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I'm behind already on my photo's so I will try to catch them all up over the next week.

April Week 4 - Eyes

These girls are my everything!  They bring out the best and the worst in me.

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April Week 3 - Easter

Our Easter was pretty hap-hazard this year.  Our family was all sick, both the girls had croup and I had whatever they would call the adult version of the same thing!!!  We were in Edmonton visiting my parents for the holiday and we ended up with our baby Quinn at the Children's Hospital in emergency.  She was really struggling to breathe Saturday night and needed some immediate assistance.  Luckily we didn't have to wait at all (5am) as the emergency was empty.  We got in quick but were there for 6 hours as Quinn recieved steriods and a couple breathing treatments.  Amidst it all we did manage a little easter egg hunt for Hailey (of which I snapped some really lame 'egg hunt' pictures) and made Hailey's first snowman ever (with Edmonton's most recent dump of snow).  I was still glad we went.... if for no other reason but to be able to take Quinn to a Children's Hospital instead of the Lloydminster Emergency.

Here is our snow family!  I'm apparently the large chested one with the pink scarf looking the other direction (it is a very false representation now since I stopped nursing a few weeks ago).

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April Week 2 - Dad and kids

I'm a bit behind so I will post 2 today.

Ian loves to be out working in the garden (he gets this from his Mom).  Since it is only April and we won't be planting our garden till it's warm enough (May long weekend probably) he has started from seed some tomatoes and zucchini's in the house.  They have been growing crazy fast and have already been re-potted 3 times.  Hailey just loves to help out and care for the plants.  "More growing" she says.

Quinn desperately wants to be a part of everything but is still too young for planting.

Photo Challenge

My friend Rhonda introduced me to this project (that one of her friends started), to take a new photo each week of a different aspect of our life.  The main goal of these photos is to show what our life is really like.... this means no cleaning up, dressing children or wiping dirty faces before clicking away.
 

Week one is a room in your house (or today your 'home away from home')

April Week One - Grandma's House

This is actually Grandma's backyard.... and that is Grandpa with Hailey!  We traveled to my parents for Easter this past weekend.  The girls love it and Hailey is a huge 'Grandma addict'.  As usual the girls both got sick right before we went (they are sick EVERY single time we go there - my brother doesn't believe they are ever healthy). This time it was croup.... and both got pretty bad.  Quinn had strider (narrowed airway with great difficulty breathing) which scared me pretty badly and we took her to the Stollery Children's Hospital to help her breathe easier.  Steriods, 2 breathing treatments and 6 hours later we were released.  Hailey's fever returned the same day and I am pretty sure she has an ear infection as well (these happen far too often, I am seriously considering tubes in her ears).  We are off to the Dr. this afternoon to check that out.

In the midst of the illnesses there were some fun moments.  Hailey had another uncontested Easter Egg hunt (she will have to fight Quinn off next year).  Ian and myself went to see Hunger Games... I'm not sure yet how I feel about it  (I have not read any of the books) and Hailey built her FIRST snowman.  Yes it may be a little sad that this is her 3rd winter and she had yet to build a snowman, go sledding or skating.  We will do the sledding and skating next year.... but it is pretty obvious I am not a winter person and even the thought of bundeling them all up, dragging them through the snow for 5 minutes before Hailey is already crying is not my idea of enjoyable.  I will be happy to take her out to play when she can walk through the snow by herself and pull her own sled!  (thank heaven it is spring).

We did have both girls out a few times this weekend for the cold air to help their croup.  Now we are back home in Lloydminster, I am sick with a  sore throat and sinus congestion, Ian is 'in charge' at work as both of his bosses are gone on vacation and the girls are frequently resting to pass by yet another illness.


When is nap time?

Photo Challenge

My friend Rhonda introduced me to this project (that one of her friends started), to take a new photo each week of a different aspect of our life.  The main goal of these photos is to show what our life is really like.... this means no cleaning up, dressing children or wiping dirty faces before clicking away.  

Week five is an extra week!  The challenge for this week is to take a photo from a new angle of anything your kids do.

March Week Five -Cooking & a Baby

 
Hailey loves to get involved in the kitchen.  She pushes her stool over to the counter, climbs up and starts eating any pieces she can get from the ingredients I am using.  Pizza (or pizza buns today) is her favourite.  She eats so much of the cheese, ham and pineapple that she rarely will eat any more once we actually sit down to eat!

Quinn LOVES this baby!  It is super cute how excited she gets to hold it and squeeze it.  She loves it's fabric like hair (and hates the feel of real hair, or even the plastic fake stuff).  This is Hailey's doll... luckily she isn't too interested in her doll at the moment (except of course when Quinn has it).  I will be getting Quinn her own soft baby doll for her upcoming 1st birthday.  I can't believe my baby will be 1!!!!

Photo Challenge

My friend Rhonda introduced me to this project (that one of her friends started), to take a new photo each week of a different aspect of our life.  The main goal of these photos is to show what our life is really like.... this means no cleaning up, dressing children or wiping dirty faces before clicking away.  

The fourth week of each month is about the details

March Week Four - Favourite Character

We hear about Tinkerbell almost everyday at our house.... her favourite part is when Tinkerbell is teaching the baby bird to fly. Hailey runs around the house flapping her wings yelling 'flap em', flap em'. I get to look up at the ceiling and watch the pretend birds flying all day. This picture is in the midst of her baby bird 'flight training'.

Photo Challenge

My friend Rhonda introduced me to this project (that one of her friends started), to take a new photo each week of a different aspect of our life.  The main goal of these photos is to show what our life is really like.... this means no cleaning up, dressing children or wiping dirty faces before clicking away.  

Week 3 of each month is seasonal or time of day

March Week Three - Storytime

Jillian Jiggs was my FAVOURITE book when I was little and now we have the whole series of them.  The girls love to hear them and I love to read them.... I admit that I tear up just a little bit in "Jillian Jiggs to the Rescue"...

"I'm scared of the monster," said her little sister.  Jillian held her and Jillian kissed her.

I think Hailey will take care of Quinn just like Jillian does for Rachel!

Photo Challenge

My friend Rhonda introduced me to this project (that one of her friends started), to take a new photo each week of a different aspect of our life.  The main goal of these photos is to show what our life is really like.... this means no cleaning up, dressing children or wiping dirty faces before clicking away.  

The second week of each month is about relationships.  This week is Siblings!

March Week Two - Siblings

My girls are so cute together... most of the time they are laughing and chasing each other around the house.  Hailey takes such good care of Quinn and is always willing to help get something she needs, clean up her toys or play with her.  Quinn just adores Hailey and watches everything she does.  She just started moving around (army crawl) and is just days away from figuring out how to actually crawl.  There will be nothing to keep them apart after that :)

In this picture Hailey was going in for a kiss... I'm very surprised they both look so serious as 'kisses' usually mean a lot of giggling.

Photo Challenge

My friend Rhonda introduced me to this project (that one of her friends started), to take a new photo each week of a different aspect of our life.  The main goal of these photos is to show what our life is really like.... this means no cleaning up, dressing children or wiping dirty faces before clicking away.  

I'm starting a couple months behind these ladies but I will start off with the March week one challenge. The first week of each month is to photograph a room in your home.

March - Week 1 - The Office

Here it is in it's current glory!!!!!!!!

One month ago we re-carpeted our whole basement and switched rooms around.  We are still working to complete all the trim in the basement and obviously I am still putting my new craft room in order.  I have purchased a couple furniture pieces (the expedit, and a set of drawers) but still need to get a small computer desk and a file drawer.  I have great plans for this space including a pegboard wall, hanging file folders, a wall bar with hanging cups for pencils, ect and a 'kids corner' with table/chairs and bulletin board.  I feel like it will take forever to complete it but it will be so awesome.  I made the photo black and white to hide my chosen colour combo for the room.  I look forward to surprising everyone when it is finished.