Piddy dwesses

It started when Amelia was around 2 1/2, and Ember has started it up even earlier. Picking out her own clothes and rejecting certain ones. Lately they only want to wear dresses. In a pinch, a skirt and top will do, but generally, it must be a dress. Especially ones made by Auntie Jen.

The current favourite dresses. For those of you who haven't met them, that's GG and Grandma Carol with us; both of whom are harder to capture on film than Bigfoot.

I'm fine with the dresses, my only rules are: 3 day maximum per dress and no dresses to bed. And if it's really cold or we go to the playground, they need to put on pants or shorts. We found out the hard way how difficult it is to climb on the playground with a dress on. Especially a dress held up with elastic around the top. Although we have the rules, they are often compromised when I don't feel like having a battle, such as wearing a light cotton summer dress with a long-sleeved shirt and tights. It's quite the fashion statement.

our favourite "dress up"dress

And if a pretty dress wasn't enough, they often have to put on a "dress up" dress over top of their regular dress. How did I end up with such girly-girls??

We have some particularly cute dresses that Auntie Jen made 2 years ago that now work as tunics to be worn with leggings. I just can't put them away yet! As far as I'm concerned Auntie Jen can make us as many dresses as possible, since they will all get worn! (was that a subtle enough hint?)

The girls with Auntie Jen and Uncle Brent and Penny the dog.

Phenomenal felafel

Ron's birthday is next weekend, and since he has to work for part of the weekend, we decided to celebrate this weekend instead. It worked out well, since he got Monday and Tuesday off for volunteering a few extra hours at work on Friday. You can't complain about a four day weekend!

Last night was the birthday dinner at a Lebanese restaurant which was incredible. I love middle-eastern food and since we eat it quite a bit at home (hummus, baba ganouj, pitas etc.) I was hoping the girls would eat it too - but you never know with kids. They often reject food that they ate with gusto the night before.  Amazingly, they did not disappoint! I was so proud that my girls tried pretty much everything we put in front of them and ate more than they usually do at a restaurant. And the food!! delicious, phenomenal, wonderful. That is something that both Ron and I hoped to instil in our kids; an appreciation for foods from different cultures.

Since Ron had the day off, today we decided to go to the Discovery Centre in Halifax. There is a new display up with dinosaur bones, and moving "dinosaurs". As usual, the girls were more interested in the other exhibits that are up all year round. We had fun with the bubbles as well as the model suspension bridge, among other things. Perhaps we will try to visit again and they will be more receptive to listening to the information about the dinosaurs and hopefully there are no visiting school groups!!

Ember and a baby Ankylosaur.

Amelia and Ember helped me make a cake for Ron yesterday, but I'm thinking we will have to hide it tonight after a crazy evening of screaming, running around and a lot of crying. It's amazing how much the sugar and chocolate affect them. It won't be hard to make the cake disappear, since Ron and I love chocolate cake. Good thing birthdays only come once a year :D