Packing snacks for my toddler

When it's time to head out I gather a bunch of snacks and baby k's water sippy cup and head out. 

What does my toddler love to snack on? 

Other than the usual cheesy puffs, goldfish and cheese strings. I like to make little baggies or containers of his favorite fruits and veggies. I have them packed in the fridge ready to grab. Things like sweet pepper sticks, blueberries, cucumber. and throw in a banana or 2 sometimes too. 

Easy and convenient! 

What does your toddler like to snack on? 

Project Paint RED

I've been getting inspired these days to do a little painting. I love DIY projects but I really haven't done much in years! When I lived at home oh soo many years ago haha I painted my own room a couple of times and even made myself a desk ha! 

When we bought our first home 8 years ago it was a fixer upper and I was right in the middle of all the work! Sanding, taking down walls, painting. And helped paint our current home too! Ok the husband did most of it but I helped! 

So painting some furniture... I can do! Well let's see. I picked out some pieces I have around to get started. I have soo many ideas! 

Picking a color was tough. At first I was going to go with grey, it's safe. But then I thought, I need a little RED in my life ha! 

So my ideas are: 

Getting some RED going on in our home by painting a black vase red! 

Painting a black chair red to use as a flower pot in the front yard. Pinterest inspired. 

Painting a wood stand red and adding chalk board paint to the top. Fun! 

And I want to paint half of baby k's little table with chalkboard paint too! 

Eee! First step I'll need to buy the tools and prep! 

If this all goes well.... Well, I have soo many more things in the house I want to paint and change up haha! 

Hot week!

This week was super hot and humid! 

Finding things to do with a toddler without spending too much time outside at once was hard.

We went to a new playland with a friend. The kids loved it! Watching them climb up stairs and climb over things being brave was so cute to watch. 

I made homemade juice Popsicles which kept us cool too! 

We also went to the splashpad for some fun too. It was fun until a little boy about 6 years old came and starting kicking water in Kristian's face until he cried. ;( horrible. It broke my heart! Kris was so upset. I picked up Kris and tried to calm him down, but he was afraid to go back in. Boo! 

Next week will be cooler and not as hot and humid as this week whew! We love summer and want to enjoy the outdoors! 

While the husband was away...

Last week we received sad news that my husbands 94 year old grandfather passed away in Honduras. We had a nice family dinner last weekend to celebrate his life.  At the dinner my husband, 2 of his brothers and his dad decided to go back to Honduras to visit family during this tough time. So they booked a flight for Wednesday and he's been away for 5 days! 

5 days just me and baby k. 

The first day was good, I spent it with my sister shopping and playing. Then Thursday morning I woke up really dizzy. Dizzy and nauseous (not preggo) I couldn't even lift baby k out of the crib. I panicked a little, ok a lot. I never felt that before. I called my sister and mom and they rushed over. After speaking to telehealth they told me to get to the ER. So we did. My sister watched the kids (ha! She had her hands full, my cousin went over to help and my sister was able to put her little to nap and then put baby k to nap haha super mom!) 

After getting checked out, they said all seemed fine. But the nauseous feeling still lasted a couple days! I'll be seeing my family doctor tomorrow.

So glad for my family to help in a second when needed ;)

The rest of the days consisted of more shopping (sorry DH ha!) and lots of playing outdoors with Kristian. 

Yesterday was my brothers BBQ birthday party. It was nice, but with a toddler you can imagine I was pooped at the end of the night! 

Today is a beautiful day. Water fun and ice cream all day! 

Yes my toddler screams NO!

Ha! Other than my niece, I haven't been around many toddlers so the toddler life is new to us too. I read up a lot on behavior and know that my little toddler is acting exactly how a little toddler should!

 

But when around others that don't have kids we find ourselves having to explain his behavior. 

Yes my toddler has mood swings, yes he hugged and kissed you once then snubbed you a second later, yes my toddler will not share with you, yes that was my toddler that ate the soil and licked the rocks, yes that was my toddler that went up and down the stairs alone one thousand times to prove he can do it and yes my toddler will scream NO to NOO end! Ha! 

It may drive us crazy too sometimes but I get a kick out of seeing how independent my little guy is learning to be. He is learning about his surroundings and learning that yes those are his toys and you better not touch them. He is learning what he wants in his little life. When he says he wants a avocado you better get him that avocado or he will let you know how upset he is. 

Toddlers are so fun to be around they live in the moment and have so much fun doing simple things like licking rocks haha and jumping in puddles! 

Of course it's also exhausting because they are non stop! This weekend I looked forward to bedtime and naps to get much needed breaks. 

Canada day long weekend

Happy Canada Day! 

We spent the weekend at a cottage up north! 

I was concerned a bit going with a toddler but it was fine! He had a blast. The cottage was spacious and I brought lots of toys and the iPad of course. He slept in the play pen just fine. I brought our video monitor too, perfect for us not having to keep checking in him. He was right on schedule with nap and bedtime which was awesome.  Another couple brought their 8 month old daughter too which was great. Especially in the morning when we were the only ones up at 8am with our kids. It was nice company. 

We had a fun Canada Day long weekend enjoying our beautiful country. 

Play date fun day

Today was another full day out while the floors are being completed.

First stop a friends house up the street for a breakfast playdate! The boys played and my friend made a huge breakfast!! It was awesome! 

It was raining allllll day! So no park fun for the kids. 

Baby k is 20 months old and I can't keep up with how fast he's changing before my eyes. This week alone he said 5 more new words. I lost count now on how many words he says. He was pretty good with using a fork from months ago but would take a while, now he demands a fork to eat! Ha! 

Once I got home in the evening I was soooo happy to see the awesome new floors! Can't wait to clean up and put the house back in order! 

Renos and all day outings.

The floors are almost done! Sneak peak below! I absolutely love them! 

The past couple days I've been out of the house while the work is being done. Running around with a toddler all day is exhausting. Even though we spend most time at my sisters and parks, not having a home to stop into to unwind is tiring. Lots of eating out too this week. We will need a detox next week! 

Baby k's sleep is all over the place since we aren't really following his schedule that much while the renos are going on. 

Which makes for a little cranky pants baby at times demanding with his screams. Tonight I was done with the screams and the cats crazy meowing because things are not in order for her hahaaa. I need sleep! Shhhhh 

But I love my new floors! 

Reno project - new floors

We are finally getting our floors done! We are getting hardwood on the main and second floor. It's going to be a lot of work! I've been prepping the house for 2 weeks now. Moving a lot of things to the basement and clearing out closets. One whole room in the basement is now storage. Wehavetoomuchstuff. Tackling the basement next week will make me faint haha

Our office closet was a disaster. We had boxes from our move 4 years ago that we haven't opened haha! 

I re boxed a lot too since the cat was all over them for years. They were big hair balls! 

We have all the rooms ready for the installation. We fit our master bedroom in the master bathroom! Yes our bathroom is like a full bedroom. I love that about our house. 

I'm excited and nervous about the renos. But soo excited to see the final outcome.

I do love carpet, especially for Kristian he loves throwing himself down for fun. But with a cat and allergies its time it goes. 

Tonight we are bunking in baby k's room. He'll be surprised when he sees us in a bed next to his crib ha! 

This morning he walked in the master bathroom and said "awwww naoooo" ha!  Oh no is right. It'll be fun putting it all back together. ;) 

Summer fun days

Boy is it hot!! 

Kristian loves the water. Yesterday we played with water in the backyard! Today we will do the same and during the week we will hit the water park just up the street! 

Today we had a fun play date with my friend. The littles are so funny. Kris was a little upset not wanting to share, but he still loves his little buddy and they hugged  . 

We are prepping our house to get our floors done, now happening this week!!it will be a lot if work but I'm so excited to see the final outcome! The next couple weeks will be crazy around here with that and some other projects we have going on! 

Hope you're all having a great Monday! It's water fun and ice cream all day here.