May We Remember

Went to the school's Remembrance Day Assembly. Jaycie was excited to see me there. It's fun when she see's me and knows that I'm there watching and you can tell that it matters to her and she feels loved and important that I came. 

Shanelle truly is Momm's little sweetie. Makes me sad that she has almost grown out of all her newborn clothes. Always a sad day when you start putting clothes away, it means they have started growing up already :( At least she has stayed in newborn clothes the longest of all the kids so far. She spent just under 2 months in newborn size. I loved that she stayed small for a long time. 

Jaycie and Dacie crafting, making a house and painting it. They even made a comfy bed out of cotton balls with a blanket over top and put it in the house. It was darling!

Poppies for Remembrance Day. 

Look at those sweet cheeks, pouty lips and peaceful eyes. Love all her little features.

Jeff had the day off. The boys were downstairs eating big feet and watching a show together. Love my boyz!

Had a tea party, Bryce joined the girls. Ate with our pinkie's up and everything.

Me playing with Shanelle while the kids played in the jumperoo

-Shanelle weighs 9lbs 2oz

-So grateful to those who scarified their lives in the war to give us freedom. I like that Jaycie understands now and that they focus on it at school too. I want her to appreciate her freedom and be grateful. I know I too need to remember more often, not just one day a year, and reflect on my freedom and where it came from. Can you imagine life without it? 

-Went to the movies last saturday as a family for free. Our realtor does a client appreciation day so we went to the movie Puss in Boots at the cineplex. It's always a fabulous time with yummy donuts and cans of juice before the show, popcorn/kinder/drink combo each for the kids, balloon animals, door prizes and private showing of the movie. It's such a fun family event. I would highly recommend our realtor Mark Kozak to anyone buying or selling a house. He is a fantastic realtor for so many reasons (and the customer appreciation movie day has nothing to do with it - he is just a fantastic realtor who does a great job and knows a lot)

-Bryce had a good time at Joy school today. learned about warm fuzzies and gave me one as soon as he got home - a hug! Loved it.

• Shanelle is smiling more and more and becomeing more responsive each day. She is very wide eyed and alert, even Dr. Malach couldn’t believe how alert and ‘smart’ she was. 
• still having great weather, haven’t really had snow yet
• loving having our garage back to park in
• tomorrow is a holiday, looking forward to just spending the day together as a family
• Jaycie was excited to get her very own poppy to have and keep. 
• doing well in school and reads amazing as well as plays the piano amazing too. she knows all her letter names and recognizes notes quickly and can play new songs the first time through and it sounds like she has practiced them all week. definitely has natural talent. 
• life is wonderful!