Our first night out!!!

We finally took the plunge and took a little bit of time for ourselves... a big step...perhaps more for the parents than for little Anna. We came home to happy kids quietly reading with their new best friend, with huge grins on their face. Annabelle did great!!! and was just happy to see us...She had nodded her head when I told her we would be back in a few hours...She understood!!! This is such a big relief for us....She must begin to realize that we won't be leaving her behind.. she's stuck with us.. .and seems rather happy with the situation ;0)

Can I come too?

Back to school means that Annabelle loses her favorite playmate, big brother Yannik, for the day.. Don't worry... Annabelle, plenty of time to conspire together as of 2:15. The house does seem alot quieter without Yannik here right now...I can't wait to hear all about his first day as a first grader!!!!

My first barrette

My hair is finally thick enough to wear one of these things in my hair... My mom says it looks lovely....


This is me, trying to say "do I look too goofy in this?"


But then I finally came around and though...Yeah, I look good ;0))

Papa & Anna

Nothing better on a hot and sticky day than lay in the pool with my Papa.

My very own helmet!

Ah... much better... Now I can tag along with Yannik and explore the neighbourhood...ok, ok... so perhaps just a few feet beyond our driveway...for now!

Small girl, big helmet

There is just no stopping her... Annabelle loves to discover... even when she is not yet ready.. or rather, when her parents are not yet ready! She took us by surprise when she jumped on Yannik's old tricycle... and we had no helmet for her. No worries.. we'll simply put Yannik's smallest one.. That should do the trick... and so it did... making her more precious than ever. She was so happy to have graduated to a real bike.. how could we say no. Tomorrow, we get her a proper helmet ;0))

Step 1: Put on BIG helmet


Step 2: Give a cheer!


Step 3: Sit


Step 4: Go!

This is sooooo goood!

An appreciation of "fine foods" runs in the family...Annabelle is just catching on to the rest of us. She seems to have gained a bit of weight during the holidays... unfortunately, so did we ;0))) She is slowly catching up...and is currently on somewhat of a growth spurt. Finally going up percentile by percentile on the famous growth chart....though am trying not to focus to much on it anymore. She went through some kind of fasting phase and am happy to report that she has rediscovered food!