Spooktacular Afternoon

Aunty Holly, Nanny and Gramps came over this past weekend and we had such fun getting ready for Halloween!!  We bought a whole bunch of decorations and decorated our porch with all things scary ---- even a monster on the porch, can you see?

We did have some nice (ie not scary!) decorations too - like this scarecrow, he's pretty cute.  Vila nad I both liked hanging out with him.

After we did our house, we went for a spooktacular walk around the neighbourhood - there are some scary places out there!  This house had lots of creepy Halloween things - but we had our family there to make it full of laughs!  I'm not sure if we'd want to check it out at nighttime though.....yikes!

It was such a sunny nice day, what a good walk for us all and now we're waiting for the big night - coming soon!  We can't wait - Halloween is fun and we have some great costumes this year!  See you soon.....xoxox Audrey & Violet

Ballerina Girl

I started my ballet classes this month again - yay!!!  I do love my dance class, and especially as I have some of my daycare/JK friends in the class this year.  Vila is still a little young for class, but she was happy to send me on my way with love and hugs....and her own version of my pretty pink headband. 

Vila's is more in style with "welcome back kotter" says Mummy!  But she did give a great hug and I hugged her back.  She's very huggable like that! 

Thanks Vila for the love - I had a great class and can't wait for you to join my next term!  Happy dancing everyone, xoxox Ballerina Girl Audrey

Sunny Happy Day!

Guess what? We had an EXTRA day off this weekend! And what better way to spend it than out at the park. We thought Jackson should see our fave playground, and it's right by the boardwalk and the water too. First, the slide! Jackson really enjoyed it and went up and down several times.

Violet also enjoyed the slide area, although she liked standing at the top and "driving" a lot too. She has a natural born independent streak!

We also loved climbing around and underneath the slide - especially Jackson and I, we loved the window. Peek-a-boo, here we are!

 
The big teeter-totter is also a fan favourite. Viley was lucky enough to get it all to herself at one point.

After an hour or so of playtime, and collecting acorns, and having snacks (we never go anywhere without a bag of snacks, don't you know?!), we decided to head to the boardwalk. Chachu gave me a lift.

The beach is one of Mummy's most favourite places, and today was no exception. The water was sparkling, so we ran to the edge and started throwing rocks and running around to enjoy the good weather. Here's a family shot of Jackson and Chachu and Chachi!

Violet had quite the arm, and kept throwing her rocks into the water - she may have a natural talent there (future baseball player like her dad?)! Just stay out of her way, aim is not a strong point yet!

And a picture of me, Vila and Mummy - ahh, what a beautiful day, it really does make everyone feel all shiny and happy and relaxed to be out by the water!

What better way to understand what an amazing day it was than to see our video below - we only wish that Grandma/Grandpa didn't have to go that morning, and that Daddy didn't have to go to work. But we know there will be more sunny days to share with family - many many more in the future. And for that....on this Thanksgiving weekend.....we give thanks. Much love to all, Audrey and Violet and Jackson xoxoxo

 

Gobble Gobble, Turkey Turkey!

The big event arrived.....Thanksgiving dinner!!!  Mummy had ordered Supperworks - so we followed the timeline, and actually had lots of time to snack while we got everything going.  Chachi Stephanie did more real "cooking" than Mummy - she made a great cream cheese dip, and some awesome "congealed" salad with cherries and Dr. Pepper that we had with dinner.  Not to mention the monkey bread we had for breakfast.  They sure know how to make yummy stuff down South y'all!

Anyways, here we all are at dinner.  We said our thanks first before digging in (my idea, I made us all hold hands too!)  And then it was time to eat, and take more pics around the dinner table.  Close-ups with each grandkid below!!!

 

After dinner, the adults had pumpkin cheesecake, but we kiddos had our own homemade ice cream!  Gran Masi in Ottawa had sent each of us our own animal ice cream maker.  I had the puppy dog, Vila had the penguin and Jackson had the polar bear.  After putting in ice, salt, cream and jam, we had the parents shake it up for 3 minutes (very good for the biceps!)....and ta-da, we made strawberry ice cream!!! 

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Mmm, what a great Thanksgiving meal with our Malhotra family.  We are truly blessed!  Hope you all had a great Thanskgiving dinner too!!! Love Audrey, Violet and Jackson xoxo

Pretty Leaves and Little Models!!!

Thanksgiving Sunday and it's a sunny day with pretty leaves at the end of our street.  What more can you ask for, and do I need to tell you they were lots of fun to play in?  See for yourselves - 3 little monkeys at play (and looking like a magazine shoot says Mummy - yes, we all are kinda cute, aren't we?!)  Love Audrey, Violet and Jackson xoxoxo

Dinner out with 3 toddlers!

On the weekends, we usually like to go out for dinner one night - fun for the whole family!  And we have a great place just up the street for us.....yay, we could walk and take the stroller for Jackson!  Here I am pushing Jackson with Chachu.  I am a very good "mommy" myself, aren't I?  I've practiced a lot on my dollies, but Jackson is a little heavier, so I got some help.

 

At dinner, Daddy and Chachu had Violet surrounded - she's a crazy one!  Grandma and Grandpa sat at one end, and me and Jackson sat at the other end. 

 

 

I like sitting with Jackson, he's my little buddy, we had such a great time on this visit chasing each other around and chatting etc. 

Vila got a little pouty at the end of dinner, I think she wanted dessert, hee hee.  Here she is, in her pouty-faced cuteness.

 

That was our Saturday - more fun to be had on this long weekend, yippee!  Hope you all had a good Saturday night out too.   xoxo Audrey and Violet, AND Jackson

The South comes North for Canadian Thanksgiving!

Happy Family Thanksgiving......we were excited to have our Grandma, Grandpa, Chachu, Chachi and baby Jackson come to visit!!  We loved having our family here to share in the good times and extra loooong weekend.  On Saturday, we went out to Whittamore Farms to check out the pumpkin patch.  But there was lots of other stuff to do too.  Like wagon hay rides!  Check out me, Daddy and Vila above (Mummy was taking all the pictures), and waiting in the lineup below.

Jackson couldn't sit still in the lineup for the wagon ride, so he decided to try out the tractor with his Mummy and Daddy.

There was other silly stuff to do, like pose with the wooden sign - Mummy likes to do that sort of stuff, and I don't mind being her partner!

It was a beautiful fall day, with great leaves, and bright skies...at least for the beginning!  Check us out walking with Daddy - and do you see Grandma there?  She's a hard one to get on camera!

We watched a chicken puppet show, and walked around to the corn maze next.  We walked for a bit, but then I started getting a little flustered and wanted to get out!!!  So we got out of there and went on our way to other things....like I said, there was lots to do!

There was a playround with lots of cool stuff, but Violet and I liked the dragon rocker the best.  We actually wouldn't get off it for a while. 

And of course, there were pumpkins.  Violet and I started to get a little (oka, a lot!) tired and cranky and screamy, so this is the pic of me with the pumpkin just before the meltdown!  Pretty cute.....so that's the last picture before we were jetted off home pretty quick.  I think the cold winds may have had something to do with our moods - and the peanut butter sandwiches in the car settled us down, so the ride home was peaceful! 

A fun morning of FALL with our Southern Family - they certainly got a taste of our colder autumn air!  More fun to follow - but for now, xoxoxo Audrey and Violet

YAY, no more diapers....Violet is POTTY TRAINED!

Hip Hip Hurray for our Vila!  She's a BIG GIRL now!!!  We decided it was time to teach Vila about the potty (since she could hold out on peeing for the whole night, and most of the day too --- Mummy and Daddy say she's like a camel!)  So the weekend after Labour Day, we pulled away her diapers and spent the weekend on pee patrol......all carpets up, and plenty of cheap cotton pants and underwear on hand.  It took a few weekends of being "on watch", but we can now say she's potty trained!!!  We had our first garbage day without putting diapers out, and Violet hasn't had an accident in weeks.....yay for Violet!  So here's to our little baby all grown up.....way to go, we're so proud of you Miss Violet!! xoxo Audrey, Mummy and Daddy