Mini Apple Pie Awesomeness

I'm generally not one to back away from a cooking or baking challenge. But not even I would have freely chosen to bake 20 mini apple pies for a class of 4 year old's.

Returning from Vancouver on my first school run I was greeted with the Party Food List for Ella's class. All the easy stuff was snapped up by Thursday, of course.

I was left with carrot cake (please pick carrot cake please pick carrot cake) or 20 mini apple pies (yuck)

So obviously you know what Ella picked, right?

I really amazed myself and made these gorgeous things. Totally wasted on 4 year old's, of course. And not the best use of my time taking over 2 1/2 hours in total, but I'm walking a little taller today.

I. Am. Awesome.

rocket launcher

Watch and see Ella the big sister at work.
She pushes Julia as she runs past her and works double time so she can launch and reload so Julia doesn't get to do anything.
And what does Julia do? Laugh hysterically.

The big surprise!!

dancing cousins

Ella doing obstacle course

Ella's first Sports Day

Friday was Ella's first sports day at school









Here she had to wear giant rain boots and collect flowers and put them in a basket before returning to her seat.








Her boots were SO BIG she could barely walk









Getting ready to play Cat and Mouse.
One side wear tails and the other side tries to snatch them







Obstacle course














Water sprayers






She had to spray the ball off the bottle. This was probably her favourite.






Waiting to play soccer













Egg and Spoon race








More water play!








Obstacle course








Sitting with her classmates at the end








Lined up for pictures and medals

















Biting her medal to see if its real gold LOL

Julia and her boyfriend, sweet Loren

They just walk around holding hands.






And they have a cute game of sharing food. So sweet :)

Julia's turn to paint

painting Rainbow Dash pony







Lightning McQueen










Smurfette











E is for Ella!











But L turned out the cutest :)

Ella's favourite game

"Packing" seems to be Ella's favourite game these days. She carries a bag or container of some sort and fills it with "stuff".
And she does not like it if some one empty's her bag.
This poses a real problem for me because it is not always her stuff she packs!

Inside this bag she packed 10 fridge magnet letters, a ball, hand sanitizer, Strawberry Shortcake and Lemon Meringue, chocolate pudding, a book, several hair clips, a stacking ring, 5 small animals, a musical toy, a pair of socks, a spoon, and play kitchen cereal box.

Actually, written out like this, her selection doesn't seem so crazy.

Julia stomping in the puddles

making the bed

Ella was getting so frustrated making her bed in the mornings.
She would tug one corner into place but it wouldn't stay where she wanted when she pulled the next corner.
So being the smarty pants Mommy that I am, I attached colourful Velcro to the blanket and headboard corners to make it easier for her.

This morning was a big success!

My Little Model

Ella went to her first PAID photoshoot on Tuesday.
This was what she was supposed to do





And THIS is what she did.

Julia taking a nap at the park










taking her snack trap for a walk










I couldn't answer with 100% certainty if Julia loves me most, or her snack trap. (no those are not my cluttered stairs)








Ella and Julia in a lunar module at Playtown







Julia wearing an apron, ready to bake some cookies

Julia is so cute. She is such a happy girl









Loving pasta and meatballs for dinner









Her playmate friends and their Aunties.
This wasn't even everyone! It was a full house.
They meet up a once or twice a week, rotating houses. I think word has spread that we have a sweet pad.....

Ella at DBIS

It was Green Week at Ella's school where the focus was on recycling ect. On Friday they were allowed to wear green to school instead of their uniforms.


They made green coloured cupcakes


















Yum!!!!