Hugs and Hellos
Alice has been giving hugs for some time now. If I’m kneeling at her level she can lean against me, resting her head on my shoulder. We call this a hug. A couple days ago Alice gave Mommy a hug but with a new twist. She wrapped her little arms around Mommy, as best she could, and gave a nice big hug. It was pretty adorable, and Mommy was beside herself with joy. Alice has since improved her hugging by occasionally patting us on the back as well. Truly precious. Alice has been talking on toy phones ever since she got one from Auntie Chrissy for Christmas last year. She sometimes picks up the phone and says, “Hi.” After a little imaginary conversation, she’ll say, “Bye” and close the phone. Now she’s figured out how to say, “Hello.” Her phone etiquette is growing by leaps and bounds.
New words
Alice has had another explosion of new words she can say. This weekend she said “Corrie”, “Don”, “Connor”, “Thumper” (sounds more like “dumple”), “okay”, “dolly”, “darly” (sounds the same as dolly, but she’s refering to her hippo dall, Darly), “tummy” (hummy), “Tammy” (hammy), “Diego” (eggo) and “boots”. She also likes saying, “I did it, I did it!” (hmmm, does somebody like Dora?). She also does the cutest little Dora dance…
Lens Day - Graffiti
Alice loves her sidewalk chalk. She uses it to draw on our stone patio in the back yard. She also uses it to draw on Chase. You have to watch out for taggers – if you end up on their turf, you might get coloured with some yellow chalk.
Visiting Daddy at Work
Yesterday my girls made a surprise visit to my office. I first noticed Corinna in my doorway, then saw the top of Alice’s head. When I moved back a little Alice could see me and we made eye contact. Her face lit up in a big grin and she ran toward me with her arms outstretched. I scooped her up and gave her a big hug. What a wonderful surprise! Alice thinks my office is neat. She enjoyed playing with the keyboard and mouse, and enjoyed walking around holding my hand.
Photo Friday - Happiness is...
…finding a good deal on a used MINI Cooper S.
Yellow Elbow
Alice is good at so many words; the only 2 that she confuses are yellow with orange, and elbow with wrist. If you ask her to point to her elbow, she’ll point to her wrist. If you ask her what color an orange is, she’ll say “ya ya”. Some of her new words are “park” , “car” , “jack”, “lip” and “help” . Some phrases are: “Yeah, I did” (ie/ if you ask her when she wakes up if she had a good sleep), and “I can’t”, and “I love you” (only those that know her really well can decipher that one…).
Alice's 1st Parade
Yesterday we went to the Airdrie Parade with Auntie Chrissy, Uncle Norm and Cassie. Alice liked it very much, especially the bands and colorful floats. (And of course the candy!). It lasted about an hour, and Alice mostly sat nicely in my lap, watching everything go by; sometimes she’d stand up and peer out into the street to see what was coming. We plan on going to the parade in Olds, sometime in August. That should be fun too!
Alice's 3rd hair cut
We took Alice to Beaner’s this morning for a hair cut- it’s getting into her eyes, so we wanted a trim. We are growing it out, though. She did well, but didn’t want any blow drying; I guess we will entertain hair styling for when she’s a little older. Daddy took photos, and Alice and I played in the ball room after. It was much cleaner than last time, and Alice had fun going down the slide. Alice’s favorite game right now is guessing who has a belly button. She’ll start by saying, “No, baby”, and waiting for a response from mommy. We go through the list of people she knows (auntie, baby, nana, papa, mommy, daddy), then we get to Chase; and she says “Chase?” and mommy says, “No! Chase doesn’t have a belly button!” and we laugh a lot and play the game again. We also play this game with other themes, such as who drinks milk, etc. Alice’s favorite movie right now is a new Dora movie we got a few weeks ago. And our new favorite thing to eat is chocolate and cake, just like her mommy…We often pretend we’re eating cake we made outside in our play kitchen with our sand sifter, and we eat it all up when it’s finished baking; it’s adorable! Alice also loves to play in her wading pool, we have 2 new swim suits and she’s precious.
Closed the Deal
My offer for the 2004 MINI Cooper S in Winnipeg has been accepted! Because Corinna was so quick calling the seller, we had first right of refusal. We are getting the car for its asking price. The seller received about 30 calls in the few days the ad has been on Autotrader. Lots of interest from Alberta too – people offering more than the asking price, sight unseen. Crazy. I’m booking a one-way WestJet flight on June 30th to make the pickup. Wow. Now back to watching The Italian Job.