Summer Is Coming

Today felt like summer...or at least like summer is just around the corner...and the sunset was the best part!

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Baby Containment Unit

Now that Baby J can crawl and can crawl well, we need a way to keep her from getting into things, like the fireplace, electrical cords and furniture, so the playpen is back in the living room. She was quite curious when I first set it up.


J actually quite likes hanging out in the playpen if there are toys in there to play with.

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Little Reader

Baby J loves her books! And that makes her book loving Mommy very happy!

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Blossoms

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Surprise!

This is a surprise picture that will be revealed on Friday. It will also be explained on Friday.

Guesses?

EDIT May 1, 2009: Okay, it's Friday now. For the explanation of the above picture, please visit me over there. Oh, and I figured Monday mail pick up would mean before Friday delivery, but apparently I was wrong, since Fiona saw the blog before she got the card!

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Playing With Daddy

Blocks are way more fun when you have Daddy to help you play with them!

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Lamb Feet

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Giraffe Time

Baby J loves her giraffe...and this morning when I got her up from her morning nap, she couldn't take her eyes off it, so before we did anything else, we played with the giraffe.

Oh, and see those hideous orange curtains? Soon they will be a thing of the past!

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London

These have been begging to be put up since we moved it. I was holding off because I thought we'd paint a lot sooner than we have (okay, haven't yet...). I got tired of waiting!

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Happy Girl!

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Rivalry

Baby J has to choose which little shirt to wear on Saturday night...she's had the green one for a few weeks, but the Easter Bunny showed up a bit late at the game last night with the pink one for her.

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Back To Brown Flower

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Travel Mug

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Butterfly By Me

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Guides Canada 1910 - 2000

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I'm A Naughty Bat

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Brown Flower

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Dinner Is On The Way

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Watching Golf

Baby J and her grandpa were both pretty interested in the Masters!

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Bye-Bye Butterfly

Okay, so I have too much stuff. I'm a pack rat (see #19). I fully admit it. But in the last year and a bit I've been getting better at getting rid of stuff.

I've been applying the follow criteria and I slowly move through our house (which has much less stuff in it because we've moved twice in the past 18 months...the pack rat in me still laments the Blue House because if we didn't have to leave it and its gloriously huge basement storage room, I could have kept ALL that stuff! But it's good that it's gone.) So the questions are:

• Do I love this item?
• Have I used it in the past year?
• Is it really garbage?
• Do I have another one that is better?
• Should I really keep two?
• Does it have sentimental value that causes me to love it?
• Does it give me guilt and make me sad when I see the item?

And it's working. I also read an article in Real Simple that suggested taking pictures of things that you like but have no use/space for...

Anyway, this little butterfly decorated my room when I was in England the second time. And it's time for it go live somewhere else. I'll miss it...maybe...but more likely I won't notice that it's gone...

Off to declutter some more!

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Something Not Pink

Also known as something blue.

When we were in Kelowna a few weeks ago, I did some of Baby J's laundry and my mom remarked on how almost everything she owned was pink (with a smattering of white and yellow). J does have some clothes that are purple and green, but they're in a bigger size and we're not there yet. So, my mom brought this little outfit down for her for Easter. Except, well, I think it's too big and will go in the same pile as the purple and green stuff! But is it cute!

PS this is post 100 for 2009!

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Four-Legged Spider

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Star

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Fairies

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End Of A Beautiful Day!

Today was spectacular! Just beautiful and so warm. Baby J and I walked to yoga and then home and then in the afternoon we met up with J's aunties for iced coffees in the park. Baby J really needs a sun hat - she had to keep her toque on her sensitive little head even though it was warm out...I guess that's a project for the weekend!

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And Her Favourite Toy Is....

My slippers of course. Why play with all those lovely toys when Mommy's slippers are so much more fun?!?!?!

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Hair Cut!

Alex got his hair cut today - it was getting a bit long - and I really like the new do! Thanks Janita!

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Crib Buddies

Okay, not really. Baby J doesn't sleep with toys...we follow the rules! But when she wakes up, sometimes she gets to play in her crib and then we give her toys. Oh, and she's not there alone, we're with her...

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Practice Makes Perfect

Baby J is practicing drinking here with an empty glass. She will drink out of a glass, but she only gets to do that when she's in her high chair, on a towel, wearing a bib!

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Little Flower

Baby J got this super cute towel as a gift when she was tiny tiny. It's the perfect size for her now and the little hood is soooooooo cute!

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