Elmo Party!

For Nola's birthday party, Grandma took her to Party City to buy decorations. If you have ever been in Party City, you know there is darn near any theme you could possibly have! I was certain it would come down to either Trolls or Pokemon. To my surprise, when she came in the door she had a bag full Elmo stuff! Nola had an Elmo party for her 2nd birthday as well!

My mom, Pat, Nickie and Cola all came to give me a hand, which was much appreciated! Birthday parties are not my favourite... In the end, it was a great day filled with friends and laughter. How lovely it is to see my girl with her friends :)

Happy Birthday Nola!

Nola is 7!!!

How has this happened?!? My baby! My first born! 7?! Wow...time flies.

Dougie was in Quebec for Nola's birthday, which was pretty hard on her, however we tried to make the day extra special for her! She woke to presents and chocolate chip pancakes! The boys gave her 'three cheers' and she loved that. At school that day, she had 'scientists in the classroom' and got to do a bunch of fun experiments.

That evening, Grandpa, Nana and Papa came over for dinner. Pizza and ceaser salad - Nola's request! She then got to open a few more gifts and had so much fun playing with her grandparents.

My dear Nola, how deep my love is for you. You are beautiful, inside and out. You are full of life and have such a passion for all you do! You are a loving sister, giving friend and the best daughter I could have ever dreamed of. It is a privileged to watch you grow and learn. I love you, my sweet sis!

Family Day and Wilbur!

For Family Day this year, we went to the activities over at the Community Centre with Carol and Ada! The kiddos had a blast! Nola and Rob were very excited to get their faces painted and John loved the sandbox :) Nola ran into her classmate, Daniel, and they decided to get matching cheetah faces. It was a wonderful day.

Very exciting news for the Irwins - they got a dog!!! For FHE on night back in February, the kiddos and Doug went to go meet him. I was sick and couldnt go, but the kiddos love him. Truthfully, he is super adorable! Nola keeps bugging us about getting a dog, but that wont be happening anytime soon!