Farewell...but not goodbye!!

After 6.5 years of doing a blog for Skylar and 17 months on one for Sloane, I've decided to create one blog for both of them.  Perhaps now I'll update it regularily!!

You can check out their adventures at www.skequared.blogspot.ca.  

Thanks so much for following along these past 6.5 years. It's been a labour of love and I hope you've enjoyed reading as much as I've enjoyed posting!

XOXOXO

Nycki 

Easter Dresses and Fat Lips

 The Wednesday before Good Friday, I dropped off Sloanie at the daycare and she was doing her usual run around the room all excited to be there.   Except this time she tripped over her own two feet and landed, face first, into a toy truck.  She split open her lip and it swelled something awful!

 It was her first major facial boo boo and these pictures don't do it justice - it was massive!

 She still looked cute as a button for her last day of school before the Easter holiday - complete with strawberry scented bunny ears :)

 Of course, she had to read her Elmo book before she headed out to school.  She is obsessed with all things Sesame Street these days and Elmo and Cookie Monster in particular.

This dress is the same one that Skylar wore on her second Easter - although it was a bit longer on her.  And these cute sandals were ones that I had purchased for Skylar and then forgot about so they are brand new.  I look back at all the clothes and shoes I got for Skylar and it's ridiculous really!!

Ginger Piggies!!

I am SOOO in love with Sloanies little ginger piggies.

She hates them and fights me while I put them in but they are so cute that it's worth the battle :)

She's a maniac, maniac, on the floor!

 I've taught Sloanie how to do the dance from Flashdance.  I showed her the YouTube video and now all you have to do is sing "she's a maniac, maniac..." and she makes like Jennifer Beales!!

I put my elastic yoga headband on her and she got down to business.

 

 She also reminded a bit of Olivia Newton-John in her Let's Get Physical video...minus the chubby belly, of course!

Jennifer Beales...eat your heart out!!!

First Trip to Sherwood

 It has been an amazingly warm winter so it's no surprise that the trend has continued right into the Spring as well.

 We took the girls to Sherwood Park to soak up some sun and take Sloane a few "firsts".  

Surprisingly, she hated the swings!!!

 But she did enjoy climbing up on all of the play structures...

...and going down the slide (even though it looks otherwise in this shot!).

 And of course Sloanie always loves her playtime with Daddy...and being thrown in the air.  Which is why I was shocked that she didn't like the swings.

 Her favourite thing at the park was the teeter totter.  She absolutely loved it.

Here's to many more adventures in Sherwood Park.

Happy St. Patty's Day!!

Shopping at Ikea

 We decided to head out to IKEA one afternoon and, of course, Sloanie fell asleep in the car on the way there.  She so sleepy, in fact, that she didn't wake up when Paul took her out of her carseat and stayed sleeping even as we nagivated the craziness looking for a shopping cart.

We debated leaving but having spent 15 mins circling the parking lot for a spot, we decided to tough it out!

We fought for a cart, loaded it with comfy pillow and voila...instant crib on wheels!!

 

We didn't stay long however as Paul hates IKEA on the weekends.  On this particular excursion, I found Paul wedged in a corner of the kids furniture with a glazed look on his face muttering "there are just so many people" over and over.

Needless to say, we got a new carpet and then got the hell on outta there LOL.