Joel's 2!

We attended Joel's 2nd birthday over Easter weekend. If you noticed in the background of yesterday's post, that's where she was.

Lots of friends were there, and it was a busy and loud house... but everyone had a good time! :)

The Birthday Boy:



In their party dresses:



Paisley took this picture of the party-goers:



Helping open gifts:



The beautiful Molly also in her party dress:



Annelise in her party dress:



Libby, sporting some Barefoot Creations Itty Bitty Clips (Annelise, and Raylee were also wearing them that day!)


Another one of Paisley's photos:

Pretty Girl

Paisley wearing the dress daddy chose for her:

Where oh where have we been?

We've been to London to visit the Queen.

Well... no... we did go traveling though.


We went down to Vancouver to see my parents new house, go to a wedding, and a memorial :). It was nice that all of us siblings could be there at one time.

First day we were there, we got to have a play date with my cousin's kids. 2 of them are very close in age to Paisley, so they had lots of fun.

The next day we went to my great aunt's memorial. I was so pleased I was able to attend, as Aunt Lil did so much for my grandpa when he was nearing the end. She was a beautiful woman. I didn't get to sit through the whole service, because of Paisley, but it was good to be there, and remember with others that loved her. (Paisley liked that there was a playground there at the church)





The next week was a blur, because pretty much everyone in the house got a stomach bug. Paisley first, then me, then mom (Grandma Y).

But we were better in time for me to go to my friend Jen's wedding. She was beautiful, and I"m so happy for her! It was a beautiful ceremony. Sean you better take good care of her! ;)







That evening we were able to get together with pretty much the entire Kanwischer family. So that was great to see everyone on that side of the family as well. Paisley loved playing with my cousin Dara the whole time :). (Didn't bring my camera :( )

The rest of the trip included going to the wavepool, visiting my grandma (Great Grandma Y), visiting with Auntie Melissa and Uncle Matt, stealing Jen from her new husband for dinner, and hiking Grandma and Grandpa's mountain. Yes, Paisley climbed up all by herself!


There's a quick summary of what we've been up to. I have more posts coming about other things... just been so busy since we've been home!

Chores

Paisley helps with chores....

She dusts for me, she vacuums for me (although her vacuum doesn't have much suction), she picks up her toys when asked (most of the time), she loves unloading the dishwasher, and she washes dishes:









You'd think our house would stay clean.... but no. She's also good at trashing the house just like other toddlers. I can't tell you how many snacks are ground into the carpet, spilled food, painting with diaper cream and all those other regular messes.... but when I focus her abundance of energy on helping, it works out quite well. :) And there's ALWAYS an abundance of energy.

Finger Painting!

We finger painted for the first time this afternoon! What fun!







Still not sure about it:



Loving it:












Contemplating whether she should taste it:



And yup.. tasting it.



Asking for a refill on paint "More?"




Cleanup is almost as much fun:







And the final piece of art, hung on the fridge:

Another repeat outfit

Here's another outfit from my childhood that Paisley wears. Although she's just starting to outgrow it. So cute







She now "smiles" for the camera:





I found a picture of me in this outfit:

The heads

I have 4 styrofoam heads for my Barefoot Creations. And Paisley loves them. She always seems to get her hands on them, no matter where I put them!

She just carries them around and chatters away at them, like they're her friends:



She makes them get a work out too:



Sometimes they just veg out on the throw pillows:



Oh, and she also likes to dig through the recyclables and carry around bottles. :)

Playing at the Park

After the hockey game on Sunday we took Paisley to the playground... lots of other people were out then too.

Paisley and daddy were sporting their Team Canada jersey's.





Playing in the rocks is lots of fun... who knew?

Paisley at the Park

Paisley loves sliding, especially when she can do it by herself:



She then decided that she wanted to go down the BIG slide.... oh boy!