tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59865351029755539122024-03-13T22:34:29.470-07:00Life in ColourShereenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015736573242151169noreply@blogger.comBlogger230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986535102975553912.post-26353661955286618432010-10-19T09:30:00.000-07:002010-10-19T09:30:10.161-07:00Octoberfest at Oldfield Orchard & Bakery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every year we go to a local farm to do the autumn hay ride, choose pumpkins to carve for Hallowe'en, and do lots of other fun stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This year, we chose to try a different location. We usually go to Galey Farm but this year we tried <a href="http://www.oldfieldorchardandbakery.com/events.html">Oldfield</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We were greeted with a delicious pumpkin-shaped sugar cookie - yum!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The whole thing was geared towards smaller children, I think, but Jaymi still had a lot of fun there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were two miniature 'train rides'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There were games to play (to win prizes) like a scavenger hunt,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fishing,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> pumpkin bowling,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and a ring toss.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jaymi noticed right away that we got a ticket (with admission) for a haunted house. So this year was the first year she was ready to try that sort of thing out.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She wanted to go in but got really nervous anticipating in line.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She was mostly scared of it being so dark in the haunted house, and held my hand nice and tight!</div><div style="text-align: center;">She liked it, but definitely didn't like the people who jumped and said "Boo!" once in a while as we walked through.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't think she'd do it again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There were lots of places to pose for pictures :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">There was a hay maze to crawl through,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> and a hay ride of course.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Jaymi chose a pumpkin to bring home, and she won another one as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And Mark chose a strawberry-rhubarb pie. :D</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div>It's a crinkly mat. You know how cats like things that make crinkly noises? Well, it was so easy and cheap to make.</div><div>I found this cute fabric at a thrift store, with cats all over it. I think it used to be a curtain or something.</div><div>Jaymi cut it to the right size and we both pinned it together (wrong sides out). We sewed three of the sides together and left one open. We then flipped the whole thing the right way around and stuffed it with a few layers of flattened plastic shopping bags.</div><br />
<div>It's a fantastic recycling project if you have those kind of bags hanging around in your house!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I showed Jaymi how to use the sewing machine too. She learned how to thread the machine, how to thread a bobbin, and how to sew a straight hem, taking the pins out as she went.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She did very well!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We then closed up the 4th side and stitched a few seam lines across the whole thing, so that the bags wouldn't shift around on the inside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also sprinkled some cat nip on it (next time, we're going to put lots of cat nip in it instead) and the cats love it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We have to make one more now, because we only made one mat and our second cat is a bit peeved. ;)</div><br />
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</div>Shereenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015736573242151169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986535102975553912.post-82633883810671385012010-10-16T01:37:00.000-07:002010-10-16T01:37:44.165-07:00Creepy Halloween Recipes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jaymi is enjoying my ideas, as Hallowe'en is approaching, for some interesting spooky recipes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This was a favourite of mine, that I wanted to try. It went over well with my family. :D</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spaghetti with Alfredo sauce, put in orange pepper jack-o-lantern bowls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">We also made eyeball eggs for Jaymi's lunch.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She loved them!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just take half of a boiled egg, put it in a mini muffin liner, and paint the eyeball details on with food colouring and a paintbrush.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Shereenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015736573242151169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986535102975553912.post-6948675831214254172010-10-15T09:55:00.000-07:002010-10-15T09:55:41.526-07:00Autumn Colours<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every autumn I take Jaymi out for a photo shoot with the autumn leaves. We have lots of fun with this, and I get some fantastic pictures from it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We did it yesterday, and I found the perfect spot!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yvvbqR0kUpY/TLh_M6StRWI/AAAAAAAAGlE/q-KHHUf8x6c/s1600/autumn+IMG_7563.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yvvbqR0kUpY/TLh_M6StRWI/AAAAAAAAGlE/q-KHHUf8x6c/s320/autumn+IMG_7563.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It has a little bridge, beautiful trees and a pathway for walking or bike riding, and tons of fallen leaves as well as leaves that were still falling.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yvvbqR0kUpY/TLh_ZvBNAUI/AAAAAAAAGlI/IU_JHZ7oFIw/s1600/autumn+leaves+IMG_7530.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yvvbqR0kUpY/TLh_ZvBNAUI/AAAAAAAAGlI/IU_JHZ7oFIw/s320/autumn+leaves+IMG_7530.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She had fun throwing leaves at me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She wanted me to bury her in leaves...so I did.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She laid in the leaves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Of course, we did our tradition of throwing the leaves in the air. Jaymi loves doing that.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She tried to take as many leaves as she could in her arms and tossed them all up in the air.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We always do this particular pose, which is a fun one to look at through the years, as she gets older.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And for a long time, Jaymi tried to catch a falling leaf. This is difficult to do because you never know which tree is going to drop a leaf next, then you have to run for it and try to catch it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She began watching one specific leaf that fell partway and then came to rest on a very small branch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's the orange one in the middle of this picture.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She named it "Leafy".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She begged it to come down so that she could catch it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Shereenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015736573242151169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986535102975553912.post-30793720808104297842010-10-14T22:28:00.000-07:002010-10-14T22:28:02.014-07:00All Dressed UpJaymi has such a unique sense of her own style, and I love seeing what she is choosing to dress in each morning. Some mornings it's 'regular' clothes...leggings or pants, a shirt...often mixing patterns and colours. Sometimes it's lots of accessories...bracelets, necklaces, rings, etc....and sometimes it's very 'girly' outfits like the two following outfits from this week.<div><br />
</div><div>This is her absolute FAVOURITE dress, and we bought it for her birthday. Not for her party (for that, she will be wearing her Cinderella dress because it's a princess party) but for our family birthday celebration. This particular day she was wearing this pink dress along with tights and lots of accessories (like the giant flower in the hair??). She had dressed up one of her Webkinz kittens to come with her to school as well. In a tutu, of course. The kitten even had a bow hairclip on its tail!</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On another day, Jaymi wanted to wear another favourite dress of hers. It's a white satin dress that we found at a garage sale this summer - for $1!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She loves fabrics like silk and satin, and of course, she decided to pair the dress with a dress-up halo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div>Shereenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015736573242151169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986535102975553912.post-42981576065227589862010-10-12T20:53:00.000-07:002010-10-12T20:53:17.067-07:00We made play dough!<div style="text-align: center;">I've never made play dough with Jaymi before, but have always wanted to.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So a few days ago, we did it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">We mixed everything together...(she commented that it looked kind of like mashed potatoes or Cream of Wheat), and cooked it on the stove until it got stickier and pulled away from the sides of the pot...</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">...we rolled it into balls to get ready to add colour...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">...we added food colouring to each one, trying to make all different colours. Jaymi was surprised at how long it took to completely get the colour to integrate into the dough...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">...and we even added different scents for each one. Some were peppermint, some were cinnamon (my favourite), some were lemon (we added lemon juice, which doesn't really end up being a nice smell, mixed in with the natural smell of the play dough, at all), and we added maple. We also left one as just natural.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yvvbqR0kUpY/TLUpSSl7trI/AAAAAAAAGkc/hHZe8r_4Nh8/s1600/homemade+playdough2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yvvbqR0kUpY/TLUpSSl7trI/AAAAAAAAGkc/hHZe8r_4Nh8/s320/homemade+playdough2.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Shereenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015736573242151169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986535102975553912.post-2670094529476041342010-10-11T21:02:00.000-07:002010-10-11T21:02:21.780-07:00Congratulations Jaymi!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have been trying out tae-kwon-do lessons for Jaymi, for several reasons. And she has been loving it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After doing it now, for about 2 months, she is wanting to go to as many classes as she can go to, each week, and in her words, "I get this excited feeling inside me when I'm on my way there".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the mood it puts her in - makes her feel so good about herself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I also love the attitude that it gives her at home, afterwards. She is always so kind and polite after tae-kwon-do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's also fantastic for the following reasons:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">exercise - she is often panting at the end of the class ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">balance</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">things she used to do in Occupational Therapy last year, like motor planning, and sequencing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">respect & discipline</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">listening skills</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">confidence</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">politeness</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">self-defense</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">co-ordination</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">strength and endurance</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She is so motivated right now, to earn her stripes and get to the point where she can earn a new belt (yellow).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They give beginners these stripes, to motivate them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gold stripes are given each time they attend a class.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red stripes are given each time she completes forms that keep track of things like...reading every day at home...doing respectful things at home...taking of things (teeth/bedroom/schoolwork/etc.)...practicing tae-kwon-do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">White stripes are given if they attend a stripe test but don't qualify for a new stripe yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And black stripes are awarded when they are tested at a stripe test, and are deemed ready to earn a stripe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Students need 2 black stripes before becoming eligible to test for a new belt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Jaymi has filled up one side of her belt with gold and red stripes, and is working her way up the other side of the belt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yvvbqR0kUpY/TLPaCsXkWZI/AAAAAAAAGkM/d5EF6xfy2nk/s1600/taekwondo_before+1st+stripe+test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yvvbqR0kUpY/TLPaCsXkWZI/AAAAAAAAGkM/d5EF6xfy2nk/s320/taekwondo_before+1st+stripe+test.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last week, she was eligible for stripe testing, and earned her first black stripe. She was so thrilled!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One of the things I love about Jaymi, is how unique she is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She showed up to tae-kwon-do with this pretty pink bow-headband in her hair a couple of times, recently, and her hair perfectly brushed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She insisted on having perfect hair and a pretty bow in it, while doing her tae-kwon-do moves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">:D</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I have a lot to be thankful for. This year has been such a good year, compared to the last few years.<br />
Jaymi has done amazing, recovering from her brain surgery last year. She has come such a long way and worked so hard. She is so happy and healthy this year, and I am very thankful that she is doing so well.<br />
I am thankful for the various doctors and therapists that have worked with and for Jaymi in the past year-and-a-half.<br />
I am thankful for my family and my wonderful friends.<br />
I am thankful for Jaymi's amazing school and the fact that we are able to have her in that school with some fantastic teachers.<br />
I am thankful that we are able to have Jaymi in classes that she loves, like dance.<br />
I am thankful that we live in this beautiful city and get to enjoy the ocean and the mountains.<br />
I am thankful that I don't have to worry about basics like food and shelter.<br />
I am thankful that I have a strong faith in God and that he takes such good care of all of us.<br />
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We went up to my mother-in-law's house for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.<br />
It's always nice for Jaymi to be able to spend some time with her cousin, Lucas.<br />
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Of course, it's getting more and more difficult each year, to get them to pose for a decent picture together.<br />
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Their dog, Oliver, came along to dinner this time.<br />
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My mother-in-law played a few ping-pong games with Jaymi and Lucas.<br />
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The party was at a play place where the kids always get so hot - lots of exercise, running around, sliding, etc..<br />
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Jaymi gave him a Webkinz bald eagle, which he loved,<br />
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and she made him a Garfield placemat too.<br />
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* By the way, Girl Guide cookies (the chocolate mint ones) arrive in October (which is just over a week away), so anyone who is interested in buying some from Jaymi, please let us know and we'll put you on the order list. Yum!<br />
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NEW SKIRT (made out of a flannel nightgown that Jaymi wore at Christmas time in 2005).<br />
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NEW GAME, that has us balancing pencils on our foreheads, telling everyone what our favourite childhood memory is, making difficult ethical decisions, and imagining what our own designed theme park would look like. A fun family game!<br />
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NEW DECADE. Yesterday was our 10th wedding anniversary. We have been together for 17 years...married for 10. Wow. We can't believe that we have made it through all of the tough stuff that has happened over those 10 years. We look forward to the next 10 years together.<br />
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(The next two pictures are scratch and win tickets that I made for Mark to 'win' things. Jaymi had a blast helping to scratch them as well.)<br />
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</div>Shereenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015736573242151169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986535102975553912.post-51842383649477591532010-09-20T11:03:00.000-07:002010-09-20T11:04:09.224-07:00A Dad's LifeI just came across <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOKuSQIJlog&feature=player_embedded">this video</a> - it's hilarious!<br />
Perfect. :)<br />
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Anyone who is a mom or a dad HAS to watch this.Shereenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015736573242151169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986535102975553912.post-82054348203285401942010-09-19T21:38:00.000-07:002010-09-19T21:38:26.673-07:00A miracle rainbow for us :)This afternoon, I decided to begin a Sunday tradition of discussing a bible story with Jaymi.<br />
Today, I let her choose her favourite bible story, and she chose Noah's Ark. So, we discussed the animals, and how silly Noah would have looked to his neighbours, building this huge boat and talking about God talked to him, etc..<br />
Then, we discussed the rainbow's meaning (a promise and a reminder from God).<br />
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The really strange thing was...later...about a half-hour later...I glanced outside and happened to see the most beautiful, brilliant, solid rainbow stretched across the sky!<br />
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We ran outside and looked at it, and talked about how weird that was - that it must have been God, showing us a demonstration of what we had just discussed. :)<br />
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And Jaymi pointed out that it hadn't even rained at all today! So we decided that it was a miracle rainbow.<br />
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She has been very much into reading lately - even more than usual (which was a lot). There are many days this week, where she has come from school, read for hours, and then of course, read again as she is in bed, going to sleep. She was just saying today, that she wishes her room was completely made of books. ;)<br />
Yesterday, she announced her plans for Sunday (tomorrow) afternoon.....reading, reading, reading, reading, reading, eat dinner, storytime (with me & Mark), more reading and then go to sleep.<br />
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We tried something fun this week. We made up "International Snack Week". Each day of the school week, I had a snack waiting for her, after school, from a different country.<br />
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Monday was shortbread from Scotland.<br />
Tuesday was a steamed pudding (called Spotted Dick) from England.<br />
Wednesday was honey cake from Holland.<br />
Thursday was seaweed crunchies from Japan.<br />
Friday was lemon wafers from Italy.<br />
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We also had cheese fondue (Swiss) for dinner on Friday night.<br />
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I also have to mention that we have been having some fantastic meals lately - trying out some new recipes, and some old favourites.<br />
Mark made Beef Wellington last week, and it was amazing, as usual. <br />
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He is getting really good at cooking it!<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrF8G06HqaM">Here</a> is the link to the recipe.<br />
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Yesterday we learned how to make pom-poms.<br />
This little one was okay, but we quickly learned that it is much easier to just a stiff hand (like a piece of cardboard) instead of that half-moon plastic tool.<br />
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And this is one of Jaymi's favourite outfits. She, being all into fashion now, thinks that fabrics like silk & satin are just wonderful, so this black sating skirt is a favourite.<br />
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Like <a href="http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_sigma/index.html">this</a> one.<br />
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And <a href="http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_feet_lin/index.html">this</a> one.<br />
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And <a href="http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_adaptSpiral/index.html">this</a> one.<br />
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And <a href="http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/illusion/illusions.htm">this</a> one.<br />
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She even tried to draw some of them.<br />
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We made a flip book,<br />
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and she learned a few magic tricks too.<br />
Like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v95IQYvAJjA&feature=player_embedded">this</a> one, where you cut a straw with a string inside, and the string magically gets pulled out, whole.<br />
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We found some great websites too.<br />
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She announced on the first day of school, that she 'insisted' on wearing a dress every day. She quickly realized that she also wants to be able to climb the monkey bars and hang upside down, so one day, she showed up at our room in this outfit that she put together.<br />
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Yep. She's wearing a pretty black and white dress, a black velvet cropped jacket, yellow capris pants, and multi-coloured striped knee socks.<br />
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Ballet started up again, which she loved.<br />
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And Gramma and John finally came home, after a long summer away.<br />
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Gramma finished knitting "Lovey #4".<br />
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Lovey (Jaymi's special blanket) has been with her for her whole life. Actually, the first Lovey was her pink blanket. That was followed by the purple blanket. Lovey #3 was a multi-coloured blanket that Gramma knitted that has lasted the longest. Jaymi not only sleeps with it every night, but it is a great source of comfort for her. She still goes and gets it when she is shy, upset, or worried. It even went into brain surgery with her last year.<br />
It has been falling apart for a long time, and Gramma had promised to knit a new one. So it finally was finished and Jaymi is thrilled.<br />
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Gramma & John also brought back some clothes for Jaymi. Here was the favourite, by far.<br />
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Very Jaymi-ish.<br />
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She wore it to school yesterday, and the clothes she chose to go with it were very interesting.<br />
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So...let's get this straight.<br />
A multicoloured tutu skirt, a brown sparkly shirt, a turquoise fleece jacket, and multicoloured polka-dot knee socks.<br />
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That girl definitely has her own unique style!<br />
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Today, I began turning the upper landing into a reading area. We moved a wooden storage unit into the corner for books (which Jaymi quickly filled up as soon as she discovered it), put a blanket on the couch, a plant in the other corner, and a wonderful new reading area was born!<br />
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Later this afternoon, we noticed that Jaymi seemed quite tired (yesterday as well). She actually read in the new reading area for 2 solid hours (from about 3:30 - after school - to 6:00). Then, she came downstairs, went looking for a sheet and a blanket and a pillow, set up a makeshift bed for herself on the kitchen floor, and promptly laid down to sleep. She was sooo tired.<br />
We kept her awake through dinner, which turned out to be a mistake. This resulted in a huge meltdown near the end of dinner.<br />
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So, we are adjusting to the routine - mostly successfully.<br />
;)Shereenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015736573242151169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986535102975553912.post-63342693012767089822010-09-07T22:31:00.000-07:002010-09-07T22:31:59.174-07:00Grade 3 - Time Flies!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
So, my little girl is in Gr. 3 beginning today. Wow - that sounds so strange. I still struggle to remember that she was in Gr. 2 when people ask, and now I have to switch my mind-set to think "Grade 3".<br />
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She has changed so much over the years, and we have loved every minute of it.<br />
She has her own unique, quirky personality, and I love hearing how her mind works, and seeing what she comes up with.<br />
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So, here is an update on Jaymi, at age 7 - almost 8 years old...now a happy Gr. 3 student:<br />
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She LOVES dresses (she said, just tonight before bed, "I INSIST on wearing a dress every day", especially big, poofy ones with full, long skirts. Yeah, I know - go figure. This is the same child who wouldn't touch a dress or skirt with a 10-ft. pole a few years ago, and lived in "Cars" and construction clothing for about 3 years!<br />
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She loves sparkles and colourful clothing.<br />
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She still won't wear jeans.<br />
She loves to spin.<br />
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She still mismatches her socks, and still hates wearing underwear.<br />
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She likes peace signs.<br />
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She loves girly stuff like purses, jewellery, sparkles, pink, dresses, princesses, and shoes.<br />
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She loves dancing, especially ballet and tap.<br />
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She likes to hang upside-down.<br />
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She loves games, including cribbage, Scrabble Apple, Boggle, and trivia games.<br />
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She likes the Magic Treehouse series, the Babysitter's Club series, Garfield books, Disney Princess books, any of the Rainbow Fairies series, and tons of other books.<br />
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She still absolutely LOVES to learn.<br />
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She is trying out Tae-kwon-do.<br />
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She wears glasses now - with very cool, turquoise and brown frames.<br />
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She wants to be an artist when she grows up. She draws and colours constantly! She is getting really good at drawing Garfield especially.<br />
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She likes to wear accessories - scarves, necklaces, bracelets, rings, hair clips, etc. - she loves fashion.<br />
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She is very specific about what is 'fashionable' and what is not.<br />
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Her favourite places to go are bookstores, thrift stores and garage sales, Rona or Home Depot, Quiznos, Claire's, and Starbucks.<br />
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She still likes Garfield, Webkinz, cats, and fairies, but is longer into turtles.<br />
She loves princesses at the moment, especially Cinderella and Snow White.<br />
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She loves to dress up, pretend, put on plays, dance, sing songs, and perform for us.<br />
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She is still shy with new situations, new people, and lots of other things, but at home she is so outgoing<br />
and talkative, it sometimes drives us crazy!<br />
She calls out when she sees a Mustang or a Corvette, no matter where we are.<br />
She is the pickiest she has ever been, regarding food. Her favourites are pasta, cereal, chocolate, marshmallows, Sun Chips, cheese buns, goat cheese, raw green beans (thanks to our garden this year), milk, and pomegranate juice. Her pizza must have ONLY pineapple and cheese but NO sauce, her pasta must have either cheese sauce or Alfredo sauce but NO tomato sauce, and her sandwiches must NOT have mayo, mustard, or any type of spread on the bread. ;)<br />
She reads constantly,<br />
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loves to go Quiznos with Mark,<br />
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loves school,<br />
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loves to shop (especially at thrift shops and garage sales),<br />
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and likes to do crossword puzzles or jigsaw puzzles with me.<br />
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She is still a whiz at reading and math.<br />
She is very emotional and melts down sometimes, at the smallest thing.<br />
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She is an excellent swimmer and could spend all day in a pool.<br />
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She is terrified of wasps (after being stung 2 summers in a row).<br />
She beginning her 2nd year of Brownies.<br />
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She will pick up lizards, slugs, etc., with no problem at all.<br />
She is very affectionate.<br />
She has lost 7 of her baby teeth so far.<br />
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She is not very patient, can be a bit bossy, and has trouble focusing this past year.<br />
She can make ANYTHING into a wonderful adventure. She has an amazing imagination. She has pretended that practically ANYTHING is an animated object - a coffee bean, a screw, a ball of hair, and even air! Yes, air.<br />
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:DShereenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18015736573242151169noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5986535102975553912.post-19199842669921127252010-09-06T20:33:00.000-07:002010-09-06T20:33:39.187-07:00Randomness...Tidbits of the past few days...<br />
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Jaymi decided to make a cape, and did a great job, after finding a piece of pink of fleece in my sewing room, trimming the edge the way she wanted to, cutting to make a tie at the front, and voila!<br />
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We also had a nice surprise in the mail...a postcard from Jaymi's absolute FAVOURITE counsellor at Camp Qwanoes - Sarah. She adored her, and although Sarah told her that she wanted to keep in touch with us, you never know. Sometimes people just don't follow through. But she did, and Jaymi was thrilled to get the postcard in the mail. Sarah doesn't have a mailing address yet, so she provided us with her email and Jaymi set out right away, emailing her.<br />
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And as I took these pictures of her while she emailed, I was struck by how old she looks in some photos.<br />
Wow - she's growing up!<br />
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Last week the three of us went on a brief family vacation to Parksville. <br />
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It was too short, and had a few unexpected 'adventures' (#1 - Mark burned the top of his foot with a hot oil splash from making dinner, #2 - Jaymi banged her head pretty hard on a countertop, and #3 - we witnessed a bunch of young children freaking out while getting stung by a swarm of wasps) but it was nice to get away and we had lots of fun together.<br />
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The playground was fun, with lots of stuff to climb on, swing from, slide down, etc., and we also played ping-pong and basketball together.<br />
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One of the days we were there, we went to Nanaimo (20 minutes away) to the mall and shopped. We enjoyed an ice cream while we were there,<br />
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went to Chapters,<br />
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and Jaymi made a wish in the big clock water fountain. (She wished for Mark's foot to get better.)<br />
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We all went to one of the local resort attractions - mini-golf and bumper boats (with sprayers). That was lots of fun. Jaymi actually got 2 holes-in-one!!<br />
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And of course, staying in our resort was fun too, taking walks, swimming in the pool,<br />
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making special breakfasts and dinners in our room,<br />
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making forts,<br />
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We also introduced Jaymi to a new thing that she had never had before (a childhood memory for both of us) - mini cereal boxes that you have to cut open to eat. :)<br />
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I finished making Jaymi the tutu I was working on (a no-sew project). She loves it. <br />
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In this picture, she is holding one of her favourite stuffies that she has had for many years. She has a fantastic stuffie set of a family of green peas in a pod (a mom, dad, and kid). She brought with her, one of the peas...attached it to a leash for a while, took it for walks, made a ribbon headband for it, etc..<br />
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I also began a new sewing project that she wanted me to make - a mermaid skirt.<br />
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One evening, we also did a spa night for ourselves. We soaked our feet (in whatever containers we could find), I did her nails, and we did face masks. <br />
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She actually wanted to do another mask the next night, so I did a drying cucumber mask on her, that she got to peel off. :)<br />
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The tide goes out soooo far in Parksville, so it's always a must whenever anyone is there, to take a walk on the beach waaay out.<br />
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Other than that, I have been able to take Jaymi's lead with some of her ideas, and run with them.<br />
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Like this morning, she decided that she wanted to make her own stuffie pencil. A no.2 pencil, to be exact. So she asked me if we had the correct colours of fabric, and some stuffing, and after I said yes, she went up to the sewing area and gathered everything she would need - her fabric scissors, pins & pincushion, needle & thread, fabric, fabric marker, and stuffing).<br />
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I am so proud of her, because she did nearly the whole project by herself! She already layed out the fabric, cut a double layer of each piece that she wanted, lined it up, and pinned it herself.<br />
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Then, she threaded the needle herself and did almost all of the sewing, with me helping when the thread got tangled up or when the more difficult parts came up (like sewing 4 layers together). <br />
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I flipped the whole thing right-side in and then her and I stuffed it. After that, she finished the last sewing bit and she even cut out and sewed on a little number '2' (backwards by accident - but she wants to keep it that way).<br />
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She loves this pencil. Called it 'pencily', of course, and is sleeping with it tonight. It is exactly her size, and she loves to pretend to write and erase with it.<br />
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She loves that she can make her own stuffie. :)<br />
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We had a great mother-daughter day this week as well. <br />
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We went downtown to sit on the rocks and watch the float planes take off and land. <br />
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It was such a nice afternoon. We sat there, drank some lemonade and ate a bag of chips,<br />
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and enjoyed watching the planes. <br />
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While we waited for the next plane, we watched people, boats, harbour ferries, kayakers, and just had fun together. <br />
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We also saw a ladybug fly right past us, saw a flock of geese fly by, and Jaymi climbed the stone pyramid-like structures in her pretty pink dress.<br />
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</div>By the way, we went to Value Village before that, and had a blast in the changeroom, trying on clothes, and ended up finding Jaymi's possible Halloween costume (at the very least, it's a costume for her dress-up bin), a dress for her birthday (which she is IN LOVE with), a dress for Christmas, the pink dress she is wearing in these pictures, and a bunch of books.<br />
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After watching the planes, we went to a convenience store to buy an ice-cream bar, and sat on the grass to enjoy it together.<br />
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She also lost another tooth this week. Finally. This tooth was so loose that it could lay flat against her bottom lip. She pulled it out herself. So now she has two gaps - one on each side of her bottom front teeth.<br />
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