Miah Turns Four!

Miah turned four last Thursday, April 22nd. I have really seen a change in Miah in the last few months. She has stretched up and has matured as well. She loves to take charge and do whatever possible. She is still enjoying her activities and moved up to the next level in both gymnastics and swimming, she even skipped a level in swimming. She's very proud of her badges:) Miah loves preschool and has made lots of friends there. She has the most contagious and hearty laugh so that you can't help but smile at and is very thoughtful. She still has her red hair and is our beautiful porcelain doll. However, don't call her beautiful or princess!

To celebrate her birthday we had a picnic at the boating lake for tea and went to the park there. The kids and I had a fantastic time. Unfortunately Daddy had to miss out as he was away for work. Sat. we had her birthday party at the football club. It has a nice size room and saved the house from massive damage! We had a bouncy castle and a pinata and all the kids had a great time. Miah was really excited about her birthday and insisted on handing out the party bags at the end. Here's some photos of the birthday girl and party. L

Birthday, Easter and House

We are back from our house hunting trip and are very happy. Happy to have it done and happy to have found a house we like. We bought a place in Kingswood, Hammonds Plains and it seems like a really nice neigbourhood. The commute for Mark will be about 30-40 mins. as he goes to work early. Lochlan is registered in school and we found a preschool for Miah. We even drove some vehicles as it's been a few years in the North American market. All in all a productive trip.

I turned 34 while I was there. Mark managed to somehow bake me a cake in the chaos and my family had lobster for dinner...truly spoiled..gotta love the Maritimes:) We also found our house and had our offer accepted at 10:30 pm the night of my birthday, something to celebrate! It had been looking grim the night before as we had seen everything in our price range and the only two that suited us had major problems. Imagine our elation! My hubby also wrote me a beautiful poem in my card. Wow, I can't express how I felt..truly loved and in love, after almost nine years of marriage, a gift!

We also had Easter while we were there. It was great. We had my whole family at Mom and Dad's, had an egg hunt and Turkey dinner and 24C weather. Luuuuvely! We also had a combined Birthday Party as my, both my parents, my niece Emily and Miah's birthday all fall within 24 days of each other. We were able to visit both my brother's and sister's families at their houses, which was a nice treat. The trip would honestly been a horror if it weren't for the help of my family. Having to take the kids and sort it all on our own would not have been fun!

We are truly looking forward to moving home. We've enjoyed our time here but being home makes us realize again how much we miss our family and friends. We're really looking forward to our trip Saskatchewan this summer to catch up with the family we haven't seen there in three years! Here are some pics:

Catch Up

Well, it's been a while. There has been lots going on and at the same time it's the regular routine. We have received our posting message and are exciting to moving back to Canada and to Halifax.

What's new...the kids are doing well and are wrapping up another term at school (there are three here). Their activities are the same and they are enjoying them and doing really well. Miah has received her first badge in swimming and her second badge in gymnastics and she is just glowing. She deserves it as Miah puts her all into things when she does them. Olivia....oh Olivia. Is it the age or stage? Not sure. She is very independent these days and very communicative. I have to say also very cute, hard to get after her some times. We are enjoying a lot of one on one time lately and it's really nice. Lochlan is about the only one of our children who really gets that we're moving and is really excited. The only thing he isn't fond of is the thought of a new school and leaving his friends behind.

We are heading to NS this weekend to find a house. We are both excited and anxious. Lucky for us we have lots of family to lend a hand as we complete our search.

Football is on the down slide for Lochlan and myself. The season ends in May and that will be it for "football" as we know it here. I've really enjoyed it and will miss the munchins! I think that is all for now...honestly my brain is other places but thought I'd do an update as someone recently pointed out that I've been a little slack:) Here are some random picks of the kids. L

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