The Twins Turn Two

My baby boys are growing up so fast!  They turned two years old last weekend.  We had a nice little  gathering of friends at the park to celebrate.  There were bubbles, blanket tossing, trucks and double the cake! (There was also the odd melt down too, but we won't go there!)

If you didn't make it, here's what you missed...

Put your party hats on!

And did I mention bikes?  Even though they came with us to buy them at the store they were still surprised and excited to get them for their birthday.

Birthday Bikes!

Fun was had by all!

A Day for Daddy

Our day to celebrate Dad was just perfect.  We had no set plans we just went with the flow of the day which is just how Rob likes it.  First we went out for breakfast at our favourite cafe (and luckily beat the sunday father's day rush). Then went for a nice little hike.  After that the boys fell asleep on the car ride home, so we decided not to move them and just take a drive out to Banff where we hung out for a bit down by the river, then made our way to the Brew Pub (it's not Father's Day without beer!).   And what better way to top off a day like that then to take a dip in the hot springs.  

Here is the part I captured:

Casey taking the lead

Liam taking a break

Dad and Liam

We hiked up to a Hostel and found a tractor (Liam)

Cheers to all the Dad's out there especially Rob, you're doing an amazing job!  And my own Dad of course!!

Our Last Cheap Flight

We're squeezing one more flight in before the boys turn two and we have to start paying for four seats instead of two.  (Yikes!)  We're off to Ontario to visit family...it's no Mexico vacation, but it'll do.  Just kidding, we're super excited and can't wait to see everyone.  It's been almost a year now since I've seen my side of the family (minus my parents who came to visit this winter).  Rob's Dad and his wife will also be traveling from Illinois to meet us in Ontario.  

We'll have lots of partying to do while we're there.  June is birthday month.  We'll be celebrating Rob's birthday, my birthday (the big 3-0!), my grandmother's birthday and of course my Gemini twins are turning two on the 16th of June!  It'll be a real birthday extravaganza!

But on a side note....I wanted to share this really great blog (click here) that has some nice healthy recipes.  I just made the "Ultimate All Inclusive Breakfast Muffin" and the "Banana Pecan Granola Bars" to take along on the plane.  They're toddler and mom approved!

I'll be back to tell you all about our trip in a couple weeks! :)

Mama's Day

On mother's day with Liam and Casey

Hope all you Mama's out there had a wonderful Mother's Day...god knows we deserve a day to be celebrated!!

Fernie Road Trip

Last weekend we celebrated May long a few weeks early and took a little road trip to Fernie to visit Rob's cousin's family.  The trip down was a little rough due to a couple of unhappy boys but it's always worth the drive to hang out with the Millar/Malcolms.

Saturday we made the most of a rainy day and went up to the Fernie campground for a  short hike, a camp fire and a little adventure.

The Hike:

The Camp Fire:

Nice "Moss-tache"

The Little Adventure:

The adventure part was Liam's boot falling into the fast moving river and Dan attempting to rescue it...the river won in the end and we were left with one left boot.  On a side note, we also lost a shoe on that trip (also a righty) but no story to go with it, just lost for good.

The next day was beautiful.  Dan got his super cool mo-ped out for a ride but couldn't get it going.  I was still impressed and took the oportunity to photograph it.

We went for a nice walk to the park before it was time to head back home.

And a quick photo shoot of all the boys...

A good time had by all!