frogs

Today we went searching for some spring, and found it at the Royal Botanical Gardens and their frog exhibit. The frogs were cool, the flowers were spring-y, and the kids had fun practicing their froggy jumps.

product placement

She is cute and this could be an ad for cheerios.

hello 37

Happy Birthday to Gillian, as Annie has taken to calling me. My birthday was celebrated amongst the rush of school schedules, girls (not) napping, and basement renovations. The kids and I enjoyed a pizza supper while David worked with his cousin in the basement, breaking up some concrete for plumbing, and we postponed birthday pie to tonight. So here I am, mid-to-late-30s. Weeee!

this is my friend

For whatever reason, a rather large family of ladybugs has made our bathroom their winter home. This, to the delight of Annie, who has adopted them all to be her best friends. Unfortunately, hers is a somewhat aggressive friendship and she may have inadvertently squashed a few of her friends. Also, what sort of sheltered life is she living that she is satisfied to have bugs as friends? Still, she smiles like this when she picks them up, so let the friendships flourish.

happy birthday, grandpa!

We had such fun celebrating you today. Thank you for all you do for us!

midnight visitor

Clara stayed up late to help me finish a quilt on Friday night. We celebrated its completion with some snuggles.

And this is the quilt. I'm really happy with how it turned out - thanks, Clara!

seven months