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!!!

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!