This evening at dinner, we glanced over at Elizabeth to see her eating with a knife & fork at the same time!! Wow!! We were very impressed, to say the least. Okay, she wasn’t doing very well, but she held the fork in the left hand and knife in the right and was trying to eat like daddy. So cute. Also, we haven’t used the high chair in weeks. She wants to eat at the table and be grown up.
What has she gotten from me? She can pick things up with her toes. Everything else seems to be like Paul.
Today, Elizabeth decided that she no longer wanted to wear nappies. She’s still wearing them at nighttime, but she flat out refuses to wear one during the day. Actually, she’s not really wanting to wear any clothes at the moment. If you come over, we’ll have a little nudist running around the house giggling.
Today is also Paul’s birthday. He got calls, emails & cards from England, but not one person in my family remembered him.
The day after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday. Since we weren’t shopping and everyone else was, we thought this would be a great day to have a yard sale. Also, when we lived in our other house downtown, we noticed our neighbors who had a yard sale on this day had a great turnout.
Our sale went great! It’s surprising how much stuff we have that we never look at. We bought DVD’s thinking that we’d watch them, but over a year later, they just sit in the shelf collecting dust. Doreen would love to know how many people came wanting cheap comics!
While we worked hard in the cold for two days, Elizabeth watched TV and had snacks and played in our leaf pile in the front yard. One time she was playing with some blue painters tape and made herself a beard. Then she went to Paul and said that she needed to shave, just like daddy.
What about Cameron? He worked an 18+ hour shift on Black Friday and slept on the Saturday. He woke up while we were eating lunch (after we had cleared up) and asked, “weren’t you guys going to have a yard sale?”
Today I cleared up a load of leaves, there were so many that I thought we may lose a car in there (ok maybe only a small one from the Uk,but still) so I blew them all onto the lawn.
This afternoon Jessica came round to take some pics for us to use on Christmas cards and the kids played in the leaves. I have to say that Ryan did a very good job of raking the leaves back into a big pile after they were all done playing in them.
Jessica took some great pics but the camera must be wonkey as I seem to have no hair and a double chin in all of them!
There are some wonderful photos of Elizabeth in the leaves and I thought I would add a few here. Hope you like them and thanks for coming round Jessica.
Kick Those Leaves
I know she is a cutie!
Elizabeth had a toy house outside. With the weather getting cooler, we scrubbed it down and brought it into the play room in the house. Suddenly this week, she wants us to join her inside the house so she can make us a cup of tea. It’s a bit dark in the basement, but you can see that even Paul managed to get inside the house. On this evening, she was only having a juice box, though.
We couldn’t get her to hold still for very long (too much candy, perhaps?), but here is the costume. She was a Home Depot worker. (English translation: B&Q’s worker). I took her out to the county attorney’s office to trick or treat on Thursday, then on Saturday evening, we just went to one neighbors house across the street and then to Daniel’s. Jessica was working and Aunt Tammy & kids were there also, so we just had a visit and then came home. At this age, who really needs a ton of candy, right?
Elizabeth has started singing the alphabet to us. Not the whole alphabet, but she has a little tune to “B, C, D, E” and “X, Y, Z”. She has also increased her counting up to #5.
I tried my best to cut Elizabeth’s hair last night. Nearly 2″ gone off the back! Looks a lot cuter and not so mullet-y.
Today is the birthday party at our local bank. We were able to go and get a small sandwich, chips (crisps), candy and a drink. We entered our name to guess how much money is in the jar and also entered to win a $1,000 gift card. Elizabeth and I spun a wheel to win a piggy bank shaped like a pink poodle, which she LOVES! We also got a balloon which had to join her in her bedroom during naptime.
We turned on the heater last night and haven’t turned it off yet. It’s officially winter here (to us). The daytime high is like 66 or something. Soooo cold! This afternoon Elizabeth and I will be going outside to pick what is left of our vegetables. We’ve been gathering many peppers and green beans, but I think the tomatoes will just have to ripen on our window sill. There is still some onion, lettuce and spinach out there which should last until it gets really cold. We also built a second planter bed for next years garden. We’re hoping to have a third one ready by spring.
Nanny is home from the hospital and we’re so happy! Elizabeth has been driving us crazy by asking about her every other day and not being able to talk to her. Finally she got to talk to her yesterday and she was happy all the rest of the day.
Everything here is going well. I’m applying for jobs all the time. Hopefully something will come up soon. Part time would be great as I am loving being at home.
She wanted me to buy this for her when we were out shopping one day. For some reason she can’t keep other things in her hair, but she loved this headband.
Another favorite thing Elizabeth has discovered are berries. Whenever I can find a good deal, I’ll get her a package of raspberries, blueberries or strawberries. She finishes a package in about a day.
Here are a few pictures from Cameron’s birthday party, which just happened to be on Elizabeth’s birthday, August 29th.
In such a short time after turning 2, Elizabeth can insert shapes into her toy, sort crayons by color and name most colors correctly, count to 3 and is now starting to speak (very sort) sentences. She’s such a smarty!
Nanny is coming to visit in a couple of weeks so Elizabeth is naturally very excited. She’s also very excited to see Rebecca and Auntie Elaine as well.