December 2016

 Macy with her new cousin Esther Leishman.

 Ready to walk Macy to bus in the chilly early mornings.

 Funny story - these cookies look fab, right?! I made them with apparently super old peppermint extra which made them disgusting and inedible! Oh well!!

Merry Christmas from the Lamont girls!

Tessa Turns One - Or the Best Baby Cake Smash Ever! - November 21, 2016

Tessa is growing up fast. She may be the youngest, but she is great at keeping up with her sisters and getting into trouble! She is sweet and loving and the first to give anyone a hug and comforting pat when they are sad. She is also fierce and has a strong personality and loves to talk and talk and talk. When the older two are at school or doing bigger kid stuff, Tessa and I get time together that I cherish. She loves the attention and it's so sweet to have those one on one moments.

Rachel Turns Three - November 7, 2016

Rachel is such a delight to have in our family. She is fun and spunky and loves to laugh. She has grown up a lot this last year and her speech is improving. She loves listening to music and dancing, especially to any 'Trolls' songs, and 'Barbie' songs. She likes to watch Paw Patrol, Bubble Guppies, Justin Time, and any Barbie movie. She likes going to the library, going swimming, and playing outside.

Halloween!

 We went to the Chui's for an amazing Harry Potter themed Halloween party. I forgot the sock for little Dobby, and not sure what he is doing with Viktor Krum??!

Pirate Macy and Ladybug Rachel ready for their school parties!

Halloween night!

The neighbourhood crew!

Max, Lasha, Macy, Rachel, William, Jackson.

Taylor, Naima's brother, Naima, Jackson, Macy, William, Lasha, and Max.

This house always does great decorations, and sometimes a haunted house. Too bad it just sold to new owners!

Galaxy Land with Rachel

When your under three years old you get into Galaxy Land for free, along with your adult rider. We took advantage of it a lot with Macy, but didn't have the same opportunities with Rachel. So finally about 2 weeks before her third birthday Rachel and I went together and had a blast!

 She just makes me laugh! She loved spinning on the teapots and we got spinning pretty fast!

Fall 2016 Pictures and Memories

 Here's a glimpse at our fall and some of the fun things we did to keep us busy!

Rachel in cookie heaven at our Ward's Labour Day Party.

Tessa at 9.5 months. Starting to cruise around, and as cute as ever! 

 Lights on the tree house was a fun addition.

 Notice how cute and innocent this little Rachel butterfly looks! Don't be fooled! Not minutes before, while at the Telus World of Science with our friends the Fixsen's, I was watching Tessa in the baby area and Leslie was keeping an eye on the other kids. Tessa's soother gets dirty and Leslie goes to wash it, not even a minute later I look over at Rachel who has stripped all her clothes to play in the water area!

 Luckily Leslie snapped this picture (pretty sure she is not supposed to climb up like that), and there was only one other boy in the area and no one seemed to care much. Yikes! She is a fast one!

In October I ran a 10 miler (16 KM), my longest race so far. Above I am training and we had just gotten an early snow fall, first week of October. We were hoping it would melt by the race, and it did, but then we got another little dump just before. Oh well, it was a great race anyways!

 Tessa at 11 months, so adorable.

 Macy had some money saved and decided to spend it on some Shopkins at Costco. After I treated her to Costco ice cream and she remarked "Shopkins and ice cream! This is just like my birthday!" I've got to remember that!

 Practicing spelling words.

 Rachel got the most adorable hair cut. Looking back at these pictures, she needs to get it done again, I just love how it looked. Totally suits her spunky personality!

 Playing at Millennium Place.