Wonder, Women and Water

Science World Vancouver came to our little Island today to spread some science love! Ty Rylie and myself headed to timmies first for some apple juice and doughnuts

Ty's pediatrician came in while we were there and he was pretty excited to show him the 1 centimeter he has grown since his last appointment:)

Making some edible DNA

You are correct in assuming I neglected my makeup application!

Showing off their DNA

Stefano called Rylie up to the stage as an assistant!

I think she has a crush on Stefano!

He asked her if her real name was cutiepatootie:) She is still talking about his comment

Pizza break

Today was also a play date at the Kin Hut beach with some wonderful women from church, once the lunch date began I realized I needed to reconnect with these wonderful women!

Playing kick the ball

Loving the park

Playing with sweet little Esther

Ty and Kyle who are the same age

Sandra prepared so many wonderful activities and yummy food for all of us, it was a wonderful day at the beach!

The boys about to take on the egg and spoon race

Noni dropped his egg and said 'oh no the eggs trying to hatch'

A seal and a crazy man graced us with their presence as they swam by! Today was busy and great, I loved the play date on the beach and hope to continue this monthly with wonderful people. Women have a way of getting in their routines and when we stop to appreciate each other it becomes obvious that we all need the same things, friendship, acceptance and support! Thank you Geri, Rayanne and Sandra!

A beautiful day filled with balloons, experiments, owls, wonderful women and water

Finding Balance

Finding balance and enjoying tranquility has always eluded me. I tend to run on the wild side and go until my steam engine runs out and stops dead in its tracks. Today is one of those days, I was up all night with a fever and now I am so congested I sound like an old Jazz singer! My family is a part of my life that tends to drive every decision that I make. Which in turns makes me feel overwhelmed, I am turning a new leaf in appreciation and instead of relishing on all the decisions, choices and fingernails I have to trim, I will relish on all the wonderful- ness they bring to me.

Ty- In preparation for his 7th Birthday he would like a launch able angry bird cake, so we are working on the blueprints!

Rylie- In hopes of trying to get this girl to keep her room clean I have promised her a Fancy Nancy Tea Party fit for Queens if she can keep it clean for a week without me nagging!

Oliver- Its hard to sum this guy up in a sentence, he is obsessed with his undies and loves to change them throughout the day, he is also a great little t-rex who loves to snuggle.

Olivia- Likes to dress herself and wear Rylies undies which fall off but she doesn't seem to mind :) She is also a sweetheart and loves to snuggle.

Todd- Well... hes my best friend and I love him, I am grateful for all he does for our family!

Chelsea aka Me- I am busy with school, work and such, I only have 1 yr left!!! WOOHOOO

LIKE LIKE LIKE

So I made a virtual scrapbook page here and would love love love it if you would all go to my FB page and like my page! Cause $6000 bucks in jewelry sounds pretty bling!
On a side not I am a hyperlink idiot and cant figure out how to do that on here....
Thanks and if I win I will not share the jewelry but I will share my love LOL Wait!!! I figured out how to hyperlink, I have reached a new moment of pride in blogging!
so please go here :) then log into FB and LIKE and when you open it up is says made by pandora and todd reisinger LOL I dont know how I managed that but it was made by moi:)
I will also be out of creative commission as I have like a gazillion essays due and my brain can only handle so much so once the cloud of essays has lifted and Jessica's visit approaches :) I might have some blogging energy to post.

RYLIE DAWN ALWYN

Rylie: Courageous

Dawn: First breaking light

Alwyn: Friend of the elves

Rylie is courageous and will try anything!

Memory lane... Rylie was such a cute cheek grabbable little munchkin

She was content and adorable

Not even two weeks old, little miss Rylie was such a doll. A few months later our lives changed forever and it was just Ty, Rylie and myself, oh how things have changed.

Rylie is a joy to have as a daughter, she is always smiling and is the most loving person I know.

Forever using decorations as fashion accessories!

Rylie loves her cousin Cassius! They were Joseph and Mary on Christmas Eve

Rylie was named after myself (Dawn) and my grandfather(Alwyn). It is amazing to me how what we name our children either was meant to be or they become the meanings of their names:) I am gunna go with it was meant to be. Rylie has loved all things fairies and elves and how appropriate that her name Alwyn means just that. She is going through a phase right now where she wants to know if things are 'real'. She asked me if fairies were real and I said well what do you think, she said 'I believe they are' and I responded with 'well then they are real'.

Rylie is a light in our family and I am blessed to be her mum, I cant wait to watch her grow and develop her talents. Rylies teacher has approached me numerous times to tell me how kind and loving Rylie is to all the special needs children in the class. When I asked Rylie why she was so kind to one of the children in particular she said 'I love him and want to protect him'. As a mother it is such a wonderful feeling to see your children love other people no matter their challenges. The little boy has FASD and Autism and Rylie sees him as another little child that needs a friend rather than the challenges that others see he has.

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Where did the time go.....

On February 9th three years ago I gave birth to two blessings that keep on blessing me

Noni and Livie

Olivia

Oliver

I cried like a baby when I saw this photo today, it brought up so many emotions and memories...Rylie is sooo little, where has the time gone? and little Livie. Hours later I brought the twins home and was all on my own with 4 kids under 3! I still have a hard time talking about 'back then' not because I wasn't happy but because of how hard it was for me emotionally, one day...

Oh how I love my girls...

Oh how Pappa loves all his grand kids!

Flash forward three years and VOILA cupcakes

Car themed for Noni

Princess themed for Livie

Olivia wore her birthday suit for her birthday!

I cant believe shes three and I feel like I have somehow missed the past three years as they flew by me

Shes sporting her new inverted bob hairdo! Shes also trying to hold up three fingers!

She is oh so happy about her Barbie

and then there's Noni....

The boy of many faces

and wondrous blue eyes

The beautiful Rylie!

Ty getting spiderman all snapped up

Noni chillin with mama

Ty being Ty

The lovely Livie checking out her presents

Happy Birthday Oliver Deklan and Olivia Alysse

Thank you for blessing me with your sweetness, thank you for making me a stronger person and a better mum. Ty and Rylie.... thank you for being who you are and for loving me despite my many flaws. Todd... I loved you