2 years old…
It is hard to believe… Colin turned two last weekend…
We had a quiet weekend, just us and a good friend and had a small party… not much… a few balloons, Foods that Colin likes and a cake…
Colin is so different than Xavier… his language skills are so much better at the same age and he is already talking in sentences often. He is completely in the two’s… saying no, making trouble, hitting Xavier over the head with toys and everything else a little brother can do to bug his big brother… (of course, Xavier doesn’t make it easy for him)
Colin loves to sing songs, and loves music and dancing… His favourite songs are the ABC song, Twinkle Twinkle and loves singing “Elmo’s World”… Simon put a bunch of kids songs and theme songs on his Ipod and he has special requests when he is in the car..This of course is the complete opposite of Xavier who used to cry and scream as a baby when you tried to sing to him and still sings a few notes only when he thinks that no one can hear him…
Colin is a little jokester, he loves to make us laugh. He has this face that he does where he scrunches up his nose so much that his eyes are almost closed and smiles showing all of his teeth… the kind of face that you can’t help but laugh, pick him up and kiss him…
About 2 months ago we went shopping and I found a little plush Max and a Ruby from the TV show… He fell in love with them at the store and they have remained his favourites since.. when he is tired he goes into his room, gets them both and comes have Maju to take a nap… at night the same… he must have both…
Some days, often when we are in the car we get back and both of them have soaked ears from where he sucks the tips of their ears…
Colin is also my little cuddle monster. He loves to be in our arms, loves to get worn in the Ergo on Simon’s back, loves to sit down next to me on the couch, under the blankets and watch TV or look at a book.. Again, very different than Xavier.
He also has a great appetite. He eats all day and is always in the fridge looking for food… the first thing that he says in the morning is what he wants to eat… Croissants, Apples, eggs, pancakes, Sushi, Avocados, black olives, Bananas, grapes, pizza, spaghetti, yogourt and Cereal are just a few of his favourites…
I could just go on and on about him…
I can’t believe that my little babe is 2!
Which of course also brings the 2 year anniversary of Tandem Nursing 🙂
Here are a few pics 🙂
Serious Colin
Opening his presents
Looking at one of his new toys
A silly face
great weekend…
We had a great weekend… It was a holiday here so Friday Simon didn’t have work…
Friday we lounged around in the morning and then we went to Zellers for some pics and walked around in the mall a bit… I found some shoes that I need for a few weddings that I am going to this summer and they were on special so that was a definate plus…
Saturday was another leisurely day… I talked Simon out of house work and we sat down by the pool, and went swimming with the kids and just had a lot of fun… Our friend Yan came over in the late afternoon and koined us in the pool and then I made a really nice supper… An entree of Mussles and then Steaks on the BBQ with twice baked potatoes… and then we had cheesecake and a fire with roasted marshmallows….
The kids went in the bath and I took advantage of the last bits of sun light to read abook in the Hammock beside the Fire…
On Sunday I enticed Simon out of house work again and we had another fun day with the kids in the back yard….
One of the coolest things was that both boys love the water and Xavier started swimming by himself… At the end of last summer he was starting to swim and now he is pretty much at the same level and probably even a bit better then last summer…
I love weekends like this, weekends that are spent at home, with the family… getting to know the boys even more then I do already… sitting with Simon just enjoying each others company…
Here are a few pics of the boys in the pool…
and of course… so tuckered out after swimming and playing outside… Colin fell asleep while eating his snack….
I have a few videos of the boys swimming that I will get up soon… Gotta show them off of course 😉
sunny days…
The last few days have been Gorgeous… We were able to do things in the yard, play in the sun, eat outside, go to garage sales (well I did) and we even went swimming Sat, Sun and yesterday… the water was pretty cold on Sat but by Mon it had warmed up quite a bit and was so comfortable and refreshing… it was just one of those perfect days with the perfect temperature…
Of course it had to come to an end and last night we had a big thundershower and of course it was followed by colder air… So now the kids are begging to go swimming cause they had so much fun in the pool (especially yesterday… we spent about 3 hours in the pool between noon and 5…) and it is cool, windy and cloudy and there is no way that I will even get a bathing suit on….
I love being in the pool with the boys.. it is one activity that the boys love equally so neither gets tired of it or wants to leave… and if they do then they just get out and play on the deck… we all laugh and play and just have fun…
I didn’t get any pics of the boys in the pool yesterday since our camera isn’t of the waterproof variety… but here are a few others…
This is our yard….:) (well part of it)
Xavier in the kiddie pool…
Xavier in the Hamac…
Colin eating from the Fruit bowl (1/2 a watermellon cubed, slices of apples and some strawberries)
Colin just being cute… (after taking all of the apple pieces)
Mowing the lawn…
Simon mowed the lawn this weekend when we had a break from the constant rain we have been having the last few days… well more like weeks…
Anyways… Monday he was home and though it was a bit cool we spent most of the day outside and had fun… When Simon started to mow the lawn Colin wanted to go see him. Xavier has understood to stay next to Simon when he is mowing the lawn yet we don’t yet trust Colin… so the safest and happiest place for Colin was on his Daddy’s back… He stayed there for quite a while…
Here of course are a few pics….