Introducing... DR. THOMPSON, DDS

Granted, this was 18 months ago...but better late than never...

Adam GRADUATED from Dalhousie in May 2012!!!

We had a fun graduation day.  There were some special celebrations because Adam's class was the 100th graduating dental class.

Adam won two of the class awards.  One was for excellence in endodontics, and one was for the student demonstrating the best care of his patient family.  That was a pretty cool award to earn.

 Four long years of hard work.  I'm proud of this man and all he accomplished and the ways he tried to have some balance between school and family life.  We survived it!

Proud Momma coming to see the new dentist.  

We said goodbye to our BEAUTIFUL Nova Scotia that had become home to us and moved to Maine!!!

We were thrilled to have our own house with a yard to play in, laundry machines inside our very house, shelf space in the bathroom, and a coat closet.  Such luxuries!

Adam started his first job as a real deal dentist.

Fancy Shmancy diploma up on the office wall

Fast forward 18 months, and these two cuties get to see this handsome dentist for their check-ups!

Annick was quite leery of the visit, but calmed down once she got 

a new "bubbo beebeesh" (hippo toothbrush).

Ryan calls everyone else in the office "the other dentist" and was thrilled with his goody bag of a new toothbrush, toothpaste, and stickers.

He's FIVE

B-day boy.  I'm grateful Ryan is so easy to please.  He asked for the same cake as last year--a rainbow in a blue sky.  It's just that this time he wanted clouds.  I surprised him with marshmallow clouds and he thought I was the best...

Transformer present

 Favorite breakfast--German Pancakes

What 5-yr-old asks for LOBSTER for his birthday dinner???

First day of Pre-K

Bubble fun with Dad

She's TWO

Hi.  Remember us?  We now have a working computer and an ability to upload our photos....

Remember that cute little bunny from a year and a half ago?  She's TWO now.  :)

She loves to wear this "guckie" (cookie) shirt and hammed up for a photo op.  :)

The birthday girl with the blanket Mom made her.

Kisses!

Happy Easter!

More

I couldn't resist posting a few more from another folder earlier this month...

Note Ryan's coniving smile/eyebrows and his tight grip, ready to squeeze with all he's got, on Annick. He just can't contain his excitement/energy with Annick and it never ceases to scare me.
We had one great snow day and all bundled up for a sledding adventure. Of course it lasted all of 10 minutes before Ryan was bawling about snow in his boot. Such is a day out with a 3-yr-old. You just have to hold onto the 10-minutes of fun.

March

Here is our fantastic St. Patty's Day Feast--green shamrock waffles, green eggs, green milk, green-skinned pears, and very red strawberries. :)

Ryan loves Dr. Seuss and was proud to make a Cat-in-the-Hat Hat.

Sweet little Annick is growing up way too fast. For the most part during the day she is all smiles. She loves anyone and everyone and is mostly content as can be. I can't get over her beautiful smiles. They're an almost constant feature of her face.

Even more constant than her smiles, Annick's blasted eczema is spreading by the day. Each week I get more and more hopeful trying some new thing, and each time I'm disappointed. The poor girl is covered in red spots, and the one on her left cheek has been there since mid-February. It is so sore and nasty!

Besides trying different creams, oils, lotions, laundry detergents, medications, soaps, & clothing materials, I'm trying to make dietary changes to hopefully uncover a food sensitivity. I've been doing 100% no dairy for 2 weeks now and seen no improvement. I'm currently gearing up to go gluten-free within the next few days. That's something I've wanted to try for years now, but couldn't MAKE myself take the plunge without a better reason than doing it for myself. I'm hopeful, yet again, that this new goal will make an impact on the eczema, and also potentially be good for me!

March weather is always a surprise. Last week Annick really needed this huge coat, and today--her first short sleeves ever! Oh my goodness you wouldn't believe what the SUNshine did for my mood today. I dropped Ryan off at preschool and then took Annick on a walk around Frog Pond 4x. It was basically the first exercise I've gotten since she was born. It was SO wonderful. I'm going to miss Frog Pond. :(

February Pics

Here are some fairly recent pictures to keep the family up to date.

This is the Valentines pictures I took for the grandparents, intending to post it on Valentines...

Sweet little Sunday girl.

Ryan was very excited to make a bridge over his sister.

On this day Ryan begged me to "wrap his towel like Daddy's". He was ridiculously proud (and shivering).