Just sitting in the bathroom making animal sounds… Business as usual in the Kossowara household.
Month: March 2012
Back At It
After saying goodbye to Grandma Charlotte this morning, Grae and I got ready and headed to our usual Saturday story time at Hillcrest Centre. Gracen was thrilled to be back at it after a few weeks spring break. She danced, bounced, and followed along with the actions, all while gnawing on a giant carrot.
And at the end of the session, she joined the mass of eager toddlers and patiently waited her turn to get a hand stamp.
After making her way to the front of the pack, she placed her little hand on the teacher’s knee, and received her special green frog stamp. She was pleased as punch.
Berry Yogurt Pop Taste Test
After dinner tonight, we pulled out Gracen’s first homemade popsicle…
Apparently she thought it was pretty delicious!
iPhoneography // G’s Pumpkin Patch
This afternoon we put the finishing touches on our garden beds… We’ve got zucchini, spaghetti squash, peas, beets, spinach, lettuce, beans, edamame, carrots, strawberries, dill, rosemary, chives, cilantro, basil, citronella, sunflowers, nasturtiums and a black thumb to man the show after Grandma Charlotte departs tomorrow morning (wish me luck). But the best part? This little outdoor-loving munchkin has her very own pumpkin patch along our fence. Today she planted the seeds and throughout the spring and summer, she’ll shower them with water and love in hopes of a bright orange pumpkin come Halloween…
If anyone can make it happen, it’s definitely this magical little girl. ♥
Target and Trader Joe’s and the Tot Lot… Oh my!
With our gardening nearly complete and the forecast calling for rain, we decided to spend our last day with Gma Char down in the States. It looked a little something like this…
Strapped in and ready to go.
Ball balancing.
Flower fiend.
Mini shopper.
Play and picnic break at the Tot Lot.
Chillin’ in a tree.
iPhoneography // Mini Gardener
Cruisin’ through Home Depot…
Digging.
‘What should I do with this big rock?’
‘Meet Mama worm.’
‘Here’s the Papa!’
Miss G’s worm family.
Tired of yard work. Taking the Kia for a spin instead.
And tickled pink about it.
iPhoneography // Gardening
With the help of Grandma Charlotte and Uncle Brett, we got started on our garden this morning…
Gracen was designated the official worm collector of the team.
Of course Miss G wasn’t scared in the least. In fact, each was declared a ‘mama’, ‘papa’, or ‘bubba’ and she was quite distraught when we released them back into the soil.
iPhoneography // Mini Mommy
Apparently routines are just as important for baby dolls as they are for our little baby doll.
First off, Bubba’s bath.
Then story time.
Next up: A pre-bedtime potty break.
And then into bed it is!
The funny part is that this was all Grae. I was in the bathroom getting drying my hair when she came in urgently saying, “Bubba!” and then signing ‘bath!’ on repeat. After Baby was squeaky clean, she then took it upon herself to make sure Bubba got a story and a pee in before I later found her in Grae’s crib, snuggled up with a blanket and all. I think we may have a little mommy on our hands…
Grandma Charlotte Arrives!
What a lucky little girl Gracen is… Yesterday she got to visit with Grandma Sue and today Grandma Charlotte arrived.
In the hatch of her car? A tiny little tricycle she found on Kijiji…
Plus some fresh pussy willow branches. What a spoiled little girl we have!
Silly Girl!
Gracen and I were making a birthday card for Grandma Charlotte today when I noticed something strange about her outfit… She was wearing panties over top of her pants! What a silly little girl we have. Perhaps she’s trying to start a new trend?
Manmaw Sue Visits!
Manmaw Sue is in town right now preparing for and writing her final real estate exam… Lucky for us, she was able to pull herself away from the books long enough this afternoon to join us for a visit and some dinner.
The highlight of the visit? Manmaw bringing a beautiful bouquet of flowers (purple, no less!) for the little miss. She was sooooooooo stoked.
Grae Time
One of Gracen’s new things is booting her babies out of their bassinet and claiming the space as her own (luckily it doesn’t really rock). Today she climbed in there with her cup of nuts, had a good 10 minutes of ‘Grae time’, and when she had polished off her entire snack, called me for some help with getting out. What a little monkey we have!
Passionate About ‘Papa’s Song’
Our milk-covered, messy-haired music lover jamming out to The Black Keys‘ Howlin’ for You (a.k.a., ‘Papa’s song’). I could watch this on repeat until the end of time and never tire of it…
Toddler Food: What Miss G Eats {4}
Breakfast // Wholewheat oat pancakes with stewed raspberries.
Breakfast // Wholewheat english muffin with all-natural cream cheese and sliced cucumber. Sliced strawberries and kiwi. Organic cottage cheese.
Breakfast // Banana walnut oatmeal with cinnamon, ground flax, and whole organic milk. Orange slices.
Breakfast // Broccoli and cheddar scrambled organic eggs. Homestyle herbed panfry potatoes. Fruit salad.
Breakfast // Organic shredded wheat cereal with strawberries, bananas, and whole organic milk. Orange slices. Avocado kiwi smoothie.
Snack // Cheddar crisps.
Snack // Whole organic yogurt with banana slices, toasted ground flax seeds, and cinnamon.
Snack // Apple and grape cars.
Snack // Almond butter and shredded coconut / sunflower seed banana bites topped with organic raisins.
Lunch // Cottage cheese with fresh veggies (avocado, grated carrot, onion, and cucumber). Homemade wholewheat tortilla crisps for dipping.
Lunch {on the go} // Homemade chicken noodle veggie soup. Assorted crackers and cheddar crisps.
Lunch // Homemade basil tomato soup. Tuna cheddar melt on multigrain bread. Snap peas.
Dinner // Broiled Haddock with garlic lemon cream sauce. Brown rice medley with black barley and daikon radish seeds. Steamed broccoli with olive oil and fresh squeezed lemon.
Dinner // Mexican rice bowl (brown rice medley with black barley and daikon radish seeds, tomatillo sauce, black beans, corn, onions, salsa, jalapeño cheddar, and fresh herbs).
Dinner // Wholewheat all-natural chipotle turkey sausage pizza. Wholewheat orated veggie and feta pizza. Green salad with toasted seeds.
Dinner // Brown rice medley with black barely, daikon radish seed, sautéed onions, and garlic. Avocado, snap pea, and feta salad. Steamed beets. Garlic and fresh herb turkey meatballs.
Dinner // Southwest Turkey Chili with all-natural pepper jack cheese and fresh avocado.
Dessert // Organic whole yogurt with frozen raspberries and homemade granola.
Dessert // Celery sticks with all-natural peanut butter.
Dessert // Grapes, blueberries, and strawberry slices on whole organic yogurt.
Dessert // Organic whole yogurt with walnuts, almonds, baby bananas, and a sprinkle of cinnamon.
Dessert // Fresh berries with whole organic milk.
Dessert // Fresh strawberries with almond cinnamon yogurt dip.
Healthy Homemade Popsicles for Toddlers
It must be the spring sunshine we’ve had this weekend, because this afternoon Gracen and I set out to make some healthy, wholesome, toddler-friendly popsicles. We decided upon two kinds; banana almond yogurt pops (these ones are much like G’s favourite banana almond oatmeal smoothie) and raspberry blueberry yogurt pops. 
We got started with a few simple ingredients… Whole organic plain yogurt, frozen bananas, frozen blueberries and raspberries, some honey, toasted ground flax seeds, and all-natural almond butter.
First up – the banana almond yogurt pops! Gracen popped a couple of frozen bananas into the blender to get us started.
Then she added some all-natural almond butter.
And a generous amount of whole organic plain yogurt.
We decided to add in a little sprinkling roasted ground flax seed at the last minute too…
Then we blended it all up.
And poured it into our little containers (I’ve been searching for mini popsicle molds for a while now, but haven’t had any luck… This is my interim solution).
Miss G was pretty stoked at the fact that there was a little left over. Mmmmmm!
With one batch done, we got started on the raspberry blueberry yogurt pops…
No need for a blender with these ones… Grae started us off by putting some yogurt into our bowl.
Next, we added some no-sugar-added frozen blueberries and raspberries.
Just a little squeeze of honey for sweetness…
And a touch of cinnamon.
And then Gracen mixed it all up.
And we poured it into the remaining containers.
There wasn’t any left over this time around, but Gracen was just as excited to lick the spoon.
We put on the tops, popped in some wooden popsicle sticks, and put them in the freezer. Tomorrow we shall see how they taste!