White Spot

A few weeks ago, we took Paisley to White Spot for her first ever Pirate Pack. I remember getting them as a kid.

She thought it was fun... but liked the ice cream the best.












I must add that Josh has never seen a pirate pack before... sheltered Alberta people ;)

Hockey. Hockey.

How well I've taught her. Paisley and I are in the playoff spirit these days. The Flames may be a month into the golf season, but Montreal making a run is almost as good as if Calgary was doing it. As we drew on the sidewalk today, she recognized the logo and responded with, "hockey, hockey." That's my girl :-)

Long silence

I have an excuse... really... see my laptop, and a hot beverage met.... and the laptop stopped working. You never know how much you rely on your computer doing lots for you, then when it stops. I relied on my computer to remember everything for me... including my login info for blogger. Hehe... I finally managed to figure out what e-mail address it was connected to, and was able to reset the password... but oh my.

I know you're here for photos... so I'll start with one....

Don't argue with a girl and her shoes:























Now this may seem extreme... but I'd say greater than half were hand me down from Paisley's friend Molly. The rest have accumulated for a while. They are all size 6 (her current size), with a few 7's. My rule when buying shoes is buy the largest size possible, that will stay on her feet and not hinder her running/walking. So several size 6's, she's been wearing since she started on size 4's. I didn't realize how many pairs fit her currently until I was putting all the hand me down shoes with the others. It came to 32 pairs in total. She still fits a couple pairs of 5's, but I didn't include them.

In other news, we're gearing up for the summer, and thinking ahead to yard work and such that needs to be done. I just finished taking a mini break from my business (only sold ready made items for a couple months) and am now kicking it in high gear again. I took a break to get some things done around the house, and I did get a good chunk of organizing done. But now I need to up my sales again...which means working whenever I can again. I think by setting certain days of the week that I ship, I can balance house and work....

Plans for the yard this year include paving stones, raised beds, and planting a tree. We're debating between either a maple or an apple tree. Taking suggestions. We want it to provide some shade. I think we've decided not to plant lawn in the backyard.... or if we do, it will just be a small patch. Need to take some measurments and do a sketch/plan up. We might get the fence done this year, but we are kind of waiting for the neighbours to bring up the topic. If we can put it off one year, that would be nice (because of the expense).

One bonus to no lawn in the back... we only have a small patch of lawn in the front, and we won't need to buy a mower. We have a push rotary mower that will work for that much lawn.

Enough rambling.

More pictures to come soon, just need to get my blogging program set up on this computer to make it easier again. Josh has kindly let me make an account on his MacBook....

Mmmm Whip Cream

I don't think Paisley shares my hatred of whip cream. Auntie Patricia gave her a beater when we visited last month.... and the pictures show just how she liked them:

Getting Better

Paisley's getting better at guitar... she's starting to strum...

Some light reading....

Easter Sunday Dinner

We had Molly and her parents over for Easter dinner. The girls are always so cute together. Lots of giggling and chasing...










I wish I had put Paisley back in her Easter dress for dinner..

Easter Morning

We did a mini Easter Egg hunt for Paisley on Easter Sunday. :) 5 eggs. 4 had playdoh in them and one had M&M's... she had fun looking (they were hidden very obviously... and we directed her a bit). :) Next year will be a little more fun.

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: