This morning's conversations consisted pretty much entirely of the four words in the title!
AK: Too tight?
Me: Just right!
AK: Too tight?
Me: Just right!
AK: RIGHT!
This conversation applies to shoes and skirts. I guess I will have to see what else it applies to!
AK is a little powerhouse, every morning when she wakes up, she finds all her soothers and brings them to me in bed. There must have been one or two under her bed today so she pushed her bed away from the wall in order to get at them. Nothing stops her when she's determined to find something!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
An afternoon off with my sweet pea
Sounds like the staff at Wee Care was really struggling today so the powers that may be made the call to ask parents to pick up their children by 2pm. I had no problems getting away from work so was happy to comply with their request.
I decided it was a perfect afternoon to try out AK's new floatation suit. Experiment failed. Ha ha! The first problem is that AK didn't really want to put the life jacket part of it on and then once she got into the water, the life jacket held her so that her face was right in the water. Not so good. I think she is just a bit too short for it right now and it doesn't sit properly on her. After that experiment failed, she wasn't even interested in putting on her water wings to swim. I wonder if part of the reason that she did so well with the wings last night is because she could see Matthew using his too.
We chilled out inside for a bit then headed out to get some groceries. AK was not content to sit still in the grocery cart. She keeps me busy these days!!! We managed to pick out some nice roses for Angie as she was kind enough to invite us over for supper and a playdate! AK and Milanna had a blast playing together - I think the highlight of the playdate was the harmonicas! AK was doing a really good job playing some songs on it! She also ate a great supper - spaghetti and then ice cream with blueberries and maple syrup for dessert. Yum. I love it when she eats so well. The last few days haven't been the greatest with eating and I think one of her top molars is coming in.
Tomorrow night, AK and I are going to head over to Jenni's to babysit Matthew so that Jenni and her sister can go out for a nice supper! Should be fun! xo
I decided it was a perfect afternoon to try out AK's new floatation suit. Experiment failed. Ha ha! The first problem is that AK didn't really want to put the life jacket part of it on and then once she got into the water, the life jacket held her so that her face was right in the water. Not so good. I think she is just a bit too short for it right now and it doesn't sit properly on her. After that experiment failed, she wasn't even interested in putting on her water wings to swim. I wonder if part of the reason that she did so well with the wings last night is because she could see Matthew using his too.
We chilled out inside for a bit then headed out to get some groceries. AK was not content to sit still in the grocery cart. She keeps me busy these days!!! We managed to pick out some nice roses for Angie as she was kind enough to invite us over for supper and a playdate! AK and Milanna had a blast playing together - I think the highlight of the playdate was the harmonicas! AK was doing a really good job playing some songs on it! She also ate a great supper - spaghetti and then ice cream with blueberries and maple syrup for dessert. Yum. I love it when she eats so well. The last few days haven't been the greatest with eating and I think one of her top molars is coming in.
Tomorrow night, AK and I are going to head over to Jenni's to babysit Matthew so that Jenni and her sister can go out for a nice supper! Should be fun! xo
Very sad day
Miss Esther, the director of WEE Care, passed away last night, after complications from foot surgery. What unexpected news to get this morning as I was dropping AK off.
WEE Care has asked parents to pick up their children early today to allow their staff the time the need to process the news and grieve. I can't imagine what a difficult day it is for them today. I commend them for being able to work today at all.
AK and I will miss Miss Esther very much. She was such a constant figure at the daycare. She always had a smile and a cheerful hello for both of us. xo
WEE Care has asked parents to pick up their children early today to allow their staff the time the need to process the news and grieve. I can't imagine what a difficult day it is for them today. I commend them for being able to work today at all.
AK and I will miss Miss Esther very much. She was such a constant figure at the daycare. She always had a smile and a cheerful hello for both of us. xo
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Post-birthday pictures
I took a few pics of AK unwrapping her presents the day after her birthday. Here's a handful of the photos.
Floatation suit - haven't tried it yet but I think it will be fun!
Dora princess dress, which she is wearing over another birthday outfit of shirt and shorts!
Hugs for Strawberry Shortcake
Princess Annabelle coloring with markers! Those are non-toxic and washable, right?
What a busy weekend...
This weekend was full of fun!
On Saturday morning, Mike was kind enough to take AK to the gym for me so that I could go to a yoga workshop on balancing poses. I did my first-ever full handstands :) yay for me!
AK tired Mike out at the gym :) I'm so grateful he was available to help me. Sounds like AK had a great time and I've even lined up people to help next weekend so I can go to a hip-opening yoga workshop.
AK crashed on the way home from gymnastics and slept for 3 hours. I was able to get some cleaning done and even got to rest myself for a bit. I was a bit tired from yoga and low on energy from a cold I've been fighting (again or still, take your pick).
AK and I then headed off to Isabella's birthday party. Miss AK had loads of fun playing in the sand. She also got to drink lots of juice and eat lots of treats! These birthday parties are nothing for free-for-alls for the kids! Isabella's party was a Mickey theme and AK's party favor was a little Minnie Mouse doll and a balloon.
This morning, Charmain was kind enough to babysit for me while I went to a baby shower for Nicole. I was able to have a nice breakfast and visit with some friends in peace. Charmain said AK fussed a bit when I left but was quite happy for the rest of the time she was there. I think Charmain just fed her lots of cookies :)
After naptime (for both of us!), we colored and read some books before we headed out to see Jenni and Matthew. Jenni's sister just arrived today for a week's visit, great timing as Kevin just headed away for work for a week. The kids played in the sand for a while and then we played in the pool at the old Hyatt for a long time! It's a great pool with some shallow levels and it is just so much fun with the kids using water wings. Matthew is very brave and jumps and swims all by himself. AK is not so brave but she is very determined to swim on her own, which she did beautifully. The water wings give AK so much independence that she so desperately craves these days. Matthew is not afraid to jump in and let his head go under the water. AK likes to jump, although timidly in comparison, but she is not a fan of her head getting wet. We will have to work on that. I think it's her eyes that are bothered by the water.
While we were eating supper, AK farted... everyone heard and Matthew said "Annabelle farted!". So cute. I'm hoping Jenni will invite us back to swim at the pool again soon. It was so much fun.
I just made some chicken noodle soup and got lunches ready for tomorrow. Jeremy is away for work all week so AK is stuck with me. Lucky girl, hey? :P We have lots of activities planned this week so I know the time will go by quickly. Time for bed xo
On Saturday morning, Mike was kind enough to take AK to the gym for me so that I could go to a yoga workshop on balancing poses. I did my first-ever full handstands :) yay for me!
AK tired Mike out at the gym :) I'm so grateful he was available to help me. Sounds like AK had a great time and I've even lined up people to help next weekend so I can go to a hip-opening yoga workshop.
AK crashed on the way home from gymnastics and slept for 3 hours. I was able to get some cleaning done and even got to rest myself for a bit. I was a bit tired from yoga and low on energy from a cold I've been fighting (again or still, take your pick).
AK and I then headed off to Isabella's birthday party. Miss AK had loads of fun playing in the sand. She also got to drink lots of juice and eat lots of treats! These birthday parties are nothing for free-for-alls for the kids! Isabella's party was a Mickey theme and AK's party favor was a little Minnie Mouse doll and a balloon.
This morning, Charmain was kind enough to babysit for me while I went to a baby shower for Nicole. I was able to have a nice breakfast and visit with some friends in peace. Charmain said AK fussed a bit when I left but was quite happy for the rest of the time she was there. I think Charmain just fed her lots of cookies :)
After naptime (for both of us!), we colored and read some books before we headed out to see Jenni and Matthew. Jenni's sister just arrived today for a week's visit, great timing as Kevin just headed away for work for a week. The kids played in the sand for a while and then we played in the pool at the old Hyatt for a long time! It's a great pool with some shallow levels and it is just so much fun with the kids using water wings. Matthew is very brave and jumps and swims all by himself. AK is not so brave but she is very determined to swim on her own, which she did beautifully. The water wings give AK so much independence that she so desperately craves these days. Matthew is not afraid to jump in and let his head go under the water. AK likes to jump, although timidly in comparison, but she is not a fan of her head getting wet. We will have to work on that. I think it's her eyes that are bothered by the water.
While we were eating supper, AK farted... everyone heard and Matthew said "Annabelle farted!". So cute. I'm hoping Jenni will invite us back to swim at the pool again soon. It was so much fun.
I just made some chicken noodle soup and got lunches ready for tomorrow. Jeremy is away for work all week so AK is stuck with me. Lucky girl, hey? :P We have lots of activities planned this week so I know the time will go by quickly. Time for bed xo
Friday, July 9, 2010
Happy Friday!
AK and I headed over to Jenni, Kevin and Matthew's tonight to hang out with everyone and celebrate Mike and Julie's engagement!
SO much fun... AK, Luci, Matthew and Hunter had SO much energy and had so much fun jumping on the bed! Monkeys!
Matthew pooped so AK came over to me, patted her bum and said "poopy bum". Thank goodness for me it was only Matthew who pooped and AK was just telling me about it!
And then there was three of them in the tub (Luci, Matthew and AK) and then all three of them climbed into bed for a bedtime story from Jenni. I was set to take AK home then but she snuggled right into bed and was ready to go to sleep! I don't know if she ever really fell asleep as she came out of the bedroom at 9pm and was wired. We came home then! I put her straight to bed when we got home but haven't heard a peep from her.
It was a great night with great friends and a nice way to kick off the summer! xo
Busy weekend ahead... can't wait to come back and tell you all about our adventures!
SO much fun... AK, Luci, Matthew and Hunter had SO much energy and had so much fun jumping on the bed! Monkeys!
Matthew pooped so AK came over to me, patted her bum and said "poopy bum". Thank goodness for me it was only Matthew who pooped and AK was just telling me about it!
And then there was three of them in the tub (Luci, Matthew and AK) and then all three of them climbed into bed for a bedtime story from Jenni. I was set to take AK home then but she snuggled right into bed and was ready to go to sleep! I don't know if she ever really fell asleep as she came out of the bedroom at 9pm and was wired. We came home then! I put her straight to bed when we got home but haven't heard a peep from her.
It was a great night with great friends and a nice way to kick off the summer! xo
Busy weekend ahead... can't wait to come back and tell you all about our adventures!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Terrible Twos?
My oh my. I think AK has changed overnight!!!
This morning, she threw a fit as I put her in a dress for daycare. She didn't want to wear the dress and whined and whined and whined until I let her pick out something else to wear. Guess I have to start giving her more choices!!!
She got a pair of Dora shoes from Gill, Jim, Alex and Anna for her birthday. She put them on as soon as she opened them yesterday and happily wore them to daycare today!
I was supposed to go to a baby shower/dinner for a friend tonight but it got cancelled :( she started having contractions yesterday and went to the hospital. It is a bit too early for her to have the baby, plus she wanted to return to the States to have the baby, so the doctor here was able to give her something to halt the contractions and steriods to help the baby's lungs mature. Scary stuff... I'm glad she got good care and I'm sure she's ready to head off-island to where she wants to have the baby. I'll be thinking of her lots.
So it's raining again... and someone said it's supposed to rain all weekend. Yuck. We've already had pretty much two weeks straight of wet weather. I've had enough!
This morning, she threw a fit as I put her in a dress for daycare. She didn't want to wear the dress and whined and whined and whined until I let her pick out something else to wear. Guess I have to start giving her more choices!!!
She got a pair of Dora shoes from Gill, Jim, Alex and Anna for her birthday. She put them on as soon as she opened them yesterday and happily wore them to daycare today!
I was supposed to go to a baby shower/dinner for a friend tonight but it got cancelled :( she started having contractions yesterday and went to the hospital. It is a bit too early for her to have the baby, plus she wanted to return to the States to have the baby, so the doctor here was able to give her something to halt the contractions and steriods to help the baby's lungs mature. Scary stuff... I'm glad she got good care and I'm sure she's ready to head off-island to where she wants to have the baby. I'll be thinking of her lots.
So it's raining again... and someone said it's supposed to rain all weekend. Yuck. We've already had pretty much two weeks straight of wet weather. I've had enough!
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