One more sleep!

Mara amazes us by folding herself in half

Whoa - she's still upright!

Okay guys, back off with the oohing & awwing

Grant is back in 14 hours - we are all pretty excited. The kids have been counting down since 20 sleeps & finally we have come to the end...sort of. He will only be home for 24 hours before the two of us head to Vancouver for 2 nights of pure childless recklessness! Great for us = scary for Bumpa. He momentarily lost his head and actually agreed to stay here with all three kids AND Norman. Whoa. Good luck to him! 

Mara's love of the Jolly Jumper is still as strong as ever. These photos were taken at 6am. Every morning she is perfectly happy to jump herself silly for an hour or so and that allows me to smile at her from the couch while I down 2 or 3 cups of coffee. Kai came down shortly after these photos were taken and looked at the camera, then back at me, "You were taking pictures and you didn't even wake me up to be in them?!?"