it's my girls' world

Here we go again. Nice, normal week. I've begun to truly appreciate these everyday moments and now it's become second nature to grab my phone and take a quick shot.

Day #78

Cassia had a visit to the maple farms and brought home this piece of maple candy. Oh how Anjali loved it. She started to bite the wrapper to get into it and when she finally got it, pure bliss!!!

#dontmesswithmemama

Day #79

Happy 1st Day of Spring

1 degree celcius.... Brrr

It only got colder after that in the days to follow

On Saturday, our friends Sean and Amra came to visit with their two kids Arisa (8 months younger than C) and Aaron (4 months younger than A). We live more than an hour apart so when we visit each other, we usually spend quite a few hours together. We have a lot in common with the very cool grown ups and Arisa is one of Cassia's favourite people. It was a hectic, fun, entertaining evening... with lots of blurry pictures apparently....sidenote, I finally got my fantastic Nikon d3200, a birthday present from D... you would think I would upload from it more. 

First, the little ladies put on a show

This is what 'backstage' looked like.

Anjali wanted to be part of the show as well

Who said boys were more trouble? This dude was more content to play on his own with all the girl toys and his foot.

Having some fruit--- we limited their sugar and there were still loads of shrill pitches.

THis is what my house would be like if I had 4 kids

Now for some balancing

And some more....

A little downtime after playing, snacking, arguing and watching 'Frozen'. The grownups had some adult beverages then. 

We tried to take pics of the four kiddos together. This was the best one. #nophotographyawardsforme

Check out these cuties in their jammies!

Aaron planted a sweet goodnight kiss on Anjali. Looks like a real tabloid photo, no!?

We have our eye on you, little man!

The title of this post was going to be  lazy Sunday until I realised that as a parent, there really isn't anything as a lazy anything. Yes, we didn't see anyone today or go anywhere but we cooked, cleaned, organised and did laundry... and it really was a team effort. Take a look...

Guess who decided she was big enough to start washing dishes. #thankyouGod #mamaneedsavacay

Then we go dressed up

Look who sucked on a marker when we weren't looking

#parentsoftheyear

After  all the fun, cleaning and  watching tv, my ladies and I decided to have a pizza-making party

Tomato sauce and fancy dress-- not a good idea.

Out comes the apron. 

Look who decided to snack on cheese. Also, look who didn't change out of her sleeper all day. Guess it really was a lazy Sunday!

The finished product (uncooked)

I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the finished cooked product. These ladies were starving!

Yumm!!

Love my family!

It's been a busy couple weeks. March break has come and gone. As we were just in Trinidad, this time we  did a staycation- a word that Cassia loves and now uses frequently. We spent March break quietly, visiting friends and family, doing little fun activities, watching movies and running errands. We even made it out to TO to see Disney on Ice (for the third time!). It was a very welcome relaxing week. 

On Saturday, my mom and brother also came to visit. Initially my brother and sister in law had planned to come, but she couldn't so my mom decided to accompany him instead. We had fun spending lots of time together, eating cupcakes (sugar detox was on hiatus for this weekend!) and scaring my brother who is expecting his first baby in July. He just didn't realise that babies are so much work!