My mother has been staying with us for the weekend, and we’ve been strategizing for our upcoming trip to England (less than 2 weeks until we leave! yikes!)… It’s a bit frightening how much equipment we need to bring/rent for the twins.
We’ve had cool and rainy weather so far this weekend – yesterday morning it was raining so hard that gardening was cancelled. Instead, my mum and I brought the kids to the annual Westmount Family Fair. The rain forced them to cancel some of the most exciting events (petting zoo, pony rides, parade), but they managed to move all the bouncy castles inside the arena:
We let the boys run free, and Charlie had a ball trying out the various bouncy structures:
We had lunch at home, then while the boys and Grandma napped, Charlie and I headed over to the YMCA for a birthday party… specifically, a swimming, Lego birthday party:
Charlie knew everyone at the party from preschool, and she had a fabulous time bobbing around in the pool (that’s her in the life jacket) and playing Lego-themed games. The bar is set pretty high for birthday parties around here – Charlie already has some pretty definite ideas of what she wants for her next party, and her birthday’s not till December. She also has a habit of inviting everyone she meets (at the park, or wherever) to her birthday party, so we may have to rent a hall to fit all her guests…
Today, my mum and I hit the NDG park between the early-morning rain and the lunchtime rain. Here she is helping Elijah up some stairs:
William found a little matchbox car, and refused to let go of it, no matter how awkward that made climbing on the playground equipment:
Grandma brought Crocs for the boys, and they’re a big success so far. Hopefully they’ll fit all summer – they’re such perfect playground shoes for kids. I’m assigning different colours of shoes/outwear to each boy, so that William will always be in blue, and Elijah will wear red. It certainly helps their big sister, who otherwise can’t tell them apart at all.
Here are the colour-coded twins in a rare moment of sharing the same space at the playground:
life after twins? 