Best Summer Toy EVER

We got a water table this year- my mom found it at our community yard sale... the best $5 ever spent!  I was going to go out and buy a brand new one- but then she found this one!

Both our kids, and their friends, all love the water table! They will play outside with this table for hours, literally, hours!

Our backyard deck is shady from about 2pm, so it is perfect!  We also set up a small splash pool for them as well.

If you have kids, and it gets hot where you live, go out right now and get yourself a water table- you will never regret it!

Charlie is 10 months!

I really can't believe my baby boy is going to be one in just 2 more months!

He is walking along furniture all the time, he will let go and stand on his own too! He somehow manages to get into everything- even when we think there is nothing for him to get into. His favourite toys are Lily's... with the addition of his Mickey Mouse dolls and his toy cars! He loves to chew on puzzles as well. Charlie really loves to play outside with the water table- he gets so excited and squeals with delight when he gets wet!

Charlie pretty much eats whatever we do- I still make him some of his own foods to eat when ours aren't suitable... his favourite being pasta risotto, which I will post a recipe for soon!

He loves to "talk" all day long- and sometimes it seems Lily understands him.

Camping!

We went camping over Canada Day weekend and had a great time... Although, I most likely wont be camping again until I don't need to worry about bottles, diapers and baby food!  We had 10 people total camping- us 4, my friend Kellie, her husband, and their 2 kids, as well as my sister and her husband!  It was fun- 6 adults, 4 kids, and 1 dog!

We left Friday morning and drove the 3hrs up to the camp grounds- we made a quick lunch stop at Pizza Hut, and continued on!  Once we got to the campsite we quickly got to work setting up the tents and figuring out how to park the cars to block in our area best!  The girls had fun running around with their Canada flags and exploring our area!

The girls really loved being outside, as did the boys... but the boys are both crawlers- so it was somewhat frustrating for them, as we didn't want them crawling all over the ground- so they were limited to a blanket- or the pack n plays!  A crawler is definitely not the ideal camper!

We had some great meals, card games, walks and fun in the water!  The girls LOVED smoores- they were amazing!  They also enjoyed the sparklers and roasting marshmallows.

I was really surprised at how well the kids went to sleep- both nights Lily went into the tent on her own when she was tired, and she fell right asleep!  She did have a few nightmares and a leaky air mattress- so she slept with us both nights once we came into the tent.  Charlie fell asleep with his last bottle each night and slept almost 6hrs straight!  Our mornings were early due to the light!

I generally try to be a relaxed mom... but in some cases I just can't... camping would be one of those cases!  I was so nervous about poison ivy (there were warning signs), the camp fire, bug bites, sparklers, the bbq's, wandering off, etc- I felt somewhat nervous all weekend :(    We did have a few accidents through the weekend- Lily fell 3 times and scraped the same knee, and Charlie "fell" into some rocks when Lily was hugging him a bit tight and let go quickly.

But overall we had lots of fun!



Update and Father's Day!

I know I am a bit late... but better late then never! I am going to try really hard to post more often and more variety... I used to keep a cooking blog as well (you can find it here), but it was too much to do both blogs... so I think I will add any fun/tasty recipes to this blog now! Generally any recipes I post are quick/healthy kid friendly meals!

Father's day was great this year- we spent some time out at Beke Lake, on my Grandparents property, with my Dad's family! Good times we had by all... Lily loves the water, boats, and hanging out on the dock. In the evening my in-laws came over and we had a nice BBQ. Everyone had a great day and we had a blast hanging out with our families!

Here are some pics!

Charlie deep in thought



Lily and Aunt Michele

TWO Timbits!

 At least she shares them 

 Happy Father's Day Daddy!

 Lunch and a view!

 Lily and Papa splashing

 Charlie and papa

 On the party boat! She also enjoyed the speed boat!

 Daddy and Lily playing

Lily doing the potty dance!

Lily LOVES to do the potty dance... we think it is too cute and decided to capture it to share with everyone!



I promise to do a few posts this weekend... so much to catch up on!

9 Months!

Charlie is 9 months now!

 UPDATE: Charlie's 9 month stats- 19.5lbs, 27 inches- he is around the 25th percentile for both :)
He is growing so fast, doing so much, learning more and more by the hour! He still only has the 2 teeth, but he is chewing on everything- so I assume more are on the way!

He claps, waves, says a few words, crawls everywhere, walks along furniture and walls and gets into everything! He is much more of a curious baby than Lily ever was... it keeps us very busy!

He is starting to eat chunkier purees and finger foods- he loves puffs! He is also drinking more formula, starting to wean! He is a bit of a biter, and too distracted... so it is time for breastfeeding to come to an end... I am pretty sad about this :(  He still breastfeeds once a day- early in the morning, and as long as he doesn't start to bite then, I will keep that up as long as he wants and I can!

Charlie isn't much of a sleeper... or a very good one! He wakes very easily and he wakes up a lot... he also isn't easy to get to sleep- this makes for one very tired mama and dada.

Charlie loves to play with his toys... some of his favourites are Lily's dollhouse, his basketball net, his cars and anything else that is Lily's!

He loves to go for walks, play on the swings, and pretty much anything outside... he LOVES to be outdoors!

Here are some pics of my munchkin!