Sooner or Later...

• Apparently little babino is choosing later.
• I admit it, I've been packed and waiting for 4 weeks now.
• 2 duedates really messes a person up. (April 11 and 26)
• apparently sweeping membranes doesn't always work.
• apparently eating a bag of licorace doesn't work.
• apparently swinging on the swings at a playground doesn't work.
• apparently you can be in nesting mode for 1/2 of your pregnancy not just the end.
• apparently scrubbing the kitchen floor intensely on your hands and knees for an hour doesn't work.
• apparently patience is not one of my gifts, or talents, or attributes, and doesn't work so well for me.
• Andrew talked to my belly this morning. Wanna know what he said? " baby, don't you want to come out and see what your brothers look like instead of looking in mommy's belly all the time?"
• I have read more books in four months than I usually read in 2 years.
• I hate cooking lately and haven't been mealplanning well at all. Sometimes at 4pm I'm still wondering what to make.
• apparently loud noises like a band playing in the school gym doesn't make baby wanna come out any sooner.
• this is my venting session. The end.
  

Month 4 Week #3 - Photograph Mom and Dad's Room

Gotta love the pink carpet.

Lists 2012 #16 - Places I've Lived

1. HardwoodLands, NS (my parents first house, and then a new house they built up the road)
2. Nova Scotia Agricultural College dorm, Truro, NS
3. 3 different apartments with friends in Truro, NS (Jenny, Julicia/Darlene, Jane)
4. Wolfville, NS (lived in a suite that was built on the end of a house for the owners MIL)
5. Halifax, NS ( rented a room from a friends, friend Paul in his house)
6. Winnipeg, NS (Bakers house, and apartment with Cheryl Dow)
7. Coaldale, AB (with Mel and Pete in their trailer, our home now)

Month #4 Week 2 - Photograph Dad with kids

Luke refused to pose with Daddy this morning so this will have to do. He had cowboy day at Preschool a few weeks ago.
Indian Battle Park on Spring break. Isaac and Daddy.

Daddy throwing rocks with all the boys plus our niece Andi.

Just chill'in.

Reading over the break.

Sam and Daddy all smiles this morning before Dad left for work.

Obviously Andrew's getting heavier, look at Daddy's guns while he picks him up! (insert whistle here).

It's pretty easy to get pictures of Daddy and the kids since he is such a great Dad and is always playing with them. We all love Daddy!

Lists 2012 #15 - Favorite Children's books

Okay so I narrowed it down to 16. This is a hard list to make with four boys at different stages of reading. I really enjoyed seeing everyone else's lists to get ideas. We make a huge effort to read every night to the boys when we tuck them in so there are books throughout the whole house. We love getting books for gifts and picking some out at the thrift store.

1. How High is the Sky? by Anna Milbourne and Serena Riglietti
2. The Farm Team by Linda Bailey (Andrew's favorite)
3. The Very Cranky Bear by Nick Bland (Mommy's favorite)
4. The Gingerbread Man retold by Jim Aylesworth (Sam's favorite)
5. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr and John Archambault (great for speech and for helping learn the alphabet. A fav of Sam's and Luke's)
6. Brady Brady and The Missed Hatrick by Mary Shaw and Chuck Temple
7. The Terrible Horrible Smelly Pirate by Carrie Muller and Jacqueline Halsey (Mommy's favorite)
8. Give Me Back my Dad by Robert Munsch
9. Animals on The Farm (Isaac's favorite)
10. Thomas and the School Trip (this seems to be a favorite that makes it's way thru all the boys, currently a Luke fav.)
11. I don't want to go to School by Weiss and Bennett (Luke's fav.)
12. Secret Seahorse by Stella Blackstone and Clare Beaton (Luke and Mommy fav.)
13. The Fire Engine Book from a Little Golden Book classic collection (a family fav.)
14. Are you My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
15. The Cow that laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill (Mommy fav.)
16. Much More Munsch series

Month 4 Week #1 - Photograph your Easter

The kids had their school Easter concert Thursday night. It started at 7:30 which is when the boys usually are going to bed so they were pretty tired. Sam fell asleep shortly after they sang and they were one of the first to sing.
Sam is in the red and white plaid shirt at the end. We kind of noticed a trend with both Andrew and Sam on the ends of the line where the shortest in the class stands. We will see if this continues in years to come.

We also had an Easter egg hunt in the front and back yard with the 3 oldest. 32 eggs were to be found and it took them all of 5 minutes. Next year I will have to make it more challenging with clues etc.

Cousin Andi has been here for a few nights while her parents are on a getaway. She has been such a huge help to have around. Please stop growing up Andi so we can continue to have these sleepovers in years to come.

don't ya love my baskets?

Lists 2012 #14 - Projects I'd like to tackle

Projects I'd like to tackle:

• pampering the lawn and helping it turn green(still some farmgirl in me with this obsession)
• filling flower pots and transplanting some flowers in them
• Isaac's first year photobook
• not yet but in due time getting back into shape
• move our sandbox
• storage room (ongoing)
• getting baby into a routine for nursing once it arrives