Taylor's Monday

Monday was a big day for Taylor. First thing in the morning she got her "big kid" needles. I was upset to see it doesn't get easier as they get older just as sad as the baby needles but she was very brave. Then we had her speech, she is so funny every person we passed she told them she got needles, she is not she in the least. She did well in her speech as usual not sure how many more we have left but she is talking so much better than she use to. Then we went and registered her for soccer, she is so excited about the fact she is going to play soccer, as a softball player I must admit I am really excited about her playing soccer too. In the afternoon we went and bought her soccer gear, she got some little adidas socks that have the shin guards built right in, she also got a pair of little adidas cleats (so cute), and also a little pair of umbro soccer shorts. All she needs now is a pair of cute soccer pants in case its cold but she has some other ones for the time being.
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Tid Bits Of Our Week

On Monday Uncle Jason was down the girls got to spend a little bit of time with him. While I was running my dad around. He also cut my hair, Fabians, and fixed up Taylor's. Taylor had speech and did well as usual.

Tuesday Eastynn and I got to go grocery shopping something we don't normally do. Its usually Taylor and daddy that get that chore. She liked it and I didn't mind it might have to do that more often its nice to spend time with her actually doing something.

Wednesday I sent the girls on a little scavenger hunt. We got the movie Bolt and a couple cardboard cut outs with it. I put one in the girls bedroom and the puppy cut out by the dog dish and finally the movie in the dvd with the case in front of the tv. They didn't really understand it but loved telling people about it.

Thursday not a whole lot happened on Thursday when I went and picked Taylor up her teach told me that she sang her ABC's in front of the entire class all by herself not something I'd expect out of her she's pretty she when in front of people. She doesn't seem to think its a big deal, but mommy is so proud of her.

Today me and the girls went to Logan's hockey game, then we went to see papa and grandma for a little bit, came home had some supper, then I surprised the girls with a movie at the theater, Monster vs Alien. We went with Becky and Brooklynne, Taylor was so excited but once the movie started she wasn't in to it much about half way through she came and sat on my lap and almost fell asleep during the last 15 minutes. Eastynn on the other hand was so interested in the movie pointing at the screen saying mom mom mom mom and then when I'd look over her mouth in a perfect little O it was so cute wish I could have had a camera. The only weird thing was it was a 3D movie and I think my children were the only 2 in the entire theater not wearing the 3D glassed. Oh well they still enjoyed it. And there pop came in a plastic cup and there popcorn in a plastic container which we decided are great for the tub. After the movie we went and watched one more game of Logan. Its nice cause it the 3 on 3 and the games are only a half hour perfect for a 4 year old and a 2 year old. Uncle Darren and the girls found a couple hockey pucks I am absoultely stunned Eastynn didn't take them to bed with her they were pretty hard to pry from her little hands before they had there bath.

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Little Brooklynne's Birthday

Yesterday we had Little Brooklynne's 4th Birthday Party. Although today is her birthday. So Happy Birthday Brooklynne.
She had a jammie party only a 4 year old could get grown ups to wear there jammies out in public. The girls all had fun as usual.
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Other tid bits through out the week

On Monday Taylor, Eastynn and I went to McDonalds and met up with Becky and Brooklynne. It was awesome the place was so slow they pretty much had the entire play place to them selves it was great. It was also nice cause Becky and I got to visit with very few interruptions for once.

Thursday Taylor had the flu. Poor girl. She threw up 3 different times through the day but she is such a trooper though. She did so well. I think something is up with her again her nose is running just from one side and her eye is watering again. They say she doesn't have allergies but I beg to differ.

Friday I went to the hospital by myself to visit my dad while the girls spent the evening with there dad at the swimming pool.

Saturday I played in a dart tournament. Fabian took Taylor to Chatter's Hair Salon they were giving out free hair cuts all day. By the time he got there there was a 4 hour wait for the hair cut so they left and went back. She got her bangs cut so she can see again and her hair is just sitting on her shoulders. I love it, I think we need to keep this style.

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Collins' Boys Birthday

On Sunday we all went to the Collins' Birthday party. Nathan turned 5 and Jacob turned 3. Jacob's birthday was in Feb. and Nathan's March. Nathan and Grandma Huber have the same birthday. Happy Belated Birthday Grandma Huber.
The boys had some cool cakes that Cindy Pardy made them, one talented girl.
They also got lots of cool presents Taylor's favorite present they got were the hamsters. She loves all kinds of pets though.
The girls really had a good time with the boys.
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Week Off The Computer

My week off the computer was awesome. Of course I missed it I use the computer for everything I do. I in the end had 18 people donate $35 dollars each which is a total of $630 which every penny is going to the Canadian Cancer Society. It was actually easy money. I would like to Thank everyone who donated.
1. Jeff Swanson
2. Shannon Wilson
3. Brooklynn Clarke
4. Chantell McCarthy
5. Pam Chisholm
6. Velvet Swaren
7. Sayler Droeske
8. Tammy Murschell
9. Anne Marie Coroluick
10. Donna Wilson
11. Tracy Nunweiler
12. Wanda Hobbs
13. Heather DeGagne
14. Scott and Shauna Collins
15. Jeremy Posti
16. Crystal Traub
17. Ryan Storch
18. Tamara Keller
You are all awesome Thanks so much
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Pretty Boring Week

Not much happened again this week so nothing really to post. However this upcoming week I am sure we will have tons of stuff to report. I am taking an entire week off the computer. I have been told by numerous people that I am addicted to the computer which granted I am, so someone challenged me and said I couldn't stay off for a week. I thought I will stay off the computer but I will get people to donate $5 a day for 7 days and donate the money to the cancer society. I have 11 people who said they would donate to the cause. So I will not be on for the entire week and I will instead have to do other stuff so hopefully a lot to post next Monday and lots of pictures. That's all for now

Summer Sports

I am trying to decide what summer sports if any we should put the girls in.
Taylor can go into U6 soccer which is Monday and Wednesday at 5:30 or 6:45. Taylor would have a coach.
Eastynn can go in U4 soccer which is Wednesday at 5:30 or 6:45 but at a different location. With Eastynn she doesn't have a coach just parent interaction. I think we may wait till she would be in U6 to put her in cause we may not be able to do it all.
But hopefully we will be able to fit in a couple swimming lessons or something. Taylor is going to be a salamander and Eastynn a duck. Should be a pretty fun summer if we can fit it all in.
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Not Much To Say

I am really sorry for not updating the blog we haven't done much lately nothing at all really. We went to a birthday party on Monday. Nathan had his 5th birthday and Jacob turned 3 last month but they celebrated his birthday with his big brother. The girls seemed to enjoy that although Eastynn pretty much played by herself the entire time Taylor played with Nathan a little but mainly watched the new hamsters the boys had got for their birthday.
I will add photos later.
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Our Week

This week has been a slow one for the most part. Eastynn and Taylor have had some awful colds lots of sleeping and lots of cuddles which I love.
We have been using skype to keep in contact with Grandma and Grandpa Mellor while he is in the hospital up there. Grandma and Grandpa Huber bought a web cam so we can do that soon with them too.
Grandma and Grandpa Huber came for a short little visit this weekend. I barely seen them at all but Taylor and Eastynn got to spend loads of time with them and that's what the visit was all about Grandma and Grandpa, Taylor and Eastynn. I also had a friend Ryan from Calgary stay here this weekend for a dart tourney, I got to spend more time with him. I played in a singles tourney on Saturday and won it was a lot of fun. Saturday Fabian and I went and had our anniversary dinner early while we had grandma to babysit. Then by the time we got home they went back to Daniel's. Maybe next time I will have more time to visit.
Monday was speech we had to take Eastynn cause no sitters again but that's okay we sit in a little room and watch Taylor.
Today is a dart night and we have our new sitter Logan he is making a little fortune off us but thankfully I know he is saving it for a scooter so I am happy to help out with that. He babysits on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Today was a HUGE day for us we registered Taylor for kindergarten crazy I can't wait till it happens and at the same time I am going to miss her around all the time. She is going to be going Mon-Fri full days.
I think after the fall semester we will think of putting Eastynn in play-school she can go to the same school as Taylor, which will be nice. Not only will they be in the same school it is apparently a ton cheaper than the one Taylor is at now. But we will see what the future holds I guess
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My Daddy

As most of you all now know my dad is laid up in a hospital in Calgary. His nagging back pain is way more than any of us could have expected. They were trying to figure out why his back wasn't getting better they did bone scans, they did CAT scans, and then last Wednesday he went in for his MRI and he was having so much trouble moving they sent him to the ER and then later did the MRI and found he had some tumors.
So they tried to get him a bed in Calgary and flew him up there once they found a bed and were able to manage his pain a little better. Now he is in Calgary awaiting test and results.
I need everyone that reads this blog to pray for my dad to get better asap
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Provincials

I had a hard decision to make and it took me till Friday at 11:30 to make it and we were leaving at 1. I had to decide weather to go to provincials where I could do nothing for dad or to stay in the Hat or go to Calgary where I could do nothing. I wasn't sure I'd be able to concentrate or anything, but after talking to almost everyone I know including dad I was convinced I should go and give the team a shot.
I played day one and and finsihed 7th I thought okay keep yourself together and you need 2 more days exactly the same. Day 2 surprisingly was even better I finished 4th. I couldn't believe with all that was weighing on my mind that I was doing as well as I was. Day 3 I thought one more day have an average day and your in, and I finished 2nd so overall I finished 3rd on the team. And couldn't be happier. Every dart I threw was for dad and I am happy I made him proud.
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Congratulations Ryan and Lisa!

On Friday in amongst all the horrible stuff that is going on in our life. Something amazing happened for one of our closest friends, they had a beautiful baby bob Calvin John Storch. He is absolutely gorgeous I can't wait to met the little guy and give my friends a huge hug. He was born 7lbs 12oz.
I wish I had a picture to post hopefully soon we will see them and take photos with him and the girls.
Funny little thing about the boys in that family they have a Calvin just like Uncle Calvin. A Luke just like cousin Luke and a Nick like me. To weird.
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Our Week (without the bad news)

After Eastynn fell and busted up her lip we were good, good till the next day. Tuesday Eastynn was sitting in mommy's chair at the table and fell and she was holding her arm, since Fabian took Eastynn to the ER the night before we were hoping we didn't have to go back. Thank goodness she was able to shake it off quickly. Then in the evening my parents came over for dinner and she was sitting in a folding chair and it folded up on the poor little girl. She had a rough few days. I can't remember now but one day I took Eastynn to the pool for a little play date the second we hit the water she got a ball right in the face. She's a tough little monkey though she barely cried.

Taylor she only had one little accident last week. We bought the girls a new tv for the toy room and the stuff is in the back (the audio video) cords she wanted to play one of her games so twisted the tv and it fell on her foot, she bruised her toe pretty good. Taylor handed out Valentines day cards twice last week and she got a bunch, which are scattered all over the house right now. She loves the holidays that little girl. I love her so much she makes you realize just how special the little things are and she has been taking good care of mommy this week giving me lots of cuddles.

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Lots of Little Tid Bits

I guess a few different things have happened over the last little while.

Last week Tuesday night, we were discussing how we always for some reason miss Taylor's little school functions like field trips, the color board, or show and tell. Well as we were discussing this my dad teased he was going to tell her and she must of overheard and said she gets to go to the hospital the next day. When I told her she couldn't cause mommy forgot to hand in the permission slip she was so upset. So Papa told her that he would take her to the hospital the next day and they could go get a donut and hot chocolate. Papa teased her about paying so he told her to bring her money. She took her money and wanted to pay and when papa told her she could keep her money she thought she should give some of it away in the donation box. The lady behind the counter was touched and papa was so pleased that she did such an unselfish thing when she could have bought candy with it she gave it away.

Fabian also took the girls swimming one day. He was going to take them on Sunday but they close at 6 on Sundays now, which is very disappointing.

Friday Fabian went to work but was sent home cause he wasn't feeling well. He had got the cold I had the few days before that.

I went away on Friday for the weekend but apparently they just hung out on the down low for the weekend which is good daddy needed some rest and the girls are starting to get a cold now as well. I was so happy to be home yesterday I couldn't wait to see the girls this morning. I actually went in and said hi to Taylor last night my girls look so beautiful when they are sleeping.

Today was a pretty emotional day. It was Grandma Mellor's birthday and considering its Monday's a speech day. Every time Taylor has speech we get up drive daddy to work and then we go and visit with Grandma till its time to go to her appointment. Today dad and I decided we'd go to his appointment and then to speech. Eastynn was a little sick this morning and quite cuddly she finally started getting comfy enough to walk around and talk and play. Her and Grandma went for a glass of milk. Eastynn and my mom both had a fall Eastynn fell then my mom so my poor mom felt so horrible and it was only an accident and Eastynn only cried for about 2 minutes and then she was good. She has a big ole fat lip we were a little worried so took her in to the er and she is good. But poor grandma had a rough day and we promise we all still love her all the bags of sugar in the world. Papa came to speech today and got to see what she does every week and he was as proud of her as I usually am.

Tomorrow is a big day for Taylor she get's to do the Valentines day stuff at school and Eastynn and I have a little play date we are going swimming with little Taylor. Then they have Grandma babysit tomorrow we will do the birthday thing with her tomorrow it will be a much better tomorrow.

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Their Entertainment Room

We finally got a tv for $20 a good deal for the girls new entertainment room.
The room is cute it has the desk we bought and if Taylor can manage to keep this room clean she will earn her craft stuff that I have put away in a closet but so far that's a no go.
They also have their Dora plush chairs in there. They also have a cute little princess with a little drawer which has Taylor's leap frog computer and games. They have a little spider man couch that folds out into a little bed. And the tv is sitting on a little dresser/night table in one drawer has Taylor's v-tech motion and all the games and the other drawer has Eastynn's v-tech smile baby.
We are so happy to have our tv back.
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The Girls New Room

We finally got the girls bed. And all in all it was a good night. Taylor was a little scared to get on the top bed but once she was there she was good. Eastynn loved it I thought it would be perfect but Fabian did a little running around and opening and closing the door was taking a toll on her she had a little crying spell but we she fell asleep around 8:45 which is normal for her. I am hoping that it continues like this I am really happy with how it has all come together.
Once we have a tv for the toy room I will take pictures of the set up in there.
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New Changes Coming Up

I was on face book garage sale the other day. I found a bunk bed for $400 I talked the girl down to $350. The bunk is really quite awesome from the picture I have of it. We are going to check it out on Saturday.
It is not the exact bed I wanted but the one I is over $1600 without mattresses so obviously this one is a much better deal. When I first decided the girls would get a bunk bed this is the style I wanted, just over the last year or so I changed my mind on the type so I guess its a good thing. It has a desk and 3 drawers and some shelving.
It obviously is going to take up a lot of room in the girls bedroom but that's all right, our room has less room then the girls at the moment.
Right now the girls room has 2 toddler beds, a desk, a little dresser with 2 drawers, and a little princess couch all of that will taken out of there room. The beds we will try and sell. The rest will go in what is now there toy room.
The toy room is going to be converted into a entertainment room. I will put her desk in there with the little white dresser which I will put a TV on. Then they can have there vtech motion, v smile baby, the leap frog computer and a DVD player. It should be cute with there little princess couch there 2 little plush Dora chairs and there little spider man fold out couch.
Now there bedroom will have to take most of the stuff that is now in the playroom. So along the wall with the window it will have the dresser we got from Kennedy that we use for toy storage. Also there little Dora toy box will go in there room I am not sure where it will end up yet though. Also we got the girls letters to there name for Christmas last year that we haven't put up yet that we are going to put up with some pictures of the girls as well. I will take some pictures when its all said and done.
I am hoping putting the the toys in the girls room will help contain some of the mess to there room only. Should be some nice changes for everyone.
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Awesome Morning

Today it was something so simple that made me so happy. I got up once Taylor went to school and laid on the couch and from 8:30-10:30 Eastynn laid down with me. It was awesome for a couple reasons cause first of all she is 2 to get a child to sit never mind laying down is a miracle secondly anyone who knows Eastynn well knows that she is a kid that is just well her she doesn't like cuddles at all. I loved it except the little elbows in the ribs and stuff but I would take it again in a second to have another day like that. So precious for me.
Taylor will lay down and cuddle with me everyday I so enjoy my time with her don't get me wrong but with Taylor it happens probably 3 times a week. With Eastynn well apparently once in 2 years.
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Speech

Today we went to Taylor's speech again as we do every Monday and will continue to till she has got all her sounds down pat I guess. Today unlike every other Monday I had to take Eastynn with it was good though I sat in the other room and was able to see Taylor through that 2 way mirror and hear her through speakers in the room we were in. I think she did great as usual and its not quite as emotional for me in the other room.
Taylor is still working on her "s" sounds and now its at the beginning and in the middle of the words. She learned little miss muffet today.
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