This past Saturday we went to family arts day at the art museum. The kids got to make lots of fun art projects including these silly Halloween costumes. In honour of Halloween there were creepy crawly things you could eat ( fried worms and fried crickets). Brian ate several and said they actually tasted sort of good. Aiden tried to eat a cricket, but got as far as the head and then decided that was enough!
Last night we made caramel apples with the kids, probably one of the messiest things to make with small children. When we were done there was caramel everywhere! The pumpkin was drawn by Aiden, he is excited for Halloween!
Ava and Aiden were being so cute when they were playing together, I just had to take a couple of pictures. As soon as I pulled out the camera Ava started making the funniest faces. In the top picture she is showing me her "princess smile". 
Pine tree that fell right by our bedroom window, just missing
Our neighbors shed that the wind lifted over our fence and
Aiden caught this huge frog while he was outside playing. He knocked on the door to show me the frog, I was totally not expecting to see a huge frog being held up to my face and it made me jump! After Aiden was done playing with the frog, he threw it in a bucket filled with water and placed a lid over the bucket, so the frog wouldn't escape. Poor frog, Brian will have to go free it in a little while so it doesn't die. 
Today started off crazy! Right before my alarm went off, I started having really painful Braxton-Hicks contractions. I couldn't even get out of bed except to go throw up. Brian is an awesome dad and was able to single handed cook Dario a pancake breakfast complete with bacon and eggs, pack Dario's lunch, get Dario dressed and drop him off at school. I was disappointed that I missed all this and couldn't help. Brian said Dario was excited in the car on the way to school and while Brian was with him at school, but as soon as Brian started to leave Dario started getting sad. When Dario came home I asked him how school was and he said recess wasn't fun because none of the kids would take turns on the playground equipment and all he got to do was draw in the dirt with a stick. I asked Dario if he wanted to go back and he said maybe. At least he didn't say no!
Today we got back from a four day vacation with Brian's family. We stayed at a cabin by a beautiful lake. The cabin was really nice with a living room, kitchen, four bedrooms and each room had a bathroom. The air conditioner was broke the first night, so it was hot, hot! Luckily, the next day it was fixed! Everyone had fun fishing, swimming in the pool, taking paddle boat rides, and playing games. Thanks for the fun and relaxing vacation Nana and Granddad!
Today we got lots of rain thanks to the hurricane that hit far south of us. The boys went out to play in the rain. They got soaking wet, but had lots of fun. Here they are all bundled up in their towels after they were done playing.
I took all three kids to the pool, by myself, for the first time today. Normally three is pretty manageable, however today it seemed like there were double that many. Two of my kids can't swim but think they can! Despite the chaos, I did manage to take a couple of pictures. Next time, Brian is defiantly coming with me!
This past weekend we went to my parents house to celebrate the fourth of July. We ate lots of good food, saw fireworks, went to the beach, swam at the pool and spent time with lots of family. It was the perfect weekend! 
Ava loves yogurt. She does a good job of feeding herself with a spoon, with the exception of the occasional spill!
