Faith decided that she wanted to do some temporary tattoos on each arm this week, just in time for the first day of school. She's a biker at heart, I guess.
Speaking of school, Faith found out her classmates and teacher on Friday. She has a couple of friends in her class (although not all), and there are more girls than boys, so she's happy. Plus her teacher is a girl, so it's all golden.
Today, Labour Day, is the day before school and she's been bugging us all day to make her lunch. We decided that she can start helping with this this year (I always remember making my own lunch...Mom, did this start in grade 1?). Anyway, she has taken this decision with a certain single-mindedness that only a six-year-old, or her father's daughter, can have. George finally told her she had to wait until AFTER supper to make it.
Her next question, of course, "Can we have supper now?"
Monday, September 03, 2007
Learning how to crawl
As you can see from the photo, Blake has been practicing his crawling stance for the last couple of weeks. He has worked his way up to rocking back and forth on his hands and knees, but he hasn't quite managed to get moving in a forward motion...yet. It's only a matter of time. And then life will get very interesting. Do you know how many little beads, Barbie bits, and other choking hazards are strewn about our house? Constant vigilance and possibly liquor (for me) is the only answer.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Riding an elephant
Last Friday we headed to African Lion Safari for a family trip. It was great, if a little hot. (Blake could have cared less...but the rest of us had fun.
The highlight was Faith and George's ride on the elephant. Faith wanted to do it as soon as she saw the elephant rides, so we thought, "Why not?"
As you can see from the picture, they got to ride a Mommy elephant with Junior following closely. This is just one of the million pictures I took of the event.
Faith thought the whole thing was very cool and George actually didn't mind the height.
The highlight was Faith and George's ride on the elephant. Faith wanted to do it as soon as she saw the elephant rides, so we thought, "Why not?"
As you can see from the picture, they got to ride a Mommy elephant with Junior following closely. This is just one of the million pictures I took of the event.
Faith thought the whole thing was very cool and George actually didn't mind the height.
The camping trip
Our trip to the RV park this year was exhausting and fun. At one point we were running a semi-daycare. :) We had seven kids running around our site, with the bikes, helmets, toys, and chairs to prove it. The kids were great though...they played and played and played whatever their imaginations could come up with.
In this picture, you'll see them all playing horse and carriage. Faith's at the front with the reins saying "trot on!" and the rest of them are the wedding party (although I'm not sure William is aware that he's become a wedding crasher).
In this picture, you'll see them all playing horse and carriage. Faith's at the front with the reins saying "trot on!" and the rest of them are the wedding party (although I'm not sure William is aware that he's become a wedding crasher).
When I grow up...
At dinner the other night, Faith was talking about what she wanted to be when she grows up. She said she wants to be in the hospital. After determining that this meant being a nurse, I asked her "Why?" Thinking, of course, with a warm glow in my heart, that she wants to help sick people, or make people feel better, or something equally humanitarian. Her answer?
"Because I get to see people's privates."
Omigod!
"Because I get to see people's privates."
Omigod!
Blake's 7th month
To Blake:
OK. I'm just a little bit late on this blog for your 7th month. My only excuse is that the month has been crazy as we've tried to pack every last morsel of summertime fun into the last four weeks before school starts again for Faith. But, enough of excuses. What has been happening?
Where do I start? This month has brought so many changes in you. Every day you're more and more of a person who can thrill us with new and exciting skills.
Of course, the most exciting skill for me was the first night you slept through the night! This occurred on June 25th and lasted for exactly three nights. What heavenly nights they were, but unfortunately fleeting. Alas, you are now back to getting up a couple of times a night again. I'm sure this will stop once you've become a teenager.
For some vital statistics, we went to your 6 month appointment (actually about a week late) and found out you were 15 lbs 6 oz and 23 3/4 inches long. Oh...and you have big head. You're in the 25th percentile for height and weight (pretty typical since they're comparing you to non-preemies), but for head circumference, you're in the 75th percentile! According to Daddy, this means you have big brains. All of your eating is going directly to gray matter.
And speaking of eating, we have broadened your horizons with fruits (bananas is the fruit of choice) and meat. Chicken was not a big hit unless mixed with something. You continue to love cheerios and I think you would just eat these all day if you could. A lovely discovery that comes in handy during dinner time. You like to sit at the table with us, but get pissed when you don't have anything of your own to eat. (Actually, I'm pretty sure you're saying, "Screw the purees! Give me steak!") So, Daddy and I take turns feeding you Cheerios and giving you your bedtime bottle one-handed.
Of course, we do all of this with you in your highchair now. If you sit on our laps, we spend the entire meal moving objects out of your reach as you try to pull out the placemats from beneath our plates, cups and utensils. And, when we take everything off the placemats so you can have it without inflicting any damage, you lose interest. Apparently it's all in the thrill of the chase for you.
Faith has discovered this the hard way. If you pass within three feet of her head, you always manage to grab her hair. At this point, I'm thinking this is just an unconscious reflex for you as you're so good at it. Luckily, she's pretty good natured about it now. I suspect as you age, she may clock you one.
Daytimes are a little crazy with you now as you DEMAND someone's full attention pretty much all the time. You have a great way of saying "PLAY WITH ME NOW!" without ever using any words. Who needs baby sign language when you've got your killer combination of screaming and whining at the same time. You follow this up with the knock-out punch of a huge grin when you do get the attention you so desire.
At night, you've become a mover and a shaker, or I should say a roller. You're never in the same place that I put you to sleep in the crib. You move from one end to the other, you get your feet stuck in the side of the crib, you hit your head--you're doing a dance in your sleep. And, you've started rolling over to your tummy in your sleep too. The first couple of times you did this, you woke up screaming your head off and completely disoriented (hence we only had three nights of sleeping through). Now, you just like to sleep on your side or your stomach and don't wake up quite as surprised, thank goodness.
You've also been doing some traveling with us to the cottage with Aunt Karen and Uncle Rob's family and camping. While you loved being outside at the cottage and swimming for the first time in the lake, you hated actually sleeping there. :)
Your favourite trip this month was the camping week with Uncle Paul and Aunt Kim's family, and Nana and Papa. You were outside every day almost all day and showered with attention from everyone. Nirvana. You also found out that you could MOVE to what you want by rolling. And what you wanted more than anything was to eat the grass. If I looked away for a few seconds and you had invariably rolled to the edge of the old quilt we had thrown down and had a handful of grass heading towards your open mouth. More fibre I guess.
You are definitely a lot of work and it's worth every minute.
Love,
Mommy
Dragonfly along for the ride
Karen took this great photo of Blake and I at the lake. Blake was experiencing his first taste of swimming when a dragonfly landed on my thumb. The perfect cottage experience actually. :)
Blake loved the water, but only when his feet were squishing in the sandy bottom. When I lifted him up to float around he was not too keen on this. The temperature of the water may have had something to do with this too...a little chilly for his little body.
The cottage trip itself was our second one with the Rob and Karen and it was tonnes o' fun. George performed an intervention with Rob and plied him with beer and bbq for the weekend. (Rob's been on a new eating regime and successfully lost a bunch of weight, but it involves NO DRINKING. So, he took a holiday from the regime on his holiday.) The kids enjoyed the lake and the campfires. Karen and I enjoyed a good bottle of Strawberry wine (sweet but good) and scrabble.
Relaxing and fun.
Blake loved the water, but only when his feet were squishing in the sandy bottom. When I lifted him up to float around he was not too keen on this. The temperature of the water may have had something to do with this too...a little chilly for his little body.
The cottage trip itself was our second one with the Rob and Karen and it was tonnes o' fun. George performed an intervention with Rob and plied him with beer and bbq for the weekend. (Rob's been on a new eating regime and successfully lost a bunch of weight, but it involves NO DRINKING. So, he took a holiday from the regime on his holiday.) The kids enjoyed the lake and the campfires. Karen and I enjoyed a good bottle of Strawberry wine (sweet but good) and scrabble.
Relaxing and fun.
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