Standing

It is amazing how the perception of time changes when you have children.   It just moves so darn fast.  Ms P, who was a helpless newborn learning how to feed and sleep and hold her head up just the blink of an eye ago, has learned to stand.  And oh, the wonders of being able to do that!  Her waking hours are now filled with crawling and pulling herself up on anything that looks like it was meant to pull oneself up on (which by her definition is pretty much anything!).  The delight and sense of accomplishment on her face is a wonder to behold.

Trying not to blink my friends .....

Wordless Wednesday ...

The Bath Series ....

Three little bathing-beauties:

M in 2005 ...



.. and E in 2006 ...



... and little P last week (added a better camera, plus some wrinkles, but I'll take it :)



And another one I am just throwing in because of the hilarious expression on P's face.



What IS she thinking?  "Help, I've been abducted by aliens", "Help, she's going to put me back in the bathtub",  "Eeeek, here comes another kiss"  ....?

Houston, we have a Crawler!

Yes, that's right, our little P has officially become mobile.  Life as we know it has changed forever!  

She's gone from this ...



... and this ....



... to this!

 





And she is visibly enjoying her newfound freedom, especially because it allows her to raid her big sisters' toys.





Time is moving so fast again, the girls are all growing and changing so fast, and I'm determined to take it all in, to enjoy the heck out of every stage and to suck every last bit out of the experience.  I'm NOT Blinking!

Wordless Wednesday - Lazy Mornings ....

January Snippets

Here are some snippets of our lives, a collection of little moments in the last month!

Cold winter morning walks:

My birthday - after birthday cards and flowers in bed and brunch at our favourite restaurant we decided to have a picnic.  With my favourite cake.  On the Beach. In January ... 

Visits from Uncle R

Spending time with Dad

Cooking

... and a happy and content baby that's growing up much too fast!

4

You have grown so lanky and tall in recent months, and with a baby in the house you seem so big in comparison.  It is hard to remember that you are still only four years old.  A very little girl.

And I love this age.  I love your curiousity, your sweetness and your vivid imagination.  I love the way you "put on" invisible ballet slippers, a gown and elbow-length gloves so that you can dance like a ballerina.  And the way we have two imaginary reindeers named Lily and Emily pulling our car right now.  You tell me elaborate stories about them, how they are very kind, they like to be fed and they like to start out slow at the beginning of the drive. You even had me "feed" and "pet" them before I got in the car while we were downtown the other day - who knows what passersby thought about my gesturing around in front of the car ....


I love the way you have a habit of saying "mama, I love you" several times a day, every day, for no apparent reason.  I drink it in and store it away for those years when these statements from you will be fewer and far between.



I love the way, when I'm angry or upset, you tell me "mama, even when you're angry with me you always still love me" - it immediately diffuses any irritation I might feel - and of course you know it.

I love the way that you sometimes (when you want to avoid doing something or explain why you didn't do something) make a little pouty face and say in your sweetest little voice "but I'm still just a little girl".  And that you are.  A fabulous little girl!