Happy 'belated' Easter

Wow! It's May already...and one week into it at that! Where does the time go? Well, we have been busy and we did have a fun Easter. Neil went to Newfoundland for Easter to celebrate his dad's 90th birthday! The whole family was there, so they had a great time. Pat was sure surprised and happy to see everyone together.
We went to Donna's for Easter. What great weather. Ella got to wear the dress she bought in China. She was very happy about that. Isaac just loved looking for Easter eggs. He did manage to get quite a few even though Ella had the advantage of knowing what was going on. This was his third hunt of the weekend, and he does love chocolate, so he caught on pretty quickly.

Everyone's doing great. Our basement renos are done!!! Just a few finishing touches...if we ever find the time. Isaac loves the new TV. He wakes up asking to watch Treehouse...on the big TV. It's amazing how this happens. We get a big TV and all of a sudden he loves it. He didn't really care for it before. Maybe because we had such a crappy TV...purple on one side and green on the other.

I know it's hard to believe, but Isaac will start junior kindergarten in September! He is excited about it...going to Jia Jia's school. We have welcome to kindergarten in a couple of weeks. He still has that nasty cough, so he hasn't gotten the tubes in his ears yet. He has another appointment for his eyes at Sick Kids next week. We're still waiting for Speech Therapy, but his English is developing in leaps and bounds. Although I'm one of the only ones who understands most things he says, he really is improving.

That's it for the update. As you can see, Isaac's high-light of Easter wasn't the eggs, but that tractor ride with uncle Mike. He just loved it and waved to us as if on parade. Ella enjoyed it as well.

March Break

We headed down to PA for March break this year with the Gouldings. Great weather, friends and fun. The kids loved the waterpark and the Crayola Factory. This was Isaac's first long road trip and he sailed through with flying colours. Both he and Ella are great travellers....except for once when we couldn't understand what he was saying. He was NOT very happy and cried until we finally figured it out. Next test....22 hour drive and six hour boat ride to Newfoundland this summer.

Winnie the Pooh

A couple of weeks ago, I couldn't find Isaac's glasses. They are usually in his bedroom or the bathroom. Well, I found them...in his room....on Winnie the Pooh. He had put them there. It was very funny.

Just enough for a snowman

Well, we got a little bit of snow and before it melted, we decided to make a snowman...the smallest one ever.

Going to the park

Even the cold weather can't keep this crowd from the park.

Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year everyone. We attended the FCC's Chinese banquet again this year. We bought raffle tickets and mom's name was the first one called. There were many great prizes and as Ella and I headed for the stage to claim our prize, I was thinking about that 'leap-frog' style "learn Chinese" program we had seen earlier. However, since Ella got to pick the prize, we ended up the Mulan prize pack. Part of this prize was a Mulan purse which Ella immediately strung across her chest. A little later, Ella ran off to play with the other kids. She returned quite quickly with an older child (around 10) in hot pursuit. This little girl wanted the Mulan purse Ella was wearing and she was trying to trade "a loonie and two batteries" for the purse. Needless to say, Ella did not go for the trade.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, we went to Song Li's house for a fabulous dinner. Song Li's mom is visiting from China.

Actual day of her birthday. Baby brother always wants in on the action. He had to go get a hat so he could be like Ella. She had her favourite Blueberry smoothie for breakfast...evidence in her teeth.

That evening we went to a place Ella has been asking to go to for about a year. She saw it advertised on TV and then she would see it from the highway while we were driving....you guessed it...Chuck -e-Cheese's. It was our first time there, but we all had a great time. Paula, Ted and Gemma joined us as did Lisa and Scott and Mom. Everyone had a great time...well the five and under crowd had a fabulous time.