Our Fun Visitors

Well, it was almost a month ago now, but my Oma and 3 cousins came to visit us for Lethbridge! We enjoyed having them so much! It's too bad they son't live closer. It was Darian, Gracie and Dominic's first visit, and I can't wait to have them back again. We went swimming, went to the zoo, and jumped on my bed (Mom said she didn't mind.. I think ;o) My Oma is so great too. We can't wait to see them all in Lethbridge when my Auntie Natalie has a baby girl!
Noel just got over the same spots he had a month and a half ago.. must have been the same viral thing. He ended up with a both ears infected too. Poor kid. But he still is my happy little brother, crawling around the house. I take good care of him. If he crawls over to the steps in the front entry I yell, "Careful Noel, careful Noel. You're gonna fall and bump your head!!" So far he has made the fall twice already. Mommy usually comes running... This morning I was yelling for him to be careful not to fall down the stairs.. (but Mommy could hear him playing in the hall with the doorstopper) I was trying to get Mom and Dad out of bed.. too bad my trick didn't work!
My buddy Tyler is coming on Monday again, and maybe Mommy will take all three of us in the wagon again with Tierra. It works pretty good for walks.

A party to celebrate my grand entry into the big boy world of potty training!!

I thought I should go in and pet that nice tiger, but Daddy said that would be pretty scary!!

Our New Family Addition

Everyone's eyebrows are probably being raised... Well we have a new dog!! Tierra is a real beauty. I tell everyone she's a Chocolate Lab. Mommy and Daddy wanted to get us boys a puppy from Tierra a while back, but our yard was never ready. Well Tierra is 5 1/2 years old (just as old as Mommy and Daddy have known each other)and is still as playful as a puppy. She was Elina Indenbosch's dog. Elina took such good care of Tierra and trained her. So we are pretty blessed to have this dog. Thank you Elina and to Maurice and Henriette as well. We are so grateful...
Tierra has attatched herself to Mommy, so if anyone else is holding her leash, she pretty much drags them to get over to Mom. Mommy has been having fun trying to teach me to take care of Tierra. I get to feed her and give her treats. I make her "siiit..siiit...siiit.. then staaaaaay...staaaay... good girlul... and even if she is listening I make her wait longer. Mommy tells me not to make her wait so long.. poor dog. She is drooling so bad by the time I drop her food in, that she has pretty much filled up Mommy's sandel on the patio. We always take her out ot the backalley to do her business. I make sure that I tell her to go poop, and then proceed to hunker down and watch her. Poor dog has no privacy. She loves playing fetch too. I through her red ball for her. She doesn't always like to drop it for me, but she does give it eventually. We left it out for her and she must have been mad we weren't playing.. so she chewed the ball to bits and ate some of it! Mommy even found the evidence in the back alley! Mommy sees me outside all the time playing with Tierra. Noel loves her too. He starts bouncing up and down and touches her nose. Tierra always licks him... Mommy and Daddy always get a laugh out of me. Last morning (as I always say)I was playing with Noel in my room while Mommy and Daddy were trying to sleep in a bit.. (6 o'clock is pretty early sometimes)Mommy almost split a gut. She overheard me telling Noel "siiit..siiiit...siiit...staaay...staaaay...good boy Noel, Good boy! Go get it Noel!!!" Mommy had to tell me my brother wasn't a dog, and I am sure didn't want to play fetch. I our mosy favourite thing to do though, is go for walks. Mommy would take us almost everyday in the bike stroller to the 'lakes' (a.k.a. big ponds)here in Martensville. Tierra loves to swim and play fetch! I get to throw the ball for her, but she doesn't get much exercise.. Mine drops right at the edge of the water usually, or in her mouth... Then she proceeds to dance up and down with excitement and get us all muddy and wet. But she is starting to listen pretty good to me. Mommy is trying to teach her to watch us boys. One day she will. She would rather follow Mommy around though. She takes my tricks. Mommy found me covering her with sand one day. (poor dog) She was sadly just looking at me. ummmm I don't think I will do that again. Mommy wasn't too happy.
The other day Daddy went to get his breakfast and he heard Tierra crying. Silly dog was stuck under the shed!!! She loves to dig (Yep Henriette she digs here too :o)) but I don't mind b/c it hasn't been in any of my flower beds (yet). She had been digging under the shed for a while and Mommy had to pull her out once before with her leash. Mommy thought that would have cured her.. Nope!! Maybe she was just trying to get out of the rain. But she was stuck pretty good. Daddy had to dig her out in the pouring rain! Well that didn't work, so he had to get the jack out and lift the shed! Crazy dog! I think the next step is her doghouse. Daddy already made her a kennel on the side of the house with concrete blocks on the ground so she can't dig under the fence to the other dog.. Well, hopefully one day we can get some puppies from her. We will forever be indebted to the Indenbosches for such a wonderful addition to our family.Can you find Noel?? Hint... look for the little elephant's nose. :o)
Did you notice our new Mini-Van in the background?

Summer Fun

Well, it's about time Mommy updated this blog of ours. It looks like the Summer has left 2006. The rain and cool days have arrived. It was a beautiful Summer though, and we enjoyed every day of it. It's hard to believe that it went so fast! We were in Lethbridge in July visiting all our family there. We weren't feeling too well though. Mommy thought Noel had the measles, but the walk-in-clinic doctor said it was probably some viral rash... weird. It seemed like all the symptoms. So that put a little damper on our visit. Opa and Oma built a pool at Uncle Jonas and Auntie Evelyn's house. I usually love swimming, but I was only in a short while. Hopefully next summer. We went up to Golden, B.C. to meet with Daddy and Mommy's dear friends from Abbotsford. They brought their sweet new baby Eden along!! I think we'll be great friends. Noel and Eden got some great shots together. Daddy took our purple car up this very high mountain road. People go para-gliding off there.I kept counting the numbers on the way up and then would end with 20!! Daddy said he sure hoped it wouldn't be 20 Ks! Well we finally got to the top and it was well worth the ride up. Very gorgeous view of the valley. The only sad part about that, is it put our car in a bad spot. On the way to Lethbridge for Golden, we had to stop every hour almost for Daddy to dump water on the radiator. Oh dear... Long story short? We drove home to Sask in a new mini-van. When anyone asks I tell them Opa drove the purple car to the auction because it was broken. I am very particular on telling people it is a MINI-van when they ask. I am pretty good with my vehicles. Opa and Oma Van Ee bought a lot to build a cabin up by Meota Lake in North Battleford. We were walking to the Lake, and Mommy asked me if there were any cars coming as we were crossing the street. Nope I said... Just a Jeep. (Yep it was a Jeep Liberty too)Smart boy! Make my Opa Arnoldussen proud!
Noel has taken to crawling all over the house now. He loves to explore and when he comes upon Mommy.. JACKPOT!!! He is eating so much food! He loves it. Not sure where he puts it all, but it's fun watching him with finger foods. I always tell Mommy when he is going to the two steps int he front entry. Our cousin Tyler comes now 2 days a week, and he fell down twice in one day!! poor kid. I guess Noel just wanted to copy him. Mommy think she was going after the football that rolled down. it's fun having Tyler over. He is such a sweet boy. He is only 8 hours older than Noel, so now Mommy is having a taste of twins.