I think Charlotte’s day was significantly more fun than mine. I mean, donning a tutu instantly makes a day magical.
Oops. Just found this post in my drafts folder. I meant to post it last week.
Waking up to snow on a Saturday morning (i.e. the Saturday that happened over a week ago) is magical. I commented to John just how much I love snow and that I don’t understand how anybody could possibly complain about it. He replied that he would happily do without snow. I guess that’s the difference between a Canadian and an Australian. I’m hoping to instill the same excitement about snow into Charlotte even though she will grow up with it. We bundled her up into snowboots and snowsuit and brought her down into the backyard.
After half an hour I was feeling a bit cold and was kinda done with playing in the snow. I asked Charlotte if she was ready to go upstairs.
NO!!!
So I guess it worked. She loves snow :-)
I have no idea how this started but Charlotte will ask to fly. She keeps her legs dead straight, puts her arms out to the side, and then John lifts her up like a little gymnast.
Also, polka dot overload.
Morning routine: helping me make a shoobie (smoothie).
((this is why I blog - so I remember the small things that make up her childhood))
Morning routine: we snuggle on the couch for a bit until its time to lose the ditzi (pacifier) and make our morning ‘shoobie’.
Teaching Charlotte about the best part of baking.
I didn’t make any New Year’s Resolutions but I did decide over the last couple of days to make more of an effort to pick up a real camera and take photos. I used to take so many photos of everything and somewhere along the line over the last year I stopped. And I’ve lost track of the numbers of times I have considered abandoing blogging entirely because I was just so bored with it. But then I was giving my blog a little makeover on the weekend and for fun I opened up various pages from years back to see what I did and what I wore and who I did it with. I loved reading it! It truly gave me the little kick up the bum I needed to give my blog the love and affection that it has been missing for the last year or so. I love recording these little snippets of our lives that will otherwise be forgotten.
So let’s begin shall we.
I snapped this photo of Charlotte on the weekend. Oh, and can I get all proud mama for a minute. Guess what she can do now? She can count! All the way to……two. Oh yeah, that’s right. TWO!
Every night before I go to bed I spend a minute or two watching her sleep. Sometimes a hand on her back. Always one last I love you whisper.
