A Little Tumble

About 3 weeks ago, Jayden had a little stumble off the veranda stairs. He was fine, it was only a 2 step fall, but his face was quite beat up.

Cousins

I just like this picture because Chloe and Justin seem to enjoy each other so much, so I decided to post it.

Organizing the Playroom

You would think that organizing a room is fairly easy, but with 2 kids even that was a challenge. We looked only to find Jayden standing fully dressed in the bucket of cleaning water, and Chloe wanting to be everywhere she wasn't supposed to be. Finally Nana and Papou went to give baths so that Kevin and I could work in peace.

Spaghetti

One of the kids favourite meals is spaghetti. I usually feed Jayden his but on night last week I had something to do so he fed himself. This is what he looked like after. But he did enjoy it.

Bath

Bath time has become such a hard task that I tried giving it the kitchen sink. Surprisingly it went a lot better. Jayden didn't try to climb out and it was much calmer. They found it very funny having their bath in the sink.

Emptying Cupboards

All Jayden ever wants to do now is get into things that he is not allowed. Here he is emptying my cupboards. I spend most of my days putting stuff away.

Fall Day

Kevin had to empty the pool to get it ready for winter. He took the kids outside and they had lots of fun.

Here is Jayden just crawling around.

Here Kevin was tickling Chloe, and she was having lots of fun.

Kevin Covered their legs with leaves, like we do with sand in the summer. When he was done, Chloe and Jayden just rolled themselves out of them.

Pumpkin Picking

On Sunday we all went pumpkin picking. The plan was to go both pumpkin picking and apple picking, but it got way too cold, so we ended up just buying the apples. The kids enjoyed it anyway.

Here Chloe was walking through the field. She had to concentrate very hard on where she was walking because she didn't want to trip.

The kids were really good at posing for us. I am surprised that none of them tried to get off the haystack (probably because they were all frozen).

Jayden was tires of being in the stroller so despite the mud, I let him crawl. Of course, Chloe and Justin started crawling also. They were a nice mess after that.

You can go on Justin's blog for more pictures.

Jayden's 1st Birthday

We celebrated Jayden's birthday this weekend. We did it a few weeks early because both a aunties were coming down for the long weekend. We just had a small party with family.

Jayden was opening his gifts with daddy. Chloe, Justin and Elliot helped a lot.

Jayden was waiting for his cake (Elliot also by the looks of it). He was very tired at this point, so he just stick his hand in the cake, but he didn't really eat any.

Uncle Yannick did a great job of keeping the kids occupied for a good part of the afternoon.

We were trying to put a bow on Justin's head. He refused to keep it on but he found it hilarious when we put it on.

Chloe really enjoyed cake time. Big surprise there!!!

The Girls

I babysat Madison last week for a few days. She likes Dora as much as Chloe. It's funny that kids like imitating each other. Here they were watching Dora right before nap time. It was very important that they lay the exact same way.

Just because

Here are a few pictures of Jayden over the past three weeks.

Here he was just starting to eat again after the stomach flu. He was still very happy during it all.

Jayden slept a lot while he was sick, so I took out an old toy out to help me. He really likes it, he sits forward in it and makes it rock.

This was just a cute picture.

Standing

All Jayden wants to do now is stand. He still needs something to hold him, but he is very good at it. Every time he sees the camera now, he makes a silly smiling face.

Tool Man

No matter where we are or what we are doing, Jayden always finds the tools. Too bad he is not older. I am sure Daddy would enjoy the help with the renovations.

Broken Tooth

Chloe always has so much fun just running around in circles around the Island. She was doing it about three weeks ago, and she fell flat on her face. When we came to see, there was blood everywhere. I was really scared to just pick her up, Thank-God Kevin was home . Finally, she had a swollen lip and a chipped tooth. It doesn't show that much, and she didn't cry for very long. We went to see the dentist just to be sure it was OK. They didn't do anything because it is just a baby tooth.

Update

I know, it has been a while. We hav been very busy around here. Jayden and I both had the stomach flu, but we are bth over it now. Now Chloe and him have a very bad cough, but we haven't had to go to the hospital yet.