As promised!

Oooh, pictures!

Day at the zoo, with Ben, Ella, Sari & Estella:



Ella & Gigi:


Ben, posing:


Not quite right...


Now she's got it!


He was a little excited:


Ben in action:


New hat:


Pouty faces:


Ben & Gord overlooking Killarney Lake:


Playing in Grandma & Grandpa's backyard:




Our Kindergarten Graduate!


Showing us the classroom:


Surprise visit from Auntie Kathy & Le Petit Henry:


Ella wanted to pose with her baby, Estella Isabella:


Henry modeling his super-cute shark hat:


We were so happy to see these two!

A dry spell!

So, my last post was about Ben's school year finishing, and now we're practically at the start of the next one. I'm a terrible blogger!

I don't know that I have a lot to write about today though...hmm, let me start with a run-down of each kid's favorite things:

Ben:
- loves zucchini bread (which reminds me that we should make some more!), Grandpa's steak, water (good!), cream soda (meh, not so healthy) and coke slurpees (bad!)
- loves watching Pokemon
- can now call up Pokemon episodes on our PVR
- loves to rewind things on the PVR - I swear, if we watch America's Funniest Videos, he will rewind a funny clip 10 times
- he will laugh every single time
- reads like crazy - anything, anywhere
- still likes to give hugs
- loves playing the Wii - specifically Super Mario Galaxy 2, as Gord's "co-star"
- also likes Lego Batman
- kicks butt at "Guess Who"
- has been using his manners so well lately
- loves to boss his little sister around
- can swim like nobody's business
- can ride his two-wheeler really well
- loves the monkey bars, but has yet to master swinging across them

Ella:
- likes to have her hair put in ponytails or pigtails or braids, but only if she gets a candy
- loves to hit her brother when he bugs her
- spends a lot of time in her room, alone, in a time out for hitting her brother
- loves to eat
- asks for a snack as soon as she's done supper
- asks for another snack when she's done the first snack
- requests a song before bed
- knows her letters and is pretty good at counting to 30, with only a few missed numbers, or switched numbers
- knows some letter sounds
- loves Grandpa's steak, berries of any kind, tomatoes, cheese
- loves to watch Ben & Gord play video games
- can swim without water wings, and loves to swim with a snorkel & goggles
- loves to draw and write words and cut paper to make "flags"
- likes purple

OK, that took me like all afternoon to come up with. Maybe I should post a few pics later??