Oh Oh Oh Oh

OHHH OHHHH I may have a solution to my stroller situation. The Child Resource and Referral Center in town has a program where you can borrow baby gear and toys for only $25 a year. I went there today and asked about strollers and they actually have a triple stroller that I can borrow for as long as I need it!! Isn't that hilarious! instead of hiking around with 100 lbs of kids squished into a dual stroller I can have them sitting pretty in a triple!!!

Ha which do you think is going to be a bigger attention grabber!!!

Caidy Girl

Caidy has been such a little monkey lately! She is at the best age and I feel like I could just play with her all day! I trimmed her bangs today, they were getting so long and always in her eyes (they look crooked because I only cut a very small amount and the longer pieces have fallen forward!).

Here she is in her favorite spot, right at the bottom of the stair sitting beside her favorite baby doll. We have a gate, but it is used more as a car door (Leah and Elijah's favorite place to play as well!). She had to have this doll in particular during one of our many trips to Wal-mart, as soon as she saw it she held on tight and would not put it down. Actually screamed when we had to pay for it!

And her infamous glare! I am not sure where she learnt this look from, but she is always doing it! She looks at you kind of inquisitively, like she is just trying to figure it all out!!

I am really loving this age, I feel like I can't even remember Leah and Elijah being 17 months... most likely because Leah was only 18 months old when Elijah was born, and I was already 5 months pregnant with Caidy when Elijah was 17 months old!!! HOLA did we ever have them close!!! But serioulsy I would never change a thing and would do it all again in a heart beat!!

Walking

A good friend and I have been walking a couple days a week. She drives over to my house and we go about 2 km over to the park, let the kids play, and walk home. I thought about blogging this because of all the people who laughed at me and my stroller situation!! I have a dual stroller, kind of like this, only 2nd hand (which I am NOT complaining about) and well used. I make it work by having Caidy in the front, Leah in the back seat, and Elijah sits underneath in the storage basket!! We call it his own special boys hide-out spot!!

I have really never thought too much about it one way or another, until people laughed that they had no idea Elijah was even there, or until they saw me squeeze 3 kids into it!!

I have considered getting a jogging stroller, kind of like this, and just have Leah or Elijah sit in the front on the foot rest. But really would it just be harder to push and maneuver around??

HMMMM the puzzling things that consume your mind as a stay at home mom!!!

Camping Trip

Our camping trip up the North Fork, the middle of no where!
The kids eating oreos and having kool-aid.... you have to do this while camping!
A cool tree we had to stop and take a picture by.
Leah and Elijah in their 'own' tent. Although I did end up sleeping in it with them. The tents were right beside each other, but I was more at ease if I was in there with them...

I may as well get everyone caught up on our summer since it has been so long since I updated this thing!!! :)

Last week was James' week off and we took the kids camping for a night. It was great, we were only about 1/2 an hour away from Grand Forks and totally roughing it. We had no electricity, no water, and only a little make shift outhouse. That may sound the opposite of a vacation, but it was wonderful! We were the only ones there, no one around to have to be quiet for. We were able to build some great fires and stay up quite late talking and spending some great quality time together with no distractions, and the kids absolutely loved it! It reminded me of Family Reunions in Sask at my Great Grandmas house, the only difference was there are absolutely no mosquito's or grass hoppers (great memories of one jumping into Kims shirt! ewwwww)

New Truck??

James has been looking for a truck for quite a while, I guess since he had to sell his Toyota when we got married. Anyway, we think we found the perfect one... now to just find some investors who can make his dream a reality! Any takers??

Jersey Land Dairy

This morning we went to Jersey Land Dairy, an Organic Dairy farm in Grand Forks. The kids loved the petting zoo, mainly goats and miniature ponies, but were very impressed. Caidy would squat down, she is now walking all over the place, and look. While Elijah liked them animals from a distance. Leah was right in there, saying that if she stopped petting the pony it would be sad!!