Kaitlyn's sweet Grannie sent her a Walmart gift card for her birthday, so we went and picked out the best pool they had (complete with a basketball hoop! ring toss! and slide!!) and had a belated birthday pool party. It was fun, the girls LOVE the new pool.

How about some pictures!

Kaitlyn is so cute. Especially in the new bathing suit from her Grandma, and her oversized polka-dot sunhat. I love toddling babies! Please don't grow up, Kate-kins. Your cheeks are so pinchable.

Eva had fun too. She loved the games, this pool is so great, it kept them entertained for a loong time.



Eva was in 3-year old heaven. New pool, lollipops, sunshine. What more could a kid ask for?


Kaitlyn loves going down slides these days. Seriously....she looks so grown up here.

It was a good weekend. We had the pool party on Saturday. And Sunday, we hung out at Derby Reach park (with my parents) Eva flew her kite, Kaitlyn chased puppies, we ate sloppy joes, and relaxed. We also had three showings on our house (and one offer! that fell through the very next day! sheesh). And now, we are planning our trip to Summerland this weekend.

Life is not boring around here! Spring is good.

I might just go ahead and officially spill the beans- we put our townhouse for sale. Wanna see pictures?








And, there ya have it. Our lovely little home.

We aren't sure what exactly is going to happen. We have our eyes (and an offer) on a beautiful house down the street, but first we gotta sell this baby. So, we'll see... We've been praying lots. The house we are in love with is, well, a real house (not a townhouse), which means it has a real yard, garage, and lots more room. It's a home that we won't grow out of, and it's a 1/2 block away from a brand new elementary school.

So, yes, we move a lot. But, the whole goal we've had along the way is to end up in a "forever-type" house in a "forever-type" neighbourhood by the time the kids are in school. And, since I'm signing up Eva for Kindergarten in January, this is our last chance to move to the place we want to stay.

We're so excited. And really hoping everything works out.

We had a lovely weekend! We enjoyed soaking up the sun, went on a long walk to Starbucks, and had a good ol' time at the local Cloverdale parade and rodeo.

And, Eva, in all her cuteness, made it on the Global News Hour. Click this link, then along the top, click the "News Hour" Tab, and scroll down the list until you see "Cloverdale Rodeo".

http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/bc/video/index.html

Give it a click! Eva is giving a high-5 to a clown about 20 seconds to the end.

(I'm not sure how long it will be up, so let me know if the link doesn't work anymore :)

I snuggled up to Eva on the couch this morning, and asked if she wanted to have a "girl chat". She agreed with a smile, and I went on to ask her what she wanted to do when she grew up. She gave much thought before she replied:

"Hmmmm, I want to get a purple vacuum"

I giggled, and told her that was a fabulous idea. Dyson would surely make purple vacuums by the time she grew up.

Then, I asked her if there was anything else she would like to do when she was older. This time, she was quick to respond:

"Yes, I would like to fly with Tinkerbell wings"

What a sweetheart. I just love her to pieces.

We headed out to the Greater Vancouver Zoo this morning. I've been wanting to go for a really long time, but every weekend that I put it on the calendar, it either rained or we ended up going out of town. Now, that it's May, things are calming down a bit, and we actually got to go.

Kaitlyn was pretty indifferent about the whole deal. She sat contently in the baby backpack, only once did she open her mouth to squeak the request that I hold her hand for awhile. She's so cute. 100% cute. I would like her to stay a baby forever. Pretty please.

Eva, oh Eva. She was excited. This morning, when she crawled in bed with Nich and I, we asked her if she wanted to go to the zoo. Her eyes got big, and she gasped, then exclaimed "The ZOO! I would LOVE to go to the zoo. I'm going to see elephants, and giraffes and lions and bears. I would love to go to the zoo, ever I do."

I love how she ends sentences with "ever I do". She says that after she announces she loves me, too. "I love you, ever I do", she says. I love 3-year old lingo. So fun.

So, anyway, we arrive at the zoo, and she ran excitedly to the gate. And, after we got entrance tickets, we told her we were going to go on the zoo train, too. Well, that was definitely the icing on the cake for her. She LOVES trains, and kept asking the whole time we were there, if it was time for the train yet.

We saw so many animals. I absolutely adore going to the zoo. I enjoy how God makes some incredibly, amazing creatures. All so different.

And, some absolutely hilarious.

Like this giraffe. I could have watched him all day. I took about 50 pictures of him, but I won't bore you, because his hilarious-ness probably doesn't come off the same way in still frames. But, really. You'll just have to believe me. He would waltz back and forth in front of the zoo guests, with his nose pointed high into the sky. He gave the funniest looks to us, I am quite positive that he was more intelligent than we pinned him for.

And, just as we were getting ready to go, he turns towards us, looks right at me, and starts swaggering over with his tail swooshing in the air.

Nich woke up at the crack of dawn this morning, and took off down to the States to help my brother with home renovations. This left me and the kidlets here to have a fun "girls day". And, what better way to start, then to go enjoy McDonald's breakfast? Hot cakes, of course. Yum.




And afterwards, a romp at the Playplace...






Now, Kaitlyn is down for a short, morning nap. And, then we're heading to the pet store. And, if the girls are up to it, I might attempt to window shop at the home decor store next door.

Fun fun. Happy Saturday!

I'm finally done. After being buried in bookkeeping paperwork for over a month, I am finally done. When I wrapped up my last client's books yesterday, I promptly got on the phone with Nich and told him to bring home a couple Timmy's Iced Cappuccinos, because we're going to CELEBRATE.

I feel like April went a little like this: Sleep, work, eat, work, socialize, work - repeat. My house is a complete disaster, I miss playing with my kids, and I just can't tell you how relieved I am to be done the big mound of work that haunted me for too long. (side note: I do bookkeeping all year long, but this last month I had an unusually large work load due to an additional client, tax time, etc.)

Anywhoo, I am excited to get back to life. I love that I get to contribute a bit to this family, but when I work, everything seems to get thrown to the wayside. Laundry barely gets done, budgets don't get balanced, bathrooms don't get cleaned, and the kids watch more cartoons. I'm sure you know how it goes.

So, it's May, and I am SO excited. It's sunny, we're all healthy (knock on wood), and I can't wait to get back in my Supermom groove.