April 15-17

Halfway through the week and we are most definitely filling up on our penguin knowledge. With 4 videos under our belt about 3 of the people Mr. Popper named his new baby penguins after!

Get well soon cards for Captain Cook

Christopher Columbus, the namesake of the penguin Columbus.

Ferdinand Magellan, the namesake of Ferdinand

And TWO on Robert Falcon Scott, the namesake of Scott.

So at home and in the learning mode… there is a bit to share… THREE extra books! First off Face to Face With Penguins by Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcott.

Future activists…

Then If You Were a Penguin by Wendell and Florence Minor. So much cuteness… I had the kids each draw what they would do if they were a penguin. Trinity’s was more impressionist… with the water and the fish indicating that is where she would BE if she was one, swimming in the ocean.

What would YOU do?

And Life Cycle of a Penguin by Lisa Trumbauer.

Life Cycle of a Penguin

The boys illustrated their special pets from chapter 2, this time how it would look if they took them for walks!

Walking exotic pets

Emanuel made his own how to with drawing a dinosaur.

Dimetrodon

Art for Kids just keeps inspiring us, Emanuel was inspired by Gavin’s instructions to make a special robot crab.

Lasers!

I was impressed by the Lego penguins!

Adorable

We worked on colour combinations and groups these past 3 days as well. I love that Zander’s is of a dragon from the app Dragonvale that he picked out due to the (to him now) obvious use of the warm colours. 

Colours!

We also discussed how snowflakes come about and made our own special snowflake page.

Snowflakes

Gavin has taken a real liking to pastels. He has been working on his shading and usage with the help of Art For Kids!

Shamrock

Of course, some of the family just wanted NAPS!

Zzzzz

And then some more creativity.

Colouring fiend

With alphabetizing to do…

Get those penguin babies in order!!

I think we have done rather well for 3 days at home!!! I am really looking forward to sharing everything we have found link wise, on penguins! It is a substantial amount!!

So much fun!

March 10

There are days when I want to drum my heels and cry about all I have left behind and changed and how I have had to step out of my comfort zone now on a nearly continual basis… and then there are days like today.

Today I not only got to meet the absolutely adorable Lily Irene but I also got to spend one on one time with one of my favourite boys… the ever entertaining and snuggle loving Quinn.

Quinn and Trinity and their poses!! LOL

Even though the darling Miss Lily has been a bit of a fuss budget and was, for a while, refusing to sleep when not held Bree and Scott were sweet enough to allow me in to visit and assist in the breastfeeding education. I do so love passing along all those tips I have gathered that have made me a successful breastfeeding mamma.

The careful supplementation with some formula while the breastfeeding works out… nope, now breastfeeding pictures…:)

It is quite the process

Ken and the kids dropped me off at the hospital and then went off to do their own thing. I actually lost track of time so much I got 3 whole hours with the family! It was so much fun. I am definitely looking forward to our traditional dropping off of a meal and maybe even heading over to help tidy up so Bree has more resting time.

As you can tell, the nights have NOT been restful. Poor Scott

Now for the pictures… I am NOT going to comment on each one… too lazy but CUTE CUTE CUTE… enjoy the baby lovings!

Quinn and Scott watching Phineas and Ferb

The ladies of the hour… I just love the expression on Lily’s face… halfway to a fuss and halfway to something else

EYES

Pet the baby

I remember this stage clearly – agitating the baby to make her eat the best she can… make her cry to make her happy lol

All the way down to the skivvies worked the best of course

Ultra sound or in person I DEFY you to tell me that these baby feet are not ADORABLE

Just like my girls… best position in the world, curled up on the boobies! Thank goodness I had Karyn to share the time so I could deal with the other kids!

I love this picture… in all the chaos there is… a smiling Quinn… aren’t kids amazing!

Look at that smile

KISSES

Lily and Me

And… the end… but expect more… I am going to continue photographing the cuteness out of these kids, my kids… well you see the pattern!

Oh and NOW I can share the gifts I made for her. You can find instructions for the diaper cover HERE and the sweater HERE. Thank you to the creators of these patterns… you allowed me to give something totally meaningful that was well within my crocheting capabilities!!! 

I added two buttons to allow for more adjusting of the waist and added a few rows to the front as it looked short with how tight I do my stitches but CUTE!!

This is one of my ribbon headbands made out of a leg of a nylon of course!

My first piece of real clothing

And then there was the itty bitty mittens I made, they have always seemed slightly useless to me but CUTE. The pattern is HERE.

Teeny Tiny

While I don’t have a picture yet I have a reason for this short little blog entry!!!! Miss Lily was born today at 9:58 in the morning weighing in at a delicate (for what she was expected to be) 8lbs 14oz. Mommy and Baby are doing SUPER well… I get to go and have a visit tomorrow so tonight I am working on tidying and such and ensuring our welcome baby present is ready to be given. I am much the proud aunty here… Miss Lily is Echo’s first American God Sister as Bree and Scott are Echo’s godparents. I look forward to photographing and spoiling Miss Lily rotten… Mr. Quinn is now a big brother as well! Isn’t life exciting!!!!

So congrats to Scott and Bree and I promise there will be many pictures and mentions of baby cuteness to come! My very first American baby… since Anthony is now all grown up!