We had a very eventful Easter morning at hour house... My daughter Melanie has been going on for days about how she was hoping for an Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday and the she really wanted the Easter Bunny to leave clues for them. Hunts like this have become a tradition in our family and the kids love it! She even went so far as to write a letter for the Easter Bunny to make sure he knew that she wanted to do it again this year:
to:Bunny
I am sorry to disterb you But wuld it be to much to … Continue Reading ››
Melanie takes piano lessons through the Studio Nine School of Music. She loves to play and she never complains about practicing. She also gets very excited about playing at the regular recitals organized by the school. In fact she had her song for this recital picked out weeks ago! She was a little nervous before her performance, but she pulled it off and played very well!
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My daughter Melanie was working on her Birding badge for Brownies so we all piled into the van and drove down to Frank Lake to see the early arrivals in the spring migration. Frank Lank is a naturalized wetland that was saved by Ducks Unlimited Canada and it is listed as an "Important Birding Area". It is home to many species of birds year round, and it is one of the … Continue Reading ››
My daughter Melanie received an Easy Bake Oven as a gift several years ago, but up until now she's really been too young to use it. But when we're in the middle of a major snow day and looking for something to do we tend to look for things that haven't been used for a while (or ever in this case). So the Easy Bake Oven came out today!
Melanie was able to read all the instructions and do almost all of the work herself. She was able to make a really nice batch of … Continue Reading ››
Family time is important to use and we tend to do lots of things together as a family. Sometimes that means just hanging out around the house together on a lazy Sunday Morning. Melanie and Andrew love to build forts in the living room with the cushions from the couch. It usually ends up looking more like a big pile of cushions than a fort, but they still have lots of fun. Other times that means going for a long walk together at the park on a snow Sunday afternoon. Of course it's not always easy or … Continue Reading ››
The Adventures of Louise, Sean, Melanie, and Andrew. A Collection of Photos and Movies from our lives….
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