Parents of the Year

Karen here.

I guess Matt and I are vying for the "Parents of the Year" award.

I've been taking Mags to the park most evenings before dinner. Now, I'm not making excuses, but even if you're watching your kids 100%, they may still surprise you when they're standing right under your nose.  For example, when they decide to taste sand for the first time.

Yes, I again snapped a photo before helping him out. I can't help it! I have a blog to write!

A day or two later it was the weekend, and I went to prenatal yoga as I do every Sunday (while preggers). When I came home, Matt was raking the front yard looking good in his sunglasses and black touque. And Magnus was secured away on the front porch playing with some toys. I went inside to change and get a bite to eat. Maybe 15 minutes later the front door opened and a panicked Matt rushed inside asking if I had brought Magnus in. Obviously not! So where was he? My heart stopped. Matt ran back outside and I threw on some shoes. Matt ran towards the busy street our side street is attached to, Dundas, so I ran up our street in the opposite direction. After what seemed like forever but was only a few seconds, I heard Matt call my name. I turned to find him waving me towards him, so I ran as fast as I could with my bad back and protruding preggers belly. I got to the intersection just in time to see a stranger hand Magnus over to Matt's grateful arms. Matt profusely thanked him, but the man was just relieved nothing bad happened. Apparently the man was driving on Dundas and saw Magnus walking down the street with no adult in sight. So he promptly did a U-turn on this busy street and pulled over so he could pick Magnus up, just as Matt was running towards him.

Sigh. Our silly son had climbed down the front porch steps and walked most of the way to the library. THANK GOODNESS HE STAYED ON THE SIDEWALK! But how could he have escaped his porch prison you ask? Well, that's where the award comes in. Matt had placed a huge cardboard box in front of the steps. Little did he know that the wind would move the box enough to let Mags out, conveniently in the one minute that Matt had gone to the backyard to get a tool.

Lucky? Yes. Thankful? More than words.

Easter 2015

Karen here.

We are still recovering from a very busy Easter weekend.

Matt and I worked from his parents' house on Thursday, so Magnus spent the day with his Nan and Grandpa Raz. Laird took Magnus to the mall and he had a great time looking at all the pets. And he went for a long walk with Peg.

These two also spent some quality time checking out new kids videos online.

On Friday we spent the day with my family. We firstly headed out to my mum's house where Mags got to check out bubbles for the first time. I love his giggle!

And my men went for a walk together in my mum's yard. Matt led Mags through the snow with a stick.

So after some fun at Oma's house, we went to my dad's farm where Mags had some more fun outside. We explored the farmyard, and Mags couldn't get enough of the tractors!

He also had some fun in a wagon.

But the poor guy fell down one too many times, and the last time he sat in a deep puddle. So that was the end of his fun. He didn't want to be outside anymore and wanted to be picked up. I was so thankful that Matt had just returned from a run and he was able to carry our muddy Mags back to the house.

Thank goodness I had packed a change of clothes for the little guy. And after all that fresh air, he needed some down time with his Grandpa Hawkins.

Saturday morning we packed up after breakfast and headed out to the home of one of Matt's best friends from high school, Erin. We try to visit them practically every time we make it to Ottawa. We were surprised with 2 new additions to their household.

This video that Matt took is rather short, I know. He thought he was recording more and he wasn't. :( Oh well. Cute though, seeing Mags pet a little guinea pig.

Saturday night was dinner with Matt's family. I barely got to say boo to anyone because Magnus wouldn't have anything to do with anyone else besides his mama. I even had to eat dinner at the 'kids' table all by myself because he had an episode at the dinner table. All good though. He really was well behaved overall for the entire trip, especially considering he was off his schedule. Poor Sammy ended up being super tired too.

On Sunday morning, Magnus woke up to finding Easter eggs having been left for him by the Easter bunny! Somehow, the Easter bunny knew we'd be at Nan and Grandpa Raz's. And he knew we'd sleep in the basement. So as Mags and I climbed the stairs to the main floor, we found some brightly coloured eggs on the stairs. And there was a basket waiting for Magnus at the top of the stairs too! Magnus promptly put the eggs he had found into the basket, and with some prompting, he went searching for more. After finding the first few eggs, we were able to capture the rest of the hunt. :) 

Aren't you tired just reading this post? Trust me. We're tired from living it!