10 on 10

 Ten things I'm lovin' on this tenth of June:

1.      Starting the month out with these 2.  What a blast we had.  So much laughing, playing, visiting, eating, baby-snuggling… It was a great family time.

2. Letting this boy be outside.  The whole family really; when you live in Winnipeg, expanding outdoors is a treat every spring.  And this year, with a slow in coming Spring, we are appreciating being outside more than ever!

 

3.   These flowers… and my whole yard this year.  Each year that we’ve lived here I’ve done more and more to make our yard “ours”.  I’ve learned so much and I actually enjoy it!

4.     Almost daily walks.  Evenings are still tricky for Carter, so taking him for a walk calms him and occupies him and bonus exercise for me!

5.  I have a pink tree in the front yard.  Just for a few weeks each year, this picture was taken laying on a blanket on the lawn.

 

   6.  This girl, and our last month of Kindergarten, don’t even get me thinking about Grade One… full days make me sad.

7.  The amount of lovin’ this guy gets.

  8.  This room.

    9.  Brothers and Sisters.

 

   

10.  This picture of these four, I think it’s my current fave.

Diary of a Six Month Old

I've been around for half a year!  Crazy!
If you missed my last post, check it out 
here.

 Lots has happened in 6 short months.  I've gotten bigger for one thing, lost all that  "newborn-ness".

I've been places... since I was born, we've gone to Fargo, Morden, Manhattan, and all the way to Edmonton.  That was a long drive, they'd take me out, feed me and throw me right back in the seat!  2 days of that nonsense!

I sure like the crazy gang that live with me.  Someone always wants to hold me or talk to me or make me laugh with some kind of silliness.  It's fun, I like it.


Mommy has started shoving a spoon into my mouth.  Not an empty spoon, but one filled with mush.  I usually just spit it out, or else just clamp my little lips together until she gets the point and gives up.  Sometimes she puts little O's on my tray and I'll give those a go... but those tricky little things are hard to get to the right spot!

 

  
My mom sure has a thing about matching outfits!  Here's me with cousin Lukas.  I love that little Buddy.



And here I am with cousin Andrew, again matchie matchie!  Andrew has some skills... he tried crawling away from me!  Mommy says she doesn't want me learning that, but I took some notes, I think I can figure it out.

A little sampling of the cuteness that is me!

Spring at last!

 Mmmm, first ice cream of the season!  Such a beautiful night we went to the park to play and enjoy.  Here's hoping for a lot more nights like this!

What could be....

What could be...

smarter than a 6 month old learning to sit?

 fuzzier than our sweet boys head?

 sweeter than a sleeping baby?

 cozier than a freshly bathed naked boy?

 cooler than a baby faux-hawk?

This is a print we have framed in Carter's room... this pretty much sums it up.

Those Eyes

 Looking back at some old pictures I found these of Nicole.  Garsh she was cute!  I always get comments on my baby's eyes, Carter is no exception, but I think I got the most comments about these eyes.  We say that she has her Grandma Letkeman's eyes which is special because she also has her name: Helen.  Love this girl!

Mmmm.... Food

Here is Handsome waiting patiently... waiting for what, he doesn't know yet!

 We decided that it was time for the little guy to start on some solid foods.  Right before he turned 6 months we got some rice cereal and the whole family came to the kitchen to watch the big event.  A SIDE NOTE: It's so fun to watch how much the big kids enjoy every little thing that Carter does.

Bib on ready to go.

First bite!

"What IS this stuff???"

I guess this face speaks for itself.  He was hardly impressed.

Twelve

 Our girl is 12.  I don't know how it happened but it did.
She is a beautiful, smart, responsible and fun young lady.  We're so proud of her.

We had decided that once you were over 10, there would be no more birthday parties.  So she had a couple of good friends sleep over and Grandma and Grandpa came over.  We made this delish fruit pizza!    On her actual birthday, Papa and Dad's side of the family came over and we had some cupcakes.

 About a month ago, Jayme got to go to her first NHL game!  Her and Daddy had AMAZING seats right behind the Jets bench.  They were right beside where the Jets players entered their locker room.  They had a great time, a special Daddy - Daughter night for sure!

My no-longer-5 month old.

Such a happy guy

 Sweet Carter Boy is actually 6 months old already and he is preparing a "Diary of a Six Month Old" post that should be good to go soon.
But for now, let's catch up on Month Five. 
There was lots of smiling, lots of new sounds, lots of reaching and tons of chewing on things.  (ANYthing:  toys, his fingers, our fingers, whatever he could get his hands on!)

Just chillin' with Dad

Mom made this new hat... Dad doesn't think it's manly enough!

Please Dad, can I have some Coke?!

The official 5 month old pic

Brady's Birthday

 Well our second child has entered the DOUBLE DIGITS!  I can hardly believe it.  Now he didn't make nearly as big of a deal as Jayme did (see here) but we had a fun Hockey Birthday for him at our church's gym.  This may be my new go to place for birthday parties... large area to run, no mess in my house, can invite as many kids as they want, it was IDEAL.  His Daddy and a friends dad played in net for the boys and they probably would have played floor hockey for hours!  We ordered pizza and they stopped just long enough to eat and open a few gifts and then back to the court for more hockey!  On Brady's actual birthday we went to Montana's for supper and he got to wear the Moose Ears.  Such a great boy we have.

Happy Spring

 Happy Spring!  Happy Easter!  We just had a lovely spring Break, and of course I had visions of relaxing days catching up on blog posts, but of course reality was that I had 4 children home, all day long, for the whole week.  We were pretty busy!  So I will try and catch up this week.  I have been taking pics, I have a newly 5 month old, and a new 10 year old.  Both of which I have posts planned for.

Easter was fun, the kids were blessed and now have treat bags full of candy and chocolate.  Thursday we went to Auntie Barb and Uncle Bruce's for a yummy supper and a fun time with cousins.  Friday we celebrated with the Sawatsky's and had a blast with all 12 grandkids!

Spring Break was great too, we went swimming one morning at the Steinbach Aquatic Center,  we had a movie morning at the mall, we had a birthday party that all 3 older kids got to go to, the kids had 2 sleepovers and with Easter capping off our week, Spring Break flew by.  Now we're just waiting for the snow to melt and for bike riding, evening walks and spring sports!  Bring it on!  SO very ready for Spring!