First Letter to Santa

(as dictated by Emma)

Dear Santa,

How are your elves doing with making the toys? How is your mommy doing? How does your sled fly? How do your reindeer fly?

I love your elves making toys. For Christmas I would like a Cinderella doll.

Emma

Digger

Doug had his tonsils out this week. While recovering, he distracted himself by making a Lego digger... remote controlled of course. Here he is trying to get Emma's attention.

Summer Holidays

We sailed to the Island in August for a couple of days. Emma had a great time on the rides, at the beach, cycling around (well we cycled, she came along for the ride) and eating ice cream. A good time was had by all.

Happy 4th!

On the weekend we were visiting family and celebrated Emma's upcoming birthday. Here she is decked out in her new dress and getting acquainted with her makeover kit -- both from her aunties.

Sunday morning walk

I got to go for a walk with a fairy princess this morning. It was a lovely time. She was on a mission to pick dandelions, which are now sitting on the counter in a glass of water.

Bucking the Trend

Emma is bucking the big city trend of wearing black. I must say, if you're going to go to all the effort of bucking a trend, you may as well go all out.



(I don't know if you can see them properly, but yes, they are sparkly silver runners.)

Snoozin'

Emma has recently stopped napping in the afternoon. This makes the day a bit too long for a busy 3-1/2 year old. But a wee snooze while waiting for dinner seems to do the trick.

Princess Fix-it

Emma loves to fix her step stool. This time she was sure to use her princess 'work' gloves.

Easter Weekend

We had an eventful Easter weekend. We got to see cousin Collin who is growing like a weed.



Went for dinner to celebrate Becky's, Aunt Lucy's and Grandma's birthdays. Emma was able to finally wear her new poka-dot dress.



and Collin got spiffed up in a new bow tie



And of course got lots of Easter loot!

A walk in the rain

Was raining this afternoon when I went to pick Emma up from daycare. We had a fun - and dry - walk home.



We found a puddle that was 6 inches deep!

Swimming Lessons

Emma is taking swimming lessons now. Here she is hanging around (literally) waiting for her class to start.

Ooops

Emma went to a birthday party on Sunday afternoon. On the drive home another driver was particularly inconsiderate. To vent my frustration I honked my horn and called him an unflattering name. From the back seat a little voice pipes up, "What was his name Mommy?"

"Oh nothing Sweatpea."

ooops.

Diva

Eye Candy

Emma's favourite colour is 'rainbow', which she obviously kept in mind when deciding what to wear to daycare yesterday.

• lifesaver summer dress
• white with pink polka-dot leggings
• white and red dora socks
• pink and purple camouflage hoody (not shown).

Wow.

Jungle Jim...errr .. Daddy

Emma likes to use her daddy as a climbing apparatus. A kiss and a hug from his girl compensates for the sore neck!

We're still here...

Just taking a winter break ... an extended winter break. In the meantime, look a what you can do with one of the cool aps for a smartphone. :)