Lavender Lady Loves Bees

We went to the Lavender Farm today to check out the new building and gardens...it was great (even if it was super hot!). Yeah, yeah, I also couldn't decide which picture to use.

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Teenaged Date Night

My parents looked after J so that Alex and I could go out...we had a total Kelowna teenaged date night...we started with Jungle golf and air hockey at Scandia and then went for Blizzards at Dairy Queen and then for a drive through town...nice...

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Couldn't Decide

I love both of these...I couldn't decide...so you get two today...

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Good Morning Bed Head

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New Arrival

Almost done...I love this! It's so soft!

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100 Years

Girl Guides of Canada is 100 years old this year and Canada Post issued a commemorative stamp.

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Yoga Mat

I was so so so happy to see my yoga mat at lunch today. I had the best yoga class ever!

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He's Going To Kill Me...

But here's Alex...photo boothed.

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First Ocean Swim

Thanks Auntie Beckta!

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Summer Cousin Hug

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Baby Photo Booth!

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Reading To Elmo

Gee...she reads to a lot of things!

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Reading To The Butterflies

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Exhausted

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Little Friends

This is J's little friend who she goes to daycare with.

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Birthday Flowers

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Quiet...Eeeep

If you have a toddler you know that silence usually means trouble. I was in the kitchen making breakfast and J was hanging out in the living room. All of a sudden I realized I could no longer hear J and there was a strange noise in her bedroom. Turns out the strange noise was the rocking chair rocking and the quiet was because J was busy reading (these books actually).

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Flashback

These were books I read at my grandma's when I was a kid. J got them from my aunt as a gift and her favourite is most certainly "Go Puppy!"

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Bigger Is Better

At least when it comes to paper for colouring!

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Slightly belated

Posting that is...this is my Mother's Day gift. I got it on Mother's Day, I just haven't posted it yet.

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Finally...

We are reconnected!

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HAND! HAND!

J is currently obsessed with tracing hands when she colours. That is having other people trace their hands or her hands. She will often yell someone's name followed by hand - a direct command to come and trace your hand and her hand. I found this picture stuffed in my bag when I got to work...I often find interesting things stuffed in my bag when I get to work!

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That Is Not An Orange....

That is a grapefruit. This kid would eat two grapefruits in one sitting if I let her. Look at her sucking on that grapefruit!

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Colours

J calls crayons colours and boy was she excited today when I bought her a new box - one that had 24 colours instead of 8....

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Uh Oh

This is why we have no internet for who knows how long. The grounding pin for the router is no longer attached to the plug. Sigh....

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Keys. Lots Of Keys

These arrived on my desk today. Umm. Lots of keys.

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With A Fork

Yes, yes she does eat her ice cream filled popsicles with a fork.

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New Summer Jammies

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My Goof!

Happy Summer!

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Much Better!

This bedding sure helps the room. Now just wait until it gets painted!

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Caterpillars!!

J and her Papa checked out some caterpillars in the garden this afternoon. How exciting!!

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A Year To Get Organized?

We'll see if this book can live up to its claim!

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New Pillows

J is having fun cuddling with the pillows we got for the bedroom sprucing up project.

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Getting There

New bedding for the new bed. Hopefully the room is on its way to being spruced up!

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First Sunset Of The Summer?

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What's That?

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Blast From The Past

When we visit my parents, J gets to play with my old stuff (well, some of it belonged to Kelsey and Rebecca too). She loves sitting at this little table and this afternoon I discovered these old puzzles. Who thought she'd died and gone to heaven?!?!?!

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Paul Harris Fellow And Rotarian Of The Year

This is the reason we're in Kelowna this weekend. My dad was installed as president of his Rotary club. What Kelsey didn't know was that my parents had arranged to recognize her for her work in Kenya with a Paul Harris Fellow. The Rotary club made a donation so that she could buy the orphanage a cow. To top the evening off, my dad was also named Rotarian of the year. What a great night! Here we all are (minus J who got hang with an awesome sitter!)

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Summer's Evening

Oh what I'd do for a backyard....

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What A Blah Room

We got a new bed today. But our bedroom is kind of neutral blah...I went and looked for some new bedding on the weekend, but all I could find was grey or navy. We live in Vancouver. It rains. A lot. And it's grey. And our bedroom faces north. We're going away this weekend, so I'm hoping I'll find something happier in Kelowna!

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Concentration

Colouring is serious stuff guys!

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Slightly Out Of Focus

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More Reading

This time with Daddy

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Reading

Today was a reading day. The pile next to her just grew and grew and grew.

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Puppy Tails At The Park

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Oh So Comfortable

While I was cleaning up from breakfast, I heard a strange noise - silence. There was J on the couch with some books. And she had gone into her room and dragged a blanket out to keep her warm!

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Flower Shoes

or head and shoulders knees and toes. Your pick.

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Sluggish

This lovely thing was waiting for me when I wandered down the path outside our office this morning. It's huge!

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Jocie's Baby

J got this pretty porcelain clown from Mama. It's a music box and J loves listening to it! She called it her baby and the first thing she wants to do in the morning when she gets up is listen to her "baby"

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