While doing a little bit of organizing tonight, I came across these picture cards Grandma Charlotte gave to Gracen months ago. At the time, Grae was more into chewing on them than looking at them, but that’s not the case any more. She immediately opened the box, placed several on the floor, and said “Mama?” in the way she does when she wants me to ask her about something. This is the first time she laid eyes on them since she was 10 months old. Smart little doodle. I have a feeling we’ll be doing a lot of this in the next few days…
Author: Jen
Easter Card Making
With Easter quickly approaching, we got busy making cards for Grae’s grandparents today. Here’s a sneak peak…
Bloedel Conservatory: Round 2
Today we headed back to the Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park, but this time with friends! Gracen and Ava had a great time together and Jordan was the most wonderful helper and role model. How cute is this? Melt my heart. ♥
A Kits Beach Afternoon
This afternoon was GORGEOUS, so as soon as Miss G woke up from her nap, we jumped in the car and headed down to the beach. We soaked up some vitamin D while puppy watching, and left with sand-filled shoes and daisy-filled pockets. 
Doesn’t get much better than this. ♥
Freshly Awake
Grae’s usual post-nap look.
Lunch with a View
Today we headed back to our regular Sunday play gym session after a short good weather hiatus. Since our last visit, they’ve decorated the upstairs windows with paper grass, flowers, and rabbits in preparation for Easter. Strangely enough, Grae loved the decorations so much that she preferred spending her time walking back and forth along the hallway windows rather than in the gym filled with toys, kids, and play equipment. We eventually settled on a compromise of some gym time first, followed by lunch in front of the windows. Our silly little doodle was happy enough with that.
Animal Sounds by Grae
Just sitting in the bathroom making animal sounds… Business as usual in the Kossowara household.
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!