Kailey starts pre-school

Lovely....already my little girl is going to school.  She is super excited about this and that is all she is talking about so I sure hope she is not disappointed.  In the last month or so she has asked me when she gets to go to school and has been building schools out of blocks and drawing them.  She has a couple of friends that are in Kindergarten so she wants to be like them is the only thing I can think of.  We registered her in the Mary Poppins preschool program on base, this is a very highly regarded school so I am pleased that there was room even though we signed her up for the wrong class at first.  It will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:30am - 11:30am.  This program is for 4 year olds or those that will be going to kindergarten next year...gulp.  She also starts her Dance program in a couple of weeks.  I am more excited about this one for sure...hahaha.  I guess I have to face facts, she is not my little baby anymore.  This is very hard on me though as I remember her Ella's age like it was yesterday.  I almost broke down in tears like a fool in Zellers last night when we were shopping for 'non-diva' play clothes for class...hahaha.  she desperately wanted a school bag so she picked out a Tinkerbell one. (actually I talked her into that one as she was leaning more toward some weird digi looking thing.).  Don't even get me started on her style.  She is into black with glitter/bling and high tops....Goth...yikes.  hahaha.

Sister love

Uncle Ryan comes to visit from California....

Here are some pictures of our visit so far.  We are having a great time and Kailey loves being around Uncle Ryan so much. Tons of fun so far and it is going by way too fast. :-(  Check out the first picture...everyone is doing exercises - even Zoe...hahahaha.  More pictures to follow.  Ella is a little apprehensive and combine that with Kailey monopolizing Ryan- it is a little tough to get a picture of Ella and her Uncle...hahaha.

pictures from our visits

My babies.

beneath those rolls there must be some strong leg muscles!!!  She is really quite steady standing up.  She is leaning up against the bench, but her balance is amazing.

Kailey has been asking for 'sea goggles' so I got her some and they are such a hit that she wears them ALL the time.  She wanted to wear them on our walk/shopping/lunch outing today BUT I quickly veto'd that one.  What you don't see is the snorkel part of this...wow...

cheque please.

And this is why we are NOT NOT NOT coming to Edmonton any time soon.  Went to bed at 9:45pm woke up at 1am and is still up at 3:43am!!!!  Last night she slept through the night (first time in weeeeeks) so I was hoping we turned a corner...no such luck.  Teething?  There is no way I can function on a couple of hours of sleep and drive all over Edmonton visiting people, let alone wake Kailey up all night as well... and did I mention she is not a good traveller???  The other night I had to get Jack up to take her as I was seriously gonna snap...man, I wish I was him sometimes.  First time he had to get up with her in 7 months - I am guessing men really like when babies are nursed.  Dont'e get me wrong, he is more than amazing for me during waking hours when he is not working and I am so thankful for that. OMG - so my options are: wean her and have her totally colicky all day and night(formula does not agree with her) or play this hit and miss game and at least have her happy and content during the day and NIGHT (she is pretty happy when she is up all night - go figure) because nursing seems to calm her...grrrrrrr.  Oh yeah, my neck is seriously F'd up as well...like I am in a perma hunched over thing happening.  To add to this country song that is my life - I miss my Marley so much still. :-(

Maybe she is out for a bit...silence....

soooo frustrated......there is no teeth yet either btw.

my little garden fairy - doesn't everyone garden in a tu-tu?

Ella Bella - mini-Princess

Road Trip to Lloydminster.

gorgeous Bud Miller Park!!!  What a find.  It was +31 that day so it was a tad too warm for Ella Bella to really enjoy it other than hanging out in the shade and watching her big Sister, but she did manage to let us stay there for almost 2 hours.  We headed for the mall after that and the minute we were in the air conditioning she fell asleep for an hour or so and then woke up ravenous. :-)  She ate a whole jar of food and was a happy camper for the rest of out shopping trip.  Kailey went to Claire's for the first time and was in HEAVEN.  She picked out wedge flip flops in a nice plaid...hahha.  She loves travelling so much and was good as gold and loved the entire trip.  Ella Bella is not so much a fan of being strapped in for so long. :-(  She slept for half of the trip home, but then was pretty fussy for the last half.  Thankfully she likes to have a sippy cup of water and those rice husk snacks.  phew.  She is sooooo loud when she is unhappy though.  Kailey says to her, "tone it down yappy doodle".  hahaha.  Kailey had to have a potty break on the highway, which she thought was rather cool...go figure.  All in all, very nice to get out of Cold Lake for the day, but made me realize how much work a trip to Edmonton would be...yikes.  I am hoping she gets better at travelling when she is older.  She is not a fan of the stroller, so she will be 16 and still in the Bjorn carrier I guess...hahaha.  (I laugh, but it was very tiring at some points lugging her around).