"More"

Owen is up at my parents for a few days and based on his total lack of communication with me, I'm guessing he's having an incredible time. Hopefully my parents aren't too exhausted.

Over the past week or so I had started signing the word "more" to Kate when ever it was obvious that was what she wanted. Thursday night while I was changing her she randomly signed "more" for the first time so I said it back to her. Seeing her reaction was incredible. Her face lit up and she couldn't stop smiling, she kept repeating herself so I kept saying it back to her. We were both equally excited. It's now Saturday and she is very quick and confident in letting me know when she wants more!

I was able to catch a short video, it's a bit shaky but fun to see her communicate. Guess I need to learn some new words!

Pic Update

We went to visit Leanne and ended up at
a fantastic water park right by her place

I was trying to provide some shade

He loved the different water features

Perfect for the sunny hot day

Kate loved the water as well

Next was the play area 

where both kids had a blast

Then back to Leanne's where Jamie had
made us all wings on the bbq

So much fun for us all

The grass needed cutting so I loaded a
bowl up with watermelon and let
them loose. They look like little zombies!

Walks to the school park are always a hit

Kate wanted in on the action

So we all helped Owen look for "gems",
special rocks for his collection

This weeks project while Kate napped,
I got Owen to help me with the stenciling

I strung/supported the clematis differently
this year and it is really happy

Owen is constantly creating

It started to rain pretty hard one afternoon
so as a joke we said go have a shower

Before long he was naked and Kate had to
outside in the rain as well. A very
fun 40 min indeed

We walked downtown saturday morning
to check out the farmers market

Kate "helping" with the laundry

We went to the local bike park to watch
Uncle Sean ride, this was how she felt about it

Who knew!

Owen enjoyed it

The walk home was even better

Faster mommy, faster

Owen finally got a haircut, perfect for the summer

A new toy arrived and Kate had been
playing with it constantly

She's also been getting faster and getting around

A Very Busy Couple of Days

Just when I thought I had the crawling baby
under control (Hahaha)

This happened! I went in after her nap
and she was proudly standing.

This pretty much sums up how I feel about that

These two were being so cute together but as soon as I
tried to get a pic, this is what I get

Thankfully they are almost always
cute together
(happily standing)

Almost

Having a lazy Saturday morning
(still standing)

Safe to say, she's pretty confident in
such a short time

The ice cream truck came by today,
it's the "mom, you better not finish that"
look she's giving me

Gnocchi is definitely a hit, I couldn't serve it to her fast enough 

Last Day of JK

It's unbelieveable that Owen has finished his first year at school. He really enjoyed school, the learning, exploring and making new friends. He is writing and spelling out words on his own and is starting to read as well. What i really love seeing is his creativity, some days he just blows me away. Our house is filled with his creations as I can't part with anything just yet and I have the one end of the dining table set up for him to paint/draw/write, whatever he's inspired to do.
Our little guy has made us so proud.

First pic is today, second is the first day of school back
in September. He has easily grown 3 inches, probably more.

I got a call at 2:15pm today that Owen
was sick and I needed to come get him. Poor
guy, I felt so bad for him as he had been
complaining of a sick tummy in the morning

He had requested a bow tie for his last day

Feeling crummy but still pretty excited
to be finished

VIdeos

To follow up with my last post, here are a couple of short video's that I was able to catch of Kate in action!

Miss Mobile

Friday June 9th Kate had figured out how to tuck her knees under herself, I was making Owen's lunch and still remember looking over at him with wide eyes and saying that now we are in trouble. Well, we sure were. The next morning she quickly got herself moving around with no trouble at all so during her first nap Owen and I quickly rearranged the family room in order to have a lego safe area and a kate safe area. Within one week she had mastered crawling and has done a couple of sprints, to chase Owen of course!
This is what our past three weeks have looked like.

Two content kids on a Saturday morning

Kate loves the water so I make sure she get's into the pool every day

Now that she's mobile she crawls
to Owen's room whenever we are upstairs

And is happy to play with her new friend!

"Hummm, this looks interesting"

These two, not patiently waiting for me
to fill the pool

As if I don't have enough stress as it is, Owen
came home with this sticker this week
Nothing serious but still!

As I had said above, nothing serious

A room full of toys and the lids are
her favourite

The second I put her down, she's off

On top of the crawling, both top teeth
are now through making mealtime a
lot more fun

These two are so great together

"Mommy, I need more lids"

Owen and I got caught in our garage this
week during the rain and hail storm,
it was pretty fun to watch

Of course he had to play in it as well, wet
clothes off and warm sweater on

Bubbles will never lose their
 entertainment factor

Owen decided to make a new sign
for the garden

WooHoo, less than two weeks of school left

Kate has been giving me big open mouth
smiles lately and I just love them

Breakfast in the front room

I have no idea why, but this hydrangea is
full of blooms this year while the other two
have none, all in the same location

Checking to see if the pool is filled yet