Wednesday, June 16, 2010

A Teachable Moment ...

As a "teacher mommy" I'm always on the lookout
for those special, "teachable moments". Seeing Jessie`s
face light up when we first walked into Niagara`s
Butterfly Conservatory was a perfect moment. She started
`flapping her wings`and could hardly get the word `butterfly`
out as she watched them flutter around her. When I managed
to get one to stay on my finger long enough for Jessie to see,
she was so careful, so gentle and completely in awe of the
beautiful little butterfly. I forget sometimes how amazing
the world and all its creatures are and love that Jessie
reminds me of this from time to time.
What a joy being a mommy is ...


Little Red Wagon

Jessie is such a ham - at Kindermusik one week, she
refused to sit on my lap for the "Little Red Wagon" song and
instead, insisted on bouncing like the wagon beside me on the
floor. When the "one wheel's off" she flopped herself
over to the side and continue to bounce along as if her
"one wheel's off and the wagon's dragging" ... I tried and tried
to catch her at home on video doing this and finally,
last night, managed to sort of get her version.
You'll also catch a glimpse of her new "fake" laugh ... hysterical!
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The Wheels on the Bus

We're constantly amazed at how quickly Jessie
catches on to songs and actions from her
Kindermusik class!
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Sunday, June 6, 2010

A Day At The Pond

We decided to enjoy a family day for our Sunday over
the May 2-4 weekend ... we took Jessie to
St. John's Pond in Fonthill to feed the ducks and
see the fishies, tadpoles, pollywogs and turtles.
She had a total blast - we will most definitely
be returning to this special spot!





This is what we get when we ask
Jessie to "smile for the camera" now ...
goofy girl ...

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

One Groovy Chic!

This is how I get housework done during the day.
Thank God for Kindermusik take-home CDs!


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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Little Susie Homemaker ...

Jess was crabbing last night so I took her into
the living room desperately looking for something
to cheer her up ... and saw a pile of unfolded
dish cloths/towels that had just been cleaned.

She was quite interested in "helping Mommy"
fold the cloths (and not too bad at it actually ...)

What a cutie :)


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What Does Santa Say?

Ho-Ho-Ho! Jess was hanging out with Mommy
yesterday afternoon and we were looking at
Christmas decorations together. She's been rather
enthralled/terrified of the big, jolly man this
holiday season so far (she's met Santa 3 times so far...)
and we've been trying to convince her that he's
nice and fun to visit (of course, her yearly pic with
Santa has her on a stool in FRONT of him because
she refused to sit on his knee ...). Anyhoo, the following
is the result of our chit-chat yesterday afternoon ...


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Cuckoo!

Jess has been enjoying her Kindermusik class
SO much - it's so incredible to see how much she's
grown and changes as a result of her time in this
class - we just finished our first little mini-series
"Do-Si-Do" and have moved on to "Feathers"
which has a bunch of "birdie" songs and Jess came
out with this the other day ... all on her own ...


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O Christmas Tree!


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Santa's little elf was very "helpful" as we decorated our first-ever
REAL LIVE Christmas Tree! We're VERY excited to have the
lovely smell of Fraser Fir in our home as opposed to the shabby,
little fake "apartment" tree ...


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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Christmas Shoot @ Home 2009


With Nanny helping direct smiles, I managed to catch
some GREAT pics of our little 16 month old munchkin
as we prepare for her second Christmas - our first in our
new home in Thorold ... a very exciting time for us! We're
excited to NOT be travelling over the holidays for the
first time in almost 10 years and are thankful to have
some family coming our way instead! More Christmas
pics will follow (and maybe some video too!) as the festive
season continues :) Enjoy!