A Little Off the Top...

Today was The Big Day... the babies had their first official hair cuts. Grammy came with us, as it was bound to be traumatic.

There were tears and melodrama:



But in the end, we all emerged unscathed. And, most importantly, we can actually *see* the babies' eyes and ears again. And they can see their cookies. Everyone wins:

(Sick) Babies Playing at 13 months

This video starts off with a short clip of the babies wearing their poppy stickers yesterday. We took them to a Remembrance Day ceremony at the local mall and the boys pretty much slept through it all. Evelyn, on the other hand, was full of beans and ambled around hanging onto my hands, visiting the crowd and licking shop display windows.

The rest of the video shows the babies playing, although it is rather subdued because they were (sigh... and still are) sick with colds when it was taken. You'll see a few chapped and runny noses. In any case, they're more dynamic these days because I think they are finally feeling a little better. Well, except for poor Keith who projectile-vomited his lunch down my back, onto the floor, himself and my socks this afternoon. We now do one nap a day in the afternoon. Great idea in theory. But as you can imagine, being that we have three little individuals, we have three differing opinions on the need for one or two naps. One nap is often not enough, and two is too many. I think Keith got overtired today after going to playgroup this morning and felt "off" as a result. Hopefully it's not the stomach flu!!

Reading With Daddy

This book is a current favrouite, meaning we get to read it consecutively. If you ask any of the three to go get "Big! Fire! Engine!!", off they crawl to comply.

Keith will often lie in the book corner of the playroom and flip through the impressive stack that migrates from the shelves to the floor several times a day. The others also love their books and stories, but Keith takes it that extra mile, and actually entertains himself with his books.

Anyone who knows Edward and I will know that he comes by this honestly!

Ummm... about Halloween....

We had every intention to get the babies dressed up for their first official Halloween. We had a stellar idea (Neapolitan ice cream) courtesy of their Aunt Jane, and most of the clothing assembled...

And then we were struck with another cold. Evelyn and I got it last night, and the boys started theirs over the weekend. We knew Evelyn was next because she was up needing comfort and rocking until past 3 am this morning. Needless to say, Edward and I are a little more tired than usual today. Happily, Nana was here as she is 6 out of 7 days of the week to help us out, and Opa also came by to lend a hand. We were really proactive with Colin's asthma medications, so hopefully it will spare us another trip to the hospital should the cold migrate to his chest.

We (ie. Edward) did carve a pumpkin and we did give out treats to over 40 kids, so it wasn't a total write-off. Evelyn thoroughly enjoyed catching a glimpse of a few ghosts and goblins at the front door, and they ALL got a huge kick out of Daddy's mustachioed masterpiece:



Although we are happy to share pictures of my adorable niece (Siobhan) and nephew (Liam), taken last night in Edmonton. According to my sister, they loved trick-or-treating, although Siobhan couldn't quite figure out why they were getting goodies from people's houses. Not like she was complaining!

Liam (3 years old) as Buzz Lightyear - he was so excited about his costume that he couldn't eat his dinner!


Siobhan (16 months old) as a Fairy Princess

We'll try again next year!