~ Bath time ~

We finally gave Charley her first kitchen sink bath the other night. It went over famously, so well in fact, that Lennah had to get in on the action! Lennah has only had one of these herself, her first bath home from the hospital, a very long time ago. Looks like Charley will be having more of these in the future!

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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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~ Happy Valentine's to Me ~

My lovely Valentine's Day gift from Nathan - handpicked by me! I am in love with this one of a kind, silk and nuno felted scarf. I can't wait to dress it up with a blouse, jeans and some high heels!

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~ My Cool Finds ~

Pink Champagne pendant with cord necklace.

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Cosmic Stripe pendant that was custom made into a brooch for me.

These two pieces of one of a kind jewellery are from the GroovyGlassGirl. For now I'm keeping my source of "where to buy" close to myself. I'm very excited about them and can't wait to get to show them off.

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~ Babysitting ~

When I saw the photos of Charley on our bed with a belt in her mouth and hangers in her hand, being watched by her father, I was reminded that this had happened before. And here is the proof.

Exhibit A: Lennah, just 5 days old and sleeping on the stove!

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Exhibit B: Just 5 months old and in a box in the garage.

I drove in the garage one day and there was Lennah tucked away in a box! She looked at the truck coming in and smiled. I could only imagine what she was saying - "Look at me! Daddy loves me!"

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Exhibit C: Charley, 7 months old with leather belt.

~ Uncle Dan's Visit ~

Watching a little Rolie Polie Olie before bed.

Boy stuff

Nathan watching Charley, leather belt in her mouth, beating the cats with some plastic hangers!

The boys out sledding.

Charley says 'Look at me! I'm Uncle Daggle! And I have his toque!"

Dan got a little out of hand and had a 'time out'. Dare I say, acting like one of the locals? He's even drinking the local favorite!!

More guns!

The boys stopped and checked out the lake ice that pushed ashore overnight. This happened all the way down the lake. The ice is over a foot thick here - that has to be some massive amount of force to move that amount of ice and crumple it up like a sheet of paper.

A closer look at the ice. Several theories in place from the locals. One is the thought that there may be an open area further south and the wave action from the wind the day before pushed it up. Another hypothesis was this was a result of an earthquake to the north might have caused the lake to swell. Either way, that was a phenomenal amount of force.

This one makes me think of Nathan arriving on some far away planet - he looks like an astronaut.

Surprise, surprise. Nathan getting stuck - again.

We get the idea - it's deep!

Just playing with girls in the yard

"E.T. Phone Home" or No Charley, don't pull his finger!

Having a little dessert with Sean, the medic. Do you think he could find a bigger spoon?

Even more guns! This time on my kitchen table!


So, we're headed back down to the coast this weekend. And this will end Uncle Dan's visit to Takla. He came home with us after our Christmas visit and has been with us ever since! LOL
We hope he had a good time and we had lots of fun having him here.

~ Cookies ~

Charley having some fun while the girls baked.

Lennah baked her first cookies this weekend with our good friend Sandy. It was to be a rocky start, Lennah dumped about a 1/2 cup of salt in the mix. Then, after Sandy started all over again, Lennah started spooning the batter into the sink instead the counter for cutting! The girls used the playdoh cutters to make some of Lennah's favourite shapes.

Gotta make sure those sprinkles are okay!

Yummy icing.

As we had run out of time, Sandy brought over some more sugar cookies for Lennah to ice and sprinkle the next day. It all turned out quite tasty! Thanks Sandy.