Get your motor running.....

We are a little late posting this but oh well! We decided a couple weekends ago to take advantage of the beautiful weather and give Shamus a chance at learning to ride a two wheeler. That's right! No more training wheels!

I think it is safe to say that he surprised us and himself at how fast he caught on. He did it his first try. I ran with him for the first five meters, holding his seat. I let go and he was off. I pretended to hold on for his sake but he was riding solo. When I told him that I had let go "way back at the start" he was pretty pleased. I told him to try again and he did it all on his own. It was pretty exciting (for him and Stace and I). Check it out below:

Breagha saw how well Shamus did so she thought... "pfffft if he can do it... so can I". She asked to try without her training wheels. After supper we removed B's training wheels and tried her out in the parking lot at the back of our building. Let's just say that she needs a little more practice. She loved to look at her feet or her handle bar tassels or her shirt or the flowers passing by or her feet. Everywhere but straight ahead. I think we'll keep the training wheels on for at least the first part of the summer and see how it goes.

Ok, Mama, Here you go!

It's been a while!! I know.
My mother has been bugging me for about 2 weeks now to get a post up!

Here you go Mama.

She specifically requested a pic of Breagha in her kilt (B loves her kilt for dance class) and pic of Shamus in his karate gear. She did also request a pic of our new car (new to us) but I haven't gotten to that yet. But, we are loving it! :)

Breagha sporting her fancy kilt. She's super cute dancing in it.

And Shamus getting his blue belt. Quite a big deal. He was in his first karate tournament yesterday so pics are coming up...

We really love his instructors. They're great with the kids.

And his buddies.

We celebrated Easter in April but we also celebrated Purdy's birthday!!! I booked a babysitter for the Saturday before his birthday so Darryl and I got to enjoy a nice evening out...great food too!! For his birthday, we had a nice evening at home. Darryl requested seafood chowder for his birthday dinner (we each get to pick our bday dinner) and then of course we enjoyed some cake and ice cream!!

We got him a couple of silly gifts (which the kids loved) but we also booked him a day of mountain biking at Mt. Bromont. It's a skihill outside Montreal that offers mountain biking in the spring/summer/fall. And the day pass includes a 90minute bike lesson, an awesome bike, all the gear, and transportation. It's a full day on the hill so hopefully Darryl will enjoy a day to himself and the beautiful hill.

Love you baby!!

April was busy for us!! (the reason for no posts...)
We also enjoyed an afternoon of bowling! It was the kids first time and they really liked it. Their friend, Matteo, turned 6 and the party was at a bowling alley.

The balls were super heavy for the kiddies so Breagha needed some assistance. :)

We also squeezed in a day at the Sucre D'erable. The sugar shack! We went with our friends Mike and Mireille, and I was really surprised with all the things to do. The kids kept busy with train rides, wagon rides, climbing structures, jumping structures, petting farm, etc.

The taffy was just a minor part of the day...

The 4 wheelers were the highlight of the day!!!

Shamus and Jason rippin' up the track!
Poor little Maddox was very upset that he was too little to have a turn. :(
Next year!

Breagha took her time, was very cautious, but still managed to drive into a bale of hay!

Annnnnnd, the biggest excitement for Shamus in the past week was...
losing his first tooth!

It's funny how such little things are such BIG things when it's the "first" time. Shamus was so proud and excited. And of course he made a few bucks from the tooth fairy! The best part!

And finally, the karate tournament!
Shamus did kata's for the tournament. No fighting but he said that he wants to do a fighting match next time. We'll see...not sure.

We were very proud. He got up in front of the judges and did his thing. And did very well.

He got 4th in his division which means he got a medal, but no trophy.
He really wanted a trophy (I think because they were so big) but it was his first time so he'll have to keep practicing and maybe next time!

Some of the boys in the club.

Ah, that's a quick summary of the last month.
I think one of the highlights for me was Easter weekend. And funny because we have no pics of it! We went to Ottawa and had such a wonderful time.

I'm really having a tough time keeping up with the blog lately. Darryl and I actually forget we have it some weeks! But, I want to keep it up, even just for myself, for another couple of more months. It will be a great journal down the road for the kids. The only problem is that it's difficult to keep up. We have so much going on but I don't drag the camera around with me everywhere I go, and I can't remember every little thing that happens each week. Like Shamus' report card! Just thought of it now...and that was a big deal! He did really well. And the kids in swimming they're doing great. Even Breagha is really enjoying it! So, I'll have to figure something out.

For now, this is good! :)