Our long weekend...in pictures of course!

We had a great long weekend! It's funny though...because since Matthew has been on parental leave everyday feels like the weekend! I felt like a teenager again when I for the first time in a LONG time I slept in till almost 9:30am!!!! I have the greatest husband in the world! Thanks hunny!!!

Anyways...here is our weekend...OH and in case you're wondering why so many of these pictures are of Isla...it's because shes the only one that DOESN't complain when mommy points the camera her way!!!

My new 'spice rack' thingy....I LOVE FREECYCLE! I finally cleaned up all my spices and then I was on a roll...Yep, I cleaned out and organized all of our kitchen cabinets while the rest of the family enjoyed a 2.5 hour nap!!!


Smily Isla in her carseat!


Enjoying daddys attention outside on blanky



Collecting sand for his "powder cakes"




I just can't get over the size of daddys hand compared to Isla's little body!


Self portraits



My FAVORITE meal...thanks Matthew!


Matthew and Ezra had a campout in the backyard last night...she roasted mini marshmallows on skewers over the bbq, played dora go fish with mommy and read stories in the tent with daddy! She tried falling asleep but the darned fireworks happening right next door made it a little difficult...so finally at 10:45pm Ezra went to sleep inside in her own bed! She had a lot of fun though!




Isla watching some tv in her bumbo

Ezra's classmates...

As you already know, Ezra is incredibly excited about starting school in just 12 days!!! I organized a little playdate for Ezra with two little girls that she already knows from church. They will be together in the same class this year and most likly next year for the french immersion program.
They had a lot of fun playing at Vickers park together and their mommies had fun chatting with each other!

I brought Matthijs along...and he didn't want to play much with the girls but if there was a mud puddle to find...he found it! Isla was asleep when we left so daddy stayed with her. I had some milk frozen and thought if and when she wakes up she could eat that....NO DEAL! Isla refuses more than ever to take a bottle...she'll wait not so patiently for mommy!!!

Here are a few pictures of the 'Agnew Girls" aren't they cute???

Matthijs is riding his 2-Wheeler (with training wheels)!!!

It's official!!! It just "clicked" for him! Just 2 weeks ago I had Matthijs on his two wheeler and he just didn't quite get what he was supposed to do with the peddling...he got it here and there...but not totally!
Anyways he started strictly peddling his pink and purple tricycle in the last week or two so Matthew tried him on the big bike yesterday. He did amazing! I loved it and just didn't want to stop! He's going like mad, a little speed demon!! Anyways...here are some pictures of last night on his bike and then a video from this evening on his bike...with 4 very special SHOUT OUTS!!!
We're so proud of you Matthijs...what a BIG BOY you are getting to be!



Please excuse his snotty, dirty face....he's quite happy regardless!!!

My newest & favoritist scrapping partner

...you got it, EZRA is now SCRAPBOOKING!

I bought her a scrapbook a couple of weeks ago. Its so perfect, all you need are pictures because it comes with co-ordinating papers, sticks, diecuts etc!

We've been looking for the perfect time to start it and Ezra and I have both been so excited about it! We sat down at the computer together and she chose some of her favorite pictures to scrapbook. So we printed them off!

Last night Ezra completed her first scrapbook page! I'm so proud of her!!!
Of course we took a lot of pictures!!! Didn't she do a fantastic job? She picked everything out and where she wanted to put it on the page!

So we got started around 8pm (when Matthijs went to bed) and stayed up till 9pm together. It was so special!

THIS WAS SOOOO CUTE...
When I tucked her in I said "I've waited for a long time..." she said "for what?" I said, "for a little girl to scrapbook with, thank you for scrapbooking with me Ezra"
Then Ezra said "Ive waited a long LONG time for you to scrapbook with me. When I was in your tummy I was thinking hmmmmmm....I wonder if mommy will scrapbook with me one day, and you did!!!"
Ezra that is one of the cutest things you've ever said! I pray that we will have lots of quality time while scrapbooking together in the future!!! I love you babe!!!

Here are the photos of Ezras first scrapbook creation...

out with the OLD & in with the NEW

Matthew renovated our upstairs bathroom! He finished about 3 weeks ago now, but I just got around to posting pictures of it today!! Well there are still a few things left to do...he'll put our new window in, baseboards are going to be much like the edging on our countertop and the wall part under the counter will be finished!

If you ask me, I think he did a wicked amazing job...WICKED AMAZING!!! He never really intended on fixing it up yet...but when he went to replace the old toilet for a newer one and found out that the floor was rotted right out...and then the same thing with the tub surround...MOLD mold and more mold...he had to re-drywall...so one thing led to another and here we are with a classy make over!

Matthew did every inch of this himself...he finished the cupboards in oak veneer, granite tile for countertop, floor, subfloor, grouted tile, the oak walls took substantial time having to run up and down two floors for measuring and cutting outside. I could keep going on with the crazy amount of beautiful details that he added to our bathroom. I LOVE IT (can you tell?) I don't mean to go on and on...but I'm just so proud of Matthew and his skills. I've come to realize that if he doesn't know how to do something...he'll figure it out and do an awesome job!

Thanks hunny, for your effort and the wonderful job that you did on our bathroom and everything else in our house that you touch! I love you my handiman!!
Love Lisa xoxo

Here are some before and afters...some of the colouring is off...but you'll get the jist!

SICK

Yep...all 3 kids are sick :(
Started with Matthijs...runny nose. Then in the middle of the night Ezra had a brutal cough, couldn't talk this morning if you know Ezra...she can ALWAYS talk. Isla too, she woke up every 2 hours last night and had a hard time sleeping and eating. Matthew got up with her at 4am...and she stayed sleeping in daddys arms for 2 hours...while Ezra slept with me.
I hate it when my sweeties are feeling under the weather...This is Islas first time being sick, and its sad to see her like this...she doesn't know what's going on!
Please God, heal them and make them feel better soon!
Love Mommy

Sleeping Giant Provincial Park

On Sunday we went to Sleeping Giant Provincial Park with great friends of ours, Krysta & JD and their kids! They just recently purchased a beautiful tent trailer and decided to go for the weekend...we met them out there on Sunday for a day full of fun on the beach, at the campsite, Sliver Islet, and of course a campfire complete with smores!
It was GREAT! Thanks Krysta and JD for a great time!!!
On the way home we were caught in traffic for an hour...then Matthew found us a way out! There was a bad accident that happened about a 1/2hr before we got there. The helicopter came to scene and air lifted two people to the hospital. The accident was only a kilometre or so in front of us! There is a photo of the line up and helicopter.


Isla is carried in her sling like this whenever & wherever we go!!!




Colouring inside the trailer with Ava and Andi


Matthijs skipped his nap that afternoon and ended up passing out on the way back to the trailer from Sliver Islet at 4:15 in the afternoon!



Ezras FIRST campfire...and roasting marshmallows for SMORES with Sam & Seth


SOOOOOOOOOOMORE YUMMY!




DVD player for the hour trip there and back...what in the world did our parents do without those things???



Traffic from the accident and helicopter


Isla after screaming for the past 15mins I took her out to feed her during the wait...she was happy about that!


Now it's Ezras turn to be ZONKED out...Matthijs' turn to hold the DVD...time for some Laurie Berkner!

Our 100th post!!!

Here we are at our 100th post...that first post was Oct.1.2006! Ezra was 2 1/2 yrs old and Matthijs was 6 months old. I didn't post much at all then and hardly any pictures on the blog then either. It was so new and I didn't really have the patience to figure it all out! Anyways...I'm into it now, can ya tell?
Actually 80 of those 100 posts we just posted THIS YEAR! So even though I started this blog almost 2 years ago....80% of the posts were in the last 8 months...crazy!
Thanks for sticking with us and following our posts this far!!!