Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Leah & Paige are officially - toddlers!

With the passing of their 18 month birthday, we've left the baby stage and moved into toddlerhood. We had their check up yesterday, and they're developing perfectly!
Leah is 25lbs, Paige 24. I wont bother with the height - because I know the measurement is incorrect - Paige measured taller, but anyone can tell with a naked eye that Leah is clearly the taller of the two. Both are long & lean - they'll likely be tall girls.

They've got a full blown vocabulary of "twin-eeze" now - they definitely speak some sort of language to each other. Their english is coming along fine too - they don't have a lot of words yet, but they definitely understand us, and can make themselves well understood too.

We do a lot of refereeing and coaching - the fights are endless. But there's a lot of love & affection between the two too - they can make your blood boil, but melt your heart moments later.

They continue to be good eaters, and I wonder if that's because they feel this constant need to compete! When they're hungry, all you hear is "aaah" and more "aaah" and it progressively gets louder and more aggressive if you wait too long to shovel the food in their mouths. And NOTHING is mine anymore. They could just be finishing up a huge breakfast of eggs and bagels...but as soon as I sit down with my toast, they're begging for a bite.

They also continue to be good sleepers - for the most part. I say that, because Paige is very sensitive to teething pain, and it seems to bother her most early in the morning. But I wont complain - we've had it easy, I know. OK, can I complain a bit? No??

Rachel, their nanny has been bringing the twins to a weekly library program, and all three kids to a weekly playgroup. They love the break from home, and we think the WORLD of Rachel for taking that initiative...can you imagine?! She's brave. And energetic - ha!

OK - signing off with a couple of pics of the big girls....



And a video of Paige, singing along with Mary Poppins:


OK - the blog is current now, and I will try to keep it that way!

Hope everyone is well xoxoxoxoxoxo

More of September

You know what they say about feeding your kids cheese, huh?



Multi-tasking...watching TV, on the computer, while eating. She must be mine :)


Double trouble!?! I'd say!


GIVE ME A KISS!

And Leah gets extensions (I'm not sure about the color. I think it looks too fake - ha!)


Peyton starts hockey! She's number 62:


September 2007

With Grandma:



In mid-September, we took the kids to a Senators open house/practise.
Leah, enjoying the view:

Miss Thang herself:

Paigers - not so much a fan:

Help! This chair wants to eat me!!

Paul and his girls:


The twins!! Peyton & Paige, that is.

Keeping them coming...August pictures

At the tail end of our holidays, we went to the Navan fair - and it was fun!

Also by the end of our holidays, Paul finished his summer project (with the help of A LOT of very kind people...) I present, my mother's day 2007 gift:

(I love it Paul, and we'll enjoy it for years to come for sure. Thanks! xoxo)

Sampling a Lime:


IS THIS WHAT OUR FUTURE HOLDS???


A visit to the EX in late August:









And...one cool August morning, Paul, Rich and De took the kids to the changing of the guards - while I went off to a baby shower :)





Friday, October 12, 2007

Our trip to Toronto

What fun we had - on the hotter than hell hottest 3 days of the summer. Seriously.
We left Ottawa on Tuesday morning, drove to the Metropolitan Zoo, spent a couple of hours looking at animals who were tired, hot and miserable then checked into our hotel in Markham. Paul, Tanya & Rich took the kids to the pool while De & I went in search of munchies, booze and a place to eat.

Pics from the zoo:

Twins are clearly thrilled to be here









Peyton with her beloved uncle Rich


The next day we were up bright and early and went to Canada's Wonderland. Did I mention how bloody hot it was? By the time we entered the park, I think our entire water supply was consumed - it was brutally hot.
So we arrive and we're still sort of fresh...


Then we did some rides:




We had a quick bite to eat, then the twins did their "thing" :


And then we headed for the water park:








Oh my - I have so many more I can post of the water park - particularly Paige having a BLAST - but I'll limit it to the above pics.
After the water park, we did a few more rides...













The next day, we came home. Everyone was seriously beat from the quickie trip - luckily for Paul & I, our vacation had just begun - so we had time to recouperate and rejuvanate :)

Twins in the hotel room before leaving to come home...
(yes, Mrs. Roy - those are your outfits)



...and you wouldn't believe how long it's taken me to upload all these photos, so I'll continue our photo stories of our summer another time. Like tomorrow. Maybe.