The MANY faces of Isla at 4 months

So Isla is 4 months old today!!! I can't believe how fast time goes

* You LOVE nursing...and now refuse to take a bottle at all...leaving mommy a little tied down (it's okay, it's totally worth it!)
* Still love when mommy wears you!
* All we have to do is look in your direction and you blast us with a beautiful smile!
* Loving your bumbo, exersauser, chair and jolly jumper now - gives us some options when we can't hold you!
* Not rolling over yet...just determined to do sit ups. You sit up really good assisted! (You roll to your side)
* DROOLY JULIE
* You totally know your name...we just call out "ISLA" and you'll turn and face to whoever just called you
* Stiff as a board, just like your sister was! Always want to stand!

PLEASE ENJOY THE MANY BEAUTIFUL FACES OF ISLA....

Ezra's 1st day of JK

On Thursday, Sept 11th Ezra went for her very 1st day of school!!! She has been patiently awaiting this day for a long time now...and was so excited to go!

Parents were invited to stay the morning with their child, then leave at lunch and the kids stayed the rest of the day on their own! Ezra of course didn't have any tears at any point, she did wish I could stay longer but had no problems letting me leave either.

They did a staggered entry so her group on the first day was only 8 kids! Ezra will go to school every Tues & Thurs. This Tuesday will be her first full day on her own and with the entire class of 21. And Ezra's countdown is on...every morning she asks if it's Tuesday yet!

Right before we left for school




Ezra on her way up to the path to her new school




The walk down the hallway to her room (open concept school)


She found her hook


Kiss goodbye to daddy


Circle time


Freetime


Snack time


Finger on your lip, hand on your hip


Gym Time


Lunch time

OH Isla...

I'm gonna use this picture on a scrapbook page for sure!!! Love this outfit...and of course the ADORABLE SWEETIE in it!!!



In her Jolly Jumper for the very first time!



and just because

trained!!!!

so...I think it's safe to say that Matthijs is now POTTY TRAINED!!!

I can't believe how easy it was for him...I was soooo dreading the potty training process and wanted to avoid it at all costs! It was a frustrating time with Ezra! She did well too, but it was just not fun!

It just seemed like one minute Matthijs had NO interest whatsoever, then the next morning, he wanted "doe (go) poo" all the time!
He has been in his spiderman undies for a week now...with only one accident!!! He even goes for his naps without diaper! We still put one on a bedtime, but it's dry in the morning....

"I DOE POO" he says, and doesn't matter if he's outside fully clothed in the sandbox, he stops whatever he's doing, comes inside and pees or poos!!!

We are SO proud of you Matthijs!!! Keep up the good work handsome!

This picture has a little story behind it. This afternoon when I was putting Isla for a nap, Matthijs woke up! I was trying to feed her in her room when Matthijs came in and said "I doe poo poo mama" I said okay...he makes his way downstairs to find his potty locked behind the fireplace gate! I heard that he was upset about this so I ran down quickly and took it out for him. I could see that he started having an accident while waiting for his potty....but when I came back downstairs he not only FINISHED what he had to do on the potty BUT also found a kleenex and cleaned up his mess! WHAT A SWEETHEART!!!

lil' miss mohawk

This is the hairstyle that Isla sports each day! Poor girl...just peach fuzz on the sides and a whack of hair right on top.
When daddy bathes her, he just lets her hair do its thing. But when mommy does it I give her a good ol' comb over and it'll stay down! But then daddy thinks she looks like a boy...
what are we to do???




Does she look like PINK?

Scrap Crap

Last night I went to a girlfriends house for some good old fashioned scrapping...I think I got enough accomplished....I think I might add a bit more to the top of Silly You...I just think Ezra is beautiful in these photos last Nov.
But Im loving my PUP page...

Isla's First Swim...

On Tuesday we all went for a family swim. Here is Isla, her first time swimming....(aside from bathtub and womb)
She loved it...we stayed for just over an hour before Matthijs chocked back on some water and threw up in the pool...they had everyone get out of the pool so the could bleach er' up again!!! The kids were soooo upset, way to go Matthijs ;) just kidding...

Ezra's 1st Photo Walk - Sept 1st

I forgot to tell you that Ezra and I took our first photo walk together!! It was sooo much fun!

Ezra is quite the photographer I must say! These are only a handful of the photos that she captured, but it was interesting to see what things are interesting to a four year old!

The cute thing was only a few minutes into our walk she saw a lady and her husband outside painting their garage...Ezra asked me if she could take their picture...and I explained we just couldn't take strangers pictures...Ezra proceeded to beg...so being the cave in mommy that I am...I asked these strangers if Ezra could take their picture...we met some new friends and took some nice pictures! Oh and the funny thing was that she said to the lady before we took her picture "SAY CHEESE"

Great job Ezra...Mommy is soooo proud of you!!!
Here are Ezra's pictures....

She wanted to take a picture of something moving...and she caught it!




The "angel" that we always walk by...the kids love this thing!


Self portrait


"Say Cheese"


A footprint on the new friends driveway


A bucket of crap apples that they had to feed the deer


The river along riverview...a routine walk for us


Finishing it off with a picture of mommy doing her thing...with Isla fast asleep in the sling!


You did awesome Ezra...I LOVE YOU!

the things we do....

This is one of the funniest videos.... Matthew had Isla laughing REAL good...but the funniest part is that it's hard to find her laughing in the mix of Ezra and Matthijs'...they were driving me nutso...all I wanted was to capture Islas laugh...but THEY wanted to be in the spotlight too!

Try NOT to pay attention to me in the background...and my nasty swimming/mascara face and baggy tank...also please try to ignore my SHHHH lips to the kids and my bribbing of chips if they STOPPED!!!

Please note that everytime Matthew says BOO to Isla she gets sooo startled!!! Super Cute!!!

forgot a couple!

Oh I forgot just a couple...
I can't get over how long Ezra's hair is now...I so need to trim it! This is Ezra before we left for church yesterday...she loves when I braid it at night...so it can be 'curly' the next morning!



And here is Isla (again) this was this afternoon when we were at the splash pad...I just wanted Aunt Peggy to see her in her outfit! Pink is so Isla's colour! Thanks Aunt Peg! PLUS...Isla's smile is just to cute not to post!!!