~ My Budding Artists ~

Too proud not to share the girl's latest Art. Lennah is very proud of her painting and the colours used. Her handprints turned out beautifully and of course, Charley's are wonderful in colour and composition as well! Thank you to Martina for getting the handprints I so desperately wanted.

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~ Toilet Paper ~

I know I've been deliquent to the nth degree when it comes to my blog. But, here are a couple of photos of the girls to tide everyone over. I still have my sister's visit and Jasper camping trip to post, as well as Lennah's hockey saga, which continues. Keep checking, I'll some more for everyone soon enough!

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Doesn't she look so innocent? NOT! We happened upon Charley after she'd disappeared for some time. This is the perfect example of why we've come to putting the toilet paper way, way up high where little "Corns" can't reach it. But she had fun, and we're almost finished using that brand new roll up!

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~ Lennah's Room ~

After Lennah started discarding all the pillows onto the floor, Charley stopped to take a rest.

It's still a work in progress, but here's a sneak preview of Lennah's "big girl" room that I've been working on since she was still in her crib. I've had the bedding for about a year and a half, the drapes, bedskirt and mirrors a year, you get the picture? I still have to hang her mirror and ballet print that she got for her first birthday, but I think it's coming along quite nicely.

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~ Puddle Jumping ~

Last Wednesday after all the rain we had left nice BIG puddles in my Mom's complex. Lennah, Charley and I we going for a walk when we discovered the "puddles of fun", we did an about face to put on some welly boots! As you can see the girls had a fantastic time. Lennah was wet up to her neck and we had to dump out the boots at least 4 times. She ran and jumped and galloped and leap-frogged and pushed her sister around. I think the seniors in my Mom's complex had as much fun too. A number of people stopped by to comment on how much fun Lennah was having, others drove by waving with big smiles on their faces.

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~ Shenanigans ~

What a curious miss! Good thing those weren't the clean towels.

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Nathan thinks Charley's already plotting her takeover of the world.

This is the "don't mess with me" face.

Apparently, my pink camo version of this rifle is on it's way. 'Cause you know how much I NEED a semi-auto .22cal LR! At least that's what Nathan is trying to convince me of.

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"What am I supposed to do with these things?"

Commanding her audience - might be more effective if she didn't have on huge rubber gloves!

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Fast asleep and still a death grip on the Tupperware tea set. Notice Nathan's "play off mustache"?

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~ Crawling - an Update ~

Just a little update on Charley's progress. With barely a week of crawling, our little girl has already progressed to a bum scoot. I think between the linoleum floor and just wanting to get around faster, Charley has decided to bum scoot. And she's gotten quite proficient at it!

This one is a little long, but I think there's some "noisy people" who'll get a kick out of it! You can certainly see the difference 4 days make. This last video is a little older than the first two and it's very apparent how much better Charley's gotten at the "Bumscootin' Boogie".

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As well, she's been babbling for some time now, but not really saying much. Then, about four days ago she started saying "Dada" like it was going out of style. I'm patiently waiting for "Mama". She still hasn't called Nathan Dada yet! So, there's still time -Lennah called me Mama first.

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~ Mmmm, Nutella ~

If you look closely, you'll see she's licking her lips! Turkey Farmer!!!

What else is there to say? Not much. I came out of the shower this afternoon to see if Lennah wanted to go outside and spied her sitting on the floor in front of the TV. I asked if she was ready to go and all she did was hold up her hands. It took a moment for it to register what was on her hands, the evidence was on the floor between her legs, a big jar of Nutella! I didn't even have the heart to chastise her, it was awfully cute. Obviously she hadn't touched anything yet! So I brought her into the kitchen, noticing the chocolate syrup sitting on the floor by the open cupboard she'd unlocked, and she happily posed for a few shots!

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