Moo, Baa, La La La ( by Sandra Boynton) was one of Katie's first favorite books. Now that Sam has started sharing an interest in books, we made an effort to start reading it again. I'm amazed at how quickly it has become Sam's favorite too!
She says a gentle Moo...smiles at the "La La La" and shakes her head when we read "No No you say...!". And this afternoon she also said "Neigh". It's such a short lovely book. Sam holds up up and asks for it to be read again and again. So sweet. I love that they have both loved this book.
Books are definitely a little bit magical (in my book anyway!).
Have a great weekend and Happy Olympics!
PS...Katie's napping strategy did NOT work today. Darn!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Good News, Bad News and A Beard.
The good news is...Katie is NAPPING. (!!!) For the second day in a row. On "mom and dad's" bed. The bad news is...I think it's partly because she's been feeling under the weather...it's been a rough week. BUT maybe she's also realizing how nice a good proper nap is...in a big fancy grown up bed. I hope...?
My secret? Both today and yesterday I left her reading in the big bed and said I was going away to do something and come right back...but I didn't come right back. Yesterday was legit...I was trying unsuccessfully to download kids audiobooks from our library for her. (my sore throat was tired of reading aloud). Took forever to figure out that I wasn't going to make it work and by the time I went back to her, she was sleeping! Today, I was crafty, and when we were reading and she looked snuggly and cuddly, I said I had to go do something in the kitchen and come right back. And here I am...I think she fell asleep in 5 minutes this time. We'll see if I can continue my success or not.
Real pictures from when we made cookies this week...Katie says "Would you like a taste?".
"...but not you Sam!" (I can only tell this by the look on her face, she didn't actually say it).
Sam says "Who needs cookies when you're sitting on the table?"
Ben's beard:
And back to normal, after a quick shower and shave. A fun experiment but he couldn't wait to shave it off!
My secret? Both today and yesterday I left her reading in the big bed and said I was going away to do something and come right back...but I didn't come right back. Yesterday was legit...I was trying unsuccessfully to download kids audiobooks from our library for her. (my sore throat was tired of reading aloud). Took forever to figure out that I wasn't going to make it work and by the time I went back to her, she was sleeping! Today, I was crafty, and when we were reading and she looked snuggly and cuddly, I said I had to go do something in the kitchen and come right back. And here I am...I think she fell asleep in 5 minutes this time. We'll see if I can continue my success or not.
Real pictures from when we made cookies this week...Katie says "Would you like a taste?".
"...but not you Sam!" (I can only tell this by the look on her face, she didn't actually say it).
Sam says "Who needs cookies when you're sitting on the table?"
Ben's beard:
And back to normal, after a quick shower and shave. A fun experiment but he couldn't wait to shave it off!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Sick Day
What we did on our sick day:
...Baked and decorated heart cookies for upcoming Valentine's Day. Cute, Fun and Tasty!
...Baked and decorated heart cookies for upcoming Valentine's Day. Cute, Fun and Tasty!
Friday, February 5, 2010
The Piano
The girls discovered the piano at Gram and Papa's house the other day. Perhaps we will have musicians on our hands?
Today we are feeling under the weather. I felt it a bit yesterday too but still managed to run 9km with Ben. (and actually felt better afterward!) My sore throat's worse this morning. Katie threw up...I should have known when she wasn't inhaling her breakfast. I even said "Why aren't you eating...?". (Queue scary music...duh duh DUH)
Sam so far seems fine. As does Ben (Have fun at work Beard Man!).
We'll skip strollercize and have moved a playdate to tomorrow. I have cookie dough ready to be made up into Valentines day cookies and Katie may get to watch a show while Sam naps this morning.
Today we are feeling under the weather. I felt it a bit yesterday too but still managed to run 9km with Ben. (and actually felt better afterward!) My sore throat's worse this morning. Katie threw up...I should have known when she wasn't inhaling her breakfast. I even said "Why aren't you eating...?". (Queue scary music...duh duh DUH)
Sam so far seems fine. As does Ben (Have fun at work Beard Man!).
We'll skip strollercize and have moved a playdate to tomorrow. I have cookie dough ready to be made up into Valentines day cookies and Katie may get to watch a show while Sam naps this morning.
We Have a Winner!
This outfit is a winner today! And our first try too. Thank goodness we caught up on laundry a bit and had some of her favorites ready. (I still can't find where Katie hid the shirt she didn't like wearing yesterday)
Sam has cute outfits too, but at this point today, she's still in jammies. She's on the move, and therefore blurry. Holding onto Katie's toque. I'll get a cute outfit picture of Sam later. She's got plenty of them!
We had a good day yesterday. Visited GG Mary, who fed us lunch. Both girls fell asleep in the car on the way home and I managed to get both girls in the house and sleeping for a long nap...over an hour. EVEN Katie...in mom and dad's bed. Still in her winter coat. Haven't managed to get a home nap from her in ages. I didn't quite know what to do with myself.
Also, I don't want to jinx it, but the girls are getting easier in some ways. Katie is trying more to play with Sam and Sam's taking the bait. It's delightful! (and perhaps you'll get more blogging out of this, you lucky readers you!)
Sam has cute outfits too, but at this point today, she's still in jammies. She's on the move, and therefore blurry. Holding onto Katie's toque. I'll get a cute outfit picture of Sam later. She's got plenty of them!
We had a good day yesterday. Visited GG Mary, who fed us lunch. Both girls fell asleep in the car on the way home and I managed to get both girls in the house and sleeping for a long nap...over an hour. EVEN Katie...in mom and dad's bed. Still in her winter coat. Haven't managed to get a home nap from her in ages. I didn't quite know what to do with myself. Also, I don't want to jinx it, but the girls are getting easier in some ways. Katie is trying more to play with Sam and Sam's taking the bait. It's delightful! (and perhaps you'll get more blogging out of this, you lucky readers you!)
Thursday, February 4, 2010
An excerpt...
And excerpt from an email I sent to Auntie Alli this morning:
Katie's been really awful about getting dressed lately. She never likes what we pick out and if I let her pick completely, she either picks things that are too small or out of season. (even if I take them out of the clothes drawer and put them up high on the shelf. And then we end up wearing the same 2 outfits all the time (or so it seems...must be more than 2 since I can't think of specifically what outfits these are at the moment). So she either whines and cries about it before and as we get dressed or magically takes her clothes off while I'm out of sight (down doing laundry for example, as I was this morning). I'm not really worried about her being naked or not getting dressed before we go out, it's just SO exhausting having to battle this every single day. And there's a whole WACKLOAD of CUTE clothes that she absolutely refuses to wear. (this might be what bugs me most of all) I even went through a spell of trying to buy her more clothes here and there so she'd have some options, but she just doesn't like any of them.
Goodness. What a pain in the butt. =)
I'm not really furious, just humourously exasperated.
Any thoughts/tips on how to deal? Anyone? In the comments or email me directly.
Katie's been really awful about getting dressed lately. She never likes what we pick out and if I let her pick completely, she either picks things that are too small or out of season. (even if I take them out of the clothes drawer and put them up high on the shelf. And then we end up wearing the same 2 outfits all the time (or so it seems...must be more than 2 since I can't think of specifically what outfits these are at the moment). So she either whines and cries about it before and as we get dressed or magically takes her clothes off while I'm out of sight (down doing laundry for example, as I was this morning). I'm not really worried about her being naked or not getting dressed before we go out, it's just SO exhausting having to battle this every single day. And there's a whole WACKLOAD of CUTE clothes that she absolutely refuses to wear. (this might be what bugs me most of all) I even went through a spell of trying to buy her more clothes here and there so she'd have some options, but she just doesn't like any of them.
Goodness. What a pain in the butt. =)
I'm not really furious, just humourously exasperated.
Any thoughts/tips on how to deal? Anyone? In the comments or email me directly.
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