Monday, July 26, 2010
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
Wonderbabies
I don't know if I've mentioned that Roman can read now. Words, and if he's in an obliging mood, sentences, but letters are still his true love. He makes letters out of all his toys and food, talks about letters all day long, and even wakes in the night asking for letters. Matt pointed out that he's like the guy from DaVinci's code. That guy certainly had an exciting life revolving around letters.
What I didn't know is that Roman can write. He always colours with crayons and brings me these colourful scribbly papers. This morning Angelina pointed out to me that he wrote a word, and I snatched the paper away before he could scribble over it. I think he may have been doing that for some time; writing letters and words, scribbling over them, and then handing the paper to me.
Here are a couple of his creations this morning: he wrote the word "cow" with crayons and "no" with Tinker Toys.
What I didn't know is that Roman can write. He always colours with crayons and brings me these colourful scribbly papers. This morning Angelina pointed out to me that he wrote a word, and I snatched the paper away before he could scribble over it. I think he may have been doing that for some time; writing letters and words, scribbling over them, and then handing the paper to me.
Here are a couple of his creations this morning: he wrote the word "cow" with crayons and "no" with Tinker Toys.
Sunday, June 06, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
I now have a four year old and a two year old. When did I become a grownup? I have to shop in the big kid department now, for both of them, which almost makes me tear up every time I'm clothes shopping.
But enough about me. Angelina has all kinds of stuff going on. She's still learning things all the time, like now she can do single-digit addition in her head. Like you can say "what's 7 plus 4?" and she doesn't even have to think about it. She has also become extremely friendly and will happily approach anyone we come across and chat thier ear off. Here's my beautiful, special little princess enjoying her birthday week.
But enough about me. Angelina has all kinds of stuff going on. She's still learning things all the time, like now she can do single-digit addition in her head. Like you can say "what's 7 plus 4?" and she doesn't even have to think about it. She has also become extremely friendly and will happily approach anyone we come across and chat thier ear off. Here's my beautiful, special little princess enjoying her birthday week.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
A Conversation Between me and Angelina
Lala: Mommy, I want to talk to you about the pwake.
Me: The what?
Lala: The pwake. That was when everyone got really sick and they died even.
Me: Oh, the plague! I see daddy has been reading your history book with you.
Me: The what?
Lala: The pwake. That was when everyone got really sick and they died even.
Me: Oh, the plague! I see daddy has been reading your history book with you.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Funny Roman Pictures
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Sunday, March 07, 2010
What We've Been Up To
This one cracks me up! What a goof. This is the map in Angelina's room, and she knows all the countries
Valentine's day
BFF
This was just last week, but the snow is all gone now!
My birthday dinner at Mr Greek.Monday, February 15, 2010
Ang
I had no idea you were pregnant Ang, I'm so sorry to hear your bad news. And it seems like you're always waiting for things, and that's tough. Getting a downpayment is fantastic news, though. We had a big downpayment for this place, and it sure makes the monthly payments nicer. Are you allowed to use the downpayment for a house over here? Just in case you had forgotten, we would love to have you come here.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Happy Valentines from BC
WOW! You guys look like you are doing great!!! I am so happy for you.
I absolutely love checking out all of your photos on here...keep posting :) I still have those photos that I took of you and the kids at the park last sept. I will have to get them posted or sent to you.
Pre school already! holy! And they have grown so much. Angelina is so beautiful! She is going to be a handful when she gets older :) And Roman looks sooo much like Matt!!!
I am so glad you are settled in there nice and look like you are having a blast.
Not much is new here....hahah like usual... we are still in our holding pattern for our life to get rolling. Bryce is doing great at work and really likes it. He keeps getting promoted and having more work dumped on him which is pushing him more into management than programming (where he wants to be) but all is good. We are still waiting to hear back from project build in Winfield...the central okanagan foundation has chosen us as one of the successful applicants to have a down payment for a house donated to us...but we are in the holding process it seems, waiting for our mortgage approval. I have passed my major interview with the RCMP for 911 in Kelowna but I am also in a holding process for that as they are not hiring until after the Olympics... so ya! waiting waiting :) Things are mostly going great for us! I have been having some medical problems (Sleeping excessively and no motivation) since september and finally got a diagnosis this last week...so have been trying to get back on track now. I had a mis carriage in July and it all caught up with me in sept so the internist has finally diagnosed me with Post partum depression and they are trying to get me regulated with anti depressants for a month...I was very nervous about starting them and have had some issues so am now looking for another option... Other than that... Life is reasonably good!
Well hope to see more updates and photos of you guys! Take care!
Happy Valentines Day!
I absolutely love checking out all of your photos on here...keep posting :) I still have those photos that I took of you and the kids at the park last sept. I will have to get them posted or sent to you.
Pre school already! holy! And they have grown so much. Angelina is so beautiful! She is going to be a handful when she gets older :) And Roman looks sooo much like Matt!!!
I am so glad you are settled in there nice and look like you are having a blast.
Not much is new here....hahah like usual... we are still in our holding pattern for our life to get rolling. Bryce is doing great at work and really likes it. He keeps getting promoted and having more work dumped on him which is pushing him more into management than programming (where he wants to be) but all is good. We are still waiting to hear back from project build in Winfield...the central okanagan foundation has chosen us as one of the successful applicants to have a down payment for a house donated to us...but we are in the holding process it seems, waiting for our mortgage approval. I have passed my major interview with the RCMP for 911 in Kelowna but I am also in a holding process for that as they are not hiring until after the Olympics... so ya! waiting waiting :) Things are mostly going great for us! I have been having some medical problems (Sleeping excessively and no motivation) since september and finally got a diagnosis this last week...so have been trying to get back on track now. I had a mis carriage in July and it all caught up with me in sept so the internist has finally diagnosed me with Post partum depression and they are trying to get me regulated with anti depressants for a month...I was very nervous about starting them and have had some issues so am now looking for another option... Other than that... Life is reasonably good!
Well hope to see more updates and photos of you guys! Take care!
Happy Valentines Day!
Monday, February 01, 2010
Baby Bear Gets an Education
Angelina goes to preschool now. Can you believe it? I can't.
Of course, she doesn't learn anything there. She's there for two hours and at the end the teacher tells us, "today, the kids learned about the letter m and coloured a picture of mittens." So it's just for fun. They switch activities litterally every 5-10 minutes though, and she doesn't enjoy that. I have to explain to her all the time that at preschool, we do just what we're told and do the very same thing as everyone else. It's the exact opposite of what I teach her in life, so I struggle with that a bit. The fact is that she already knows how to read and prefers to concentrate on one activity for a long time.Those are special and admirable qualities, not things to be trained out of her.
Our friend is pregnant and so Angelina loves to talk about how a baby is made. It's hillarious, she acts out the cell division and does little sound effects and stuff. We were in that section of the science center last week and wound up accidentally watching a video of a live birth- I didn't realize that the movie would show that. Anyway there we were watching a birth, and I was getting all squeamish and wondering if it's okay for Angelina to see this. But she was totally fine. She said, matter-of-factly, "look, the doctor is wearing gloves so she won't get covered in that messy purple stuff".
What an amazing kid.
Of course, she doesn't learn anything there. She's there for two hours and at the end the teacher tells us, "today, the kids learned about the letter m and coloured a picture of mittens." So it's just for fun. They switch activities litterally every 5-10 minutes though, and she doesn't enjoy that. I have to explain to her all the time that at preschool, we do just what we're told and do the very same thing as everyone else. It's the exact opposite of what I teach her in life, so I struggle with that a bit. The fact is that she already knows how to read and prefers to concentrate on one activity for a long time.Those are special and admirable qualities, not things to be trained out of her.
Our friend is pregnant and so Angelina loves to talk about how a baby is made. It's hillarious, she acts out the cell division and does little sound effects and stuff. We were in that section of the science center last week and wound up accidentally watching a video of a live birth- I didn't realize that the movie would show that. Anyway there we were watching a birth, and I was getting all squeamish and wondering if it's okay for Angelina to see this. But she was totally fine. She said, matter-of-factly, "look, the doctor is wearing gloves so she won't get covered in that messy purple stuff".
What an amazing kid.
My Little Scientists
We've been going to the Science Center in Toronto once or twice a week. It's the kids' favourite place in the world.
Angelina loves the human body stuff. She already knows all about anatomy and loves the models of skeletons and guts and stuff.
The second after this picture, Roman falls flat on his face. It's okay, he does it all the time.
This kid loves the stage!
And this one loves making noise. Maybe they will start a band together one day.Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Christmas Fun
We spent Christmas eve with our friends
Roman slept through most of the Christmas party. The poor kid slept through most of his own birthday party too; that's what happens when you're a baby.
Every visit to the Glovers' house turns into a dance party
Christmas morning at home
Roman's taking his new chair for a test drive.Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Hammy for Sammi
Here are a few pre-Christmas pictures, starting with Roman Hamming it up, especially for Sammi.
As promised
Matt got a Star Wars shirt for his birthday; now they have the same haircut and clothing.
Angelina loved this super wild ride in the back yard.
My little Christmas monkeys
Angelina sat with Santa for the first time, and had a great time
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