Swimming Lessons for the Second Born

(Please excuse me in this picture below and focus on the adorable blue eyed beauty beside)

 

 

My 'babycakes' and I just finished another round of swimming lessons - YEHAW!!!!!  I love having dates with her, just the two of us... don't so much love swimming itself.  BUT I do it because it is a good thing to do, right?!  This is the first time her and I have done the everyday for two weeks cycle and I think it actually helped her get comfortable and stay comfortable more quickly.  I did have to psych myself up to go swimming each day - not joking.  We had male teachers and whenever they spoke to her she would just give them the stone cold Polischuk stare, awesome.  It was fun to see her actually smile by the end of the two weeks, loosening her death grip on me.  We would talk about our swimming date and Amelia would be pumped to get to be with her babysitters (the Livingstone girls) all by her self.  The best part of the whole swimming thing was driving home the last day of class, just Stella and I.  She said in her soft little voice, "mom did you have fun on our swimming date?".  Oh this little chick, love her so much. 

 

~ Momma P

Street Performers Festival

Fun, fun in the sun!!!!

We have had Auntie Jenn visiting the last few days and the Bird Girls will be gone for two weeks so we capitalized on some family time and went to check out the street performers festival.   It is always an adventure to gather all needed supplies, snacks and get out the door but it was worth it!  We took the LRT to Churchill Square and picked out a food truck to get some lunch, then we hit up the kids area first...charming and such fun.  The area had numerous little tents with activities or books inside and tables with sand or blocks, our ladies loved it.

 



 

 

We did manage to actually catch a few performances, our favourite was probably the storyteller from the kids corner.  We also caught the end of a dance party which was pretty cool.

Fun day with family!!!

 

 

~ Mrs. P

 

 



Doing Hair

 

It isn't anything crazy cool but I snapped these shots the other day to record for my ladies what a pleasure it is for me to do their hair.  I have always enjoyed it.  Ever since my Brownie leader, Margo Moffat taught us to braid I've been hooked.  First it was 'Total Hair Barbie', then my little sisters, for a few years the little girls I babysat and now my own girls must sit through my creations.  It is fun for me and I love thinking about what style will look cute with their outfit for the day....silly but I enjoy it!!  As mothers we have many tasks we do daily; dishes, laundry, meals... repeating, repeating, repeating...but I LOVE the daily hairstyling I get to do!!!! They are little darlings for sitting still for me, snacks, shows and books do help though ;P

~ Momma P

 

Smokin HOT!!!!!

 

Stella's face says a lot, it was super hot today!!!  Like our house was 29 c INSIDE by lunch, just seriously smoking hot.  We decided to hit up the spray park and a little Polischuk miracle occurred....Amelia actually went in the water!  She was encouraged by her heroes the Livingstone girls (she idolizes them) and even went in enough to get her hat wet - YAHOO!  Little sister, Stella on the other hand wanted to do things with "her mom" so didn't stray far and when we walked over hand-in-hand I ended up getting wetter then her.  As I type this it is still smoking hot in our house. In our old house we had a/c for 7 years and we move, no a/c and have the hottest day in Alberta history, boo on us!  I think we will head over and hit up Auntie Alyson's swimming pool tomorrow.

~ Mrs. P

Canada Day Celebrations

Celebrate Good Times....Come ON!!!!!

Celebration!

 

We were privileged to participate in the Canada Parade and enter a float on behalf of our church's Primary children ages 3-11.  It was sooooooo fun and worth the effort!!!! I will let the pictures speak, showing what a blast we had.  Nanny joined Jacey, Amelia and I on the float, while Mr. P hung out with Stella and my Grandparents.   Awesome that they were able to come and watch.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh Canada!

True North Strong and Free

 

Happy Canada Day

~ Mrs. P 



Questions for the FOUR year old

We have been pretty busy around here; a trip to visit friends in Medicine Hat, picnics with friends, a field trip to our Great Aunts farm, oh and we planned and decorated a float for the Canada Parade.  Yup, just a tad busy!!! 

 

  I really wanted to share how our big 4 year old responded to a few questions we asked;

 

Nicknames Mia, Big A, Miss Amelia, Amelia Ann

How old are you? 4 (illustrated with her fingers also)

Favourite Colour Pink

Favourite Animal   Puppies & Kitties

Favourite Book  Any of her Princess Books

Favourite TV Show  Sofia the First

Favourite Song   Stay, Stay, Stay by Taylor Swift

Favourite Food  Crackers, Cheese and Sausage

Favourite Drink  Root Beer Floats & Orange Juice

Favourite Breakfast Food   Pancakes

Favourite Snack  Rice Crispies & Fruit snacks

Favourite Outfit   Dresses ~ her Tangled Dress and Crown and fake hair

Favourite Game   Red Light, Green Light

Favourite Toy   Princess for her doll house or Little People Princesses

Who is your Best Friend?  Baby Stella (her sister "I love my sister" was the direct quote)

Favourite thing to do   Paint and draw

Favourite thing to do outside  Blow bubbles and do summer saults

Favourite Holiday  Easter

What do you like to take to bed with you at night?  "My Dad, my hero" (she seriously prefers when he puts her to bed)

Favourite place to go? Café O Play with her cousins

Where do you want to go on vacation?  Hawaii

What do you want to be when you grow up? Mom & a girl missionary

What did you do on your birthday?  Had a special breakfast and then friends came over for a birthday party!!!!!

 

 

 

What a girl!

~ Momma P



How did I get so lucky?

I honestly have this thought often...

"How did I get so lucky?"

 

Don't get me wrong, my tantrum throwing 2 year old and sassy 4 year old do make me crazy some days but they mostly make me so incredibly happy. 

 I have such gratitude for the miracles they are in our lives.

We are entering a float in the Canada Day Parade and spent a few mornings at a friends working on decorations trying to get a quad trailer to look worthy of a parade and I think we just might pull it off.  After our second day, a lot of popcorn, back yard trampoline and pool splashing we called it all complete and I snapped these pics of my women because they just made me smile with their cuteness! 

 

 

You can almost see hint of their personalities in these pictures.  Love them!!!!!

Yes indeed very lucky!
 ~ Mrs. P