Dressed up in Love

 Her girly girl ways are more and more seeping into the daily things that she does -  her little pixiespun hair is now long finally long enough that I can fit two little piggys on her head !! I cannot express my sheer happiness when I now get to play with my daughters hair... oh the possibilities! As I began to play ..I fretted the usual "a-a-a-" followed by a look of dismay and a sure fire pull to dismantle my fancy do - but this did not happen. I was almost waiting for it  but she sat ever so still. she let me brush, wind that elastic round and round, fix, perfect. She still waited - waiting to see the end result ...as she gently gestured her "up" movement to see in the mirror and then looked at me in anticipation for my celebratory song and dance of
" so so pretty!" - when I say the word pretty she correalates that now with her hair and pats it....

A purse is now - the ultimate accessory- a vehicle as such - used to carry necessities like peek a boo blocks and the like around in. Rules include - needs to be worn on the shoulder and no one - not even her dear friend are allowed to touch. This of course is coupled with a "rasta man" style beige beaded necklace resurrected from my early twenties. We did not teach her these things. It truly reins true in this case that male/female genetics are embedded and present and are not taught!

She is growing more and more selective lately about food - Liam and I were getting a little cocky - saying "Oh she seriously don't not dislike anything", before if prepared in a kitchen - any for that matter- it was considered a good thing to eat and she would devour. Now she has more of a discerning palette it seems. She does go thru the motion of putting it in her mouth and tasting it - then as if it performed mini fireworks inside her mouth - she abruptly with disgust spits it out. Guess we WERE lucky...and it was only a matter of time.  

When she was here for a visit with Daddy and to see me - she was physically drawn to sparkly bright shiny objects! So I just had to appease her (and I personally couldn't resist).  I had to relent and buy her some fun things! When I have my camera handy I will take pictures. 

This is for you CharChar 17 months - 17 words that describe you right now - as we all know it is bound to change in a matter of weeks.

delightful                     brave                     beautiful

huggable to no end     vivacious                amazing

carefully risky             curious                   confidant

purposeful                  caring                     hilarious

animated                    lovable                   steady

dancing machine                                      entertainer

It is Canada Day tomorrow and we are going to Julia and Dougs for a bbq . Happy happy day!! We are lucky so so lucky to live here!!!!

Inspiring To Do's

I Love lists -isn't there is just something soooo appealing about taking a big sharpie and just striking out the items as you complete the tasks? I use them all the time for errands and tasks..,, but when it comes to my life and my goals the list seem to fall flat. Is it because I don't feel worthy of the things that I enjoy doing and guilty for doing them when the dishes need to be put away or laundry to be folded? True..the needs of everyday do far outweigh the dreamy goals that I want to achieve to better myself. So here goes a fun spring list of fun things to do - for me in no particular order..
1) Organize my craft room with neat little boxes for all neat diffferent things.
2) read more - in general but blogs in particular- because they are very inspiring and fun
3) have a girls night full of great movies, great food and great chats
4)start to transform my house into an eclectic oasis of greatness that defines us as a family- as I look around our walls that are still the bland construction paint...
5)find 3 hours a week where I am working on sewing projects or doing crafts
6) plant a vegetable garden with herbs
7)be more daring and different in the kitchen by finding 3 recipes that I have never tried or cooked before.
8) go to a gulf island
9) reach out to my distant family more by writing handwritten letters.
10) exercise more
11) take a class of some kind -