Happy Halloween

Meg was a lot of fun this year for Halloween. She was able to wear her costume to three parties before the big day so by the time Halloween came she was ready to go. She was walking around the house carrying a pumpkin in the few hours before it was time to go saying "twick tweet?" always in the form of a question.
With mommy, daddy, grandma and mommy's friend Amanda in tow we finally headed out the door. We had planned to go around the block we live on but about half way through Meg asked to be picked up and for "treehouse" which is code that she is tired, ready to pack it in and go to bed. 
We had a good time and she did make the cutest puppy!

It's Party Time!

Meg had her 2nd birthday party on Saturday with some of her "fwends" and family.  It was full house but a lot of fun and there were lot's of great costumes!

Mackinley made the cutest hot dog! 

Grandma and Meg

Grandad and Grandma McLaughlin

Two cute little princesses - Millie and Claire

Morgan as Spiderman

Jen and James - undercover Super-mom and Batman

Meg appears to be excited for her birthday cupcake, but she didn't eat it!

Peyton, Morgan and James enjoyed their cupcakes!

Uncle Luke with Nicholas

Mackinley (again) - too cute of a picture not to include! Can you see the wagon he is sitting on?

Happy 2nd Birthday Meg!

It is hard to believe that our little Meg is 2 years old today! We had a great day. She started the day with "pick a muffin" at Tim Horton's which she loves, then we went to Chudleigh's Apple Farm where she went on a hay ride, rode a pony, ate some apples and played. She ended her second birthday with dinner with Grandma/Grandad McLaughlin, Grandma Kathi, Miriam and Rosa. Happy Birthday Meg! We love you!

Meg loved the petting zoo 

Meg played house in the little barn and got mommy, daddy and grandma a cup of sand coffee

"Pick a muffin!" Meg loves going to Tim Horton's!

Swinging at Chudleigh's

Pony Ride on a pony named Peanut

Posing for a very Fall shot before we left Chudleigh's Apple Farm

Present time!!!!

Our Little Liberace

At a birthday party on the weekend Meg fell in love with the birthday boy's baby, baby grand piano.

Cottage Living

It's no secret that Nathan and I dream of owning a cottage one day. But before that day arrives we have been renting a cottage each summer. This summer we were on Belmont Lake near Havelock. We had beautiful weather for September with the peace and quiet of everyone being back at school.

Beautiful sunset view from the cottage

Meg swam every day. It wasn't easy getting her out of the water!

Grandma McLaughlin brought watermelon. Mmmm!

Daddy and Meg posing for a shot before bed time

Camping with "fwends"

Back in July we had our annual camping trip with the Turner's. This year we went to MacGregor Provincial Park and we had lots of fun. By the end of the weekend Meg was an emotional wreck due to limited sleep but all in all we had a good time and Meg enjoyed spending time with her "fwends". Every time one of us said Kevin's name Meg would say "eight, nine.." She thinks his name is seven.
Below are some pics to share:

She looks so sweet. Hard to believe she was such a handful!

Meg with one of her favorite "fwends" Hayden

Proof that Meg is facinated with putting stickers on her forehead

Fun in the water?

Meg enjoyed spending time with the "baby" MacKinley. They look like brother and sister!

Meg and mommy playing in the dirt. Meg contiuously wanted to run away from the campsite so this was an attempt at keeping her there

Fun in the Sun

Maxx, Nathan, Meg and I spent Saturday swimming at Aunt Pam and Uncle Joe's house. Meg said "no" a lot at first when we tried to get her to come in the pool with us, but thankfully Lauren arrived and saved the day! She had her jumping off the side of the pool in no time. Thanks for a fun day!

Maxx, Nathan and Meg enjoying the pool. Meg is camera shy :)

Lauren taking Meg around on her "boat"

BC Fun

We spent 10 days in BC and had a great time. Everyone was very excited to see Meg and spend time with her. She is going through a "transportation phase" right now so a lot of our time was spent on boats, trains and of course in an airplane. She was quite excited! She was also great on the plane both ways which we were both shocked and very happy about. Here are some of the highlights from our trip.

Meg was tired but excited to see her cousins at the airport!

We all took a trip on the sky train and Meg LOVED her first train ride

At the lake by Grandpa Gibby's and Grandma Row's house

Another transportation first for Meg - a paddle boat!

Meg's first ice cream cone. It was love at first bite

We spent a lot of time at the park in the Whistler village. This slide was a Meg favorite

Meg gave herself a yogurt face mask during breakfast one morning

Meg taking a break from the splash park in Whistler to pose on a rock. What you can't see is her grandpa is sitting on the rock beside her. She loves to copy him!

Enjoying the splash park with Grandpa

Another transportation first - an ATV, the didn't go anywhere though

Garden Fun

One of Meg's favorite things to do outside is picking flowers - all the flowers in the garden! She took some time out from playing in her kiddie pool to pick all the flowers in her daddy's vegetable garden on Saturday.

Thank you for the picture Lanrick and Sabrina!

Trampoline Fun

Meg had loads of fun on the trampoline at her Aunt Michelle and Uncle Luke's house on the weekend. She hasn't quite mastered the jumping part but had fun on her own and with her cousin Evan nonetheless.
Thank you grandad McLaughlin for the video!

Happy Father's Day

Meg worked really hard on her Father's Day gift this year and her daddy loved it. Well done Meg! Happy Father's day!

Miriam helped by taking hand and foot prints of Meg, then Meg added
her artistic coloring when the paint dried. She had a lot of fun making it!

Ta-da! The finished masterpieces

Meg Learning to Drive

Meg got a car from a garage sale a few weeks ago and she loves it. We have a really hard time getting her out of it!
Here is a link to a video of her enjoying her new wheels.

http://www.myspace.com/video/mclaughlinbrothersjamband/meg-learns-to-drive/107960533

Shoes, shoes, shoes

Meg went on her first official shoe shopping trip with me and grandma Row while they were visiting from Vancouver. The poor thing had no shoes left that fit her and was wearing slippers around town for weeks. She definitely had strong opinions about what shoes she was interested in. There were pairs she wouldn't even let me put on her feet. When she saw the pink sparkles on one pair and the lights on another she said "Yes, yes!" so you can imagine which pairs we came home with. Below is our shopping trip in pictures...

Getting her foot measured for the first time

Trying on all the options...

Decisions, decisions...

...and the winners were - sandals with a "flowa" on them, the pink sparkles (who could resist) and the princess running shoes with "lights"!