3 Ginger Snaps

Everyone gets frozen yogurt!

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2 pieces of toast, sliced carrots, steamed broccoli, one apple and one pear later, she's on to her second pear… Growth spurt?

//www.youtube.com/get_playerThroughout the fall Thursday mornings have turned into a bit of an oasis for me. There is precious little time in the week when Arden and I can just hang out one on one. Monday's, for example, are all about grocery shopping and our little lunch club with a couple of other neighbourhood kids. Tuesday's…… Continue reading She figured it out.

One of the nice developments in our streetcar Tuesday routine is that, other than the ocassional shoulder ride, Ruby no longer needs much support on our little adventures. She can climb the steps of the street car and ride the escaloators in the station all on her own. She can make her way amongst the…… Continue reading Slimed on streetcar Tuesday

Leftover spaghetti and meatballs, cake crumbs, ballerina cake decoration. All the markings of a 6th birthday dinner. Hard to believe she is six years old.

//www.youtube.com/get_playerWhat you hear in this post is the sound of Charlotte, now six years old, snoring away at the end of a very eventful birthday. Complete with Rice Krispie squares made by Hil to take to school, a solid play in the park after school, new books, dinner with her Aunt Cate, extra stories &…… Continue reading Snoring beauty

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But boy can she ever jump!

//www.youtube.com/get_playerWhen ruby turned 2 we bought her a balance bike as a gift. The idea behind a balance bike being that it is harder to learn how to balance on a bicycle than it is to learn how to pedal. So balance bikes have no pedals – you just Fred flinstone it until you get…… Continue reading Ruby on her bike