tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228454952391671712024-03-04T22:43:38.268-08:00Life at 133Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-53941186342041513482011-08-23T17:48:00.001-07:002011-08-23T17:48:44.914-07:00You know you're tired when...Jacqueline is home with me and Natalie from Monday to wednesday and on those days she doesn't nap. Today, after a long walk, she went to the bathroom while I was feeding Natalie. Things were pretty silent for a while so I went to check on her and this is how I found her<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/102508674817749661616/LifeAt133?authkey=Gv1sRgCOunp5zn0K7M9gE#5644218053248603186'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ce_4GvZCp_txbaAbJVx20gKiXDiNBxmo8P7IkLWShqPoHn9MEOw2HmXi-9iCKoPPMRUZEteq71Q9325LWhM2zGa4mi8YxzQqA1IGJ_j0LwTFxKe3VSqrI7V2AOo-2palCjJlNaClSSs/s288/0.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-19142146576996049192011-08-22T16:21:00.001-07:002011-08-22T16:21:12.170-07:00Big stroller or little car?<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/102508674817749661616/LifeAt133?authkey=Gv1sRgCOunp5zn0K7M9gE#5643824413157363794'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8Zot3l9IA13sS75cytLNBB9zDNRU0OKDjp-pEuNp9RsFELFEs1mmFNS6laPr0d42OrW7eo19HaDOiiXTQYDp5Luy4ndQz6TSUqMs1iPD1H3XxWo_IqZwNf3YpiqcAV-ri33_J0_y8fg/s288/0.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br />Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-62771537922888482852011-08-17T22:26:00.000-07:002011-08-17T22:26:43.328-07:00Red sky at night...Beautiful sky after a very odd day of weather. It started with sun showers while Jacqueline and I were walking Natalie on Queen street, followed by a major downpour we got caught in on the way up our street (luckily i had the rain cover for the stroller and an umbrella with me!). it cleared again, hot and sunny, only to be followed by another surprise major downpour around 5:30 pm - so much rain that Hugo wasn't sure that he would be able to make it through the don valley on his bike there was so much standing water. it's not too often we are treated to such a colorful sky at sunset in the city
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We found this cute little guy in our neighbor's tree yesterday evening.<br />
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Jacqueline's first and last :( Glitter Pie experience. Notice the paint on her face - she's already a pro! <br />
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What happened to my hand??!! <br />
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Christian is right at home....<br />
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We will miss you Tiffany!!!! (Christian's face says it all!) <br />
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More glitter pie fun....<br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=207556&id=611160268&l=e8dd7a1ef4">Christian's 5th Birthday party</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=111370&id=611160268&l=eb82b692f0">Christian's 4th Birthday Party </a><br />
<span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=219245&id=611160268&l=9e8eab0e96">Miscellaneous Pie</a></span>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-18488332615033309232010-03-16T07:49:00.000-07:002010-03-16T07:49:11.713-07:00Future Lifeguard?!<a href="http://www.dolphinencountersblog.com/dolphin-encounters-photo-contest-winner-â-melanie-thomson/">Dolphin Encounters Photo Contest Winner – Melanie Thomson</a><br />
by Janay on March 15, 2010<br />
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Dolphin Encounters Photo Contest Winner – Melanie Thomson<br />
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Future Lifeguard on Blue Lagoon Island? He could be. What a creative photo! Thank you to Melanie for sharing this photo with us. We can’t wait to see you again and we want make your time back to Blue Lagoon Island very special. The entire Dolphin Encounters families look forward to seeing this famous little lifeguard! Congratulations!Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-69347603563053336852010-03-12T08:12:00.000-08:002010-03-12T08:13:09.065-08:00Christian's first bookWe went to an "Escort Your Artist" session at <a href="http://www.glitterpie.ca/">Glitter Pie</a> a couple of weeks ago, and this book was one of the projects. Christian's all about writing sentences these days, although it required some translation on my part :) <br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-g6dokrRa0">Christian's Book</a>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-27523286566986949402010-03-02T23:01:00.000-08:002010-03-02T23:02:42.349-08:00A rare moment...Sharing a stool, eating their bananas. It's not often I can get a shot of them together...one or the other is usually either moving or making a funny face. <br />
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Like this....<br />
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We stayed at the <a href="http://www.riu.com/en-ca/Paises/bahamas/paradise-island/hotel-riu-palace-paradise-island/index.jsp">Riu Palace, Paradise Island</a> for 10 nights. The weather was great <em>almost </em>all of the time. (I, of course, wished it were just a little bit hotter). Food and service were great, and the kids LOVED playing in the sand. Unfortunately, the waves at the beach were too high for the kids to play by the seashore, but we did have a couple of day trips to islands, with some calmer beaches. We went for a day to <a href="http://www.dolphinencounters.com/island-all.php">Blue Lagoon Island</a>, and spent the day on their lagoon beach - very calm clear water to play and snorkel in - Christian even snorkeled with Hugo's help - he was very proud of himself!! <br />
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Lots of pictures at the links below: <br />
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<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v516/mdthomson/Bahamas%20-%20Xmas%202009/">Bahamas trip (kids pics are in here!)</a><br />
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<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v516/mdthomson/Bahamas%20-%20Xmas%202009/Bahamas%20-%20Underwater%20photos/">Underwater (snorkeling) photos</a><br />
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<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v516/mdthomson/Bahamas%20-%20Xmas%202009/Bahamas%20-%20Atlantis%20Aquarium/">Atlantis Aquarium</a>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-9573038767564824212010-02-01T22:34:00.000-08:002010-02-01T22:34:45.500-08:0018 months update<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOsOUoBh_-Fi6TU6-77Ihf6gRbKh5cdDlyxQWoqqRuRDKOiNf8-hBtXTnziTa3E2YzzCoISc4qT9Ti7SJDYn3Cdsy9oW8RzbIdhoy2_28Lh-L6dI4GgvyJCOeCTvvgJT4V17S8LGtk0Q/s1600-h/IMG_8925.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOsOUoBh_-Fi6TU6-77Ihf6gRbKh5cdDlyxQWoqqRuRDKOiNf8-hBtXTnziTa3E2YzzCoISc4qT9Ti7SJDYn3Cdsy9oW8RzbIdhoy2_28Lh-L6dI4GgvyJCOeCTvvgJT4V17S8LGtk0Q/s400/IMG_8925.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><br />At 18 months, Jacqueline...<br /><br />- knows about 35 signs, favorites being more, milk, mommy/daddy,food/eat, ice cream, pizza, cheese<br />- is starting to talk, although we don't understand much of what she says yet....most popular are done, bum, on (gone), muh (more), go, and recently buh-puh (apple). She's sure trying though - babbles a mile a minute at times. <br />- weighs 25 lbs and is about 32 inches tall. (bigger than christian was at this age - he was only 24 1/2 lbs by age 2!)<br />- loves music and LOVES to dance. Not sure where she got the rhythm from - certainly not mom and dad! <br />- Has settled in well to the toddler room at daycare, charming all the teachers with her cute ways<br />- has been walking for nearly two months now, being a late starter at just over 16 months<br />- loves to give hugs<br />- LOVES her big brother, who, about 95% of the time is so good to her<br />- favorite foods are milk, pizza, broccoli, pear, peppers.<br />- can feed herself with a spoon or fork (although it's debatable whether more yogurt gets IN her or ON her!)<br />- loves our cat, Scratchy, and out parrot Mojo<br />- always looking at books or asking us to read her one, she anticipates what is coming on the next page.<br />- sleeps through the night almost every night<br />- has 12 teeth, and, as of this past weekend, it appears more are on the way (if buckets of drool are anything to go by!)<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-74249057225578383732009-12-27T06:41:00.000-08:002009-12-27T06:44:30.977-08:00It really IS better in the Bahamas!!<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3slVR9n2cGE5r6FY4vbiciYx-HtC0nWJUFyI_296JOVH5z8JsKTQp48j_rV8wGNRoggLSDLtiW68xIjf4oeUH-kbMsN7MGveVekkxVIp7am1NgoeTY1t8xMRDXNltg6_LXWKTYQ5Av4w/s1600-h/IMG_0009.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3slVR9n2cGE5r6FY4vbiciYx-HtC0nWJUFyI_296JOVH5z8JsKTQp48j_rV8wGNRoggLSDLtiW68xIjf4oeUH-kbMsN7MGveVekkxVIp7am1NgoeTY1t8xMRDXNltg6_LXWKTYQ5Av4w/s400/IMG_0009.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div><br />
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this was the picture Christian drew last night. He's been asking me to spell things for a while now, and then he writes them down. For the past week or so, he's been attempting to spell words all on his own (he wrote "dog" on the bookshelf the other day - thankfully in chalk - didn't know whether to praise or scold him!!). This one says: "Christmas at Bhmus (Bahamas) wth (with) Momy and DDAey (Daddy)" I only helped him with "Christmas" and he did the rest on his own! and then he wrote: "I AM GTB5" - "I am going to be five" - I think he was getting tired of spelling/writing at this point, since he didn't even attempt to write out the whole words...either that or he was texting :) <br />
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Today at daycare, he drew a pictureof a dragon, and on the back wrote "th maji drgn" (The Magic Dragon). <br />
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I am a little stunned that he's doing this already - and also proud! I don't think that they're at this level in JK yet, as they've just started "Jolly Phonics" in November (basically learning the sounds of the letters by connecting them to songs and actions), but he's in a JK/SK split class, so perhaps he's been absorbing what the teacher is doing with them. He's got a wonderful Preschool program, and his teacher, Miss Kathy, has been doing Jolly Phonics with them since he was about 3 1/2, teaching them to write letters, numbers etc, so a lot of this he already knows. They don't do report cards on the JK kids in the fall, so I haven't really gotten a good idea of what/how he's doing in school other than what he brings home and what he tells me, but I'm looking forward to talking to his teacher in the new year.<div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-72020701813760725322009-12-14T03:17:00.000-08:002009-12-14T03:25:06.910-08:00Visiting SantaWe made Saturday a "photo day." First stop was to Sears for family photos. Got some nice ones there, but they won't be ready for a couple of weeks (we're not on the ball when it comes to getting these things done in time to send out for Xmas, so Xmas cards will have to be late this year (again)<br />
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Next stop was to The Bay on Queen St to see Santa. For the first time, Christian was all for it - last year it took some convincing before he'd go up. Jacqueline, on the other hand, would have nothing to do with it, starting to cry the instant Hugo put her on Santa's knee, hence why she's not in the photo. <br />
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Here's my shot: <br />
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And the "official" shot by the Santa photog. <br />
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Very serious...not sure what Santa is telling him here<br />
<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1UUnVrJSJvHbySkf5lJoSFClyXOgdZNfhYxMGs8XMcFScvADy6szDCoqCaeN-AmhOqE3uk8xk-YifPswREQFL3bxhAE-6mv0WJm_2rAun_NUfSKtI4AUNkM7lXT4CYURcLbqjBhICfs/s1600-h/IMG_8352.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1UUnVrJSJvHbySkf5lJoSFClyXOgdZNfhYxMGs8XMcFScvADy6szDCoqCaeN-AmhOqE3uk8xk-YifPswREQFL3bxhAE-6mv0WJm_2rAun_NUfSKtI4AUNkM7lXT4CYURcLbqjBhICfs/s400/IMG_8352.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-84890358487007320352009-12-11T07:06:00.000-08:002009-12-11T07:06:33.312-08:00Walking!!!Here's a recent video of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMRD_FdfR-s">Jacqueline Walking</a><br />
Finally, at just over 16 months. She slowly and steadily has been taking more and more steps, but last weekend, she finally just "got it" and started walking more and more. She has improved amazingly in the past week, and she's moving faster and faster. won't be long before she's running after Christian!Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-34664471730238077082009-12-10T21:52:00.000-08:002009-12-10T21:52:16.406-08:00First School PictureFinally received Christian's school pictures yesterday. How did he get so grown up??!! <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGjJJuA_L-dLDkkwhKieeaCh46vp2evIjmQosUSgTsfJsuPSsfkLc0vGPFgC5syGwUVhS9rm_XDd1-CgCzjVDaXoSiaSSBnODVnv7uPKDAYzIcYjgHcneH4oFgKDsnpifoY-YaZJVYsI/s1600-h/08_65236_16839.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglGjJJuA_L-dLDkkwhKieeaCh46vp2evIjmQosUSgTsfJsuPSsfkLc0vGPFgC5syGwUVhS9rm_XDd1-CgCzjVDaXoSiaSSBnODVnv7uPKDAYzIcYjgHcneH4oFgKDsnpifoY-YaZJVYsI/s400/08_65236_16839.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-47924778839863363322009-11-07T15:51:00.000-08:002009-11-07T15:51:26.265-08:00Danger due to....zombies? <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTa3WHubwZWeQeQWD-7sbfcm6kaC6T7K4_f6WXFb1F3KmbdUwXkrwXUErJpXw9OScIck2AbLiyRnZzcsI7p9TdUEcTjrQ7d9mqo-ptvy-rc9RcjLLiGP7zv9I1KaEAdOr0lS3MrFgW5tI/s1600-h/IMG_1647.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTa3WHubwZWeQeQWD-7sbfcm6kaC6T7K4_f6WXFb1F3KmbdUwXkrwXUErJpXw9OScIck2AbLiyRnZzcsI7p9TdUEcTjrQ7d9mqo-ptvy-rc9RcjLLiGP7zv9I1KaEAdOr0lS3MrFgW5tI/s400/IMG_1647.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-65452557820571557082009-11-06T20:27:00.000-08:002009-11-06T20:27:35.043-08:00Happy Halloween!<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsevAzW00vDba1fM6eVANtnJIiykCfh7MdmgIVS3-w5Zgz92OSQ_Q1H9feEWIkuoRjXZs4RBn__YVqzThngwwrKZ3_r9eRrNY79Me3LokOJYYGnrCHoMZ024jdSoeGUOF41qdTNgEHWg/s1600-h/IMG_8129.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwsevAzW00vDba1fM6eVANtnJIiykCfh7MdmgIVS3-w5Zgz92OSQ_Q1H9feEWIkuoRjXZs4RBn__YVqzThngwwrKZ3_r9eRrNY79Me3LokOJYYGnrCHoMZ024jdSoeGUOF41qdTNgEHWg/s400/IMG_8129.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wgitXyrChNVT0tSukhSRwOSwjjecJErB2_woG1M4JP2eQlNFukqOZN52Hcwm9Nj0IOkPF4bh69Ya_ptKFka_TmNxUP75meA5X9-AZwnqofqZYrVaoDTarQS_GWpwZXKC9ot5upgWnd8/s1600-h/IMG_8133.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_wgitXyrChNVT0tSukhSRwOSwjjecJErB2_woG1M4JP2eQlNFukqOZN52Hcwm9Nj0IOkPF4bh69Ya_ptKFka_TmNxUP75meA5X9-AZwnqofqZYrVaoDTarQS_GWpwZXKC9ot5upgWnd8/s400/IMG_8133.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-31076607246148549122009-10-29T22:11:00.000-07:002009-10-29T22:34:44.735-07:00They didn't have these subjects when I was in school...On Wednesday, Christian's class calendar said he was having gym class, so that evening, I asked him what he did in gym class. The following is our conversation:<br /><br />C: We didn't have gym class today.<br />Me: What did you do then? <br />C: We did the Thriller dance<br />Me: What do you do in the thriller dance? <br />C: The moon walk.<br />Me: Who showed you that?<br />C: Mr. Butters<br />Me: Is Mr Butters the gym teacher?<br />C: No, he’s the Thriller Dance Teacher<br /><br />(For the record, I looked him up on the teacher contact list, and he <span style="font-style:italic;">is</span> the gym teacher)Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-45062007008901656852009-10-12T22:24:00.000-07:002009-10-12T22:24:18.740-07:00Giving KissesI love this shot. Jacqueline's version of giving kisses - ask her to give you a kiss and she'll lean her head onto yours. Here she is giving kisses to Christian. <br /><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZMoe1HKOiZOWTpeXGAqbKCP94cqxmJB7tI9NRtJbjmsKKFFmNIZnCtWQW-BD5ylu2smy9pPWsHRmyEYc2608IB7raV_xTGO5NhDok0qmPG_wc6RorvQ8qYwgpk05XSmix12Vihkyhyphenhypheno/s1600-h/IMG_8058.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZMoe1HKOiZOWTpeXGAqbKCP94cqxmJB7tI9NRtJbjmsKKFFmNIZnCtWQW-BD5ylu2smy9pPWsHRmyEYc2608IB7raV_xTGO5NhDok0qmPG_wc6RorvQ8qYwgpk05XSmix12Vihkyhyphenhypheno/s400/IMG_8058.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-34849575829394003082009-10-12T22:09:00.000-07:002009-10-12T22:09:21.370-07:00Hmmm....what should I eat?<a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLfvyXbB33GvT-bbCYmvOEGQBHvU-sQnIF-DkHgD5tlMBi5CRpMGgIrokMBqz-opopKyWHnLoc606fj5vxGHmtRTKqoSFO_gP9KrEb8X8ICfYOxamY8SuG_-JE3q5Yex8l5jshazuApA/s1600-h/IMG_8011.JPG'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOLfvyXbB33GvT-bbCYmvOEGQBHvU-sQnIF-DkHgD5tlMBi5CRpMGgIrokMBqz-opopKyWHnLoc606fj5vxGHmtRTKqoSFO_gP9KrEb8X8ICfYOxamY8SuG_-JE3q5Yex8l5jshazuApA/s400/IMG_8011.JPG' border='0' alt='' /></a> <div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-3463313014658068842009-10-08T22:54:00.000-07:002009-10-08T23:48:30.543-07:00Jacqueline update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotCedK1FKQVsoZYgVa7ZLjnSpuiB-L7UMc2ShS-dobsmOAgi-5N59ivV-RynrBOt9u_ytvYMWrIrAmNoKZ__s8a_UW_lh20j3tvozH7nhaM7Rag5YPu-yCG4MJi1sIv-NXRN01C_7584/s1600-h/IMG_7959.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiotCedK1FKQVsoZYgVa7ZLjnSpuiB-L7UMc2ShS-dobsmOAgi-5N59ivV-RynrBOt9u_ytvYMWrIrAmNoKZ__s8a_UW_lh20j3tvozH7nhaM7Rag5YPu-yCG4MJi1sIv-NXRN01C_7584/s400/IMG_7959.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Jacqueline is now just over 14 months. She's had a lot of changes and adjustment over the past month and a bit, and more to come over the next month. I went back to work on August 31, and she went to an in-home daycare. She had a difficult time adjusting - about 3 weeks before she started to really settle in. Just as she has gotten into a routine, her daycare provider gave 2 weeks notice! Long story short, she knew that a move was likely imminent before she took on Jacqueline and another one year old boy, so I am feeling pretty peeved at her inconsideration (if that's a word) of two little babies who are now going to be disrupted yet again. J's last day is tomorrow, and on Tuesday she will be starting in backup care at Kids & Company downtown, and finally moving to <a href="http://peekabearschildcare.ca/index.html">Peek-a-bears</a>, where Christian has been for the past year, at the beginning of November. She'll be moving into the toddler room 3 months early (15 months as opposed to the usual 18 months) so I hope she does ok.<br /><br />Now onto happier topics...<br /><br />Jacqueline is not yet walking, but starting to stand on her own and has taken a few steps here and there. hopefully we will have walking video soon!<br /><br />For now, she'll push around anything that will move and of course loves to walk around holding out hands<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblHIwtlQD7BxmTF24e7wtNus3NjmLSM7nx-uy0ESlgusekb7Kdnnk7sKQqZ10hJPUFGBFsfDWSDEklxwIMzZ98B4t8yfb4jY6Jn0zcp6m8d6x7cIUryC2yoYSUXqO-ExCfd77iyKcN34/s1600-h/IMG_7938.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblHIwtlQD7BxmTF24e7wtNus3NjmLSM7nx-uy0ESlgusekb7Kdnnk7sKQqZ10hJPUFGBFsfDWSDEklxwIMzZ98B4t8yfb4jY6Jn0zcp6m8d6x7cIUryC2yoYSUXqO-ExCfd77iyKcN34/s400/IMG_7938.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7x-rHNhP6fNUYqE9mYBFyz6vqCG8bDUstJskKwTl-_Y_9LN4wcuRqmydeYJ7NaPwWKqz8oir6EpH0KZmGy9emiVDeWryUpGt_9jCU2xcMWDdEYfGGNZuE0HFbRpg-kDlt0npVhqa8lMs/s1600-h/IMG_7983.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7x-rHNhP6fNUYqE9mYBFyz6vqCG8bDUstJskKwTl-_Y_9LN4wcuRqmydeYJ7NaPwWKqz8oir6EpH0KZmGy9emiVDeWryUpGt_9jCU2xcMWDdEYfGGNZuE0HFbRpg-kDlt0npVhqa8lMs/s400/IMG_7983.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />She has been saying (and trying to say) a few words for a few months now. So far only 3 really discernable ones: cat (ga), dog (gaw) and more (muh).<br /><br />On the other hand (no pun intended!) her signing has really picked up lately. She's signing fish, children, milk, more, fan, cat, bird, light, cheese, tree and music so far. Managed to get some video of some of the signs. I've included a link (Click on the word above the video) to what the sign should be as well. as you can see, she doesn't always do the sign the same as we do - babies often approximate the sign, or do it their own way, because they don't have the physical coordination yet. Just like Christian, her first sign was "light" but her many of her subsequent signs are different than his, and it really gives an idea of what motivates different kids.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/CHEESE">Cheese</a> and <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/MORE/272/1">More</a><br /><br /><div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw936r42-YyXNFiIIsZbUtHiq3OCXDnSmQAYrHmhuGUoSiEJcSeOT-2Tbl9y_3wxFf315W84D4Rn3Q7Fcmp' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/CAT/528/2">Cat</a><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y2JMBPaXYBQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y2JMBPaXYBQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/search.php?search=children&find=1&submitSearch.x=0&submitSearch.y=0">Children</a><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/itOllwvzCkA&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/itOllwvzCkA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Jacqueline is bigger than Christian was at this age! She was just over 22 lbs when I last weighed her a couple of weeks ago. She's not even really big for her age, it's just that Christian was, and still is, on the small side. She eats unbelievable amounts, and she likes almost anything.<br /><br />And of course, the sun rises and sets on Christian. It's amazing to see the relationship developing between the two of them. He's the only one who can really make her laugh all the time. He's so good to her most of the time. Of course he has his moments when he's a bit overbearing and she lets it be known she's not happy with that, or he gets frustrated with her taking his toys (or taking HER toys from him!), but all in all, I wouldn't have it any other way. <br /><br />That's about it for Jacqueline for now...stay tuned...I will post an update on Christian soon.Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22845495239167171.post-45738997224101586242009-09-20T07:18:00.000-07:002009-09-20T07:18:43.732-07:00Overnight guest...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAk3LKVa8WXZ-XaVgCGCjoYjnT45lEb3olYZsYC1LlEx4rQGCHm7cd5epXz9XO5RZymU3XpGjLZZMmQgEI6xxOyjHxTgNwsTZjuIZTEQYkvn9Z74CAxP4HUk9KNE1JFCBWUAWSLGVS9HI/s1600-h/IMG_1610.JPG"><img border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAk3LKVa8WXZ-XaVgCGCjoYjnT45lEb3olYZsYC1LlEx4rQGCHm7cd5epXz9XO5RZymU3XpGjLZZMmQgEI6xxOyjHxTgNwsTZjuIZTEQYkvn9Z74CAxP4HUk9KNE1JFCBWUAWSLGVS9HI/s400/IMG_1610.JPG" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:NONE'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Melhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03019069085771805849noreply@blogger.com1