A Toronto weekend

Last weekend (Mar 22-23) was our only weekend here as a family. We arrived on a Sunday afternoon and the boys left Thursday the 27th. Sadly, we didn't end up doing much sightseeing. It was too cold to do the zoo or Niagara, but we did explore downtown a little. Daniel wanted to do more of this last trip, but we ran out of time because we spent the whole day at the CN Tower basically.
We were fortunate to be here and sightseeing during Canada's Thanksgiving weekend because downtown was SO much more crowded this time and traffic was crazy. We ended up just driving around because the kids fell asleep and it was in the 20's, maybe 30's, which doesn't lend much to outdoor adventures. At least not to Nashvillians with little kids. :) Here's a few of the pics we took:

We also found the pool which made Will very happy. I took him almost every day for the rest of his trip.

Daddy and Jake went for a stroll. Daniel didn't bring trunks and I couldn't
hold both Maggie and Jake. There wasn't a shallow end in this pool,
especially for kids. 

No pics of Maggie in the water because I was with her. But look how great
she has that bottom up while crawling! One leg at a time :)

Odds n Ends

Just some cute pictures of everyone during our Toronto adventure.Of course, Jake is at the age where (almost) everything he does is so cute, so there's plenty of him. :)

Maggie sitting in the daddy chair

Jake jumped up in daddy's spot and got to work

watching daddy do push ups

Jake loved playing with trucks, esp on that windowsill

Canada: the 2nd installment

Here we go again on our second trip to Health in Motion in Toronto, Canada. This time, the boys came the first two weeks for Spring break so we all rode up together. We were packed in tight, for sure.

Lake Huron, frozen

We arrived at the apartment- our "home for now" as Maggie calls it- around 4pm Sunday the 16th. We unloaded and settled it. I didn't get around to taking pictures until the following morning.

sweet snuggle boy

The boys hung out here alot while Maggie and I went back and forth to therapy. The weather was so cold and windy, we didn't get a chance to go out a whole lot. Plus Daniel had to work while he was here and given an additional project to an already very busy workload, so he couldn't take the boys anywhere. For information and pictures from therapy visit here: http://maggieinmotion.lotekness.net/

Bye Bye training wheels

Will did it! He's riding his bike sans training wheels!! I guess it's true, once you're ready, you're ready. We took the trainers off last summer and he practiced a little but got frustrated that he didn't get it immediately. Then winter came. The other day Will had a friend over after school and I guess wanting to impress him gave him an extra boost?! Either way, he did it...he's our bike riding boy!
Too bad for him it's been cold since his debut and he hasn't been able to ride as much as he'd like. But Spring & Summer are upon us, so it won't be long!

He insisted on having his bike in the picture with his buddy

Thankful Thursday...here we go again :)

I've been waiting awhile to post this, mostly because I have been so busy with all things Canada...fundraisers, finding a place to stay, making arrangements, etc. And I'm pretty sure that everyone who reads my blog already knows this, BUT here's my official announcement: Belcher Baby #4 is arriving this August! Stay tuned for the gender reveal post sometime after our trip.

So yeah....looks like we won't be graduating from the diaper club for a couple more years :)

Maggie's Fundraiser

Part of the reason I haven't had time to blog about anything is because I've been planning/organizing/working on a trivia night fundraiser for Maggie. The night was last Saturday and went great! We raised so much money for our next trip to Health in Motion and just had a really fun time. In fact, several people had a good enough time that they asked when my next one was, or next time I do this...etc. Whew! I certainly can't think about all that work again just yet, but we are taking a big trip soon, so that kind of hinders things. Anyway, we may have another trivia night in the future since it went so great!! You can read more about it here:

http://maggieinmotion.lotekness.net/2014/02/26/trivia-night-success/

My boys

I took a picture of Jake earlier this month and knew I had one of Will just like it somewhere. And I do! Here they are...it's even the same book. :)

I just love these boys!! And Jake is reminding us so much of Will right now...he acts almost exactly as Will did at this age. Jake is a little more cautious and sensitive and I think has a little shorter fuse than Will did, but otherwise it's like watching our little Will Will all over again.