And so we say goodbye to a crazy year…there’s lots of exciting things to look forward to in the coming year…this is how I’m ushering out 2013…lying on the floor, playing games with my kiddo and trying to not moan too much from the aches and pains of the flu…ughhhhh
Here’s to a wonderful, wonderful 2014!
Little Miss is just like her sister and loves to watch the traffic fly past our house…
J still calls C *her* baby and today she insisted on feeding her…C didn’t eat much…she thought it was play time with her favourite playmate!
Today J and Baby C and I went to the airport to hang out with some friends on their layover to home to Europe. We had a lovely visit, but I hope that the next time we see them, it will be at our place or theirs…I think the last three times we have met have been in the airport!
We signed the papers for our new place to live today! C loved crawling around the wide open space…it’s going to look a bit different when we move our stuff in…
J decorated our funny little tree this morning…I can’t wait until next year when we can have our regular decorations!
We went to the VanDusen gardens to see the Christmas lights and then headed over to Auntie Rebar’s for a 16 person Christmas Eve dinner…
And now hopefully these two excited little girls will get some sleep because tomorrow is going to be a HUGE day!
My parents took us to see the show that Auntie Rebar is working on right now. J got to bring one of her buds from school and they both loved it.
We woke up this morning and the tree looked like this!!
And then we walked to school and it looked like this! (Someone is happy for the snow but also because it’s the last day of school)
A small person at home thought the snow was pretty amazing too!
And she got a very special, personalized blanket in the mail today from a very special friend of mine.
J got this very cool tree in the advent calendar today. It’s cardboard and it has a pretty beaded garland and a gold star. The dish has a “magic” solution in it.
This is after four hours. J is going to love it when she gets home!
J’s school has an awesome Parent Advisory Committee. Along with one of the local resident’s associations, they planned an evening of carolling in our neighbourhood for the kids. We spend about an hour and half singing and walking and there was hot chocolate and goodies for the kids. J had an absolute blast and Baby C slept almost the whole time. YAY!
Now that she’s on the move, she tends to take the hard way places, especially if it means it’s faster!
We took Snow White to see Charlotte Diamond...I love that she loves the music we listened to as kids...Charlotte Diamond, Sharon, Lois & Bram and Raffi in particular! J was thrilled to go up on stage and sing and sign along…this is the third year we went and J has been asking for weeks when she would get to go and was so happy to be there today! Especially when she got to go up on stage!
It might look like a tug-o-war, but it’s really big sister reading to little sister….really!
As part of our advent calendar, we got to take the gondola up Grouse Mountain today. It was cheaper for us to get a family ticket than three tickets for us and J (C is still free) so J invited her best bud to come with us. They had an amazing time!
Baby C and I went to Granville Island this morning for coffee and a treat…and I may have visited the Postcard Place. Although, note to self, most stuff doesn’t open until 10:00 am…good thing the coffee place was open!
It snowed again…and we’re staying an extra few days…seems Baby C’s croup turned into an ear infection and she can’t fly…oh well…the snow is so much fun!
My wonderful parents got us three tickets for the pantomime today. They kindly kept Baby C at their house and we took J out for lunch before the play. She was so excited to have a day with just her mom and dad!
What a lovely night! We had a family gathering at my great-aunt and uncle’s Doesn’t it look cozy? There were about 30 of us squished quite comfortably into about 600 square feet. So lovely. AND Alex arrived for the weekend. Happy happy at our house!
Baby C and my dad seem to be having a *very* serious discussion about power tools…hmmmmmmm
This little munchkin gave us a bit of a scare…she’s had a couple of visits to the ER due to a nasty case of croup. And of course, her sleeping schedule is all out of whack too…fingers crossed that tonight she sleeps and there is no croup!
The girls and I caught an early flight to Kelowna this morning. We’ll be there for a whole week! Yay!!!
J and I went to the dentist this morning and then we went out for lunch. While we were waiting for our lunch, J says, "Mom, I'm bored. Can you help me?" She came equipped with a notebook and pen and I thought for sure I was being recruited to write the words for a story.
No, my child asks for a spelling test. "But not too hard Mom, I'm still learning."
I'm not sure where she learned about spelling tests since they definitely don't have them yet at her school...but she's having a blast...and I'm learning all about letter people and squish boxes and buddies.
Snack time for Baby C
Well, it seems that Baby C moves well enough that putting the blanket down to “contain” her doesn’t make sense for much longer!
