Playdates for all!

What a fantastic weekend!  It's so nice to start to see some warmer weather... Friday morning I had a get together with an old friend and her kids Kaia & Brynn.  The kids had so much fun in the backyard jumping on the trampoline and playing on the playset.  It was so nice to catch up as well.  Saturday I took Vanessa to a Princess party my friend Krisha from university was throwing for her daughter Sydney who is turning 5 years.  The girls had so much fun and I was able to catch up with some old university girl friends of mine and see their daughters...

Krisha, Me, Amy and Cathy with our girls - Sydney, Vanessa, Senna and Madeline 

 All the "princesses" with Ariel

 

Sunday was "adult" day.  Iain, myself and our good friends took off to Wonderland for the day leaving our children behind.  Although it was cold and rainy we made the most of it and still had a lot of fun on the rides and people watching.  We HAVE to go back this summer when the weather is nicer... we are starting to think we are jinxed when it comes to good weather though.  Cold, wind and rain seems to follow us wherever we go...  

Birthday weekend!

Well we are definitely getting old...one of our best friends turned 40 this weekend. We had a fantastic night out - dinner and drinks in the wine cellar of an Italian restaurant.  Unfortunately my camera battery died so I'm "borrowing" photos taken by Mary (wife of the 40 year old)  lol! 

The guys...  The girls... The group...

This weekend was also Iain's 33rd birthday...still a baby compared to most of us.  :)  We celebrated Sunday with family... Yesterday (his actual birthday) the two of us went out for dinner, then back to our friends (who were so generously babysitting our kids for us) place for a drink.  Another great night and wonderful reminder of how nice it is to have great friends in our life.  :) 

Easter weekend

What a gorgeous Easter weekend.  It could have been warmer for sure but I am not going to complain.  It was sunny!  Always nice to have sun.  We had a fantastic but very busy weekend. Friday Iain and I went to the gym in the morning then spent the day cleaning the cars, finishing up the laundry, eating Easter dinner with my family then hanging out with friends.  Saturday Vanessa had dance class then we got some shopping done then Iain and Ty headed off to the last Leafs game...

Easter Sunday the kids woke up and searched for their Easter eggs then we convinced friends of ours to join us for breakfast at Denny's.  They were not too impressed with it but our kids clean their plates...lol!  The rest of the day was spent playing outside - some played street hockey...

Others played with bugs and dirt...  

We ended the day off with a huge potluck dinner (which we kind of crashed but did come through with chicken fingers for the kids lol!)

 It was such a great day!  So much fun!  

Monday Iain was back to work so it was back to reality for me. 

That afternoon Ty went and lost another tooth...what happened to my good looking little guy??

It's so hard to get use to his lack of teeth- he has lost 4 already and 2 more are loose... He's talking funny and feeling very self conscious about it...I'm hoping his permanent teeth don't take too long to come in.  

Next weekend promises to be more action and excitment for us.  Lacrosse is supposed to be starting for Ty and our neighbour is turning 40!!  Fun times ahead!

We're back!

Back to reality, which is not a bad thing, just not quite as relaxing.  We had a lot of fun in Cancun this past week but it's always nice to get home.  The kids were fantastic although the first night Vanessa was throwing up all night then the third night it was Troy's turn (not their faults though).  Otherwise they slept well, ate well and played really well.  Iain and I were able to sit back on our lounge chair and watch them swim and play for the most part - much more relaxing then anticipated. 

We were a little disapointed with the weather - very windy,  you couldn't hear the person next to  you talking unless they were facing you windy. But the sun was out so the kids were able to swim and we worked on our tans.  We got Vanessa's hair put in the braids the first day.  She was very relaxed..  

There was a terrific kids playcenter that we were able to leave Ty at for a couple hours a few days while the two younger ones napped...more relaxing time for Iain and I.

Otherwise our days were filled with walks on the beach, 

swimming in the pool, 

and fruity resort drinks!

Getting home was not bad at all- Iain took 2 extra days off so we've had an extra long weekend to follow our week of vacation up with.  It has been all about spring cleaning - we are tossing/donating so much.  It feels great to unload all these toys the kids no longer play with and the junk that has accumulated over the years.  

The next thing I have to look forward to is that we are getting part of our basement finished. Iain and I are having a "hobbies" room built for my scrapbooking and his guitar playing.  Otherwise it's back to same ol' same ol' here but I'm not complaining...that's always good too.