Haircuts and Quotes

The girls got their hair cut this week, which was quite the exciting event for them. Alana sat on the big seahorse all by herself and did a great job. She just wanted a trim, and says she likes her hair long. After the cut, she asked to have it in a french braid and then got sparkles sprayed on it.

Jaylee surprised me by being willing to sit on the seahorse by herself for her first haircut. You can tell she was getting tired.

All done! and sparkles in her hair, and on her arms. She loved the sparkles on her arms and showed them off the rest of the day. She called them "Princess Sparkles"

And a few kid quotes:

Alana: If you see something bouncy, it's just me! (this sums her up very well)

G-Jaylee, do you have a brownie?

J-No, I have eyebrows, see? (wiggling eyebrows)

Kale-My soccer ball's name is Mifty. He talks to me and tells me to kick him in the goal. IF I don't make a goal and win, I'll be so mad at him!

Jaylee- (toot at the dinner table) It was me! That was me! It was loud!

Alana-I love looking like a rock start. I am a star, mom

Alana-Sunsets are dangerous. It's dangerous and kills animals and hurts people too, and makes them sleep until they die. Sunsets are dangerous.

(I figured out after a minute she meant Sunset Herb from her barbie Island Princess movie...then it made sense)

Soccer

Kaleb is playing soccer for the first time this year. He has been asking to play, and was so excited to start.

They practice once a week, and have a game every Saturday.

He is a proud member of the Iguana Team!

On the sidelines waiting to sub in

His first throw in. The refs are pretty understanding about the kids just learning how to throw the ball in, and keeping the ball in play. One little boy was trying to paddle the ball in the goal with his hands.

Bunch Ball at it's best. The coaches are allowed on the field with them to give directions, but they all end up chasing the ball at the same time anyways.

Kale taking a goal kick. His dribbling is quite good, but we need to work on his shooting. It is so cute to watch how many kids miss the ball altogether. Kaleb is really enjoying playing, but he is still very competitive. They have lost both games so far which has made him pretty upset. We are still working on being a good sport.

Pic Update

Blogger has not been overly cooperative with allowing me to upload pictures, so here is a belated update with a few kid quotes.

Jaylee "My potty is hiding. Potty! Where are you? Maybe it's asleep. Shh...my potty is asleep"

"All girls are princesses, but all boys aren't princes. Boys are monkeys. Kaleb is a monkey"
(he was very okay with this statement)


"I hate this preschool. If they don't let me paint, I'm not going"

Kaleb, holding up a VHS "Wow, is this like a DVD? But big, and heavy, and a rectangle?"

Daddy "does lily eat flies"

Jaylee "yeah!"
Daddy "does jaylee eat flies?"
Jaylee "No, I can't eat flies, they're ewweee"

First Day of School Pictures

Kaleb started kindergarten a few weeks ago. He was so excited to go to the big school. He is in half day kindergarten, which has been great for him. He is enjoying his class and his teacher. He is also really excited to go to the other classes, like PE and music.

Walking in on the first day. We had a day where we were running late, so I parked at the curb and left the girls in the car to walk Kale to the door. He stopped me about half-way there and said, "I got it, mom."

Now he wants to go in by himself every day, and is even crossing the street to go in, (with a crossing guard).

Alana started preschool the week after. She was so excited, she hardly slept the night before. We found her wandering the house most of the night. She was up before 6am, bouncing on her bed shrieking "school day!". So everyone had an early start that day.

A rare picture with a REAL Alana smile!

"Mom, I look like a rock star in this dress. I'm a rock star"

Jaylee didn't want to be left out of the photos. Alana was more willing than Kaleb to share the spotlight.


Alana is enjoying school, although sometimes frustrated wanting to do more than the class is doing. She announced after her first day that she hated school, because she didn't get to paint

Finding her cubby at school

Dave got off work earlier than usual, so we packed up and headed back to the beach, getting ice cream on the way. The kids loved it of course. Kaleb shocked the girls at the ice cream shop by ordering rum flavored ice cream. They gave him a taste, expecting him to not like it, and he loved it! Alana got chocolate, as you can see.

Jaylee got bubblegum. Clearly I should have taken her dress off before this adventure started. she has a very blue eyebrow, too.

Building a sand castle with daddy. It was a little windy and cold, but the kids were thrilled to play with daddy.

Finished castle, with Jaylee in the middle

After the big castle that daddy built last night, the kids wanted to do another big one today. It turned out great!

Cultural District

Yesterday the weather wasn't very good, so I had to get a little more creative to keep the kids occupied. We walked the other direction on the waterfront into the Cultural District and Wetlands Preserve. I had gone on a run through there, and hoped the paths and waterfalls would keep the kids distracted from the fact that it was too cold to play at the beach.

Jaylee hanging out over a waterfall. The kids all did their best to fall in the water in some way, and to get around the various fences to explore closer. Thankfully, this was not overly successful, but it did keep me on my toes!

There were lots of beautiful grassy hills and flower beds. The kids promptly rolled down the first hill we came to. Jaylee was rolling too, just a little behind. Then she would get up, "wait guys! wait!" Run to catch up, and start rolling again.

At the dolphin fountain, their favourite of the art that was around. (my favourite too) I'm spelling like a Canadian now, eh? Jaylee desperately wanted to reach the runoff from the fountain.

Kelowna is such a beautiful city. It was fun to get to explore something besides the beach and playground. Of course, tugging the wagon is getting tiring, so we aren't going too far from our hotel. I am thankful for a hotel that is in such a great location. It has made things much easier for me when Dave has the car.

Sand Castles

Jaylee going down the big kid slide. She had a few parents offer to help her climb the steep ladder to get up. Her response, "I got it."

Alana was being a goof-ball and striking a silly pose while we were working on the sand castle

They loved watching it fill with water when the waves would come in. (from boat wakes)

"Ta DA! Mama! Take a picture of ME!"

Kaleb and Alana were filling in and squishing the first sand castle and river we built. And Jaylee's head is in the bucket of sand and water. No idea why. Needless to say, she needs a bath.

Kaleb's castle, a replica of the one Alana built.

Alana's castle, including a bridge, flags on the tops, (feathers), and a rainbow, (bucket handle)

The kids have started making friends when we go to the beach. Kaleb met a few boys, and they were taking turns burying each other in the sand. Kaleb was loving it until...

His friend dumped a big bucket of water on his head. Kaleb started screaming like a banshee immediately freaking out because he was stuck. His friend was concerned and confused until I explained that Kaleb is afraid of water on his head.

Jaylee borrowed someones squirt gun and was having fun chasing me.

Her other great entertainment for the day: a bucket full of water, and a ball. She played with that for an hour.

The best part about playing hard at the beach...

Great, long naps!

And after they wake up, they want to go right back to the beach and park. Jaylee on the teeter totter.

Alana has gotten great at climbing underneath the big rainbow. Of course, when I go to take a picture, she falls.

Jaylee insisted she could pull the wagon without my help. It was slow going.

Kale and Alana on the teeter totter. They were having a great time until Kale jumped off and let Alana fall. She got over it quickly though.

I told the kids we could head to the beach when we were done at the park. This is Alana running for the beach, stripping on the way. Her dress is about 20 feet behind her.

By the time I got there, she was taking off her panties too. We had to have a little talk about modesty and how we don't change our clothes on the beach, or strip running across the park. It was really funny though.

Back to the water park. Alana was a little more willing to do it this time. She got Kaleb really good with the squirt gun, which made her happy.