy Red Chair.

We have two old school chairs, one is black and the other red. The black chair has felt feet on it and makes no noise when pushed, guess which one Emma prefers...

Raspberries and Avocados.

Messy Me.

Avocado still continues to be Emmas favourite food. Her skin will be gorgeous and glowing considering how much she applies to her face and head :)

Valentines Day.

We went for a long walk in our neighbourhood... The Spring flowers are starting to come out... So beautiful especially the ones that grow randomly in peoples lawns...

We could take a thousand shots just of all the amazing trees in our neighbourhood. In the winter, they are like architectural masterpieces, in the fall, the trees are like they are on fire with all the colours they produce, in the spring, they bring us bright chartreuse buds and fresh leaves and in the summer when our windows are open, you can hear the leaves move, in a gentle almost rhythmic pattern, rustling with even the slightest ocean breeze.

Ryan taking after his Daddy and trying every challenging terrane with his beloved bike.

Scaling up the side of a root bound tree.

OK... What next...

At home sitting on the back deck.

Emma adores her big brother and loves being outside.

Wishing she was with her Daddy and big brother playing in the backyard...

Why can't I go back outside Mommy?

Just you wait... A few more weeks and I'll be running not just walking!

Little Miss Confident.

Little Miss Cutie Pie!

Lunchtime or Naptime the Video.

Spanish Banks with the Forrests.

We had a great Sunday with Don, Jess, Josh, Cole and Olivia. We went to Milestones for brunch and then headed down to Spanish Banks for a walk. It was overcast and a bit chilly but near the end the sun finally came out. Cole and Ryan got along like a house on fire.

The logs were a huge source of entertainment...

If we could only get both guys to look at the camera at the same time...

"Oh, Come on Cole looking at the camera is just want they want... Don't you know that if parents want you to do something they want, you should do the polar opposite?"

Buddies for life!

"You do it... No you do it... It's too cold to do it..."

Penny for your thoughts?

Two dudes.

"Enough pictures already... our butts are getting cold on this picnic table!"

"Wazzzzzzzzzzzzzzup!

Beautiful Baby Olivia.

Naptime.

Two hot babes.

Ryan up to monkey business amongst the leaves and thorns.

How to keep two toddlers from doing what they're not suppose to be doing... Tell them to "Push!"

Ryan and Cole getting a debriefing about staying out of the way of runners and cyclists... "Remember what I said Cole... Do the opposite."

Greg and Ryan enjoying the ducks.

Quack, quack, quack...

Lunchtime or Naptime?

OK this is how it started... Sun came out, why not have lunch early, say 10:30? Sat Emma down, then Ryan, both happy as clams. I went to the bathroom to fold a bit of laundry and then I looked around the corner to checkup on them...

Watching some Curious George.

Emma seemed genuinely interested in George as well...

Ummm... Bow-tie pasta and butternut squash a bit boring today?

That sleeping position can't be comfortable?!

Ahhh... Fingers are where the comfort is...

Wake me up when it's time for dinner...