First Day of School Photo Shoot

Meg was supposed to go to JK this September but we decided against it for a variety of reasons. Our plan up until last week was to keep her at her preschool another year, and then the Montessori school called and said they had a spot for her! We were very excited because it offers the best of both worlds - more focus on learning in a classroom environment, combined with the security/safety we loved of her preschool.
Montessori follows the school calendar so she had her first day on Tuesday. She was excited and nervous but she did REALLY well. There were no tears, just her looking out the window as we drove away. Mom had a few tears after leaving because it really made me realize our little girl is growing up! 
We were anxious to pick her up. When we got there she came running and jumped right into daddy's arms. She told us all about it and was very excited. She said she didn't want to go back to preschool again. She was very excited to have a new friend, Avery, who lives right behind us. 
All in all, a good start to a new school year.
Below is our some pics of our photo shoot the morning of her first day.

Big smile, wearing her new outfit and new backpack! 

Model pose

Silly pose

Getting out of the car when we got there

Summer Fun!

I have not been great at updating Meg's blog over the summer, so I decided to share a variety of pictures with you from throughout the summer. We have had lots of fun! Most of our fun times this summer included Maxx. It was great to have him here for 6 weeks, we miss him already!

We started off the summer in mid June with a trip to Bissell Hideaway in Niagara

Meg and Claire having fun at Bissell's. The water was quite cold so they were freezing when they got out

The older kids having "quiet time" in the afternoon while at Bissell's Hideaway

Canada Day weekend we have the Delorey's and the Turner's over for a BBQ. Claire, Meg and Evelyn enjoyed the Canada Day cupcakes!

The day we picked Maxx up from Camp Wabanaki we surprised him with a visit from Grandpa Gibby!

Meg and Maxx at the African Lion Safari water park 

Grandpa Gibby & Maxx 

Maxx, Grandma Kathi, Uncle Zacc and Meg enjoying pizza at Great Wolf Lodge!

Meg and Maxx had bunkbeds and their own private room at Great Wolf Lodge, although somehow I ended up sleeping on the top bunk!

Meg and Maxx in the outside pool at Great Wolf Lodge

Meg and Maxx posing with their new wizarding wands

A nice shot of Meg and Maxx before we left Great Wolf Lodge for another year

Meg loves Uncle Zacc's dog Monster who also came for a visit

Maxx's masterpiece dessert!

Meg's First Day at the Spa

Lucky little Meg went to the spa today with her grandma Kathi! 

Grandma picked her up at 10am from pre-school and they went for a manicure, pedicure and then out for lunch. Meg was so excited leading up to this day. She had her dress picked out the night before and was very excited about having a "Fancy Nancy" day. 

Grandma said she was a perfect angel at the spa and that she fell asleep in the car on the ride home. Pampering can be exhausting :)

Meg getting ready for her pedicure

Drying time!

She picked the brightest pink they had!!!

Thank you Meg and daddy!

Yesterday was my birthday and Meg and daddy not only made me surprise brownies, they made me a video birthday card in the process. 
It was the best birthday present ever and I wanted to share it with you. 
I am keeping the brownies for myself :) 

Meg Goes to the Dentist

Meg had her first dentist appointment today! A kid-friendly dentist opened in town and I thought we would give it a try. The office had Meg at the lobby - full indoor play park, Treehouse on, toys and an interactive video game on the floor where she was part of the game. I have never seen anything like it. After 30 minutes in the lobby the 'dentist' part seemed like a breeze to her. Even with all the scary dentist equipment...

The dentist was really patient in showing Meg all the tools she would be using and played games with her

This was the scariest part - the machine that rotated her head to take pictures of her mouth.
She was fine at this point and then..

...it started moving. She was a trooper and made it through the whole thing.

Finally the dental examination - all clear! No cavities, need to start flossing at the back and all the spaces in her front teeth means NO BRACES later in life :) Mommy and daddy are happy about that!

BC Fun

We just got back from a great trip to BC visiting family and friends. We spent part of the time in Vancouver and part of the time in Whistler. The weather was beautiful and it was a nice change to be able to enjoy the sunshine and be outside. Meg had a great time visiting with her cousins, aunt Marnie, uncle Zacc and Tyler/Melissa as well as Grandpa Gibby and Grandma Row. She did an amazing job skiing and says that was her favorite part of the trip.

We woke up this morning, back at home, and Meg was playing with her stuffed animals. I heard her talking to them and she said they were all going on the plane back to "Bancouver" - I think that means she had fun :)

Family shot on the drive up to Whistler

Story time with Harper, Regan and our friend Molly

Meg and D on the way up the gondola

Meg and mommy on the mountain

Our little skier did so great! Mommy and daddy were impressed and very proud of her.

Meg at the ocean

Easter Morning at Auntie Marnie's house. She was so excited to see her new Buzz Lightyear lunchbox! And the Easter Bunny actually made an appearance....unfortunately David missed it...

Good Friday - Easter morning

Playing Old Maid with grandpa Gibby

Running at the beach

Enjoying the sunshine with Grandma Row

Our Little Skier

We have been out skiing 5 times this year and we are proud to say that as of this morning we have a skier! She made it top to bottom on Tenderfoot without falling and without any help. Nathan made the below video from today's footage...enjoy!