She's already learning!!!

AK and I went to the fall supper at the church tonight. She wasn't too interested in being there... she pouted out that lower lip and said "mommy, i wanna GO HOME". She wouldn't eat supper, or drink much juice, but she enjoyed the chocolate decorations on her cake. It was a piece of cake, covered with pink icing, decorated with chocolate kisses. She wouldn't touch the icing so I had to pull the chocolate off the cake and lick the icing off so she could eat the chocolate.

AK was so happy to see Hunter tonight at the supper, she did a little happy dance as she ran towards him to say Hi!

I pulled out the Hallmark decoration with the dancing / singing snowman and dog singing Jingle Bells. She thinks that's pretty hilarious. She alternately sings along, dances or shakes her bum along to the music! I'll have to try to get some video of that.

Lots of kisses tonight, completely unprovoked or unrequested, AK gives the sweetest kisses ever.

I put the Christmas tree up tonight after AK went to bed, she will be surprised to see it in the morning. Can't wait to see her reaction.

As we were leaving the supper tonight, we ran into one of AK's teachers. I mentioned how AK was really enjoying playing with her "binoculars" that were made out of paper towel tubes and string. I guess the kids made them earlier this week and used them on an outdoors adventure today. The teacher also noted that AK had a sticker on her shirt for sitting quietly when asked and for singing a song to a teacher from another room. She is learning so much at school and doing so well. This week's artwork includes pictures of a turkey and a cornucopia of thanksgiving food.

The lentil soup turned out so well. If anyone has recipes using lentils, I'd love to hear them. I will try the soup with AK tomorrow but I have a feeling she'll love it as she likes other kinds of pulses, and I'd love to start cooking more with them.

ps - hope all you in MB are staying warm and safe... you've got snow! xo

Happy days :)

1. I got a free turkey from the grocery store last night!!! Technically not FREE, as I had to redeem points from the rewards program to get it but how awesome it was to walk out of the store with a 11.5lb, $33 turkey without paying cash for it! I'll donate that to Charmain's Christmas dinner!

2. AK's daycare had a scholastic book order fundraiser. Between my friend Cindy and I, we ordered $160 worth of books!

3. I made lentil soup (for the first time) in the crockpot overnight. I tasted it and it is amazing. Can't wait to have it for lunch!

4. Fall supper tonight.

All these things make me pretty happy!!! xo

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Mosquitoes

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More mosquitoes

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Haircut photos

Getting started

Snip, snip!

Time for the blow-out!

The finished product - pretty girl!

AK-isms

Some cute things AK does these days:

- says things in this pattern: sentence, mommy, same sentence. Example: I need a bib, Mommy, I need a bib! Almost everything she says follows this pattern!
- gives me a running commentary of everything she sees outside the car as we're driving. Cars, trucks, bicycles, trees, etc.
- singing in the car. Sometimes so softly that I can't hear her but I can see her lips moving (in the rearview mirror). As soon as I stop singing, I get "more, mommy, more!"
- lots of "what's this" and "what's that". If you turn the question around to her, she thinks it's hilarious but then answers her own question.

Tonight, she was eating her supper, and all of sudden pointed at her play kitchen.
AK: Mommy, that's my kitchen.
Mommy: Yes, that's right. What do you do in your kitchen?
AK: I cook! (imagine a face full of glee!)
Mommy: What do you cook in your kitchen?
AK: French fries!
Mommy: And what else?
AK: Ketchup!
Mommy: Ha ha! How about lasagna (AK nods), noodles (AK nods again) and chicken (AK nods yet again)?

Got a haircut for her today, will post pictures later, she was AMAZING. She sat still for half an hour while the hairdresser cut, sprayed, dried and flat-ironed! Her hair looked so wonderful after and I spent the next hour or so staring at her, and thinking that this is what I must have been like as a little girl :)

The night of my birthday, AK and I met up with friends at the Doghouse for supper and playtime. The kids played together so well. It is one of my favorite things, to see all of them togehter having a great time. I couldn't have asked for a better birthday evening.

I was able to take Friday off to spend with my company. It was a very relaxing day and then my company and I were invited out for dinner and then out for a night on the town. It's good to do that once in a while :) Saturday, we were invited out for a boat ride, which was also wonderful. I have been pretty tired the last couple of days though, guess it all finally caught up to me.

Am looking forward to the weekend with AK very much. We will be attending a Thanksgiving fall supper at the church on Friday night to kick it off!!! xo

Happy Birthday to ME!

Look what I woke up to this morning!!!

Getting behind!

I've been getting lazy at blogging lately!

• Was at the movie store with AK on Friday. She was looking through all the kids' movies and trying to decide which one she wanted. Lots of "this one Mommy! No, this one Mommy!". She ended up with a Thomas the Train video. I was also trying to pick a movie for myself, and you know what AK had to say about that? "Not that one, Mommy!!!". A lady standing near us cracked up.
• We went to the Doghouse after work on Friday to meet Jess and Hunter to play. Marley, from AK's daycare room, was there too. They were so excited to see each other and play together. Lots of "Marley!" and "Annabelle!" that night! Marley went to have supper with her family and AK walked around shrugging her shoulders, wondering where Marley was!
• AK very proudly showed me her "boobies" on Saturday. She told me she has "two boobies". Then I asked her how many I had - the answer? "Three, Mommy!". Funny enough, she could only find two when she went looking...
• Lots of "what's this" and "what's that" these days. I ask the question right back at her so she can tell me what things are, as she usually knows :)
• AK was playing in her play kitchen and told me she was "cooking". I asked her if she was cooking supper and she said yes. I asked what was for supper and she said "watermelon"!
• My company Lindsay and Matt arrived on Sunday. By the end of the night on Sunday, AK was cuddling under a quilt with Lindsay, playing peekaboo. Doesn't take much for her to warm up to new people :) AK got up the next morning (we slept until almost 8am on Monday morning! what a treat!) and immediately started asking for Lindsay and Matt.
• We went to the Westin brunch on Sunday. AK ate like a queen. French toast, cheese, cookie, watermelon, orange, edamame beans, pasta with alfredo sauce. She even used chopsticks! She entertained us all with her counting and singing her ABCs. She loved the attention! Charmain was a huge help and was behind the procurement of the cookie :)
  
• AK slept over at Hunter's on Saturday night. When I picked her up on Sunday, Jess was just finishing french-braiding her hair, and had put some shimmery lotion and lip gloss on her! What a princess! I have already bought AK a vanity set for Christmas so am on the lookout for some kiddie makeup to go along with it. I think she'll love it.
• We had a gift certificate to the toy store so went there on Saturday. AK had a blast looking through all the aisles of toys and ultimately picked a toy guitar to buy.
  
• She's not cried the last two days I've dropped her off at daycare. Hooray!

That's all for now! xo