Caleb's batman party

Earlier this month, Caleb turned 4! Can you believe it? Four!
He had a great batman party with a few friends!
Here is the cake:
Matthew made a batman banner to decorate for his brother's party. Didn't it turn out nice?

I made Caleb and Matthew batman t-shirts to wear for the party. Here they are standing in front of the batcave that Caleb got for Christmas.

The batman capes that my mom and I made for all the little guests.

Caleb sneaking some snacks before the party.

Caleb and baby bear :)

Brothers

january

It's been so cold...

(here are some cold weather pictures)

And now it's warmed up a bit...

(here are some warm weather pictures)

And Rick had a birthday too!

And that is a brief summary of our month, so far :)

how we spent our summer vacation

by michelle_d :)

At the end of July we went to Madge Lake and spent a few days "camping". Now don't get our version of "camping" confused with real camping. Our plan was to stay in a hotel room and visit our friends who were camping (like with a real camper). But upon our arrival, we were pleased to find out that we could stay in a cabin instead of the hotel room.

The cabin had a fridge/freezer, a fire pit, two bedrooms, lots of space. We loved it. And the boys loved every minute of our holiday. There were two other families and we all have boys so close in age. It was perfect!

We went for walks, played at the beach, had campfires, went boating and tubing. We even saw a bear (sorry, no photo of the bear- he was outside our cabin and the camera was in the car!)

And PS. I also had my birthday :) Here I am with my gift opening assistants.

Ka-chow!

Matthew's CARS party
Phew! Are we ever tuckered out after a busy birthday weekend! Matthew invited 8 of his little friends (7 boys and one girl) over for a Lightning McQueen/Cars party. Can you say "active"?

Yikes!

Here are the racetrack cake and the Lightning McQueen pinata. The craft for the party was to make these cute t-shirts. Here's Caleb's.
And here's Matthew's.
We also had races in the backyard and a pinata. It was lots of fun!

That's all for now, things are really busy around here. School is almost out and I'm busy working on report cards and stuff like that.

an interview with an almost five year old

What is your favourite colour?

Purple

What is your favourite tv show?
Magic School Bus What is your favourite song?

The Magic School Bus song. You know the one I mean, right?

What is your.... ummm...

My favourite new birthday present?

Ummm, yes.

I like them all.

Who is your best friend?

Will

Who is your best, best friend?

Caleb

What is your favourite food?

Pizza

What are you going to be when you grow up?

A builder

Happy 5th Birthday to Matthew tomorrow!

(birthday party photos will be posted soon-we had so much fun!)

this weekend...

1)we made collages on Friday morning before I went to work.

Matthew's

Caleb's mine :) 2) we went to K4J (Kids for Jesus) at the Church by my school. The boys had so much fun. But got to bed kind of late (remember that detail...)

3)we went to the circus!

and ate cotton candy

and saw some cool circus performers (everyone loved the clown best)and we also liked the pink and blue dogs :)and somehow I got talked into buying an extremely overpriced glow sword (how did that happen?)Caleb fell asleep during the second half of the circus! We couldn't believe it because it was so loud and it was only 2:00 in the afternoon. But remember? He had stayed up late the night before.

4) we went to Church and stayed afterwards for the pancake breakfast. I LOVE the pancake breakfast days at our Church. Today, we almost didn't stay, but I think I pouted and got my way. :) And yum!

5) Caleb and Daddy went swimming (Matthew has been coughing so he stayed home from swimming and played superstructs with me)

6) Matthew and I went to his friend's spiderman birthday party, but had to leave early to go to another friend's party right away

7) we all went to our friend's bowling party (yes, two parties in one day)

Phew, we're tuckered out! What a busy (and fun) weekend!

Bonus pictures:

How was your weekend?

flashback friday

Happy birthday (tomorrow) to my baby sister, Faye.

I'm two and a half in this photo and Faye is 2 months old. Does Faye happen to remind you of anybody else?

The nice thing about having a sister is that you always have a friend.

I think we're about 5 and 3 here. (am I right, Mom?)

Enjoy your big day!

turning three...the day after

Caleb: Am I still three?
Mommy: Yes, you are.
Caleb: Am I still the birthday boy?
Mommy: No, you're not. But you're still my special boy!

(Don't you just love three year olds?)

turning three... on the day you turned three

On the day you turned three...

You opened presents before daddy left for work. You were happy to get a new Woody toy because your other woody toy broke last week.

You ate Honey Nut Cheerios for breakfast and couldn't wait to read your new disney storybook.You went out for lunch with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Mark (and mommy and Matthew too, of course). We went to Boston Pizza and you ordered the grilled cheese sandwich (or 'girl cheese' as you call it) with fries and ketchup!

Your brother was invited to his best buddy's house for a playdate, but when he found out that you weren't invited, he said he'd rather be with you because it was your birthday. Isn't he a nice brother?

You were a very nice brother too. You shared all of your new toys with Matthew. You even let him play with your new castle before you did! I'm so proud of you!

You had your grandparents and uncle over for supper. This time you had a shrek cake! And you were a real pro at blowing out the candle.You got some more gifts. A really cool knight/king costume. It's the perfect gift for you! Matthew had fun trying out your new plasmacar.

You played and smiled and you snuggled too. You are so grown up, but you'll always be my baby. Hugs and kisses to you, sweet Caleb on your third birthday!