Friday, November 9, 2012

MOvember

It's not November it's MOvember! What is Movember? It's that special time of year when hundreds of men (aka MoBros) grow a mustache in suport of prostate cancer awareness and men's health. And this year Alastair is supporting the cause by growing his own mustache! What does Alastair look like with a mustache you ask? Drum roll please.....
Step one: Don't shave for a few days....and then just shave the hair off your chinny chin chin.
 Step two: Experiement with different types of mustaches. Should it grow straight across or grow down?
 Step 3: The final result! A mustache that will hopefully grow long enough to twirl the ends of! Oh dear....whatever will it look like at the end of the month!? Stay tuned....
To support MOvember and Alastair's quest of growing a very interesting mustache you can donate at:

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Trick or Treat!

In August Anna decided she wanted to be a witch for Halloween. And not just any kind of witch but a purple scary witch. I expected her to change her mind but she never did so I searched and found her a purple witch costume. As Halloween drew closer I was worried she wouldn't wear her costume so we got the costume out, showed it to her and asked if she would like to try it on. Anna's answer was "Not yet." Finally we were able to get her to wear the hat but if we asked if she would like to put the dress on it was always the same answer,"Not yet." It was frustrating because she looked really good in the hat....
To get her excited about Halloween and her purple scary with costume we then made yummy  batcakes!


 We dressed up Matilda in her Halloween costume....
Quick quiz - which baby picture is Anna and which is Matilda!??
 And the answer is....the baby on the left is Matilda! The baby on the right is Anna!
Matilda dressed up as a pumpkin!
Finally it was Halloween and from the moment she woke Anna insisted it was not Halloween and she would not wear her costume and she did not want to bring it to school or wear it to school! Oh dear...what is a sleep deprived Mom to do!? Beg, plead, bribery? None of those worked so I put the costume in a bag, went to school and Anna's teacher asked Anna wear if she could see her costume and Anna showed it to her and let her put it on her right away. Never underestimate the power of your child's teacher!
Here is Anna as the purple scary witch!
 When Anna decided she was going to be a purple scary witch she also decided that Daddy was going to be white ghost and Mommy was going to be a pink ghost.
 The giggling purple scary witch
The witch and her loot from trick or treating (this does not include the candy she got at school!)
 Happy Halloween from the purple scary witch, the pink ghost, the white ghost and the pumpkin!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

One Month Wonder

Matilda is one month old! 
 She's becoming more alert...

and aware of her surroundings... 
 noticing lights and sounds...
 but she's most fscinated by her big sister!

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Family Fun

We were lucky to have family for the first 3 weeks after Matilda was born. We had my family here the first week while we were in the hospital and for the next two weeks we had Alastair's parents. Anna enjoyed the visits more than words can say - it was like she was on a 3 week holiday with all her favorite people!
Some of highlights included wearing animal hats from Anna's birthday....

running around outside kicking the ball...
 making cupcakes wsith Granny...
 Even Matilda joined the cupcake making fun!
We searched for the great pumpkin
 and sat on Daddy's shoulders .
Matilda got lots of cozy cuddles.....
and Anna gave and got her share of cuddles too!




Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Look at Me I'm 3!!!!

Much to Anna's delight it was finally her birthday this week. She's been talking about her birthday for months and there was excitement from the moment she woke up!
When we went into her room that morning we asked what day it was and Anna jumped right up and shouted, "It's my birthday!!"
 
We started the day with a special birthday muffin complete with a candle. 
And the fun fun continued after school with an everything purple theme....purple balloons.....
 purple presents...
 and purple cake!
Close your eyes.....
 Here comes the cake!


 


Thursday, September 27, 2012

Made in Canada

Introducing the newest member of our family....
Matilda Rose Dundas
Born September 24, 2012
10:28 am
6 lbs 3 oz; 19 1/4 inches
 


 
Anna meets her baby sister Matilda for the first time....Anna likes to call her Princess Tilda


 Big Sister Anna!
 Matilda with big sister Anna, Auntie Lyn, Ama, and cousin Logan
Many thanks to all for the well wishes and congratulations. We got to come home yesterday and are resting comfortably and learning new routines!!


 
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