Swings Are Awesome

Scott, Gemma, and Milo came over for a visit the other night and we had a chance to enjoy the awesome weather! Here are Parker and Milo on the swings, making faces and goofing around. Milo calls a swing a "weeee", and for good reason. Wee indeed, Milo. Wee indeed.

The hardest part was holding the play structure down! Our property sits on a gigantic bed of limestone, and the pegs to hold the structure into the ground don't actually hammer all the way in because they hit rock. So when both boys would swing in the same direction, it would lift the opposite end of the structure off the ground, which was mildly traumatizing. We need to figure out a new way to nail it down!

It's Good To Be Polite

The other day at the grocery store, April asked Parker to put some baby carrots into the cart for me. He dropped them in and I said, "Thank you, Parker!" and his reply was, "You're so polite, Daddy!" There was a lady walking past us buying vegetables and she had a good laugh as we explained we were working on manners. :D

Getting Nicer Out?

Okay, so it's not spring time yet, but it's definitely getting a bit warmer out. It's hard to tell from Parker's hat and mittens that it was a reasonable temperature, but it was still kind of windy. Here we are checking out a different park in Amherstview just to mix it up a bit.

Parker looooves climbing the stairs.

He also loooooves bridges.

Looking coy while riding a gigantic elephant.

Looking terrified while riding a whale.

Parker turn the wheel, turn the wheel Parker....

Parker also loooooves airplanes. And he has super radar to spot them, as well.

Although I guess this one wasn't THAT hard to spot....

Down the slide! Weeeeeeeee!

C'mon, sun! Melt, snow, melt!

Happy Birthday April! :D

Kellen's Second Birthday

On the weekend we went to Kellen's house to celebrate his second birthday! We haven't seen him in a while so it was cool to see how big he is and hear him talk! Here are some photos from the party:

YO GABBA GABBA CAKE!!!!!!!!!!

Grandpa, Parker, and Lita taking a moment to pose/point for the camera.

Ripping into some presents.

Kellen's friend, Caden.

April being cute and pregnant.

Kellen's cousin, Elyjah, helping him read a book.

Happy birthday!

Mmmmm... orange juice moustache....

Kellen eating the remnants of Toodee.

Hungry Hungry Hippos

Last week we went to Kristyne and Gabriel's house for a playdate, and Gabriel broke out the Hungry Hungry Hippos! Here's a photo (courtesy of Kristyne! Thanks!) of everyone playing at the table. Best game ever? Om nom nom nom nom....

Parker and Andrew were all about the two-thumbed technique, even though I tried to teach Parker that he could eat a million more marbles if he mashed the handle with the palm of his hand at light speed. It was fun watching them play!

Rocking Out To Splash 'N Boots

Here's a video I made while Parker and I were eating dinner the other night. He really likes the song "Hello" by Splash 'N Boots and he hadn't heard it for a while so I was hoping he'd totally rock out when he heard it. And he did. I set the camera up during the first track, "This Is Our Home", hoping he'd forget about it by the time the second song came on and he did! Here he is, singing and dancing a bit to a song about Canada, and then really givin'er to "Hello". I think this might be the loudest I've ever heard him sing, too (usually he's pretty quiet).

The video was so big I couldn't upload it directly through Blogger, so I had to make it a YouTube video instead. New frontiers!