Yes!

Life is clearly awesome at our house today:
 

Dinner and a Movie

Dinner...








Takes...






For....




Ev...






Er...





At our house.  An eternity.   An everloving eon.

 

(Craptacular audio... but you get the gist.)

The Graduate

I can't believe it... it's here already... my baby graduated!







From Swim School.  WHATEVER.  It's a big deal for ME.  She passed THREE levels!  She's like, the greatest graduate in the history of graduates in the entire world.  EVER.

I'm a little proud of her.  And apparently, obnoxious.

A photo of my graduate with her first certificate.  She's going into... SEA TURTLE.  The big times.

And a video from her last class:

Santa, More Santa, and Ice Cream

We had a very busy weekend!

First, we had the company children's Christmas party at Springridge Farms on Saturday.  Shae had a total blast.

In past years, Shae has screamed her face of at the slightest glimpse of the jolly fat guy, er, Santa.  This year, I fully expected the same.  But, no sooner did Santa appear and Shae had launched herself off the bench and tackled ol' St. Nick at the knees for a hug.  It was one of those, "Oh my god, my kid is SO DAMN CUTE moments."

She went back to see Santa about 3 times before he left for the day.  She'd like a big Belle doll from Santa.  Let's hope he delivers.

Then, we drove like maniacs hurried home to park our butts on the curb to watch the Brampton Santa parade.  This was Shae's first parade - in the evening, no less - so I had no idea how she would fare in the cold.  She LOVED it.  Because it's at night, the floats are all lit up.  It was lovely.  Shae stuck her hand out for highfives to all the characters passing by.  Definitely a new tradition... we could even walk there from out new house.

Then, on Sunday, completely unrelated to the Santa theme... and only posting because I LOVED her loving this ice cream cone... the last of the summer stash of Chapman cones... going out with a bang.

Swimming Lesson - Week 3489738497

Since I know you're all wondering if Shae's mastered the swan dive yet...

She has.  Such GRACE!

Three

Three whole years ago I met the most amazing person.  Shae!  Today is her 3rd birthday!


The kid has had THREE parties to celebrate her birth - the kid doesn't have a birthday, she has a birthweek.

Her first party was at Gramma and Grandpa's house - where she celebrated with her grandparents, her Uncle Shane, Cousin Dylan, GG, and our friend Val.  It was a wonderful weekend, so of course, I have 100 photos to share.  She had an Ariel cake - made by her very own Gramma!

It was also Thanksgiving weekend - so I'm sneaking in photos of the whole sha-bang.  Humour me.

 

Then!  She had a birthday party at her daycare.  I have no pics of that, but it was a shared birthday with another boy, so there was TONS of cake, and she came home with THREE presents!  What a lucky twerp!

Then, I couldn't let the actual day pass without a celebration at our house... so I ordered pizza, and produced a princess cake - she'd been asking for one for months.

We picnicked in the living room.  After we were stuffed to the gills (get it?  Salmon(d)? Gills? Hee.), we painted our sidewalk and then I followed Shae to the park.  Couldn't say no - as you can see from the video below, she turned a little Exorcist on the way, "COME FOLLOW MEEEEE" in an evil little voice!

Finally, she got to put on the princess dress I'd saved for her birthdate - pink, because Ariel wears pink and she's bound and determined to be Ariel for Halloween.  Hmmm... better get looking for a long red toddler wig!

Four Minutes

Today, we met with Christine Miron, of Christine Miron Photography to have our little family's photos done.   While that's what I really want to blog about... alas, it takes some time to get them back...

Patience is NOT a virtue I possess...

So, I give you - four minutes of ridiculous at our house.

Bieber

Well, Shae STILL loves the Biebs... and I gotta say... I'm starting to love his music too, goshdarnit...

We had a Bieber (or as Shae says, "Biever") Youtube dance party/singalong tonight... you can see how fun it was...

Part One, then Part Two of "Baby, Baby".

Two Minutes

Although nothing very spectacular happens in these two minutes - I know 10 years from now watching Shae ask me to play with her, and negotiating play instead of supper will make my heart squeeze. 

 These 2 minutes of our day can easily be taken for granted in the moment... but how long before she's not interested in playing with me for two hours?

Moo

I don't know.  Hot chocolate+30 degrees ... one silly kid.

Drama Queen

Dear Shae,

This is one example of why I like to say less and watch more when you play.  You're very amusing.  And quite the actress.