TWINS!!

Wade was looking so handsome the other day, so I took some pictures of him, when I was looking at the pictures afterwards I couldn't believe how much he looked like Macie from a year ago. I went back and looked at some pictures I had of her, and they definitely look like they could be twins. I wonder if baby #3 will be another look a like, or is she gonna have her very own look. Can't wait to see what she looks like.

KIND HEART!!

Wow it has been way to long since I have blogged, but for good reasons I guess, been busy with Lacrosse, swimming lessons, school, and enjoying the beautiful weather. I'm only 8 1/2 weeks away from my due date. It has gone so fast, which has been nice. Anyways the purpose to my post. Macie this week had such a good week with lots of accomplishments. She tried out for the Pre-Jr Dance team and made it, she got 2 goals at her Lacrosse game and played awesome when she was the goalie, making 100% of her saves, I was feeling pretty proud this week being her Mom, but the best part of it all came Friday morning. They had a get out and play day at pre-school and all the parents were invited to come and play outside with there kids. They had skipping ropes, kites, making bird feeders and wind chimes, bean bag toss, magnifying glasses and bug catchers. It was such a fun morning spending some time with Macie at school. At snack time though this little girl melted my heart and made me so proud to be here Mom. We had snack outside on picnic blankets and all the kids were sitting down and eating, when Macie noticed a little boy eating all buy himself. She got up and took her snack and went and sat and ate her snack with the little boy. They ate snack and laughed and giggled the whole time. It was so touching to see her kind heart and sweet spirit see someone needing a friend and going and doing. I wish I could be as innocent and sweet as my little girl. My mind would over think things too much as an adult and say, well they probably want to be left alone, or they don't even know me they don't want some stranger talking to them. Kids don't think like that though, they just see someone in need and go into action right away. I am always so proud to be this little girls Mom, but this week had me especially proud. I hope she keeps that kind heart and love for others her whole life.



Some cute pictures of Macie's favourite craft to do, been wanting to post them for awhile, so thought I would add them as this post is all about this special little girl.

EASTER!

Easter was sweet and simple this year, Mark was away for week, so my wonderful Mother came up to visit. The kids were in Grandma heaven and got spoiled all weekend long. We went swimming, died eggs, had an Easter Egg Hunt, the Kids got Scooters from the Easter Bunny, and on Monday went to our friends house the Ellis' for a delicious Easter Meal and Me, mom and the kids made an Easter Bunny Cake. It didn't turn out as perfect as I wanted but for a first time attempt at it, I was impressed, especially with my lack of tools. It was a great weekend, even with the crazy amount of Snow we got. Though we definitely missed not having Dad around.

Puzzles

Today Macie finished her first 100 piece puzzle all on her own and the other day Wade did his first 64 piece puzzle all by himself. These kids love puzzles and I love how proud they are of themselves when they finish one. 

Her first 100 piece puzzle

DANCE CLASSES!!

This year Macie had Ballet on Wednesdays and Jazz on Thursdays, she is not super obsessed with dance classes, but once she gets in there and gets going she loves it. Her favourite part though, and mine is the end, when we get to dress up in cute recital clothes and do her hair and make up, get her pictures taken, and then in one month from now when she does her recital pieces on stage. This little girl is such a performer and loves singing and dancing in front of people and has no fear at all. I'm excited to see her pieces this year, as she was in actual classes and not just a tiny tots program, and to see the improvement of her dancing and the actual recital pieces. Pirouette has been such a great dance studio and so happy we made the move this year to Pirouette from Fame.

TIEBREAKER GOES TOO!!

GIRLS!!!!!

On Friday I had an Ultrasound and we still didn't know if we were going to find out or not, Mark of course didn't want to cause he is awesome and loves the surprise, I like the surprise but there has been so many uncertainties with this pregnancy that I just wanted some exciting news, something to make me feel better. So we all went together and at the end when it was time to tell us, the technician went and got Mark and the kids and told us all together that it was a baby girl. I was pretty excited I have kind of been hoping for a girl, and from the moment we got pregnant I had very strong feelings that we were having a girl. Macie was super excited when he told us, and Wade had a pretty big frown face, although once she comes and he see's how cute and little she is he will fall in love with her. We already have a name picked out well 90% picked out.  Kansas Grace, I got it from watching a Kansas game over a month ago on TV, and I just fell in love with the name. So in 4 months and hopefully less we get to meet our little sweetheart.

Bed Time

I think it is pertinent to remind ourselves of the efforts put in to help our children to go to bed.
Each and every night we prepare for bed by, reading scriptures, books, praying and family hugs. Then the lights go out and we sing songs. Wade, without question will require "Doggy in the window" or the Funny Song (John Jacob Jingle Hiemer Schmitt). I love that Wade enjoys Doggy in the window. That was one song that his Grandpa would sing to me as we rode in the tractor feeding cows or driving through the mountains on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Macie is pretty consistent with "I love to see the temple". I hope that song will help her in those difficult times in her life to help lift her up.  These moments will be missed when the kids get older and no longer wish to have mom and dad spend that much time with them....I dread the day.

MOMMY/DAUGHTER ROAD TRIP!!

One of mine and Macies favourite time of year happened on Feb 11th,  our annual mommy/daughter road trip. Last year was Annie, the year before that Disney on Ice, and today was Lloydminster to go and see The Little Mermaid Jr. The drive up was awesome, we sang songs and talked the whole time. When we got there we got a little Booster Juice, then hit up Carters for some baby clothes, then off to the show. It was so good and the kids did a fabulous Job. After the show we went to Spiro's for dinner and Spiro (the owner) is just the nicest guy and he came to visit with us, and brought Macie a home made xylophone that he made himself. Macie had the biggest smile on her face and played it the whole way home. We finished up with a stop at walmart as I promised Macie she could pick out one toy, and she choose a stuffed animal. It was such a wonderful trip together, and I can't wait to see what we do next year together. It might have to include a baby, or something closer to Cold Lake, but definitely will make sure it happens. My hope is when she is older that we do a trip together to New York and see Les Miserable or Phantom of the Opera together.

FEARLESS!!!

Macie has been fearless in the pool since she was a baby,  jumping off the side of the pool where the drop was as high as a small diving board at 18 months, going down the waterslide all buy herself at 2, jumping off the rope and diving board at 4, and today she topped it all. She watched this women doing flips off the diving board, and then saw this boy jump backwards off the diving boards, so she got up to the diving board, faced backwards and flipped that tiny little body off the diving board backwards into a full back flip. My heart sank the second I saw her flip back instead of just jump off the boards. The whole deep end of the pool just froze for a moment, cause nobody could believe this little 5 year old just did what she did. The lifeguards came over and asked if I was OK, and said she couldn't believe she just did that. I asked if they thought it was safe, and they said she did great and she can keep going. So she did it another 3 or 4 times. She then started to get tired and was trying to do flips but only did backwards dives. I love that she is fearless and is such a strong swimmer, but I don't know if my heart can handle it. She is swimming all on her own now with no life jacket in the deep water, and today she went off with friends well I stayed with Wade, and I couldn't take my eyes off of her to make sure she was safe.

TUBING at the SKI HILL

One of the children from Macie's preschool class invited the class and their families to his birthday party at Kinasoo ridge Ski hill for a tubing extravaganza. The weather was perfect. The sun was shining and the wind was hiding.
Macie and Wade are two opposites. Poor Wade was scared of the magic carpet ride to the top of the hill. I figured this day was going to be a disaster starting out like that. Macie went to the highest tubing run and went down all by herself, no hesitation at all. Wade and I rode together on the smaller run and Wade was a bit scared but he came around and we ended up having an hour and a half of a great time. The last run in was a train of tubes, going down the fastest run of them all and Wade ended up loving it.
Macie and Wade also enjoyed the pizza and cup cakes for lunch.