Visiting Grandpa Brook

We went to visit grandpa Brook, he was feeling good, so we stayed for dinner. He always has smarties for the princess. They sat on the steps and shared the smarties and played with Zoe for a while. It's always good to see her interacting with grandpa Brook.

                                                 sharing smarties on the stairs together

 she takes a while to warm up to animals, now she seems to be okay with Zoe and loves playing with her. She rolls around on the floor and likes to rub her belly. Silly Yan Yan

                             I truly love this picture of them together....a picture to cherish

                                                  hangin' out on the floor playing with Zoe

                                     grandpa Brook, Jason's mom, jason, miss diva and Zoe

                                  grandpa and Yan Yan playing with her Innotab together

1st snowman

It was a day that I had to kind of bribe her to come outside to play with me and her daycare friends. She wanted to stay inside with her daddy and hang out with her toys downstairs. When I asked if she wanted to make a snowman, she was excited and happy to come outside.

I am trying to explain to her how a snowman is created. She wanted me to start the snowball for her and then she wanted to push it around the backyard and watch it get bigger and bigger. She thought it was the neatest thing ever.

                            Our first ball to create the base of the snowman....she was excited to see this snowman finally taking some type of shape.

                                             pattin' in down so all the snow is nice and firm

                                                          second snowball

 the last snowball was in place and we just needed to patch it with snow so it sticks together.

                                           we used play hamburgers that she had in her play house for the eyes, carrot for the nose and sticks for the arms and mouth. Baba took the stuff of the cedar trees to make like hair for the snowman

                                      and we had the magic black hat....our 1st snowman

Piller's Appreciation Banquet

When Jason and I travelled to China to get miss diva, we tried in every way to bring home parts of the culture and things we thought would be nice to have for her sake. We bought miss diva Mongolian outfits when we were in Hohhot. When we return to Beijing, our guide had a tailor come into our room. He measured us and made us traditional Chinese silk dresses and blouses. I had a blouse and dress, Jason had the blazer he is wearing in the photo and we had a dress made for the princess.

Finally, after being home for also 2 years we got to wear our silks to a formal dinner, Piller's Appreciation banquet. We had lots of complements. I love this photo. It was a wonderful evening for us to go out and enjoy time together. We had fun. Jason got recognition for 15 years of service.A great night had by all.

Walking like a old man

Miss Diva is saying a lot of amusing things lately. The other night we were watching the Oasis channel and there were hedgehogs on there. She was watching and watching with a very serious but odd looking expressions on her face. Suddenly she turns to Jason and says" daddy, look and the prickly pinecones." Jason and I thought this was so funny.

Today, she was stumbling around like someone drunk. She was getting ready to go out the door for dance class and kind of staggered up against the cabinet and she mutters" walking like a old man". Jason and I looked at each other and said, did she just say what I think she said.....funny little person

New Snowsuit

 We bought miss diva a new snowsuit and she was not impressed. She liked her old one but she as grown so much, she needed a new one. I love this colour on her. She looks so adorable in it!

 She was so tired from running around playing duck, duck, goose that she said she needed a break. She sat in the doorway of her play structure and said"mama, I so tired!

                                                 sweet smile, and rosy red cheeks!

 They were playing on the play toys outside and had a wonderful time. She was laughing so hard!

                                                                   winter fun!!!!!!!

Blue Rodeo

Last night, Jason and I left the princess for the first time. She was okay with it until we had said our see you later, and was leaving. She cried really hard but we assured her that we would be back soon and she could stay and read stories with nana. We called once we got to The Centre In the Square, and she was doing fine. Little monkey

 Jason was never really a fan of Blue Rodeo until I dragged him a few years ago to see them. Now, he is not sure why he didn't like them.If you enjoy music and musicians that truly enjoy their job and music, you need to see Blue Rodeo, they are amazing and I can't wait until they return!

                                                                    Greg keelor

                                                        again

Strange and beautiful are the stars tonight...that dance around your head, in that light, I see that perfect smile.......love their music.....another great show!

Drummer Girl

2 weekends ago, we were invited to Shawn and Jen's for dinner. We haven't been spending much time with them since they moved to Ayr. The kids enjoy playing together, miss diva really enjoyed playing with the kid size drum set. She rocked those drums and looks like she knows what she is doing!

rockin'

she's so funnny, she was head bangin' and has the funny facial expressions to go along. This girl loves her music!

Registration forms

This is something I have been dreading....picking up Miss Diva's registrations forms for JK. I didn't think enrolling her for school was going to be this hard for me, considering I am a educator anyway. Boy, am I ever wrong. I am really struggling with this new milestone that's coming.

I am trying to pin point why I am having such a hard time, I've asked other mom's and apparently it's normal. How can letting your child go away from me for 6-7 hours a day be normal? I waited so long to bring her home and now I have enroll in school?

Needless to say, I will be the mom on the first day of school, with tears rolling down my cheeks....what can I say? I love our little princess and wants to spend all my time with her.

Hangin' Out With Nana Dobbie

She is so beautiful, How did we ever be so fortunate to have this beautiful little girl as our daughter?

Miss Diva, nanna Dobbie and Zoe!
I am loving the fact that miss diva is spending more time with her nana dobbie, she loves it when I tell her we are going to Grandpa Brook's house to visit them.

Hello Kitty Obsession!

Miss Diva is completely obsessed with hello Kitty. She has like 6 in here bed and thinks her hello Kitty lego rocks. I love sitting on the floor with her and playing lego with her. It's so good to spend this mama and yan yan time together.

Playing with her Hello Kitty lego house. I wish I had toys like this when I was younger, I think this stuff is pretty cool also.

Hello Kitty Ferris Wheel

Hello Kitty table and chairs that came with her bus.

The reason I wake in the morning. Love you princess

Kid of Many Faces

a thinking face......what is my mama doing?

silly billy

I am not sure what this face is but it looks like she is doing Thai Chi

her words were "grrrr mama, I'm a monkey!"

The Giant Tiger Hill

Miss Diva found a "hole" in the hill and loved crawling in and out . She spent most of her time there.

LOVE that smile. she was a little unsure about the whole sliding down the hill thing but once she did, she continued to do it. She had a blast with her friends.

climbing up the hill to go for another slide...

look at me mama and baba, I did it all by myself...

God , I love this kid to pieces!

She kept climbing up and down the hill. She slipped and fell and was giggling so hard she couldn't stand up. She kept saying"baba, my belly hurts" silly billy yan yan!

She is always smiling...love the black and white photos

snotty nose and all, she had a wonderful time on the snow hills in the Giant Tiger parking lot.

Shoes

This little girl loves her shoes. she is a girly girl that's for sure, so as we go into a store, she runs for the mirrors to look at herself and loves her purses and handbags, here is a new pair of shoes she adores. Thanks to Santa!