Too fast! LOVE this picture! Thank you Papa!!
The captain of her ship.
Precious moments with Papa.
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Friday, June 01, 2012
A Glorious Long Weekend!
The weather for May has been ah-ma-zing!!! The long weekend was no exception and Hannah and I enjoyed spending as much of it outdoors as we could! Saturday was a picnic with Hannah’s best friend Ben and his mommy. 
(The friendship these two share warms my heart! They love, love, love to be together and even though we live more an an hour apart from one another we still see one another often. We recently had a time when our two families were together 4 weekends in a row. Yay! On the 5th weekend I asked Hannah what she wanted to do for something special and she immediately shouted with a huge smile, ‘Go to Ben’s house!! Love that.)
We went to a local conservation area with the plan of enjoying a picnic lunch together, running and playing fun in the big open space and then finally beach time playing in the sand. On the way there the kids heard us say, ‘beach’ and they immediately began to cheer and yell, ‘Yay! Swimming!’ We quickly told them that we’d have fun in the sand but would not be going in the water. It’s only May and the water would be freezing!
After eating the kids enjoyed running around and we chased them a bit. A tickle fest ensued and it was giggles for everyone!!
As you can see, with the exception of one other family a ways off, we had this entire picnic area to ourselves and it was perfect! Lots of room for the kids to explore and have fun!
‘I’m ready to catch the ball Ben!’
Ben’s daddy had bought some cool glider style planes for the kids and we all had a ton of fun playing with them.
Bubbles are always a hit.
It was the perfect opportunity to grab some pictures of Mommy and her girl together!
My little love and I. Yes, no better way to spend a day!!
You may remember from the beginning of the post about our beach chat and how it would be sand play only. After the picnic we hopped into the car and made our way to the beach area while reminding them that this was not a water time. We unloaded kiddos and toys and Hannah, Ben and Auntie headed towards the beach while I finished something up at the car. I was about 3 mins behind them and I laughed so hard when I arrived at the beach and saw this:
LOL!! Auntie quickly confided that it was far too hot on the beach not to go into the water. I asked her how her humble pie was tasting as I knew I’d be eating my share soon too! Heh!! The temperature on the beach was 30oC which is pushing 86oF. Yup….definitely water weather! We were shocked at how crowded the beach was and how many people were in the water. This is about 6 weeks earlier than most of us even consider going into the water as 6 weeks earlier this lake would still have bits of ice floating on it!
And, what better way to end a day of picnic and beach fun than with ice cream?
Hannah and I spent the night at our home-away-from-home, Ben’s house and then Sunday afternoon hopped in the car and headed 3 hours north to Nana and Papa’s trailer. The long weekend fun was continuing! (By this point in the weekend the battery in my camera was toast so these pics were taken with my iPod Touch.)
Once again the weather, especially for nothern Ontario was ah-ma-zing! As we arrived the thermostat was reading even higher than the day before at 33oC/91oF…in mid MAY!!! We unpacked the car, changed and headed to the beach! Heh…twice in one weekend! Tor Tor was at the trailer for the weekend too and she was happy to play in the water with Hannah.
We stayed with Nana and Papa overnight enjoying quiet family times together and it was perfect!
Monday was a day outdoors with beautiful walks buy by then the camera was away.
It was one of those weekends that felt like we’d had a real rest and enjoyed so much time together as well as with family. Add the glorious weather to that and well, we couldn’t ask for more!
(The friendship these two share warms my heart! They love, love, love to be together and even though we live more an an hour apart from one another we still see one another often. We recently had a time when our two families were together 4 weekends in a row. Yay! On the 5th weekend I asked Hannah what she wanted to do for something special and she immediately shouted with a huge smile, ‘Go to Ben’s house!! Love that.)
We went to a local conservation area with the plan of enjoying a picnic lunch together, running and playing fun in the big open space and then finally beach time playing in the sand. On the way there the kids heard us say, ‘beach’ and they immediately began to cheer and yell, ‘Yay! Swimming!’ We quickly told them that we’d have fun in the sand but would not be going in the water. It’s only May and the water would be freezing!
After eating the kids enjoyed running around and we chased them a bit. A tickle fest ensued and it was giggles for everyone!!
As you can see, with the exception of one other family a ways off, we had this entire picnic area to ourselves and it was perfect! Lots of room for the kids to explore and have fun!
‘I’m ready to catch the ball Ben!’
Ben’s daddy had bought some cool glider style planes for the kids and we all had a ton of fun playing with them.
Bubbles are always a hit.
It was the perfect opportunity to grab some pictures of Mommy and her girl together!
My little love and I. Yes, no better way to spend a day!!
You may remember from the beginning of the post about our beach chat and how it would be sand play only. After the picnic we hopped into the car and made our way to the beach area while reminding them that this was not a water time. We unloaded kiddos and toys and Hannah, Ben and Auntie headed towards the beach while I finished something up at the car. I was about 3 mins behind them and I laughed so hard when I arrived at the beach and saw this:
LOL!! Auntie quickly confided that it was far too hot on the beach not to go into the water. I asked her how her humble pie was tasting as I knew I’d be eating my share soon too! Heh!! The temperature on the beach was 30oC which is pushing 86oF. Yup….definitely water weather! We were shocked at how crowded the beach was and how many people were in the water. This is about 6 weeks earlier than most of us even consider going into the water as 6 weeks earlier this lake would still have bits of ice floating on it!
And, what better way to end a day of picnic and beach fun than with ice cream?
Hannah and I spent the night at our home-away-from-home, Ben’s house and then Sunday afternoon hopped in the car and headed 3 hours north to Nana and Papa’s trailer. The long weekend fun was continuing! (By this point in the weekend the battery in my camera was toast so these pics were taken with my iPod Touch.)
Once again the weather, especially for nothern Ontario was ah-ma-zing! As we arrived the thermostat was reading even higher than the day before at 33oC/91oF…in mid MAY!!! We unpacked the car, changed and headed to the beach! Heh…twice in one weekend! Tor Tor was at the trailer for the weekend too and she was happy to play in the water with Hannah.
We stayed with Nana and Papa overnight enjoying quiet family times together and it was perfect!
Monday was a day outdoors with beautiful walks buy by then the camera was away.
It was one of those weekends that felt like we’d had a real rest and enjoyed so much time together as well as with family. Add the glorious weather to that and well, we couldn’t ask for more!
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Let’s Go Fly a Kite!
Friday I worked an earlier day than normal so was able to pick Hannah up early. Knowing their was a great spring breeze about I stopped by the house on my way to pick her up and grabbed her kite. I’d purchase it a year ago but we’d just never had an opportunity to use it even though Hannah had patiently asked a few times. Finally Friday was going to be the first big kite flying adventure! I wasn’t too sure how we’d get it into the air but between the two of us it only took a few tries. 
Once it was up Hannah held the handle of the kite and I quickly snapped a few pics. I’m glad I snapped quickly as I think her kite flying interested lasted about 1 1/2 minutes! 
From there we were off to the park for climbing and swinging fun. Love the giggles!!
So glad that warm, sunny days are here and we can share more time outside together.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Mother’s Day 2012: She Still Takes My Breath Away!!
I continue to be blessed, amazed and oh so thankful that I am Hannah’s Mommy!
MOMMY!!!
A title I longed for for many, many years and yet in hind sight a title I really knew so little about. I had no idea how this little girl would change my life completely in the most amazing ways!! I still pinch myself as I realize that God has blessed me with the most wonderful little girl in the entire world and that He has allowed me to be her Mom!! There were tears on Mother’s Day. Tears of thankfulness. Tears of joy. Tears of gratitude. And tears of humbleness. Humbled that God chose me. Wow!! And yes, there were tears for Hannah’s China birth mom too. I don’t believe they celebrate Mother’s Day in China but I could not celebrate today without my heart being pricked with thankfulness for the woman who lovingly carried my daughter for 9 months and then after dressing her warmly and wrapping her carefully, placed her to be found. Forever grateful. Forever.
Hannah and I shared a fun, busy weekend together so still had some last minute gifts to make. We woke early on Sunday morning and set to work creating gifts for Grandma, Nana and Grandma Dale.
These are the gifts Hannah made for me for Mother’s Day. Precious! The hand flower was made at Ange’s and the other one with the poem at Sunday School.
The poem is one I’ve read a number of times but suddenly it held all new meaning as it was given to me by my DAUGHTER!
With Nana’s help 
Hannah also gave me a beautiful cookie.
We went to church together and then I asked Hannah where she would like to take Mommy for lunch and I couldn’t have been happier! What a perfect choice for a 3yo to make!
After nap it was time to meet Grandma and Grandpa as well as my brother and his family for our annual Mother’s Day dinner. What fun we had and it ended too soon. Hannah and I headed back to Mom and Dad’s where Hannah helped Grandma prepare a delicious dessert of strawberry shortcake. Yum!
Hannah had another surprise gift for Mommy when she gave me my favourite summer flower, a Mandavilla.
We attempted to take some Mother’s Day photos but I’d waited a little too long and we didn’t capture ‘the picture’. But we did have fun!!
I hope you had a wonderful day of celebrating too!
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Preschool Play
When I arrived to pick up Hannah from daycare yesterday Ange asked if I had my camera with me? I popped back to the car and thankfully the kids were in the mood to play ‘Wedding’ again. So sweet! Owen is the narrator, Noah the groom and Hannah the bride. I love how well the kids play together and the sweet friendship they share! The spot where Hannah runs down the hill and calls to Noah, once again using her ‘gentle voice’ makes me giggle! Heh…check out Noah running down the hill. I think he had his pucker ready from half way down! (Ben, it may be best to avert your eyes! 
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So sweet!
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