Liam's movie

"Daddy, I want to watch a movie."

"Sure, Liam, which movie?"

"The bunny movie."

Happy first birthday Lily

Lily turned one on April 21. Where did that year go?? On April 20, we had a big party with most of her favourite people (except for the ones who were out of town or working.. you know who you are!!). Lily had a great time. We all did.

Here is the obligatory "stuffing my face with cake" shot.

And here's the happy crew.
Thanks, everyone, for making Lily's special day so special!

Together at home and at play

Is it too much to hope that they will always get along this well?

Computer wizard

Here is Liam on my computer (aka: mommy's pomputer). I put up with the sticky mouse and fingerprinted screen because he has so much fun playing on it, and I even catch him learning from time to time.

Over the past six months or so, he has become increasingly proficient at computing. It's actually a little bit scary. Not only can he manipulate the mouse like he was born with it in his hand, he can open up Firefox (two clicks on the orange marble), go to the bookmarks menu, select the specific website he wants to visit from the list of "his" sites (there are eight of them) and then navigate around to the games, videos, and other features. When he gets bored, he simply selects another site and away he goes.

Sometimes the games involve math or reading, which are a bit beyond his reach at this time, but with a little help he does just fine. I'm sure Lily will take to it just as easily. And then they can both teach me.

Liam's favourites:
tvokids.com
pbskids.org
kidscbc.ca
thewiggles.com
doodlebops.com
nickjr.com
treehousetv.com
thisisdanielcook.com

Peek a boo

Rub a dub dub, two kids in the tub

Bath time is such fun! Lily likes to dunk her face into the bubbles.

Birthdays and hairdos

A portrait of Lily, by Sarah.

We got to go to Sarah's birthday party today and it was great! The boys had a lot of fun playing with the cars and trains, and the girls had a lot of fun just hanging out.

As you likely know, Lily has had an interesting hairstyle pretty much since she was born. First it was sort of fuzzy, then it was all sticky-uppy, and now it's pretty long in the back (to the point where Nana is threatening with the scissors). Aunt Cathy solved everything with a simple scrunchy.

Changes her whole look, really. And makes her ever so much more like her hero, Sarah. Even Nana has sheathed the scissors for the time being.

We like the pony tail. I think we'll be doing that again.

Happy Birthday, Sarah, and thanks for the party!