Happy Third Birthday, Liam!

Our happy little Liam is now three years old!

He likes to bring a toy to Isaac to make him happy.

 He absolutely loves HotWheels and trucks.

 He has a big smile for everyone.

He can do puzzles all day long, and can even beat his six-year old brother in a puzzle race!

His favourite food is bread, and he will pick apart a piece of pizza to find the "bread" inside, and leave the rest.

He doesn't like "bumpy peanut butter."

His favourite song is either "God Our Father" or  the "Rejoice" part from O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.

He will often sit quietly and work very intently on something while his brothers play loudly around him.

He hit the Terrible Twos right on schedule, so we're looking forward to the Terrific Threes?

He still has his blanket he likes to sleep with, and will sleep in longer than everyone in the morning (7:30ish).  He still takes a nap in the afternoon, and doesn't complain anymore.  Reverse psychology works great with him ("Only take a little nap, okay?"  "Don't eat all those carrots, Liam!!"   and he'll do the opposite).

Happy Birthday, Liam!  We're so excited to see the wonderful boy you are growing up to be!!  We love you so much!

Van Breda Christmases

Quiet time

 Silas & Isaac.  We asked them, "Where's the baby?"  They would each point to eachother.  So cute!

Working together on a puzzle (a rare moment of cooperation!)

Hanging with Uncle Dave in Hamilton

Evan & Reuben just chilling!

The VanOostens - including Izzy!

Love that smile!

Well, of course you have to sit in a basket to enjoy a bottle!

Merry Christmas 2011

Here we are attempting to pose for our monthly picture.  Between a very grumpy two year old and some growling dragons, we got some great pictures! Merry Christmas!

Goofy Boys!!

Isaac likes to get into everything...not 15 minutes after emptying this wipes container, he got to a box of kleenex.

 He knows that whenever the camera comes out, he has to say, "Cheeeeeeeeeese!"

Liam wanted to say cheese too, funny boy.  He woke up from his nap today and told me that he lost a sock - his foot was naked.

Busy, busy

We've been hard at work most days, here at our place.  We usually start our schoolwork around 8 or 8:30 so we can move on to other activities later.  Everyone is working so hard in this picutre.  Liam loves to come join us, and his school is to colour a picture or to "play a puzzle."

Isaac spends most of the morning getting into trouble.  Climbing onto chairs and tables, and falling off.  Opening drawers, cupboards, toyboxes, and emptying their entire contents.  Just look at that mischievious smile..

I've also been busy with another blog that my sister and I started.  We have been enjoying the website Pinterest, and have been inspired to do many crafts, projects, and lots of baking.  We've compiled some of our finished projects into a blog called You Pinspire Me.  Take a look, and see what we've been up to.

Fun with Aunt Colleen

Isaac was especially fond of his Aunt Colleen this weekend. In this video, they're playing a little hiding game with Lightning McQueen stickers & toy (Isaac calls them No No - for some reason he picked up on a line from the movie where McQueen says, No, no, no tires! ...so Isaac calls McQueen "No no.").

A few more pictures from the weekend...

 Gotta love bathtime in Oma & Opa's new  bathtub!

Renkema Christmas

We celebrated Christmas a bit early with the Renkemas. It was fun to be in the new house with all the new places to play! We arrived to find a good amount of snow on the ground - perfect for shovelling & snowman-making.

 Isaac & Owen are just a few weeks apart, and have started to enjoy eachothers' company a bit more.

The highlight of the visit was the GIANT train table built by Opa for the Thomas set.

 It was enjoyed by everyone! It even had a door & windows for play space underneath!

Little Owen - what a cutie!

 Darren enjoyed the cars, of course!

 Evan & Darren each got a giant Lego set for Christmas. Evan & Opa worked tirelessly for over 2 hours to build Evan's set.

 Evan did an excellent job with Opa's guidance.  5 minutes after it was finished, Evan was showing it off, and dropped it.  Back to work...