Independence Day???

On her first day of preschool Ella was braver than I was. She was excited and ready, I was not! I was excited for her, but all of a sudden my baby had gotten too big. It was quite silly, really...here we've been preparing her for this day and praying for her to have fun and for her to not be afraid; then God answers our prayers and I'm all miffed. She walked away from me without hardly a backwards glance and I felt slightly betrayed.

"You're sure you don't want mommy to stay for a bit...?"

"No. Bye Mom."

Even though my heart broke a wee bit to see that she could strike off on her own without me holding her hand, I am so proud of her!

My Fat Ballerina!

Crazy Hair

Every day Ella wakes up from her nap all sweaty and she has a frizzy nest of hair that's all wet and tangled. And Aidan's hair is just so cute to mess up when it's wet after a bath.

A bun in the oven...noooo not that kind!!

I'm so excited about my newest accomplishment that I just had to share it with the rest of the world. And I think quite possibly the only other person to share this excitement with me is my dear husband.

I learned how to bake buns yesterday!!!

It has been an ongoing argument with Jer and I...

"You should learn how to bake buns."

"I don't want to learn how!!!"

"Why not?"

"Because...I DON'T WANT TO!!!" (insert foot stomp)

I think it was an expectation that I should get married, have kids and...VIOLA, learn how to make buns. Good mennonite girl! I'm trying to break out of the mold. You know, a "new generation of women".

But alas...that generation of women buys their buns from the store and yearns for their mom's and grandmothers' buns. So I sucked it up and made the choice to venture forth into the unexplored territory of bun-baking.

It was fun.
It was well worth it.
And I only ate 4. (One from each pan that came out of the oven...and that was also worth it!)

Just thought I'd let you know...

I needed a moment and a place to be thankful for all the people in my life who are a blessing to me. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with love for all of you and I just wanted to let you all know. So what better place than my first posting of my new blog?

I'm thankful for my wonderful husband who is my life and love and who does so many amazing things for us - works long hours aside from his full-time job while still making enough time for us (ie: getting up at 3:45 a.m. to work), being an amazing daddy to our 2 precious princesses (and they are, most of the time), being my knight in shining armor and taking me to see "Phantom of the Opera" (what woman wouldn't be thankful for that?), and the list goes on.

I'm thankful for my girlies. My sweet, silly, loud, fun daughters whom i have the awesome privilege of raising. They make life crazy and wonderful.

I'm thankful for my amazing girlfriends out there - you are my sunshine!!!! I must say, I've recently had a number of very special girl-times with many of the wonderful women in my life (movie nights, breakfast/coffee time, cleaning parties) and I feel blessed. I want each and every one of you to know that you make life beautiful. You are all unique and I love you!

And to everyone else out there who I'm blessed to call friend, family and neighbour. You all have a special place in my life.