Visiting Kellen's Classroom!

 Last week, we were allowed to visit Kellen's new school.  Kellen was so excited and proud to show us his classroom.  Here he is showing me a picture that his teacher took of him.  It is of Kellen standing beside a board that says, 'When I grow up, I want to be a _____________" and Kellen said he wanted to be a fireman!  This also where Kellen sits.  He was pretty proud to show off his work.

                                                            Showing us his classroom.

 Smile!

Kellen Starts JK!

 Well, it is hard to believe that my baby boy has finally started JK!  I couldn't sleep at all the night before (especially knowing that there was going to be so much rain!) - how could he possibly be old enough to be going to school!?!  Well, he was so brave - here he is out in the pouring rain (the yellow tag was his name tag with his teacher's name and his room number on it - all the kids were given this before school started).  

Mommy and her baby boy.  I am so proud of him.

 Daddy and Kellen - Daddy was more emotional than I was on Kellen's first day!  It was so hard to say goodbye as he went through the gates of his school all by himself!

 Sarah wanted in on all of the hugs too!

 The three musketeers!  

 I love this picture!  Check out the look on Kellen's face while Sarah decided to nose dive into the floor!

 We're good!  We figured we would just leave Sarah to look at Kellen's pants!

 The next morning, was the first time we had a chance to walk to school since the weather finally cleared up. Here we are about to start our walk to school.....what happy babies I have!

Last Day of Daycare

Well, as you know, Kellen started JK last week (pictures will be posted soon!).  So, two weeks ago, he had his last day of daycare.  He has been there for the past three years, so it was pretty emotional (for mommy and daddy too!).  Kellen brought presents for his teachers, and lots of yummy snacks for the goodbye party they had for him.  My baby boy - he is getting so big, and we are so proud of him.

Here are some pictures from when Kellen started daycare (he was 16 months old).  Here he was going to the park a month after starting daycare.

 Deep in thought...he was so little.

 Happy at the park - this was a few weeks before daycare started.

 And, here was my baby on his first day of daycare.  He was so little and precious.  He just melted my heart and it was so hard to drop him off.....funny how quickly time goes by, and now we found it hard to take him out of daycare.

Happy Together

 Now that Sarah is starting to get a bit bigger, she really enjoys spending time "playing" with Kellen.  If they are playing on the floor, she will roll over to him (and will actually try to roll on to his back!).  When I took this picture, Kellen was sitting on the floor while I read him a story.  Sarah kept rolling and pushing herself over to Kellen - we basically just had to pull her up a bit so that she could sit with her big brother....it was pretty cute to watch how much she wanted to be with Kellen!

And Kellen adores (absolutely adores) his baby sister!

 Brother and sister - so happy together!

Sarah hanging out

 In the past month, Sarah has changed so much.  She now sits all by herself; rolls from her back to her belly, and from her belly to her back; laughs at things now; tries to "play" with us (especially with Kellen!)....she is just so much fun!  Here she is playing in her room with some of her favourite toys.

 Happy after her breakfast.

 Hanging out on her playmat downstairs - she never has her Sophie giraffe far from her grasp.

 Concentrating super hard on her toy.

 "Hello!"

 Something that hasn't changed, is that Sarah drools like crazy - all the time!  So, after she soaked her shirt, I took it off - and she continued to play....showing off her cute tummy!

Kellen's First Camping Trip!

 Two weeks ago, Shawn took Kellen camping at Rouge Valley in Pickering.  Kellen was pretty excited about sleeping in a tent, and in a sleeping bag.  Here is there tent (that Kellen proudly showed me).  Kellen was also excited to show me the rules of his tent - always wipe your feet; take off your shoes; and close the "door" right away!

Showing me how to zip up the tent door.

 ...and showing me how great it is to jump on the air mattress - Hey, where is Kellen's head?!?!?!

 No camping trip is complete without Kellen's best buds - Tommy (AKA:  Thomas the Train) and Jake!

 My little boy - so happy:)

 Mommy and her babies.

 Daddy and his babies.

 Kellen laughing hysterically at something.

 ...finally, Sarah smiles:)

 Roasting hotdogs for their dinner.

 ....and marshmallows!

 Yummy!

Random Pictures

 Here are some pictures from a few weeks ago, during one of Lita's visits.  Here are Sarah and Lita hanging out - chewing on Sophie, the giraffe.

 Kellen had his first "real" dentist appointment a few weeks ago.  This is the only picture from this visit, because Kellen was terrified.  He cried and held my hand for dear life - it was pretty hard to watch (he was doing the silent crying - his tears were running down his face the entire time, but he didn't make a sound).  

 Sarah after a swim - ready for her nap!