I'm 3!

Naveah just turned 3!!! What a girl she has blossomed into. She keeps everyday entertaining.

I love her over exaggerated laughter and her devilish grin. Her enthusiam to do things and the look on her face when she talks so serious. Her favorite show is "The Wonder Pets". This has made her daily life one giant musical. She sings everything she does and everywhere we go and everyone we see has become a mission to save them. For those of you who have seen the show will know exactly what im talking about. I quite often here Her and Kael arguing over how the Wonder Pets song goes.

She is still in love with Dinosaurs. The Land Before Time is one of her favorite movies and recently she has added Ice Age 3:Dawn of the Dinosaurs to list of 'must watch daily's'. She likes Triceratops and Stegosauras' the most but depending on the day it may be 'sharp tooth' or 'little foot' instead. Shes managed to get quite the collection of dinosaurs so heres hoping she likes them for a while yet!!!

She has a very creative imagination. She scoops food out of books for snacks and animals for cuddle. She has started 'Role Playing' as well and its so cute to watch or listen to her playing with Kael, or any of her friends shes with. Shes usually shopping for toys, acting like 'Mom', on a mission to save someone or just plain ol' makin a mess! I love when she comes up with this stern look on her face and in a whisper she shakes her finger at me and says "you have to be quiet, the monsters are sleeping, ok?....ok".

She is one of the messiest kids I know. There is always dirt, food, pen, chalk and other questionable things all over her face and usually her clothes too. Clean clothes only last minutes on her. Her hair, even if done, will be a frizzy disaster before we leave the house. Her shoes are never on the right feet and most trips to the bathroom result in a 'Kris Kross' flashback! And she is CONSTANTLY falling down.

Shes cheeky, sweet, quirky, loud, messy, and sometimes monsterous. She will give you a run for your money when she wants something and its often hard to bargain with her. She'll come up and gently touch your cheek, tilt her head to the side and say "I love you more!" and then demand that you say "I love you most".

She says and does the darndest things. While I wish I wrote more of these down here are some of the ones I can remember...

"I fell off the toilet like a turtle"

"Theres a shark in my tummy" or "theres a crab in my mouth" (usually when shes sick)

When telling her she needs to clean her toys or id take them away she turns to Kael and sings "this is SERIOUS!" (again, you would have had to have seen Wonder Pets to get it)

Naveah ran up to me and wrapped her arms around my legs and yelled "I LOVE YOU MOMMY", I then realized we were standing in the toy aisle.

After catching Naveah chowing down on a bowl of honeydew I had set aside for myself she turns to me and says "oh Thank you Mommy...is this for me!?" (dripping mouthful and all)

Naveah came to the kitchen window (from the outside) while i was prepping dinner, climbed up on the bench and peeked her head in the window and proceeds to order lunch... "Ill have a cheeseburger and a coffee please!"

Kael: Mommy, why do you have a clip in your hair. Naveah: Because she is pretty like ME!

Naveah once informed me that Sharp tooth, Optimus Prime AND the Seaweed Monster are in the basement and the best way to 'kill them' is with a (plastic) wrench. Within moments of recieving this information she also told me that Godzilla and baby Godzooky are here too. but its okay cause they are good guys. (phew! thank goodness!)

Naveah heard Evan and I talking about the earthquakes in Japan. She piped in, slightly panicked "a Sharp Tooth earthquake!?.......is Cera ok!!!" (refer back to Land Before Time)

 

after dropping kael off at playschool naveahs asks "are we gunna go to play place?" me "no sweety we need to go home." naveah "oh, cause our house is on fire?"......Yah I dont know where that came from.

 

while in the bath Naveah starts lining up all the purple foam letters on the side of the tub "what are you doing Naveah?" I asked. " Im building a WORD!!!" she then puts her hands on either side and squishes the letters together. hahaha (Refer to kids show Word World)

 

Naveah is such a spunky soul and and she brings light to every room she is in. We love this little girl SO much and look forward to seeing her grow up. Happy Birthday Naveah!

 

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I asked Naveah what she wanted for her Birthday. She said "cake!". So I went with it. I made her yummy pancakes for breakfast....

for lunch we invited a couple friends along with us to McDonalds to have 'cheeseburger cakes' and cupcakes! While it was rediclously busy and ill never take my kids there again, they still had a great time.

 

 

Originally we planned to have a camping birthday party for her but those plans had to change because it rained the entire weekend we were gunna go. So instead we invited people over for a Movie and Popcorn.

We had lunch then opened presents. Then we all cozied up downstairs and watched "The Land Before Time".

 

 

Big thanx to Krista, Bethany, Meghan and Tiffany who helped make her birthday just THAT much more fun!

Jevne vs. Cyr

We got to go on our first camping trip in two years this past May long weekend! We also finally got to try out our Tent trailer that we bought last year. The kids were so excited to go and even more excited when I told them that their friends Summerlyn and Brendan would be joining us!

Heres the new camper...It has a mini fridge, furnace, stereo, sink, 3rd pop out, 2 queen bed and 1 double. And it came with a portable toilet which came in handy when youre camping with little kids!!!

K & N's bed.

The 3rd pop out is a genius idea!

Beth and I went to Red Lodge campground the Monday before to reserve a site so as to make sure we would have one. Then we got this silly idea in our heads that it would be a GOOD idea to head up there on Thursday with all our children and without our husbands! 6 Kids, 2 Moms and an entire campsite to set up for a total of 12 people sounds like a great time to me!!!...or not. Honestly the first two days were a write off and Beth and I were both about ready to pack up, call it quits and hand the kids off to the highest bidders. But come Saturday morning things began to improve. Thank goodness.

Our campsite

this campsite was huge! it even had enough room for a tent, 2 campers,
a 'dining room' tent, 3 huge picnic tables, and 6 full sized trucks!

the 'dining tent' aka Party Shack.

There wasnt a whole ton of excitement to this camping trip. We didnt do much but hang around the campsite cause there wasnt much to do around there and we weren't allowed to have campfires. But thats not to say we didnt have any fun. The kids had so much fun playing together, throwing anything they found on the ground at one another, fighting, laughing, crafting and building pretend fire pits everywhere. It really is amazing how long kids can play if you just let them loose in the forest! Naveah wins the award on the Dirtiest Kid competition. There was no doubt in my mind that she is related to Oscar the Grouch. Within seconds of her waking up in the morning she blended right in to the outdoor decor. Kael was very much in his element. I cant even explain to you how much this kid loves being outsite. The whole process of camping is amazing to him and he is already whining on when he can go again!

On Sunday we decided to take a venture to Dickson Dam in Glennifer Lake. The biggest adventure of the day was just finding the place! We were pretty much led on a wild goose chase and over an hour later, we found it....only 30kms from where we started. Haha. We didnt stick around long cause it was pretty cold and windy, but we did manage to sneak in some Fishing! Kael got some lessons from Clayton, Beths husband, and his Brother Chase and Naveah got her lessons from Summerlyn!

It really was such a fun weekend and I cant wait to take the kids again!

Just a Day at the Park

On our way home from driving Grama to the airport we stopped in at the Red Lodge Campground in Bowden to 'scope it out' for an upcoming camping trip with some friends. It turned out to be a lot nicer than I had expected a campground to look in Alberta! We stuck around for a bit after a drive through so the kids could get out of the truck and stretch their legs and play at the park. It was so nice to just get out and relax on a nice warm sunny day! and HOLY my kids are SO CUTE!!!!!!!

Hello Grama!

My Mom came up for a quick visit and I was SO grateful!!!
The kids loved having her here and they were slightly spoiled. (so was I...it was so nice to finally catch up on some sleep!) The time seemed very short lived though and before we new it it was time to take her back to the airport.
But we still managed to get lots done. Most of the laundry had been tackled while she was here. There were also walks, trips to the park, movie watching, lunches and ice cream treats! Naveah had tons of fun playing a game with Grama on her computer and from what I saw she was pretty good at it! They also loved reading books with her before bedtime and waking her up first in the morning (rather than me). *snicker.
Jacek didnt stand a chance against Grama snuggles and I was completely robbed of him as soon as she got here. Jacek now has some new behavior that ive been adjusting to since Grama was here! He surprisingly sleeps much better -- and he freaks out if he can't have some of our ice cream cones! Dont mistake this as complaining...the sleeping better at night completely counter acts the new ice cream addiction.

All in all it was a great visit and Im so glad the kids had fun with her and got some snuggles in the Grama blanket. I only wish I remembered to take more pictures! Oh well, we are looking forward to another visit from her and Grampa in June!!!

We Love you Grama Pow-Whoa!

Mothers Day?

For mothers day I got:

No sleep and 3 cranky kids, one with fever and a brand new tooth!

a cranky- but trying to be helpful- Husband

tantrums, screaming and fighting

a trip to the emergency room

and a fun filled evening full of meltdowns

Would I have it any other way? absolutely!!!!

 But then it wouldnt be as memorable.

 ♥ to my big little family ♥

Kael did NOT want to take a picture with me....Its quite obvious from the first pictures...I had to tickle him to get even the slightest grin. Little Stinker. Naveah was surprisingly all for the pictures!!! And Jacek was more concerned with what everyone else was doing....