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“Four” People in May

7/23/2011 /

So, this four people project is supposed to consist of a photo each month of four of us.  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.  Wrong.  It. is. so. very. difficult.  So may I present our four people photo for May…

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

Why are there only three?  Well, this was taken on Mother’s day.  My wish was to get a nice photo of me and my boys. Check. Family photo was a no go.  The neighbours cat was distracting Liam and Caleb was being a goof.  By the time we tried to get set up with a tripod it was too late.  We should have asked the new neighbours. I mentioned this to the missing member of our photo – he declined.  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 /

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, truly sucked.  Which is probably why my four people project stalled for so long.  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 /

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It’s a goofy picture… but it’s us!  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.  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.  We took a walk around Chinatown, so that I could take photos for my photography class.  February also brought about Valentine’s day which Caleb loves.  He got lots of little notes and treats from school. But the best Valentine’s gift was when Liam started to say Mama.  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.  It was enough to close the school down (snow day!), and enough for sledding and snow forts.  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!

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~Ally

Four People in January

2/1/2011 /

Welcome to the first of our “Four People” monthly updates.  One of my goals for 2011 is to provided better memories of our family together.  So each month we will be aiming for a decent family photo, with a recap of the month to go along with it. (I am also trying to do weekly photos with some journaling to go along with it… but my project 52 is another post entirely!)

family_january

 

January was a nice reprieve after the busy holidays and events of December. Although the holidays and extra family time was fun, it was good to get back into routine, with Adam at work, Caleb at school and daily events returning to order.  This month was full of birthday celebrations, pajama weekends and family movie nights. Caleb enjoyed seeing all his friends again and his social calendar has been full. Caleb had a special date with mom to see his favorite Treehouse characters, Toopy and Binoo.  Liam has been getting his groove on, and enjoys dancing to music, and playing with his peers at Momma Goose.  He loves getting into Caleb’s room and causing all kinds of trouble!  We all enjoyed some cold sunny days, and I was able to get more practice with the camera, doing some assignments for my photography class.  It was a good month, full of family, friends and some fabulous salty sweet cookies!

~Ally

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