Comfortable?

Doesn't everyone nap like this?! :)

11 months today!

11 months old and walking everywhere!

She likes to "clap" her ears - especially when we are eating supper and she has an audience that will laugh at her!

Laughing because everyone is laughing at her :).  She is a little entertainer!

Signing "more"

Signing "more"

Sometimes it gets a little noisy at our dinner table. ;)

Starting to get a little mad.  She is done entertaining her siblings and now she wants to get out!

Karys' "cheese" face for the camera!

Another look at her "cheese" face :)

Her favorite baby!

See how her hair is getting a little curly? It flips out on the sides and in the back. :)

Walking with her stroller

Curls :)

pointing - love those precious fingers :)

11 months old!

Such a happy, happy girl!

And noisy too!

She has perfected "the squat" :)

Just Another Monday

Hope doing schoolwork with her new dot markers. And her princess dress on. :)

Samuel did this word search pretty much by himself!

Samuel asked if he could feed Karys her applesauce tonight.  He was laughing so hard! He did a great job feeding her and I'm so glad I swallowed my immediate response of "No, that is Mommy's job!" and told him, "Yes, of course you can!"  Big brothers are awesome. :)

I love how his mouth is open too!

Karys and Mya!

Our Sweet Karys

The last time we were in Canada was when Karys was 5 months old.  Over and over again this weekend, we heard how delightful Karys was.  Different family members commeneted on how she has such a great personality, how adorable she is, how much fun she is, and how nice it is that she isn't afraid of them.  We couldn't agree more!!  We love and adore our sweet Karys Alexandra!

Canada Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend in Canada visiting with family!  It was great to get away and relax and enjoy good conversation and making memories.  Hope turned 5 on Sunday and she was absolutely thrilled to spend her birthday with her cousin (and best friend) Selah.  We had a fun little birthday party for Andrew, Ephraim, and Hope.  We also squeezed in a visit to Great Grandpa and Great Grandma's new place, a trip to Ephraim's hockey game to cheer him on (he was goalie!), and a necessary hot chocolate from Tim Horton's! ;)  The kids had a great time with all of their cousins and we had a great time catching up with a lot of Daryl's siblings and step-siblings.

Selah and her family slept over at Grandma's house on Friday night, too!  Selah and Hope were pretty excited that they got to share a bed!

Ring Around the Rosie

Story time with Aliyah and two of my nieces - Selah and Zahara

Karys loved climbing into Mya's bumbo seat!  She even figured out how to get out of it too!  Hope had a great time playing with all of the little girl cousins - especially Zahara, Wilona (pictured), and Selah.

A birthday party for Andrew (32 on March 28), Ephraim (9 on March 29), and Hope (5 on March 30)

Kevin and Wilona

Cousins and Friends :)

Reading a birthday card

Dot markers from Uncle Andrew, Aunt Rachel, and Mya

Selah and Ephraim (especially Ephraim) loved playing with Karys.  They were both so sweet with her!

Samuel's favorite game of the weekend - Connect 4 Launchers :)

P-O-P

As we were driving to Canada this past weekend, Samuel pipes up from the backseat, "Hey Mom! Do you spell "pop", P-O-P?" :)

I asked him if he saw it on a sign somewhere, but he said no, he just thought about it in his head.  And then he proceeded to sound the word out for me to show me how he figured out how it was spelled. 

Homeschooling has been going great this year but if there is any area we are struggling with, it is reading. I can see the wheels turning and progress being made, but this was a huge encouragement to me that he really is getting it!