The finished living room and photos of the week...

Another super busy week...

Milo finally finished up the work on the living room...

I think he did a pretty good job...

The kids decided that diapers alone were just not enough...
Mommy played around with natural light on her two most favoritest subjects...
Milo and daddy relaxed on the couch while...
Lola tried to kill mommy...
Milo got jealous, so then mommy had 40lbs on her back...
Mmmmm, playing made us hungry...
Very hungry...
Lola had another first this week and fell asleep at the dinner table... with broccoli in her mouth...
And Milo found yet another use for his bucket/hat...

This is what he looks like when mommy goes upside down...
And this is what he looks like when he goes upside down...
On Sunday, we went to Dawn's house for Kelly's birthday. Evan is finding babies especially interesting now that he is going to get one of his own...

The boys had lots of fun playing...
And trying out the big boy bed...
But Lola didn't really like the big boy bed at all...
She preferred the cat...

A crazy week at home...

We are almost finished our renovations now, but while we were in the midst of our rubble pile, it was hard to let the kids play everywhere in the house. So, we had to come up with some creative ways to keep them happy.

And if wearing your touque in the tub makes you happy, by all means, go for it!

Lola had fun washing herself up in the tub...
Apparently, she has a very dirty mouth...


Aaaaaaa, all clean now...

Lola learned "me" this week...

And Milo became The Entertainer...


Eating keeps some people happy...

And empty jugs seem to keep everyone happy...

Lola also learned to walk this week! Go, Lola, go! Can you believe she is only 11 months old? So smart...

Teeth and teething biscuits...

Lola's 1st teeth! Being the overly ambitious type, she decided to get one top tooth, followed by the bottom two, all on the very same day. If you look very hard, you can see her top tooth...
She also started eating big people food last week, and this week she is feeding herself with a spoon! She does very well...


On Sunday, we made our own teething biscuits from a recipe that we found in Wondertime Magazine. The kids had fun playing with them, but they ended up more like home made teething rings. They were so hard! Like cement. Or wood. Milo didn't want to give his up when it came to bath time, so we figured that there would be no harm with him taking it into the bath with him. After all, we were only having bath time for the play portion of it and were not going to be using soap. So into the tub the cookie went, and even after a 15 minute soak, the darn thing didn't dissolve. In fact, it was still as hard as it was before, and now Milo was insisting on taking it to bed with him! We drew the line there with the fear that his precious lovey would be replaced by a disgusting cookie that he would carry everywhere with him for the next 3 years because it would just not dissolve or crumble. I will, however, keep the dough recipe on hand for Christmas ornaments next year. Or better yet, when the kids are done gnawing on and playing with these we can paint them and add ribbons and not bother with making more.

Aren't they cute though?

And they made Milo happy...

Shhhh, it's a secret recipe...

Our bathroom...

After 21 months our bathroom is finally complete! The reason for the delay? Well, he's in every single one of these photos. In fact, I was laying these tiles with daddy, grandma and grandpa the night before he arrived.