Alright, I'm back!

I know, I know, I've been slacking on the blogging again...  here's a few random things to get us back into the swing of things.

First up, album of photos from England. 

Second up, a photo of AK with bubble wrap.  See the concentration on her face?  Take that times about two hours.  SO.  MUCH.  FUN!!!

And one last story for fun!

  A while ago, I wanted to chat on the phone but AK was a bit ornery.  I just ignored her and called up my parents anyway.  She kept coming into my room and glaring at me, not responding when I asked her if she wanted anything.  She'd shrug her shoulders at me, give me a dirty look and walk away.  Whatever...  Can't give her what she needs if she won't say it out loud, right? 

After a while, I noticed her walking by with the salt shaker.  I was talking with my grandma at that point, and mentioned that to her and said I should probably get off the phone.  What did I find...  but little piles of salt and pepper EVERYWHERE in the apartment!  About three piles in the living room, one in the dining room, one in the hallway...  even one in my bathroom, and she would have had to go past me to get in there, and I did not see anything in her hands!  I asked her why she had done that and she said "well, I asked you for an apple and you didn't hear me".  Ha!  I couldn't even get angry with her as it was so mischevious and she is very rarely naughty.

The best part was when I told my mom about it the next day and her response was "well, she's certainly her mother's daughter!".  Ha!  Guess I'm getting a taste of what it must have been like for my mom :) 

See you soon!  AK has a dermatologist appointment tomorrow as she's had a rashy toe for quite some time, but of course Murphy's Law dictates that the toe has pretty much cleared up now, right? 

AK's ballet recital

Showing off her sash for passing her first level of exams

Flowers from Jess!

My bashful ballerina

AK's first ballet recital was held while I was away in England so unfortunately I had to miss it.  I was able to convince Jess to go to the concert for me and take some video and pictures.  I'm waiting on the video, so will share that once I receive it but I am happy to share these photos with you! 

I'm thrilled that AK enjoyed her first year of ballet lessons and I plan to sign her up in the fall once again. 

First Day of Big Girl School!

Ready for the first day of "big girl" school!

The new classroom

I have SO much to catch up on...  but we'll start with a few stories about AK and her transition to her "Big Girl" classroom at school.  Wee Care has a tradition of moving children up to their new class at the beginning of July so that when September rolls around, they are already familiar with their new classroom and teachers.  The students in each class seem to stay the same, so that helps a lot with the transition.  AK's old teachers worked very hard to get the students ready for the change, and AK was quite excited to make the move.  She helped pick out her outfit for the day and walked very confidently into the room when we got there.  As soon as she saw her friend Marley, she took off and I didn't even get a goodbye!

The kids hang their bags on a hook outside the room and take only their lunch bags into the class.  They also no longer have bathrooms attached to each classroom...  they must go down the hall to use the washroom.  How grown-up!

I had neglected to organize myself well enough to get thank you gifts together for AK's old teachers on her last day in that classroom.  We went shopping last weekend instead and AK helped me do the thank you cards by writing her name in them.  (Yes, she can write her name now!!!  As well as type it on the computer)  She questioned what I was doing while I wrote my words of thanksgiving in the cards, and when I told her, she asked me "Why don't you just send them an email, Mommy?".

Tonight AK asked me to "download Umizoomi for me please, Mommy".  How on earth does she know about downloading???  Guess I'd better learn how to download movies...

As AK was saying her prayers tonight, she thanked God for her new classroom upstairs.  She seems very proud to have moved up to a different classroom.  She also told me that "When I turn 5, Mommy, I go to..." and I prompted "Kidnergarten" and she said "Yes, kidnergarten, what's that, Mommy" and I replied "That's REALLY Big Girl School!" and her eyes got so big, she was so excited! 

Lots of posts coming up hopefully, I need to update on AK's birthday, my trip to England, maybe even my mom's visit?  I need to go back and see what I've put up and what I haven't!!!  xo

Spa time!

First manicure ever!!!

Taking a break - this pampering stuff is hard work!

 

On to the pedicure chair...  big chair, little girl!

Sparkly purple toesies

Pretty pink fingers!

Perhaps the next spa day should be a mother-daughter deal?

Beautiful girls! 

PHOTO SHOOT!!!!

Check 'em out!!!

Album

If anyone finds the link doesn't work, please let me know and I'll fix it.

Otherwise, ENJOY!  I'm thrilled with how the photos turned out - these are only the photographer's favorites, there are another 80 wonderful photos for us to choose from.

I can't stop looking through them...  somehow Heather Holt has this ability to make me look lovely :P

xo

Bike Day at School

AK biking up a storm!

AK with her friend Andi

Hunter and AK - buds!

Looking back at the post I did on the iPad - yuck!  No spaces between paragraphs, and no ability to upload photos!  I will be doing some research before I do that again!

I had a fantastic weekend with AK despite me fighting a cold.  Richard commented that she put an interesting twist on "singing for her supper"...  she was goofing off and wouldn't eat her supper as she was too busy singing songs...  so I bribed her by allowing her to sing a song for every few bites of supper she ate.  How would you describe that - eating for your songs?  Ha!

Spa day was a hit - I will do my best to upload and share photos from home tonight.  It will be early to bed for me tonight - gotta show this cold who's boss, and catch up on the precious few hours of sleep I lost out on this morning when AK climbed into bed with me at 430!!!am!  She must have had a bad dream and I was too tired to just put her back into her own bed.  Yawn! 

Blogging from the iPad

I'm trying to keep tech-savvy and blog from my iPad but I don't seem to be able to upload photos. Boo! Guess you're just stuck with stories from me today!

Last weekend was a hat trick type of weekend as AK slept in past 8am all three mornings! Woohoo! Too bad I woke up around 7ish. But it was still great to not get out of bed right away. Monday especially was a great day to have an extra public holiday due to the Queen's Jubilee. I tried taking AK out for breakfast but that didn't go so well so we just chilled out at home for the rest of the day. I woke up with a cold yesterday so suspect the grumpies may have been due to AK feeling somewhat the same way. She's so resilient though.

We had a photo shoot on Sunday to take AK's four year photos. I am excited to see how they turned out and I'm looking forward to sharing them with you!

It's nice to know some people check the blog, I've been told twice recently that one faithfully check the blog faithfully to see if I've updated. Thanks to this of you who continue to come back despite my sporadic posting!

I am taking AK for her first mani-pedi at a spa this weekend. I think she is going to love it and I will have to set up a new line item in the budget!!! Will definitely be taking lots of pictures to share! Xo