Category: Caleb (Page 1 of 26)

Four People in July

8/26/2011 / Squishy's Mom

July saw a few days of sunny summer weather, so we made the best of it. Â We enjoyed a warm Canada Day at the Gorge Family Fun day. Â We had a family reunion at Beckwith Park, where Liam snoozed under a tree and Caleb learned to play baseball. Â Liam has been rocking his little booty, and loves to dance and get his groove on. Â There were trips to the park and petting zoo. Â Caleb started Sportball Soccer camp and the Summer Reading Club at the Library. Â We spent a day in Parksville, at the sandcastle competition and at the beach. Â We celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary, and spent the night doing a family photo session with Blue Lily. Â It was a busy, but fun month!

Four People in June

7/29/2011 / Squishy's Mom

June was another busy month for us.

Highlights:
* Caleb’s 6th birthday! I know, six…!
* Liam starts running
* Caleb graduates from kindergarten (more photos to come)
* We hosted the best Lego themed gymnastics party
* BBQ season officially begun – as in BBQing with others… because really in our house itâ€™sÂ BBQ season 365 days of the year!
* Ally did some fun photoshoots for Squishy Prints and the Squishy Prints website was relaunched.
* There were several babies born to friends and neighbours
* We got a decent family photo – finally!!

Happy Summer!

(and yay – all caught up in our fourÂ peopleÂ monthlies!)

“Four” People in May

7/23/2011 / Squishy's Mom

So, this four people project is supposed to consist of a photo each month of four of us. Â You would think with an average of 30 days in a month, that it wouldn’t be so darn hard to get four of us in front of the lens. Â Wrong. Â It. is. so. very. difficult. Â So may I present our four people photo for May…

Four...okay three people... in May

Why are there only three? Â Well, this was taken on Mother’s day. Â My wish was to get a nice photo of me and myÂ boys. Check. Family photo was a no go. Â The neighbours cat was distracting Liam and Caleb was being a goof. Â By the time we tried to get set up with a tripod it was too late. Â We should have asked the new neighbours. I mentioned this to the missing member of our photo – he declined. Â So by default he is not in our monthly photo.

May highlights:
Caleb played a munchkin in his school’s production of Wizard of Oz.
We celebrated Mother’s Day
Liam had his first taste of Beacon Drive-in ice cream
We started to clean up he garden – including watering the new flowers and tomatoes that were given as mother’s day gifts
Caleb befriended our new neighbour (although we still miss the Toveys)
Liam and Caleb both love chalk, running to the mailbox and chasing bubbles
Ally started taking antidepressants for PPD

May was so much better than April…medication helps!

Four People in April… catching up

7/23/2011 / Squishy's Mom

Four people in April

What happened in April:

Ally’s 33rd birthday
Ally goes back to work
Liam’s first birthday
Liam starts walking
Liam’s first anitbiotics…second antibiotics… two allergic reactions and one trip to the ER.
Easter
Caleb goes on several school community fieldtrips – and doesn’t get put in jail with the bad guys at the RCMP detachment (which cause so much anxiety that he almost missed his class trip)

Adam’s grandma also passed away after battling cancer and dementia for several years. We will miss her very much.

April kind of sucked… really,Â truly sucked. Â Which is probably why my four people project stalled for so long. Â The stress took over from the highlights, and it made this month uncomfortable, sad, stressful and it really just plain sucked.

Four People in February

3/8/2011 / Squishy's Mom

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It’s a goofy picture… but it’s us! Â Caleb has been totally silly when it comes to taking photos, and either tries to hog the camera with goofy faces, or hide from the camera. Â Liam just tries to steal the camera and usually goes in for an extreme close-up.

February brought forth Chinese New Year – and the year of the rabbit. Â We took a walk around Chinatown, so that I could take photos for my photography class. Â February also brought about Valentine’s day which Caleb loves. Â He got lots of little notes and treats from school. But the best Valentine’s gift was when Liam started to say Mama. Â This is one of his first words, and he planned it perfectly, saying it in earnest on February 13, so that he was able to say it on cue on the 14th.

February also brought snow, snow and more snow. Â It was enough to close the school down (snow day!), and enough for sledding and snow forts. Â We enjoyed the fluffy white stuff on and off for over a week. Liam was unsure, Caleb loved it, and Adam and I are jsut glad that we are no longer shoveling the driveway!