Fun poolside

For Father's Day last Sunday we paid a visit to Gary's Father and Mother, had a lovely lunch and a swim in the pool.

A trip to the Island

Centre Island, that is. My mom, myself and Calder and Easton took Friday to go to Centre Island and visit Centreville, where there are quite a few rides and attractions for kids and adults alike. We had a blast! The last time Calder went to Centreville he was not even 2 years old, I think, and couldn't go on any of the rides, except the ones like the train and the antique cars that we could carry him on.

This time, Calder was able to go on 6 rides by himself and a few more rides with an adult. We stopped part way through our day to have a picnic by the water, and then continued with rides and fun! Here are some pictures of our day!













Calder loved this ride so much he went on it 4 times in a row! There was no one else waiting in line, so the operator let everyone go on again and again!

Adventures in Childcare

Easton is ALL OVER the place now - crawling and standing everywhere! I really have to watch him...he's already climbed up the bottom stair and also climbed up onto a box. The bathroom and laundry room door need to be closed, otherwise he's in the bathroom and I'm afraid he'll topple down the one step into the laundry room.





Calder loves to help me bake, especially when it's something he likes - like chocolate chip cookies. The other day we made cupcakes, entirely too many, but it was fun. I only got pics of Calder helping with the baking cups - Lightning McQueen, dontcha know - and we still haven`t iced them all, but purple, blue and red icing is waiting, to top it off with sprinkles. Yum! Maybe we`ll do that this afternoon....after the gym. ;)

Time Outside is Time Well-Spent

We've been having lots of BBQs lately - YUM! So while Gary has been BBQing, Calder's been outside playing, and after prepping everything, I bring Easton outside. Before he could crawl, I would set him down on a blanket, now I just have to carry him around. :)

We also try to go to the park when we can...Calder loves to swing. Well, he loves being ON the swing and being PUSHED. By Me. I am trying to teach him HOW to swing - how to pump his legs, but he only half-heartedly tries and then says he can't. I am going to keep trying, because otherwise he would have me push him in the swing for 30 minutes, easy.

Here are a few pictures from this past week, and our time outside. Because time outside is time well-spent. No toys, computers, video games...just sun (hopefully), fun (hopefully lol) and family.

Trying new things

Easton has been trying to stand on his own lately. He gets as far as up on all fours, but I think it's great! He's only been crawling for 2 weeks now, and is already into everything, exploring and crawling all over the place.



Easton also got to try Cheerios on the weekend, and he loved them! It was so cute trying to see him put them in his mouth...his pincer grip still isn't well developed, so he was managing to get the Cheerio into his palm, and trying to flatten his palm against his face, thus getting it into his mouth. Needless to say, a lot ended up on his lap. :) But I helped him out. :)

Late night ramblings

So it's almost one in the morning as I write this. Easton went to bed last night around 12, yep, a little late - but then woke up at 6:15 and was down at 7 again for another 3 1/2 hours. Totally unheard of - sleeping till 10:30 in the morning. I thought then that maybe he'd have a good nap schedule today - his last nap he woke up at maybe 4:45 and here we are, past the witching hour, and he is WIDE AWAKE. I'll tell you what he's doing right now - he's pressing tons of buttons on the stereo and listening to the 'Hokey Pokey'. He loves that song.

Man, lack of sleep truly should be a modern-day device of torture. Is it? Somewhere? I know babies don't mean to torture their moms (and in some cases, dads) but it really does make a person go insane. I don't feel like myself at all when tired, or when there's another failed attempt at putting Easton down to sleep. All I can do is daydream about sleep (maybe I shouldn't do that) and hope that tomorrow morning I fare well..we are going to see the 'new' house at 9 am. Crap, that's only 8 hours away...sigh.

Anyway, here's a cute picture of the little monkey in case that's what you visited this blog for today (a picture taken on Victoria Day - Easton was delighted with Calder and his sparkler):

Crawling like Crazy

Easton learned to crawl on Victoria Day this year - Monday, May 24th - that was only 2 weeks ago and already he's a pro. He pulled to a stand the next day, and now does it with ease. Here's some shots of him (as good as I can get) as he crawled around our Family Room carpet the other day.

A little bit brave - or a little bit foolish?

Just got back from taking Calder AND Easton to see Shrek 4: Forever After. Yep, I took them to a Stars and Strollers screening of it - this is when they have two popular movies each week that are playing that you can take your baby to - they have increased lighting, (sometimes) a change table, stroller parking and reduced volume (although I beg to differ on this one). I took Calder to many movies when he was a baby and I was able to take Easton to a few when he was a bit younger, too.

So when I saw that Shrek was playing I thought it would be a great opportunity to bring them both - I tried to get my sister to come but my request was too last minute - so off I went on my own!

Needless to say, with the short-attention span of an almost 4-year old and a baby who has recently learned to crawl, it was a busy movie-watching time. Calder wouldn't sit down for a significant amount of time, was blowing raspberries, and banging (although not really on purpose) the seats in front of him. Easton gave me a lovely bite on the neck, and constantly wanted to stand up, sit down, lie down, eat and then do it all over again. Finally he passed out. When, you ask? With 5 minutes till the end of the movie, of course!

I think I was both a little bit brave AND a little bit foolish. Lesson learned, and I don't know if I'll do that again anytime soon.

Fun with a box

We all know that kids usually have a lot more fun with a box than with what came in it. In this case, it's a moving box, so nothing came in it, but they had fun nonetheless. Calder enjoyed hiding in it, jumping out and saying "BOO, Easton!"