Holy cow time flies by!

I can't believe it is  almost Halloween, already. My last post was a couple months ago. I think stuff has happened. I'm not really sure as I can't remember. I guess the pictures I go through will jog my memory.

Well we are definitely in our home and we are comfortable in it. People in our ward always comment on how they are amazed that we have pictures and stuff up on the walls already. That's funny as it is one of the first things I do, to make sure that I feel at home.

Well we have an exchange student living with us, from Japan. Naomi sure enjoys having Chiho around. She is constantly following her around when she is home. If Chiho has friend over, Naomi is right there in the middle of things demanding them to "watch me!"

Chiho and Naomi

Chiho has had some good experiences so far. We went to the Zoo one Flex-Friday. (A Flex-Friday is an extra day off of school because the kids and teachers go an extra 17 minutes a day, and then they get an extra day off every month, we love it.) Anyway we went to the Zoo and then to Peter's Drive In for lunch. While at Peter's Prime Minister Stephen Harper showed up!!! Here is the proof

Chiho was so excited when we explained who he is. And for those who have no clue still... he is the equivalent of Barack Obama. We were all flying pretty high after meeting him.

 Chiho has also had some firsts at our house. Here she is learning how to remove the fat from beef before cutting it up and freezing it. She had quite a bit of fun.

Chiho likes glasses as much as I do. Se has many pairs that wears, but only 2 have prescriptions. She likes to put them on the kids and they are so stinkin' cute in them. My little book worms

For those who may not know, Aric loves his super hero t-shirts. Knowing this, Aric's sister Casey has sent us some little onsies for Sylas. Our little super buddy is so cute in them

  Green Lantern

The Flash              

 

Naomi is 2, and I can't believe it. She talking so much, and starting to become pretty bossy, which I'm trying to nip in the butt. She is also such a polite little girl, most of the time. She is cute most of the time, but we have definitely had our share of meltdowns and tantrums. Here are some photos of the stinkbutt. She has such a pretty snile, when I'm able to catch a natural one on camera.

Car rides are fun to Calgary

Hangin in mommy's bed

Just looking beautiful ( auful is how she says it)

Modeling her princess dress she got from Auntie Ruthanne

We love mirrors

She loves getting into and playing with my make up.

I"m not sure when she did this, but I found it and made her help clean it up. Look closely at the wall.

We didn't make a huge fuss over her birthday this year, as she is 2 and doesn't know what is going on anyway. The day before her birthday is Uncle Kyles birthday, so we had BJ and Kyle over for dinner and cupcakes.

Politely smiling for a picture.

 

She finally understood the blowing out to the candle concept this year.

The video following is for you mom.

Birthday morning, she had to make sure every scrap of paper was off the present being unwrapped. She had fun unwrapping everything.

She ended up with a kitchen set, a stroller, a nursery for her dollies, some books, playdough, coloring books... I think that was it. I can't remember now.

Photo shoot in the basement

Now Sylas is growing like a weed too. He turned 6 months old on Friday. My how time flies! The kid is over 20 lbs and wear 9 month closes, and has been for a while. He has been chosen to be his daddy's classes baby. Meaning... his school participates in a program called Roots of Empathy program. It is to teach the children about differences and such in children and to help teach them that empathy. Sylas is a month older that they like to have a baby start, but he is the teachers baby so they made an exception. So about once a month we go in and the kids observe and watch the kid grow. They make predictions for what they think he will be able to do next time. we have been once so far, and it goes until next may.

Our little musician

Mr. Attitude

So that's it in a nutshell. We are alive and we are are enjoying life. Stay tuned for a Halloween update.