Theo has really been pulling some excellent one-liners lately:
Today when Charles was correcting Theo for doing something wrong Jack tried to interject something. As soon as Jack starting speaking, Theo put his hand up and said 'Stay out of this Jack.' - I wonder where he has learned this phrase and I wonder how many more times he will have to use it in his life???
Today at lunch when I gave Theo his satsuma he quickly inspected it and then said 'It doesn't have any seeds. Well Done Mom.' I didn't know that I had a little quality control inspector on my hands!
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Saturday, 12 February 2011
Addie's First Year Weigh In
So I promised that I would post more regarding Addie's first birthday. On Thursday the tenth we went to Pizza Hut as a family for lunch which was really fun. We have started this as a family tradition and the kids seem to love it. I remember when we took Jack for his first birthday we biked with him on the back and it was the first time he had been to a restaurant. Needless to say we went in the car this time and it was definitely NOT Addie's first time to a restaurant. How life is different for a third child!
The rest of the day was fairly uneventful - we went to Jack's swimming lesson and to dinner at college (our normal Thursday night activity). Again how life is different for a third child!
From my earlier post here is the summary of what people guessed:
Grandmother 24 lbs 7 oz
Grandma 21 lbs 5 oz
Grandad - 22 lbs (or kilos - whichever is closer)
Keri - 25 lbs
Aunt Rebekah - 23 lbs
Aunt Karen - 22 lbs
Jill - 16 lbs
Ruth - 23 lbs 8 ozs
Anna - 24.95 ozs
Suzy T. - 24 lbs 6 oz
Susie G. - 22 lbs 5 oz
And as promised here is the result of Addie's one year weigh-in:
The rest of the day was fairly uneventful - we went to Jack's swimming lesson and to dinner at college (our normal Thursday night activity). Again how life is different for a third child!
From my earlier post here is the summary of what people guessed:
Grandmother 24 lbs 7 oz
Grandma 21 lbs 5 oz
Grandad - 22 lbs (or kilos - whichever is closer)
Keri - 25 lbs
Aunt Rebekah - 23 lbs
Aunt Karen - 22 lbs
Jill - 16 lbs
Ruth - 23 lbs 8 ozs
Anna - 24.95 ozs
Suzy T. - 24 lbs 6 oz
Susie G. - 22 lbs 5 oz
And as promised here is the result of Addie's one year weigh-in:
For those that cannot make out the numbers, the results showed a 24.05 lbs which results in Suzy T. being the Champion Guesser! Well done Suzy!
And in case anyone wants to see how Addie felt about being publicly weighed:
We promise it will be the last time little lady! :)
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Happy First Birthday Party Little Adelaide!
We had a birthday party yesterday for Addie. We were going to have it on the tenth but Charles teaches almost the whole day so we decided to move it to Wednesday so he could attend. We invited three of her friends and their siblings over for cupcakes.
Addie and her friends: Ellie, Dylan, Addie and Keziah
Addie being sung to:
And Adelaide after her cupcake:
We are sorry we were not able to invite our friends and family in America and other far places but we do invite you to play a game with us! Yesterday we played the infamous game of weighing the baby and seeing how much they weigh on their first birthday. For those family members and friends who want to play I will let you wager your guess now. You have until close of play today. I will announce her weight tomorrow. Just for reference, she started at 7 lbs 8 ozs. What do you think? How much a year later?
Addie and her friends: Ellie, Dylan, Addie and Keziah
Addie being sung to:
And Adelaide after her cupcake:
We are sorry we were not able to invite our friends and family in America and other far places but we do invite you to play a game with us! Yesterday we played the infamous game of weighing the baby and seeing how much they weigh on their first birthday. For those family members and friends who want to play I will let you wager your guess now. You have until close of play today. I will announce her weight tomorrow. Just for reference, she started at 7 lbs 8 ozs. What do you think? How much a year later?
To Be Like Daddy
I had one of those sweet parenting moments on Saturday. Charles was away at an all day conference in the city. I was sitting on our bed when I observed Jack looking in the mirror at himself very intently. I asked him what he was doing:
Jack: I am just looking at myself - wishing I had darker hair.
Erin: You have very pretty hair. Why do you want it to be darker?
Jack (a little embarrassed and very earnest): Because I want to be like Daddy.
Erin: Oh that is really sweet Jack.
Jack: Yeah, I want to have glasses too so I can be like him.
As a matter of humour, I did tell him that mommy had lighter hair but he wasn't that interested.
I am recording this story because I am sure there will be many times in the upcoming years where Jack will struggle to think he ever want to be like his Dad. And likewise, as parents I imagine there will be days where we will find it hard to believe that our challenging teenager was once a little five-year-old who aspired to be like his daddy. Hopefully this story will be hope and comic relief at the same time. We pray that God-willing, as Jack matures he will indeed want to emulate some of his parent's traits and that by God's grace we might show traits worth emulating.
Jack: I am just looking at myself - wishing I had darker hair.
Erin: You have very pretty hair. Why do you want it to be darker?
Jack (a little embarrassed and very earnest): Because I want to be like Daddy.
Erin: Oh that is really sweet Jack.
Jack: Yeah, I want to have glasses too so I can be like him.
As a matter of humour, I did tell him that mommy had lighter hair but he wasn't that interested.
I am recording this story because I am sure there will be many times in the upcoming years where Jack will struggle to think he ever want to be like his Dad. And likewise, as parents I imagine there will be days where we will find it hard to believe that our challenging teenager was once a little five-year-old who aspired to be like his daddy. Hopefully this story will be hope and comic relief at the same time. We pray that God-willing, as Jack matures he will indeed want to emulate some of his parent's traits and that by God's grace we might show traits worth emulating.
Friday, 4 February 2011
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