New Boots

Baba got new boots for work. She loves to dress up in my shoes and walk around the house also. When baba brought this into the house, she had to try them on. She told us" momma, I can't move" I guess not when your boots comes up to yours hips. Silly yan yan!

Beautiful little girl

Sometimes in our lives we think "what did I do to desreve this." Wether it's a good circumstance or a not so go.  When I look at our daughter I think "what did I do to deserve such a beauitful, fun, smart, strong willed , funny little girl. I feel so blessed.

 I absolutely love Miss Diva in this colour. She is the center of my world. I love you Missy.

Swimming with a friend

One of the children I do daycare for had put a pool in their backyard. He was extremely to finally have it done so that Miss Diva could come for a swim with him. He is such a wonderful kid!

 She  was more than okay with putting the life jacket on, that's swimming lessons.

 Going for a float. This she was a little unsure about but after seeing her friend doing it, of course, she had to it. Just a little competitive!

 Swimming with baba in the pool. We have to somehow convience baba to get one of these in the backyard.

Her place!!!

Last dance class for the summer

Tuesday was Miss Diva's last dance class for the summer. The last ten minutes of the class, the parents of the kids were allowed to go inside and see them perform. Oh my goodness , is it ever cute. The insructor had them pretending that they had a fairy in their hand and was helping her fly, and having the fairies land on their backs, legs and elbows. This was teaching them balance and so dance steps.

learning to suck

For anyone who knows anything about children born with a cleft lip and palate, there are some things that are issues for the them. Certian letter sounds for them are hard...for example, L, H,S,F and some others. Also things like sucking things from a straw.This is something that we learn to do @ birth, either learning to suck from a bottle or from being breast feed. Cleft babies have to learn this as well but is such a harder task considering their open palates.This isn't happening until their palates are repaired.

Miss Diva came to us with a repaired cleft lip and a unrepaired cleft palate. She was drinking from a cup and not knowing how to suck from a straw. When we arrived home, the cleft team in Hamilton was very impressed with her developed and told us not to worry, if she dosen't figure it out, not the end of the world. As a mom, I really wished she would have learned to suck from a straw because I don't want her going to school and being made fun of because all the other kids can drink juices boxes or from a water bottle but she can't. I didn't worry to much about this but was always in the back of my mind.

SOOOO......

One day we were outside playing and she saw me with juice that I was drinking with a straw. Of course she wanted some. I told her if she wanted some of my juice, she needed to drink it from my straw. I thought to myself....she can't drink from a straw so no worries. Well, did she ever fool me wrong.

She stayed there until she figured it out. She is so determined, she will not give up until she has accomplished what she is doing..We love you!

Happy Canada Day!!!!!!

                                              Happy Canada Day Everyone...Love My Hat??