Category: Current Family Life

I purchased my first item from Ebay a little while ago.  I decided what our backyard needed was an ultra-comfy hammock chair.  Ebay was great, and much cheaper that the Canadian store quoted me.  I could really get hooked on it….which I think is what A worries about!  Anyways.  Tonight R had a little relaxation time in it too.

I’ve been sick since last weekend.  A is sick too, so Father’s Day was quite subdued here.  Anyways.  I haven’t been snapping as many pictures as usual, but I managed to snap a few tonight.  The garden is flourishing, things are quite lush.  I only have 2 rose plants (I’m not particularily fond of them), but I couldn’t resist snapping pictures of them with the rain drops.  They make a lovely statement.  This rose is called “Love and Peace”.

 I was also very excited to see that a robin has nested in our fir tree.  I just saw her peeking out of the branches while sitting on her nest.  I’ll have to show R tomorrow. 

We had a delightful pool party today at one of R’s Sunday school friends’ house.  The kids had a good time in the pool, and it was a nice visit for us adults too.  Good times.

My litte pizza maker.  She likes to help a lot.  She ‘helped’ by eating lots of pepperoni!!  She also decided that daddy needed a whole clove of garlic on his pizza. 

Yes green.  This is what my delightful daughter is in to these days.  She loves to be outside as long as she has water and chalk.  These key ingredients form a delightful sticky paste when combined, and R has a blast painting on the patio…chairs..rocks…pretty much anything, including herself.   She has figured out that she can load her hands with colour, then stamp them all over the patio.  I think I’m ok with this (as chalk washes out easily), I have trouble when she comes over to me or my lovely hammock chair and gets us all gooey.

It’s a delight to be outside after the long winter and watch the garden grow.  Things are really looking full and lush now, I’ll have to post some picutres in the gallery (give me a day!)  Year 4 for the garden and things are filling in nicely.  In fact I really need to do some dividing too.

Ok so the picture doesn’t have anything to do with the post below, I just loved it. 

Well, it’s been a funny last few days.  R has come up with many interesting phrases.

Daddy says “I don’t think you need that granola bar”.  R says “In fact I do neeed that because I am hungry!”R is pulling on her pony tails.   I say, “Stop pulling at your ponies”, R says “They are like my attenas!  ….Bugs have antennas!”While watching the video of the song “Move It Move It” from Madagascar R pipes up “The lion alex did a somersault, that was so incredible!”

We’ve finally had some nicer weather, and we have been spending a lot of time outside.  I try to get some gardening done as R happily plays in her sandbox, watertable, on her swings, or helps me by watering plants with the watering can.   Here she is trying to catch butterflies.  She was unsucessful at catching any, but she had a blast riding her see saw and waving her butterfly net yelling “Yeeehawwww”.

The cats have been growing extra fond of R lately.  Cedes has been especially friendly, seeking out R for attention even.  Josie on the other hand has been increasing her tolerance of R.  Today I came in just as Rebecca was coming out to the yard.  I noticed Josie on the couch.   It seems Rebecca had been busy carefully placing puzzle pieces on Josie, while Josie was trying to ignore her.  In the past Josie would just get annoyed with R and leave, but wow her tolerance has grown!

R enjoying her swing.  What a smile!