Aedia's Fourth Birthday Party!

My niece, Aedia, turned FOUR YEARS OLD yesterday. Meanwhile, I haven't aged a day...
Time does fly.

 The birthday girl with one of her amazing grandpas. 

Lucky girl had all her grandparents there!

As you can see she is wearing her "Christmas dress" even though it's her birthday.

(her words)

 Aedia was very good about reading all the cards before opening each gift.

But she was very serious about getting those gifts open when it came to it.

Georgina was also very helpful through the whole process. She believes in efficiet gift-unwrapping and will lend a hand where she sees fit.

  Katie made delicious cake! Or trifle. yummy yummy. 

It was oreo and strawberry at Aedia's request. Girl has great tastes.

Can't talk. Eating cake. 

This was the only moment of silence all evening.

And here's a little video of the evening.

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY AEDIA. 

You're growing up so fast and so beautifully.

Tot Romp

This morning Dave apparently gave Georgina pure sugar for breakfast because she was running around the house in circles just screaming (I'm not positive he did but she was exceptional today). I packed up the girls and brought them to tot romp, an indoor playground organised at the community centre for daily drop ins, in the hopes of burning off all that energy. We met up with Georgina's good friend Jackson and his little brother Oliver.

Miriam drove around

 While G did some climbing

Miriam scooted

While G worked on her balance beam skills. Look at that form!

Miriam played with Oliver

And Georgina played with Jackson

The parachute was the highlight.

Both girls fell asleep as soon as we got home so I would say it was a success! That or G was crashing from her sugar high. Here's a video summery of the day.

**You can click on the video to enlarge it if you would like.

A Sunny Park Day With Friends

One sunny day a couple weeks ago - who has time to blog? - we went for a walk to our local playground and met up with Anne, Leo and Max.

Georgina sang and marched merrily to the park.

And she helped push Miriam part of the way. 

She cannot see where she's going but is adamant that you do not help her.
Always the big girl.

Almost there....

It's just at the end of this path...

Through the trees...

 Over the bridge...

Up the hill....

And we're here!!!

Leo adores Miriam. The little dude in red is Max, Leo's brother, who is one month older than Miriam.

Leo played so well with Miriam and she loved every moment.

Georgina and Leo started playing a questionable game of Shove Each Other Off The Stump. 

They LOVED it. So we let it play out.

Action Shot!

And they played Follow The Leader. 

But then it was time to say goodbye.

Those eyebrows!!!!

Goodbye kiss for his favourite

On our way home Georgina stopped to watch the school kids playing at recess. She didn't understand why she couldn't go in and play too. Don't worry Georgina, you'll be old enough too soon. 

Thanks Anne, Leo and Max for a great play date. I'm sorry they don't happen more often!

Walking The Car

 Miriam just LOVES walking her car. It's kind of tedious for me cause she is incapable of steering it and will walk in a straight path until she hits a road block and then look for me to fix it. It's easier for me to just steer for her the whole time, hunched over the front of the car, directing her along. It makes her soo sooo soooo happy how could I not?

Here she's walked right into the fridge but doesn't mind one bit. She is just so pleased that mommy's coming to play some more.
Georgina loves to sit on the car and scoot around the house. Generally this causes a fight but on the rare occassion it works out beautifully

Bye girls! Have fun!

Trampolines and Tea Parties

The other gloomy day I strapped Miriam on and went out to cut the grass. She hates it when I do that. She doesn't mind being worn so much as she is terrified of the lawn mower. As a reward, I let her play on the trampoline for a while despite the wind storm we were caught in. She didn't mind at all.

Proof I was there. Not a photo of actual event. This was taken on a much warmer day.

"Look at me!!!"

I bet you're all admiring my well manicured lawn thinking "Love those cut lines."
No big deal.
When G got home from school we all went upstairs and enjoyed ourselves some muffinins (G's word for muffins) and tea!

Miriam is such a good little customer eating everything  Georgina serves up.