Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays

This is the first year.

The first year of many.

The first year to celebrate two little girls birthdays.

Maelle turned 1.

Pea turned 2.

We decided this year,

we would have a joined birthday.

The first of many I am sure.

So we prayed for nice weather.

and got our pen and paper out

to write down what we needed for the big day.

We held it at my moms.

Nothing too fancy.

Just a whole lot of kids and some of the most important people 

in my two little girls lives.

FAMILY.

Invites only went out to people who are blood related.

Or as close to blood related as you can possibly get.

The guest list included:

Grandparents. Great Grandparents. Aunts. Uncles. Nephews. Nieces.

and of course
TK & Lindsay

Which are pretty much family as it is.

Since Pea calls them 

Uncle Bakua & Aunt DiDi

They are blessed to have so many amazing people in their lives.

So many people to pour their hearts out

into these little girls.

To love them.

and teach them.

and show them right from wrong.

Sometimes parents are just not enough.

and these little girls have a whole gang

of people to run to when mom and dad just don't cut it.

People who will invest their time

and energy into these two little girls.

They are blessed.

So their birthday party looked like this:

 It turned out to be a beautiful day.

Today.

Was Maelle ACTUAL birthday.

She turned 1.

At 11:28am.

A year ago today I woke up with contractions.

At 8:30am.

We called TK & Lindz to come watch Pea.

She was still sleeping at the time.

We went into the hospital around 9:30am.

And out she came.

TK & Lindz barely had Pea fed and dressed by the time we had called tot ell them the good news.

Maelle came so fast!

I guess she was just so excited to come into this world

and show her beautiful blue eyes.

She is the complete opposite of Pea.

It is quite funny.

She loves to be with you.

to be on you.

she embraces quality time.

one on one.

If you are a stranger,

beware of her stare.

but if you are familiar,

she'll melt your heart with her smile.

She is an amazing little girl with the most beautiful eyes I have EVER seen.

Today.

we celebrated her.

Just the 4 of us again.

and it was a great day!

So the birthdays are over.

for another year.

Thank you everyone who wished them a happy birthday.

or who came to celebrate.

It was a little bit of bright in a very dark week.

PEA TURNS 2!!!

Today,

my beautiful little Pea-Diddle turned 2!

It's rather hard to believe

time has flown by so fast.

It seems like yesterday

we were in the middle of a "LOST" marathon,

just waiting for this little person to make his or her way out into this world.

She arrived at 6:25am.

A beautiful, caring soul entered this world!

Today,

we celebrated!

It was low-key.

PERFECT.

Just the 4 of us.

Pea started her day off with a breakfast she loves!

NUTELLA!

Or "tella" as she calls it.

Then we went to visit Nana at work.

We picked up some McDonalds.

It is one of Pea's favorite places to eat!

Every time she sees it, she says "french fries!"

I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing.

but mommy and daddy don't mind.

haha

When we go through drive-thru,

she always has to say "hi" to the people working.

Today,

they gave her a free toy!

Just because she is THAT special.

and probably because the ladies there know us...

we are kind of regulars.

 After lunch we had some quiet time/nap.

Pea LOVES the Backyardigans

so she spent a little bit watching them.

I even found a birthday episode just for her!

She was pretty excited!

Nana came over after work for a bit and brought Pea a present.

It was a baby doll named "Jenny"

from the Sweet Shoppe.

 Pea LOVED it!

She took her shoes on and off,

fed her cupcakes,

stirred and baked.

Then Ellie Bean woke up!

So we took them outside and gave Pea a present from us.

A little tricycle.

Of course we had to spend lots of time learning to ride.

Ellie rode the little sun.

We went for a nice walk downtown

and then came back and played for a while.

Pea LOVES spray bottles!

Supper consisted of Pea's other favorite place to eat:

Pizza Pizza!

Pea had 3 slices of pizza

and Ellie ate 2 slices!

CRAZY GIRLS!

They love their pizza!

Then Brenda and Graeme came to visit.

They brought her more presents.

A Little People Campground, play dough & jeans!

And of course,

we had to end with some cake of some sort!

and a BIG MESS! lol

We decided it would be fun to put a sprinkler the shape of a 2 on her cupcake.

At first Pea thought it was cool.

Until I came closer with it.

Then she got scared of it!

and our smoke detector started going off. lol

she didn't find it funny though!

It might not have been the brightest idea! haha

Pea pretty much just ate all the icing off the cupcake

and then shared it with her sister.

It was quite adorable and Maelle thought it was hilarious

that her sister was feeding her cupcake!

They are quite the little best friends.

So all in all

it was a GREAT birthday for Pea.

She had a lot of fun!

TK & Lindz stopped by right before the girls went to bed

to wish Pea a happy birthday.

Now on to planning a double birthday party for the girls on saturday

with the whole fam

and TK & Lindz.

 Should be another fun celebration!

And then Ellie turns 1 next monday!!!

Birthdays

Birthdays

Birthdays

My sewing machine has been busy....

So I have been sewing a lot lately.

I find it my getaway.

something I can pour my creativity into.

I'm just learning.

Each new thing I make is a new learning experience.

 With trial and error.

Here are a few things I have made lately...

Little shorts for Maelle:

Little shorts for Pea:

Daddy t-shirt dress:

"It's whats on the inside that counts - Twinkies"

 

Another Daddy t-shirt dress:

 

Here's a couple pics of the girls wearing their pillowcase dresses:

 

And this is my first project for myself, my new pencil skirt:

 

So that's it folks!

That is what I have been up to in my dining room!

I am hoping to eventually start a little kids clothing line so keep your eyes open for that!

I hope everyone had an amazing day today with the weather being GORGEOUS!!!

We took the two little sillies out for a walk this afternoon.

We brought our camera and had a little fun.

Here are a few favs from this afternoon!

I love these two girls so much!!!

They make me laugh!!!

Agnus Dei

Ok.

So I shared this on my facebook.

Not sure how many people saw it.

Or checked it out.

But it made me cry.

It made my little hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

It is quite amazing.

This little boy.

Twelve years old.

Has such a powerful voice.

And he uses it for God.

He is so passionate.

I pray that fame does not ruin this passion.

That he stays pure.

This moved me.

Incredible.

 

Doodle, Doodle, Doodle

The Doodle Pad.

Who invented it?

Whoever did, they are a GENIUS!

 My children are occupied for not only minutes.

Hours.

By this "doodle pad"

We went on a trip to Ottawa

the other day.

 Scoped out Value Village.

My mom came across 2 of these doodle pads.

they even come with a book each.

Perfect size for the car.

and they had TWO!

Things that come in two these days are EXTREMELY important!

If Pea has something,

Maelle WANTS it!

If Maelle has something,

Pea WANTS it!

It's just life right now.

Sharing is hard to learn.

But we are working on it.

So these doodle pads.

We got TWO!

And the girls LOVE them!

They've spent hours on these things.

And we've only had them a week.

Yup.

Doddle Pads.

If you don't have one.

You may want to invest in one.

or two.

or three.

depending on how many children you have.

haha