There. I admitted it. I'm a terrible blogger. You can blame Facebook, working full time and being on the go the rest of the time.
The girls are amazing. Rachel turned 3 in August and we had three parties for her. Ron's Mom has been diagnosed with breast cancer and was starting her treatments around the time we were planning Rachel's party so we decided to celebrate in Clinton with Ron's family one week earlier than planned. Only David & Andrea, along with Ron's Mom and Sam were there but that suited us just fine. In fact, it was a perfect afternoon! The following Saturday we had Rachel's party with the rest of our friends and again - it was another perfect afternoon. Rachel got spoiled rotten and had so much fun playing with her friends. It poured rain so we couldn't be outside but we didn't let that spoil our day.
I had every Monday off in the summer and I quite enjoyed it to say the least. The girls & I did lots of fun things - visiting friends, road trips, Storybook Gardens, the Toronto Zoo, etc. I think I'll take every Monday off next summer as well. I get 4 weeks of vacation and Ron only gets two so I might as spread out a few of my vacation days.
Natalie is talking up a storm. Oh my goodness - she is a funny kid. The facial expressions, the thoughts that she shares, etc., etc - she makes us laugh on a daily basis. She's putting two or more words together now and forming sentences so that's great! She's also potty training. Yup - you read that right. She's been using the potty (both #1 and #2) for 3 months now and she's doing well. We're not pushing her to do that but I think because she sees Rachel going on the big toilet, she wants to be a 'big girl', too! She's also not sleeping in her crib anymore. That makes me a little sad :( We converted the crib to a day bed but she doesn't even want to sleep in there at all anymore. A friend at work gave me a Dora toddler bed so she's been using that - which is fine. As long as she's happy. We still have the crib (as a daybed) in her room for now and we're using it as a place to read stories but I think the time to sell it is upon us. It's in excellent shape so it shouldn't be a problem...and it has an awesome drawer underneath it to store blankets and what not so that makes it stand out from the other cribs. We'll use the money from the sale of the crib towards a 'big girl' bed for Natalie in time.
What else is new? Hmmm...we've been really busy and on the go usually every weekend. We went to the Western Fair, we went apple picking and we went to African Lion Safari just to name a few. We're off to the cottage next weekend - can't wait for some relaxation. Let's hope the weather is nice and not too cold.
I've been taking a photography course - just started 2 weeks ago and I'm enjoying it so far. Ron got me a new camera in January - a Canon Rebel xSi so it was time to learn how to use it and get more creative in my picture taking :) Now I need to write to Santa and ask him for a zoom lens for Christmas :)
Anyway, I'm so out of the loop because I've been so busy with the girls but I haven't forgotten about all of you. I'm hoping that since the cooler weather is upon us now I'll have more time to hang out on the computer....and post pics
Talk soon,
Jul
