Sunday, February 26, 2012

How long does winter last in Canada?

Can somebody answer my question…I thought we were coming to the end of it, the weather was really nice last week and the snow was melting then all of sudden on Friday afternoon we got a huge snow storm and now it looks and feels like winter all over again! I do like winter but I am just not use to it being here for so long.

February has been the month of birthdays…both Auntie Carrie and Lita were born on the same day so we had two celebrations on the family day weekend. We ate yummy food and had lots of cake! We got Lita a really nice Canada sweater from Roots, that she can wear when she goes home to the Phillipines in May.

IMG_0299 Uncle Brodie made a really nice chinese fondue dinner for Auntie Carrie’s birthday, it was delicious and to top our dinner off we had a yummy peanut butter cheescake that Gigi made and cupcakes!!!

 

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Since it was family day weekend, Gigi came to town to hang out with us, it was really nice to have here, especially because Daddy had to work all weekend! She came with a surprise for Paige and I, she got us tickets for Disney on Ice…it was spectacular.

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We got to see so many of our favorite characters, including every single princess and their prince, it was amazing!

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Daddy had one day off on the weekend, well sort of, he was post-call which usually means he has to sleep but he missed us so much he passed on the sleep and brought us to this really neat place called “Funatorium Explorium”. There were all these cool things to do and play. We also got to meet Cinderella and Princess Aurora, it was a great day.

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We had a really nice family day weekend, hope everyone else did as well. Now as I mentioned earlier February is the month of birthdays, today I have to send a big birthday wish to Great Granny Cullen and Auntie Shirley, they both had birthdays this month. Great Granny’s birthday is today and she is having her birthday party at Auntie Shirley’s tomorrow…hope she has lots of fun! I wish Sudbury was a little bit closer to us so we could go more often, I keep bugging Mommy and Daddy to bring us back, we had so much fun there last time!

Over the past few weeks Lita and Mommy have been practicing doing fun things with our hair. Check out some of the pics;

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Now on friday I got up early with Mommy and was watching her do her hair and asked if she could straighten mine just like she does! So she did, check it out!!!

IMG_0375 I love having my hair straight, it flows just like Rapunzel! Once mommy straightened it she realized that my hair was very long and that it also needed a good cut, so off to the mall we all went yesterday. I got 2 inches cut off but my hair is still really long and my curls are back. For Paige this was her first real hair cut and in order to even things out she got it cut quite a bit, Mommy was in a little shock and had a hard time adjusting to it but everyone thinks it is cute! I don’t have any pics yet to share, I promise too on the next blog post. Hope everyone has a nice day!

Love y’all,

Emmie and Paige

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Happy 4th Birthday to Me…!

I really enjoyed turning 4, I kept getting to do it over and over again, it was lots of fun! I got to see lots of people and I got tons of great new toys and clothes. Thanks to everyone for all the wonderful gifts. Mommy and Daddy also invited a bunch of friends and family to our house for a party, it was great way to celebrate my birthday, thanks!

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I had a tinkerbell/fairy themed party and Paige & I decided to dress up in Tinkerbell outfits!

 

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Mommy also found the time to sit down and attempt elastic braids on both Paige and I, they turned out pretty nice, with practice I think she will get better!

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Everybody sang me happy birthday and I got to blow out the 4 candles on my cake, I had a hard time with one of them so all of my friends helped me out!

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I still can’t believe all the really nice gifts everyone gave me, I am really lucky! All of my friends helped me open my presents and we all couldn’t wait to put all the toys together…

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Paige and I both got these really nice night lights for our rooms, Dr. Oz says they help with keeping bad dreams away!!!

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It was a beautiful weekend for my party and since Gigi and Uncle Ryan came all the way from Toronto we decided to head out and join in the fun of Winterlude. Everyone told us when we moved to Ottawa that we have to experience skating on the canal and beaver tails during the Winterlude festival so we did just that! It was really neat and I have to say “I love beaver tails”!!!

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We ended up renting these really neat sleighs that slid really nice on the ice, we ended up going 4 km along the canal, it was cool!

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There were so many neat things to look at along the canal, pictures, sculptures, igloos and teepee’s.

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The weather this week was really nice so Lita let us play outside a lot. Paige and I were showing Sophie what fun can be had in the snow in our backyard. She still isn’t too sure about all the snow but she did laugh while watching Paige and I make snow angels and slide down the hill, I think she will figure it all out soon!

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We’ve been having fun on the really cold days playing dress up inside our nice warm house. Check out the pics of some of our dress up sessions, aren’t we gorgeous princesses!

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Well time for bed, hope everyone has a great Sunday!

Love y’all,

Emmie and Paige