Loving siblings

awwww :) 

Lego play in the livingroom

 

Niiiice sister - Soren and Zea build Lego

 

Curious Kiwi

 

Kiwi in the Lego box

 

More Kiwi

 

He did it!

He saved up 300 dollars for this guitar (a Fender Squier 20th Anniversary edition), an amplifier, picks, 3 books and a tuner. I don't know if we got ripped off or not...we got this off of a guy who listed it all on Craig's list Vancouver. Josh is SOOOOO excited to have an ELECTRIC guitar. Watch out world! 

The amp

...which all of us novices keep calling the stero...a duh! 

First lesson

Of course he wants to PLAY today...like a rockstar. It starts off a bit slow, but he's sticking to practicing for 10 minutes and goofing around (MY term) for the rest of the time. He's trying and it is frustrating...but he will get it! He is very motivated! Oh, and I'm not allowed to look at him while he practices "MOM, you mess me up now STOP IT!" But he's so cute! 

Ubercool

 

What are you looking at?

 

The kids glom on to Peggy when she visits

 

Soren, Peggy and Zea

 

Rosy cheeked from sledding

Of course, I forgot the camera in the van during the actual sledding event. The hill on Mt. Seymour was quite busy. That didn't stop Soren from falling asleep! I (Abby) put him down and sheltered him the best I could. He stayed asleep in a snow bank for about 15 minutes...even through a snow shower! THAT would have been a good picture! 

Fam in the Van

 

MMMMmmmmmm!

 

I eat lunch

 

Hi!

 

Playing in the pots and pans

 

Boy naps with cat

 

Zea helps build the fort

It is hard to play with the kids sometimes....I can't get in that headspace, but when I do it is ALWAYS good and ALWAYS refreshing. May this post remind me of that. I remember playing fort when I was growing up. It was SOOOO fun. It turns out it still is. We read some books, played with a flashlight and played "Happy Birthday" (where we took turns singing various versions of Happy Birthday to one another and eating imaginary (stacking block) birthday cake. It was delish!). 

OMIGOD!!!

Zea often says this, with this expression in regards to something Soren is doing to the cat. 

Zea and her "sister" Kiwi in the fort

 

He had so much fun

 

Soren plays in the fort