Spring has Sprung!
A long overdue update to the blog to tell you about the latest member of the Fitzski Family: Welcome Ms. Elise Katherine…
Also, we have had the pleasure of seeing the renewal of spring with babies and new animals. We have Canada geese out on Fitzski pond, where we take the canoe to check them out. We also had 3 baby robins grow up in front of our eyes. Lots to see and do out back with snakes, turtles and, of course, Justin beaver…
We celebrated Deavan’s birthday by hosting a fun 4 year old birthday party in December. The black, blue and red Spiderman icing from the cake is still staining their lips and teeth :)
We also had a lovely Christmas with friends and family that was low key at times, but that didn’t stop the excitement and fun of seeing what Santa brought everyone on Christmas day!
With birthdays and Christmas over, all focus is now on baby #3 as our bundle of joy is due in days…!
We celebrated Graeme's birthday on a sunny, September day. The kids played a water balloon game but most of the fun was in bursting them all!
The choo-choo train cake gave them that sugar rush to tear through the presents. Lots of fun.
Happy 2nd birthday Graeme!
In August, we decided to take a road trip through Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine with the ultimate destination of going to the beach in Saco, ME. Turns out the Atlantic ocean is too darn cold :)
We had a great time doing all sorts of excursions, but Story Land in Glen, NH was the highlight!
We also had a chance to visit family friends Dot and Leo in Maine and get some good shopping in along the way (…”Mom, Dad… are you in there? Are we done shopping yet!?!)
…now its back home and the infamous first day of school (eep!)!
The family took a much deserved break at the beginning of April and headed south to Punta Cana. Our goal was to go somewhere that could get us there in one flight and a hotel that could accommodate placing the kids in a separate section of the room.
We stayed at the Paradissus Punta Cana in the ‘Reserve’ section, which has lots of extras for kids that are worth the upgrade.
Besides a few hiccups upon take-off and arrival, we really enjoyed our vacation. And more importantly, the boys loved playing on the beach; in the sand; and swimming in the pool! We also had fun with the House family who took their own vacation.
Lots of fun activities to do both indoors and outside. Deavan and Graeme spent some time at the museum of Nature with Alison; colouring/painting; and wrestling with each other.
Outside, the boys enjoyed tobogganing down their slide that eventually turned into a tunnel; playing at the pond; and even Ruby played around in the snow.
