Travelling at the Speed of Life Part Deux ⇒

March 9th, 2012 by

God this post is so old. I never got it up on the blog so I'm posting it as is a good number of months after it was written Daniella. Oh my Sunny D. My unexpected Gift. Daniella turned 4 on April 7. She is a bright and energetic little person. She hasn't stopped bouncing since she could walk. Erin and I often think about how much we will miss it when she no longer bounces when she's excited about something but so far, she still does it. In September she started preschool at the...

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Teaching an old woman new tricks ⇒

March 9th, 2012 by

I am a terribly disorganized woman. It comes part and parcel with being creative. I love my free thinking nature. It's what helps me come up with my genius ideas each day. But my free thinking nature causes me to move from one thing to another leaving chaos in my wake. having so much visible noise around me is blocking my creative juices. Sort of a creative catch 22. So my plan is to prep the house for a summer of outdoor fun and pure artistic flow....writing, crocheting, scrapbooking,...

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Party in Fairy Tale Village ⇒

March 9th, 2012 by

Guests arriving at Elise's 6th birthday party were greeted with a sign that said "Fee Fi Fo Farty. Welcome to Elise's Party" They were asked to eat a magic bean (pink and blue Jelly Belly's) and come on in where they were to climb the beanstalk to the top of our stairs. We had tied cutout eaves to a skipping rope that was attached to the top of our banister. I had made a paper beanstalk on the wall and used vines from my neighbour's wisteria plant on the banister. At the top...

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Elise's First Stories ⇒

March 9th, 2012 by

As typed by Elise March 4, 2012: Marea Mermaide ones upon a time there was a mermaid name Marea Marea liket to do everything she liket (to) dive and run fast most of all she liked to swim to Marea walkt to the pool. at the pool she swam and swam until her tall was all tired out. The End My Sister My sister is nice and she's 4 and her birthday is on April 7th and I love her her name was Daniella and she's nearly 5 she's in pre. K on September 6th she will be in Kindergarten when she's 5....

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