Togetherness - You Capture

When we've had a particularly long day, we have dinner and pack the kids up in the stroller for a walk. It calms both of them down and Eric and I get time together and exercise. It's usually pretty magical. Vanessa loves it because she gets quiet time to read her Tag books and hang out with Hailey. Ohh and the TimBits we sometimes get doesn't hurt. On this particular night we walked over to my sisters and Pamela joined us for the walk. Hailey was the first to fall asleep and have a small snooze and it seemed once she woke up Vanessa fell asleep. Hmmm... maybe that's why we (Vanessa) were cranky at supper? She was so zonked that it was a struggle to get her into her pjs that night but it was WELL worth the quiet time on a nice night. I can't wait to do it when all the Halloween decorations are up.

Flower - You Capture

I've been wanting to try this out for a while now. It's a photo exercise where a blogger sends out a topic and every week and people try and take photographs on topic and link back to her site.

This week is flowers.

Back to our regular schedual programing soon.

Fun with Grandma and Grandpa

This was a gorgeous day where Vanessa, Pamela, Grandpa, Hailey and I went for a walk on the mountain. We didn’t take a stroller and went around the lake. Vanessa did a great job but did start to whine on the way home only wanting Mommy.

Grandpa stopped in the middle of the field to look at this very tiny turtle. He was the size of an egg. I have no idea how he managed to see it but everyone was interested in checking it out.

Vanessa playing on the same trees we and many others did as kids.

Vanessa and Hailey wearing sunglasses. Must be really sunny at Grandma and Grandpa’s

Apple Picking

Above is a picture of Vanessa and her teacher Marlene. They have such fun together. Below is Vanessa and some girls dancing with Vanessa’s boyfriend. They have a really strong bond. It’s nice to see.

She consoles him when the day is too long. She’s disappointed when he’s not there and he’s the only child she talks about from her class. It must be love. 

The last week.

Vanessa has made great strides over the past couple of weeks. She's a very confident girl and loves school. She's with a new teacher 2 whole days a week. Ahhh... She's potty trained. A week before school the switch flicked on and she's only had one accident since. I found a new incentive which worked wonders. She had pee under control for months now. She was having issues with #2. A lot of issues. We went to the museum in Ottawa and she had 3 accidents but after that never looked back. We started painting a nail of her choice and choice of colour every time she pooed in the toilet. Yeah Mommy! She had something to show off, it made her feel like a big girl and I spent time with her while we painted.

Yesterday we gave Vanessa some new furniture and made a big girl room for her. She now has room for some of her toys and a full length mirror. At nap time I heard a crash on the floor and I thought she'd been climbing her new shelving but when I looked at the scene I realized she'd been doing lots of pirouettes and fell. LOL my little girl in her "ballet" dress in front of a mirror. And speaking of naps. There's no place for souces in big girl rooms. We gave the souce to Hailey last night for when she was big enough and Vanessa kicked up a stink for 2 minutes and hasn't mentioned it since. WOW that was easy.

Vanessa's now 3 1/2 with some attitude. We've gotten our share of "No. you do it" back at us and last night, "Get lost! You should know better". Eric was getting a talking to. Funny thing is she wasn't really mad.

We went for a walk on Mount-Bruno with my mom and had a great time. Lunch and a park was involved so of course it was a hit. Vanessa took lots of pictures and walked the whole way. Hailey vegged in her stroller.

We spent yesterday in IKEA mayhem. First we went to the store and Eric picked out some furniture while I dropped Vanessa at Small Land and then nursed Hailey. Funny story. IKEA is all set up with a nursing room and change table with spare diapers and wipes which is all nice but that room doesn't have a garbage.... I checked on Eric and then went to pick up Vanessa before purchasing 21 boxes of furniture.

Vanessa got a big girls room and we got a more child safe living room. Win Win.

In a week we should be more organized in our office and I hope to post some more and even some pictures.