Sarah

This is what I heard from Sarah as she was in the bathroom yesterday.

"God always loves me." (reading the title of a book)

now singing:

"Taking children on his knee, saying let them come to me

God always loves me, God always loves me, God always loves me, the Bible tells me so

Jesus loves me still today, walking with me on my way, wanting as a friend to give, light and love to all who live,

Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus Loves me, Yes Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so"

I thought it was neat how she stuck the "God always loves me" phrase into the song. The Bible tells us this too, for sure.
 
And I include 2 pictures of Sarah because in one she is not looking as she normally does :)
 

Sarah with Auntie Aimee, and cousins Eva and Anna. Sarah had made the paper craft for Eva's 5th birthday.

Sarah and I before Sarah's dance performance at the Abbey Arts. She was in a Kid's Lyrical Class at Freestyle Dance Centre in Abbotsford.

Jacob

“I’ll close this too,” Jacob says as he closes a door. He can open doors now so that means he can go outside whenever he wants now. He got bored inside this morning and said, ‘outside.’ I love how he had thought up an idea of what to do.

He uses mainly, ‘nope’ and ‘yup’ as his responses to yes or no questions.

He is liking to not sit at his highchair. We compromised this morning and pulled the trayless highchair up to the table.

“Mommy, dump it in there.” Jacob says about the contents of his little potty while pointing to the big potty.

He uses the phrase ‘in there’ quite a bit. I.e. 'Sticky in there.'

He likes to talk about things that have happened before. Like Sarah pulling the towel bar off the wall. “Sarah, ouchie, there,” while pointing to the remains of the towel bar. She didn’t get an ouchie. She had been holding on to the towel bar and jumping while I was in another room. The towel bar and wall got an ouchie.

He’ll often say, ‘thank you’ and hand over whatever he isn’t supposed to have (like a pen).

When he’s done eating he passes his plate to me and says ‘thank you.’

He can also say, “Thank you, meal.” (thank you for the meal).

He cannot say ukulele though. He has called it a piano and song.

Here we are enjoying (?) a canoe time with our family on the May long weekend! We found the lifejacket secondhand and have neither seen the movie Cars or endorse it (I don't really like things with ads on them, but it is a great little life jacket for him :) Thanks Mom K.

Hi. I am very sick. I am glad it is Sunday. Andy just took the kids to Whiterock. I will lie down again soon. I have been nauseous since Thurs. and got mastitis Fri. afternoon, for which I am now on antibiotics. The doctor said the nauseousness and diarrhea are from a stomach bug - the flu. I think it was a year ago January I was this sick last.
Well, being sick helps you slow down and appreciate the little (or not so little) things in life - your children, other people's children, the sunshine, your husband - and also think about and pray for those who struggle with chronic illnesses or diseases. There is a lady from our church whose husband read a letter about 3 weeks ago saying that her cancer (in throat?) had advanced so much she's been only given less than a month to live. Another man from our church is undergoing radiation treatment.
I'm pretty sure I'll make it through this sickness, but when I'm in it it seems difficult. Walking around is difficult. I have to be careful not to let my stomach get too empty - otherwise my nauseousness increases.
Time to lie down....

february family fun

Sarah asked me to take a picture of her after she was done a project one day.

Smoothie time. It's good.

The kids and I had a great (but cold) sunny few hours at Mill Lake park one Feb. day.

Enjoying a walk through a wooded patch near Mill Lake.

Sketching at Mill Lake.

At the Orpheum. Great Concert by the VSO.

Dancing with Eva in her living room after a trip to the Orpheum with Mom and Dad for a morning school-kid concert.

Working with iron filings with Great Grandpa at his place.

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January pics for you

Outside the museum one Saturday.

Aquarium.

Snowtime, hen time at Grandad and Grandmas.
Mill Lake time. We did school by the lake one dry day recently.

The backyard was a little muddy and somebody did a faceplant.

Jan.1st morning walk at Mill Lake. So nice.

Jan.1 snuggle.

Sarah's post

This movie is of me making a sandcastle. ~Sarah

Below you will see a picture of my sandcastle.

This sprout came out of a pumpkin we were cutting up for dinner and we found this sprout inside.

picture post

Picking Apples at Willow View Farm together. Grandad was hanging out with Jacbo for a while in his car while Andy and I cleaned up after a market day.

Sarah loves to create things. She made this poster in anticipation of a playdate with her cousin.

Jacob's first walk outside without a stroller. Taking a break on the sidewalk. The way our living room was arranged Jacob could crawl up on to the counter. We have now eliminated that possibility. :)

Grandma A. came over for actual Thanksgiving Day and we made a Thankfulness tree. It reads "We give thanks" on the bottom. Two people were thankful for melons because we served some melons from our garden at the end of the meal.

daily life

Sarah turned six on Sept.19th - some of my family heard the cake story:) We gave her my old bike - a tuned up BMX. She can go faster on this bike cause the wheels are bigger. Here are a few other family life pictures as well.

joyful jacob

Jacob has been doing a lot of growing up. As you can see, he is very joyful, enjoys buttons and has an incredible smile. At night, after I nurse him, he's been standing up on the bed, finding something to lift and throw and then he drops down, flop, on his tummy and laughs. Then I put him into bed and he falls asleep. That has been the routine the last few nights. He really enjoys standing up on that bed (our queen size on) and flopping down again.
He used that overturned coffee table to get up on the couch today...he is turning out to be quite the climber.
Sarah has been improving in her printing and reading. She also is taking a dance class this year.
Jacob has been practising his walking more and more lately. He really enjoys walking outside, in the backyard...also, when something really catches his attention he gets walking.

Jacob got a little owie on his nose, so that would be a scab on there.