Scott is another year older. We had a wonderful day celebrating with him. He took the day off work and spent the day with the family.
My mother was in town this morning so we all had breakfast together and then stopped over to see my sister, Laurie, and her family. After a nice visit, we packed up the kids and headed to the mountains.
We managed to get there shortly after lunch and headed over to Lake Minnewanka for a family hike. Connie wasn’t quite up for hiking so I carried her but Dougie walked for most of the trek.
Connie loved the entire trip. She was constantly looking around, watching the scenery and her brother.
It was a fabulous day. I think it was over 70 degrees but there was still snow on the mountain and most of the lake was still quite frozen.
Since it was Monday, there weren’t a lot of people on the trail but we did find one who tried to take a family picture for us.
The kids both really enjoyed having a special day with their dad.
Tomorrow we go back to normal, but were so happy to be able to share a very special day celebrating Scott.
Dougie thinks special time with his sister is important. He gets very into their time and has to make it just right.
There, we can just hangout here, like this
Sadly, this particular “family moment” was quickly ended by mum as I felt the pillow may smother Connie – but it was so nice that he wanted to share a special moment with her.
Scott said, rolling over didn’t really count until you could do a full revolution.
Well, our Connie can roll.
Ready?
Here we go!
This is her new method for moving around the room. She starts on her playmat and, assuming she doesn’t get stuck on one of the posts, she just rolls from one side of the room to the other.
Connie had another appointment at the pediatrician today. We remeasured her head and made sure that things were continuing along on a normal path. The doctor had nothing but great things to say about her progress. He said she’s right on her curve and very strong. He wants to see us back in another 2 1/2 months and then I expect he’ll be done with us. It has been a relief to be seeing him and continuing to hear that everything is okay.
We have hard wood floors in Calgary so, in an effort to protect them, the dogs haven’t gotten to be in as much as we’d like. That means that Connie hasn’t gotten a lot of time with the dogs either. The other day, we decided to bring Maggie in for a bit of one-on-one time with Connie.
Initially, they were both a bit unsure of what to make of each other
They quickly accepted each other though
They even decided to just hang out for a bit
I’m pretty sure we mentioned it with Dougie – Maggie is an exceptional dog with kids. You’d think with her size that she’d be a problem but she just lies down and let them hang on her. She didn’t even mind when Connie pulled her fur a bit to stop herself from tipping over.
There is something special about celebrating Easter in Canada. It feels like more of a holiday since it is a long weekend.
Last year, we did a trail for Dougie. It didn’t go well. It was made of M&Ms and he just moved along the trail eating them rather than collecting them and putting them in his basket. So this year, we decided to go for a real hunt. It didn’t go any better – next year, all the chocolate will be wrapped.
Find the chocolate
Eat the chocolate
Find more unwrapped chocolate
We finally convinced him to pick up some of the wrapped ones – of course, only while his mouth was full
Oooh, a big one!
After Daddy gathered up the remaining unwrapped ones – Dougie searched for the rest of the hidden ones
“Help with the bunny, please? Out the bunny.”
Though Connie was a bit young for an egg hunt, we opted for different sorts of fun. Daddy gave her a special horsey ride.
