Away

Hello loyal readers.  I'm off to Goderich for a few days for the rest of this week.  My parents are still on dial up, so I'm thinkin' that they'll be no bloggin'.  Unless of course I steal dad's computer and go sit in a coffee shop on the square and steal some signal.  I might... don't put it past me. If not, catch 'ya next week!

Dear Cousin Liam

Dear Cousin Liam:

Thanks so much for all of the lovely baby food that you bought me for Christmas. I have started eating it now and have found much fun in the texture, colour and variety of foods being offered to me.  Much more exciting then just milk!  I enjoy smearing it on my face,nose and sometimes ears, and hiding little bits up my sleeves for later.  Often mamma just puts me in my diaper to feed me, which I think is rather rude to be so casually dressed at the dinner table!  I have a lovely routine that greatly aids my digestion: eat a bite, grab the spoon, chew on it a bit, transfer spoon to left hand, drop over the side of the chair, watch mamma pick it up, and repeat.  Very relaxing.

My favourite is the sweet potatoes, but I quite enjoy carrots and squash and apples too.  I do not like the peas or pears.  Please do not send me any more peas or pears, or anything that starts with the letter p or is vaguely green in colour.

thanks once again for the gift, 

your cousin,

Adara

PS: please bring your parents and come and visit me soon; I quite like to play peekaboo with you!

Carseat help

It's time to buy Adara's next carseat and for some reason; I can't make a decision.  Mom's what do you love and hate about your carseat?  What fits in a smaller car?  What's relatively light to carry?  What's comfy for babies to sleep in?  Thoughts?

We don't even know what car it's going into yet.  We're giving moms car back next week and haven't decided if we're purchasing another car or making do with autoshare and rentals.  Autoshare is fine for the city, but in the summer we go away for at least 4 weekends.  4 weekends is $1,200 on car rentals, which is getting pretty close to 5 months of car payments.  Hard to decide...

Anywhooo... carseat thoughts everyone?  Please help!

In other news, today I managed to feed Adara a bottle in one arm and eat pad thai, WITH CHOPSTICKS, with the other!  I didn't spill on me or her!  I am officially a mom rock star!  YEAH!

Hmph

It's snowing.  Need I say more?

Here's Adara trying desperately to dance with Auntie Kristen. I'm not sure which of them started the game. We were at the ROM and suddenly Adara was waving her head and hands about every time Kristen pretended to dance. It's a pretty good game! Adara is really afraid of other people right now. She won't let anyone but Len or I hold her and often even cries at people who just look at her the wrong way. However, Auntie Kristen causes her no distress. I wonder if it's because we look so much alike?

Angel

New Clothes Again

Hey! Who gave me this outfit? I look cute. Was it you Auntie Kristen?

Ha! I Do Accomplish Things: Very Slowly

You'll all note that I've finally fixed up all of my links and put proper names on my People I Like section. I feel very guilty that poor Family Meyer Odell's link has been broken for three months! Argh! It is now fixed and I've added some folks that I've been meaning to add for a long time. So check out Colleen's beautiful doll making at The Bean, or Crazy Ms. Norton at The Skeptical Tourist, where she will explain why she is the sole cause of the current artistic rearrangment at the Stratford Festival. You'll also notice that I've tried to add in fancy pants links to this blog; we shall see how it works. Now if I could just figure out video; cause I've got the cutest video of Adara dancing with Auntie Kristen!! A little help, oh master bloggers? How do I post a video?

Childhood Memories

When I was visiting with my parents in Florida, I was chatting with them about childhood memories. I was trying to establish what Adara would or wouldn't remember and was thinking about "quality time" with my kiddo. I know, she can't remember right now; but I'm nothing if not a planner.

So, here's some of my most easily remembered childhood memories:

1) building sandcastles in PEI with my dad

2) the sound of rain on the roof of our camper trailer

3) laying in the bunk beds in my grandparents trailer. They were like little kid houses, with shelves, your own light and curtains to make yourself a little cave.

4) swimming in the lake: often, too many times to count; but one time in particular for my bday ( 11 0r 12 maybe) jumping over waves with all of my friends

5) Food: the smell of it when I got home from school: spagetti and meat sauce, swiss steak, cabbage soup,

6) the last day of school when my sister and I would hull all of the strawberries for freezing

7) rolling pennies for christmas gifts

8) buying our christmas ornament and decorating the tree every year

9) my cousin Michelles' wedding and the excitement of being a junior bridesmaid

10) marching up and down the grand staircase at my cousin's house chanting "chandelier" (word of the day, I think)

Some of these memories are more impressions of moments then actual memories; but precious nonetheless. Very few of them relate to a specific family special day out, except for the entire trip to PEI which I remember vividly. What are some of your childhood memories? What do you think stands out and why?