Ballet, Birthdays & Bubbles

This Saturday was full of "b's".  First up, my graduation from my Ballet class!   I did the whole season this year, wow what a feat.  I was a great dancer, and I'm looking forward to doing classes again soon.  Check me out in my outfit, and a short video Daddy took (TBD, we can't get it to upload!!)
After celebrating finishing my ballet classes this spring, we went for a Birthday celebration for our friend Jack Donnelly.  He's 3!  We had lots of fun playing with balls, a parachute, and the Bubble machine!  Not to mention, there was a delicious fireman's cake, and red sprinkly cake balls too!  Mmm, Jack certainly knows how to have a great party (I bet his Mummy helped just a little bit!) 

A fun day of "B" events - hope you had similar good times too, whatever letter of the alphabet showed up a lot (can you tell I'm learning lots lately?  I love letters and numbers!)  xoxo Love Audrey and Violet

Flying Kites, oh my!

Monday was another glorious day on our loooong weekend, so more fun outdoors for Violet and I!  And this time, Nanny and Gramps came by to have some fun too.  We went to our favourite park, just 5 minutes walk from our house.  I brought my kite to see how it would fly......and what a great time we all had! 

I discovered that I'm QUITE the kite flyer.....I didn't need help at all to fly it.  Check me out in the video below, I'm practically a professional! 

Gramps quite enjoyed the kite too - he marveled at the feat of engineering in my $5 kite.....and tested it out by flying the kite and getting to the END of the string.  He felt very accomplished (that's his competitive streak - some say my Mummy follows suit with that!)  Violet enjoyed watching me, and also hanging out at the swings, teeter-totter and slides with Nanny.  It was really cute to see Violet walk up to me with Nanny and Gramps and the wagon! 

Mummy and I chased each other around with the kite a little more and then we headed home for a bbq of marinated flank steak and asparagus, with warm apple pie for dessert....mmmmm.  Well, actually Violet and I had nut-free cupcakes instead (thanks Nanny)- she knows we love the cake and icing!  What a great way to end our long Victoria day weekend (happy birthday Queen Victoria!) - such a fun weekend of outdoor fun and summer-time like activities.  And it's only May!  Wow, what a great summer we have in store for us!  Hope you all had a great long weekend too with sunny skies, Love Audrey and Violet xoxoxo

Sunday Neighbourhood Waterpark Day!

Our long weekend of outside fun continued today!  We lazed around in the morning and then it was getting hot again, so we went outside and set up our own mini "waterpark", ha ha!  Well, our waterpark ended up being a little mat of small squirty guys that only sprinkled your ankles, but we learned how to step on them and make the water fly.  Check out Avery on our matt below - she seemed to really enjoy it!

And then we got out our bubble machine and it turned into a neighbourhood party!  That's the best part of where we live - there are kiddies up and down the street, and their parents are good friends with ours, so we end up hanging out together having fun.  Here's me and baby Sophie from across the street, catching the bubbles!!

Our new retaining wall is the "bleachers" seating for the parents while the kids run around and play.  Great neighbourhood, great friends, great time!  Not bad for a Sunday afternoon long weekend!  xoxo Audrey and Violet

Saturday Beach Day!

The weather is like summer right now, so we decided to try a beach day!  We haven't been down to the beach as a family much, but now that Vila is walking, we decided to give it a go on this glorious Saturday.  After our morning classes and nap, off we went....along with a cooler of snacks, a bag of toys, a bag of towels and extra clothes, and a sun umbrella!!!  That's a lot of stuff!   To start, it didn't go so well as we inadvertently set up on the "off leash" part of the beach.  With dogs jumping everywhere, we quickly realized we would have to move!!!  So after another re-set of all our gear, we settled in.   I went for a walk with Mummy along the boardwalk - and went running along to see some kites!!!  Meanwhile, back at our hard-fought beach blanket set-up, Vila was playing in teh sand. and seemed quite amused with herself.  Funny Vila! 

When Mummy and I got back tothe blanket, I had a quiet moment with Daddy looking out at the water and getting my feet wet.  Ahh, sometimes it's these moments of bliss that make up for the hours-long struggle to get down to the beach for a half-hour of fun, (ha, as per what Mummy said!).

 Mummy wanted to get a pic of our afternoon too so here's us on the boardwalk. 

The beach ended up being great in the end, so when we get more used to going and where to set up, I think it will be a fave place for us as we grow up.....we live in such an awesome part of town that we can come all the time.  Yay for beach days!  Hope you all had a fabulous sunny Saturday too!  Love Audrey and Violet xoxo

Kicking off the long weekend with burgers & ice cream!

After living here for almost 5 years, Mummy and Daddy still hadn't tried Burger Priest, a little dive of a burger shop that was voted one of the top 10 restaurants in Toronto.  So to kick-off our long weekend, Mummy went and picked up some tasty burgers and fries to eat on our porch.  FYI, porchside dining has been our standard lately, as the weather has been so good.....so nice to be outside!  Here's a pic of Mummy's "Priest" special - a burger with cheese with a deepfried mushroom with cheese in it as well. 

WOW!  Daddy just had the regular cheeseburger and me and Vila had McDonald's (although surprisingly,we didn't eat our burgers at all!)  Anyways, the verdict on Burger Priest??  Delish, although maybe not as awe-inspiring as we'd been led to believe. 

To walk off our burgers, we went to the park, and wouldn't you know it....the local ice cream truck was tinkling around.  We heard his song and Mummy went running to get us a soft-serve cone!  Lucky us.  Violet and I  split a vanilla, and even gave Mummy some.  We're pretty good at sharing sometimes! 

What a great start to our sunny long weekend.  More pics to come  - hope you kicked off your sunny long weekend with some outside dining and playing too! xoxox Audrey and Violet

Happy Mother's Day Mummy!

It's Mummy Day!!!!   We celebrate by making Mummy breakfast in bed.  Daddy outdid himself this year - he made sunny-side up eggs for Mummy (he usually only makes scrambled)  And it was perfect!  Along with turkey bacon and toast and tea, and all brought up to Mummy in bed with the paper.  Ahh, Mummy was very happy with that - she's been working a lot lately so needed some rest & relaxation (R&R as they say)!  We also gave her a card, and Daddy said he'd treat Mummy to a spa day soon.  After Mummy had her sleep-in and breakfast, she came downstairs for a picture with us (her girlies) on the couch.

We also wish our Nanny and Grandma a Happy Mother's Day too!  Grandma, hope you're enjoying your Florida vacation photo book of us all, and Nanny, we love you and are happy you came to my party last weekend - here's a great photo of you and Gramps! 

Love to all the mummies out there - hope you celebrate with your families today and a little "R & R"!  xoxoxo Audrey & Violet

It's Official - I'm FOUR!

Today was my actual FOURTH birthday!  I started the day by grabbing my Mummy's paper off the porch, and posing for a nice pic in my new dress and jewels.....and holding up my 4 fingers, can you see?!  I know my numbers pretty well!  And Mummy wanted a pic with me too so we posed together - this is one of Mummy's all-time fave photos of us together.  We look pretty similar, don't we?!

Because it was a Thursday, we all had to go to our schools and daycares, but the celebration continued in the afternoon!  Mummy and Daddy took me and Vila out to a new pizza place called The Magic Oven  - we love our pizza!  I got my favourite - pepperoni! 

When we got home, we had presents of course.....and look what I got, a beautiful new tutu with flowers in the skirt, and a ballet bag!  So now I can carry my stuff to ballet class in my new bag, yay! 

And like all big moments, Mummy wanted a picture of our family so we sat together and posed for the timer photo - only took 2 times to get this one of us all. 

Happy Fourth birthday to me!  What a great day it was to follow-up my party from last weekend.  I really am quite a big girl now!  Hope you all had a great May 10th too!!  Love Audrey xoxoxo

My First Party With My Friends!

Woo-hoo!  What a great party at Monkey Magoo's.  Check out the ball bin, complete with slide.  A definite favorite of mine.  There were plenty of cars to zoom around in too. 


The whole family enjoyed it - Nanny, Daddy and Holly got right in there with us both to play around!

Then it was pizza and cake time - we all sat around our tables and enjoyed the yumminess!  Look at our sea of pinkness!  Do you notice a few painted faces (and arms) too?  They had such a great face painter (although I decided to get a fairy on my arm instead). 

Cake time next - and me, Vila and Mummy were waiting with anticipation!!! 

Look at what I got - a vanilla cake with Sleeping Beauty! 

After having my cake, and passing out loot bags, it was time to go home.  I opened my presents (so many nice things from my friends....jewellry, puzzles, stamp kits, Polly Pockets, wow!) and then went to bed to dream of all my nice party-day memories!  And guess what....it's still not my actual birthday yet, so I know there's more fun to come!  Happy Party Day to me xoxoxo Audrey

The Party Starts At Home!

I've been waiting for my fourth birthday for a while....and yay, the celebrations are finally here!  We had my party today as it's the weekend so everyone can come.....we started at home first.  I had fun opening gifts from Nanny and Gramps -look at that Princess bag!  I got one of my favourite dresses of all time.....a Hello Kitty dress, I had to put it on right away!!  Here I am with Nanny and Gramps, all smiles, don't I look all grown up and cute in my new outfit? 

I'm really loving dresses lately so this one will be a great addition to my collection! Mummy and Daddy also gave me a great gift....a new double-bed for my room with a new pink birdie quilt!  Plus some pillows and a picture for my wall, a princess growth chart, and a white sparkly dolly-stand for all my jewellry. 

Aunty Holly came over too and gave me a necklace for my stand, and she was my manicurist for the day - thanks Aunty Holly! 

And I had said I wanted cake balls....and Aunty Holly came through.  Yummy!  We had pink-frosting covered cake balls, sooooo good. 

                                                       
                                        I gave it two thumbs up! 

What a great way to start my birthday party day.....and next, part 2!  We are going to Monkey Magoo's - a local playplace with pizza and cake.  It's my first party with firends ---I invited all the girls from preschool!  Can't wait to share myparty day with them soon - stay tuned.  Love Audrey xoxox

Daddy's Girls

Dancing with our Daddy - what could be better than that?  Thanks for the twirls Daddy - we love you so much!  xoxo Audrey and Violet