I absolutely adore Lilah's beautiful hair.
It would seem she always had plenty of beautiful hair, going by her 6 month old pictures! And then there she was the day we became a family, she was so adorbale with her cute little bobby haircut. I honestly couldn't take my eyes off her, I couldn't imagine her any more perfect. And then there was the official photographing of her first ever piggytails, my oh my, I can barely remember her being that small!
And here she is with her beautiful long hair, 2.5 years and 5 trims later.
I met a girl (Sarah) a few months ago when we were registering our daughters for after-school care. Our girls became fast friends and so did us Mums! We've been enjoying playdates and coffee/hot chocolate mornings together. Aiden & Lilah also spent the whole week of summer camp together.
Last week Sarah invited us up to her parents cottage, which is right beside the beautiful Ottawa River, about a 2-3 hour drive from Ottawa. So we were there together the last three days (Tuesday to Thursday), just us four girls hanging out having a wonderful time. We spent much of our time gorging on delicious food, including picnics on the beach, yum. And on Wednesday we went to The Blueberry Ranch and picked blueberries... definitely a post for another day!
I added some photos below of the two little girls enjoying each others company. They are similiar in so many ways and listening to them copy each other and want to wear exactly what the other was wearing, right down to their hair styles and head scarves, it was so sweet. Every picture makes me smile. I was noticing in one of the pictures that I took, that they even had the same little synchronized dance move going. They are just so adorable together! Oh, and I have to mention this too, both girls have the exact same lovey, the pink pig! Each of the pigs was bought for them for the same reason, because they were born in the (Chinese) year of the pig. Isn't that incredible?! And here's another one, Aiden was born March 29th and Lilah was born May 29th.
Lilah had big tears when we arrived home and pulled into our driveway. When I saw the tears and asked why she was upset, my thought was, she really needs a sister! She definitely enjoyed her time with her wonderful friend Aiden: sleeping with her, eating with her, running around naked with her, playing with her, dressing with her, even going to the bathroom with her, ha-ha! These two are definitely joined at the hip.
In another month they'll both be hanging out in Junior Kindergarten.
Well the playroom has been in action for almost a year now, but we hadn't gotten the trim finished and painted, or put the final touches on it until last week. And I use the term "final touches" very lightly, since I have a few more things ordered for it! I've ordered a bunting for across the window and also some Chinese wall cards which should arrive next week. Also, you can't see this in the pictures, but behind the curtain is a little closet with a clothes rail for hanging the dress-up clothes and also shelves for games, puzzles, etc.
Lilah enjoys her playroom, although I have to admit, she is much more of an outdoor girl! There is no doubt that it comes in more useful during the chilly winter months!
"An unusual child is one who asks questions the parents can answer."
Why does the water go down the drain?
Does God know that wee girls love their mommies?
Why do we get a bit shorter when we sit down?
How is God going to pull us up to heaven?
How do snotters get in your nose? (snotters is the Northern Irish word for boogers, in case you're wondering!)
How long do people live for?
Where does that dishwasher tablet go when the dishwasher is all done?
Why do I like pink? Was I a born baby that liked pink?
Do all the people in China have tanned skin?
How did the Lord Jesus stay up on the cross?
Today was a Civic Holiday in Ontario.
We met our good friends Mike, Julia and their two adorable little men, Zachy & Patrick for breakfast at Cora's. It was a fun morning and a delicious breakfast, yummy! We'll have to do that more often! Unfortunately I have no pictures to prove it, but they do! You can read all about it and enjoy Mike's very entertaining story on their family blog!
After breakfast we headed to Dows Lake. We promised Lilah some fun in the pedal boats this summer, especially since we didn't get around to it last year. It's crqzy where the time goes, but it's been almost two years since we were last out in them together! She was hyped about it, while in the line-up she was jumping up and down, hanging onto my legs singing: "I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so excited...!" We had a really super time, ...ahem, chasing ducks, splashing our feet in the water and banging into buoys! What can I say, we aren't the best drivers in the world! Heh!
We finished off our day with supper in one of the restaurants on the Dows Lake Pavilion and Lilah got a few of her absolute favourite, garlic 'shrimpies'!
Well the painter arrived on Tuesday and is still working on the rest of our house, but Lilah's room finally got painted yesterday. The 'winter gray' paint is on the walls and even though it took me a while to get used to it, I think I kinda like it. But really, who cares what I think of it, Lilah has already told me "I love that paint on my walls!"
We went out to IKEA yesterday evening, got the Hemmes double bed, a PAX wardrobe system, the bedside cabinet and the light fixture. I didn't think we could squeeze it all into our vehicle, but we somehow managed it! So you can guess what we spent today doing. Yes, building furniture. My wonderful husband is so patient! He didn't hang the frames or the shelf yet, which is okay, I'll talk him into doing that another day! Heh!
Lilah was beside herself excited to sleep in her new bed. So excited she could hardly sleep!
