Saturday Night

On saturday night, the whole family was invited to a birthday party. We decided to try and look our best, and then took some family photos of ourselves which was quite a task.

It was nice to see everyone as usual. Lately we have all only been getting together once a month.

Bobs found different ways to entertain himself, including collecting all of James' shot glasses and pretending to drink out of them. He did want to leave early and went to the door and said "all done, shoes!!" 

On sunday morning we let Mads try the Jolly Jumper. He did pretty well but is still unsure of how fun it can be.

A Blog Update

Sorry it has been a few days since I last updated. It has been busy and our camera ran out of batteries. We were at the spray park on thursday when it was 31 degrees out. Erik ran from the spray park to the regular park, back and forth. 

Erik also got his hair cut.... a buzz cut this time. It took all of 4 minutes to chop. He was screaming his head off while it was happening, but now he is proud of his look and loves to check himself out in the mirror.

Another August Weekend

Just a few pics from this weekend. We didn't get up to much, but we did head back to Eau Claire for a festival called the Bow River Flow, where Memorial Drive is shut down for bicycles and strollers. The event was cold and not well attended unfortunately. Calgary has had pretty bad weather this summer.

Bobs is famous

Bobs is famous! While we were at the wading pools at Eau Claire yesterday evening, a photographer from the Calgary Herald asked for permission to photograph Bobs'. We didn't find his photo in the actual newspaper, but we did see it online. Here is the link:

http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/After+hottest+day+of+year/3416495/story.html

All of these photos were taken by the photographer from the Calgary Herald, and not myself.

Dinosaurs

At the library yesterday, I got Bobs this book and a few others. I thought it would be fun for Daddy to read to Bobs about Dinosaurs. He has enjoyed many other books similar to this one, but about trucks or trains. 

Daddy sits down with Bobs and I sit next to them with Mads. Daddy reads "this is a Tyranosaurus Rex... hmm... and the rest your Mommy is going to have to read"

I thought Daddy had just given up too easily, but I looked over and I laughed. How on earth is anyone supposed to read these dino books to their kids when they can't even pronounce the names themselves?

Centrosaurus
SEN-troh-SORE-us
Ceratosaurus
seh-rat-oh-SORE-us
Cetiosaurus
see-tee-oh-SORE-us
Chasmosaurus
kaz-moh-SORE-us
Coelophysis
SEEL-oh-FIE-sis
Compsognathus
komp-soh-NAY-thus
Corythosaurus
koh-rith-oh-SORE-us
Criorhynchus
cry-oh-RINK-us
Cryptoclidus
cript-oh-CLIE-dus
Daspletosaurus
das-PLEE-toh-SORE-us
Deinocheirus
DINE-oh-KEE-rus
Deinonychus
die-NON-i-kus
Dimorphodon
die-MORF-oh-don
Diplodocus
di-PLOH-de-kus
Dromaeosaurus
DROH-may-oh-SORE-us
Dromiceiomimus
droh-MEE-see-oh-MEEM-us

Inside with a Guitar

The weather has been colder out so we have been watching/listening to the Wiggles and imitating them with the guitar. Bobs also uses hockey sticks and my slotted spoon as a guitar.

A Mid August Weekend

We asked Bobs if he wanted to hold Mads. He was thrilled to try it. 

On saturday evening, Mormor and Morfar came over and we had sushi and tempura. Bobs had fishsticks. 

The weather hasn't been the best this past week, but finally on saturday afternoon, it started to warm up. I love when it is around 20 degrees.

On sunday morning, we met up with Jansen and Casey, and their mother at Eau Claire Market and Prince's Island Park. We ran into Nikki there which was unusual, because we had just been together with her on friday.

Here is the latest photo of Casey, who is a month younger than Mads. 

The weather was nice enough for the boys to splash around in the wading pools. 

Kristin took the above photo. She has a knack for it. I love it.

There are only a few more weeks left of summer, so we must all take full advantage!

Butterfield Acres

We went to Butterfield Acres yesterday. It is a little petting Zoo/Farm not far from Mormor's house.

Bobs had a great time looking at baby farm animals, playing with dump drucks in a large sand pit, and ...

Sitting on the big green tractor!

Bobs looks a bit worried, but trust me, he was having the time of his life.

Making Pizza

Jansen and Bobs made pizza together. Kristin made sure to get them really involved as the plan was for them to get so excited about what they were eating, that they would actually eat it. Bobs doesn't usually eat much meat besides fish sticks and chicken fingers. He devoured pepperoni. I was so pleased.

They didn't really eat much of their pizza though. After that we went to the park and came home to have freezies as a treat.

Mattias is moving around more and reaching for toys as best as he can. Today we went to Butterfield Acres with Mormor. Hopefully we will have some photos to post soon.

Comparisons

Mads will be 4 months old on August 14th. He gets bored if he doesn't have a toy to play with, and he likes different perspectives to see the world now.

He really doesn't look like Bobs does he? But you can still see that they are brothers.

They lean the same way on the Bumbo chair at first.

I think it is so funny to see Bobs' lips here. They still look the same. His cheeks too. I give him many kisses whether he enjoys it or not.

Bobs is talking more and more. He describes what he is doing by saying things like "put this over heeeere!"

"I jump down"

"I play with this"

"Daddy come play hockey guitar in basement!" (a game they made up where they have formed a band using little hockey sticks as pretend guitars)

"I want tractor socks"

"ooohhh there's a cement truck"

It's fun.

Riley Park

Not the greatest photos I know.... we went to Riley Park today with Marseille and McLean and their mom. We met at 9:30am and were the only ones there, in the wading pool for an hour. The weather wasn't very nice, but our toddlers were eager nonetheless.

We spent time at the playground afterwards.

Monday Morning

Monday morning... and this is seriously what Bobs' hair looks like after a good night's rest. We went to the library and got a few more Wiggles DVD's and CD's for Erik to enjoy. He is very much all about the Wiggles right now. Oh yes... we also read him books.

The Boys Rooms

Here we have Bobs's room. He appreciates the rail on the bed.

This quilt is from Sarah CK's mother. I hope she makes one for Mattias too, but I realize it takes a lot of time.

Mormor made this one a long time ago. It is my birthday in the first one, and then Helge's birthday in the next two. Bobs loves it. In the one with the pumpkin, you can easily see who I am, but we joke with Bobs that Daddy is in it too, with the red hair and red sweater, hitting on another girl.

Mads' room is a work in progress. My mom has a weaving in mind ( a circus scene ) and we only just got these curtains up.

This is from Mads's godmother. Very nice.

Busy Weekend

It's been a busy weekend with cleaning the house, mowing the lawn and painting the fence.

Jansen was over for a BBQ on saturday night.