Walking, Egg Hunting, Etc.

I have very good intentions of updating this blog more than once a month but then, you know how busy life can be. So I will try to update briefly (who am I kidding, they never end up brief...)

1. Finally, he walks! After walking around with a death grip on our fingers for the past few weeks, Lewis discovered that he could, in fact, walk all by himself. It only took a few days to go from his tentative wobbly steps to running away from us and actually not even wanting to hold our hands! It probably helped that we were visiting the Grandmas and Grandpas and he had lots of attention. I keep meaning to put together a little video montage of him walking, and it's still on the to do list, so maybe someday...

(May 12 - here it finally is, old news now, you should see him run! But thought the video remix should still be posted!)




2. We spent Easter weekend in Lethbridge. It was a really nice visit and the kids had lots of fun. Jaina went mini-golfing with Papa O. and they also had a great Easter egg hunt in the backyard. Here are some pictures of the Easter activities:

3. After spending Easter in Lethbridge, Matt headed back to work and the kids and I spent the rest of the week in Taber visiting Grandma and Papa K. It was a nice relaxing time and the kids had lots of fun continuing to be spoiled by Grandparents. One highlight was that Grandma and I took Jaina to see "Horton Hears A Who". It was only the second time she's been to the movies and she had lots of fun. Also good was the news that my mom got from her doctor, that the chemo seems to have done what they expected and she doesn't even have to go back to see him until October (which is great news considering he originally said he expected her to need chemo again in September). We are all glad to hear that, my mom is feeling quite well, and they are planning to take their postponed trip to Europe this summer.

4. Also in March Jaina finished up with her ballet and gymnastics. Here are a few cute pictures of her:














But the busyness never seems to end. Preschool is as busy and fun as ever for Jaina, with field trips this month to go bowling and to a fire station. This month both the kids are taking swimming lessons (Jaina in her own class, Lewis in a mom and tot class with me) which looks like will keep us quite busy. When those are over Jaina will be starting soccer sometime in May, which should be interesting as it will be her first experience on a team (and she has some very definite and unique ideas of her own about the rules of soccer and how teams work).

4. As for us, Matt has been quite busy painting most of the rooms in our house as we are still trying to make a decision on whether to try to move or not, as well as being on call quite a bit for work. He is also hoping the Flames make it into the playoffs and looks forward to going to a few games. I did not work out a job share for next year, so am now going to see what's available to apply for part-time. That is plan B and if it does not work out we are also fairly comfortable with plan C (going on the sub list) or even plan D (continuing to stay out of the work field while Lewis is still young). So lots may or may not be happening over the next few months - I will be quite glad when some of these major decisions have been worked out and at least we know what life will be like in the fall.