Lashes and curls

So, little urchin is 23 months and 3 days old. How crazy is that? She's almost freakin' TWO!
How the heck did that happen? I guess I can stop calling her a baby now.

These pictures nicely capture the newly-appeared hassidic jew ringlets (oi vey!). She's still pretty much bald on top, but has these crazy ringlet wings. Of course, the bald on top, curl mullet is dubbed 'the Frasier Crane' hairdo, and Miss E certainly rocks it. And the eyelashes.... this child has always has crazy eyelashes, but seriously, they look like spiders!

Don't worry, that's marker on her upper lip, not mustache stubble

semi-smile from the almost 2-year-old

Plug your ears....

And get ready to enjoy Baby Jack's 'laugh'. Ummmm. It's different. Evy was worried and kept pointing at him and saying, "oh no!". Despite the noise, he's pretty frickin cute. And I can just see how much trouble these cousins are going to be getting in to by this time next year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cx1_osZS9E

It's raining, it's pouring

We're finally getting some much needed rain. You could practically hear all the grass and plants and trees letting out a big sigh when the downpour started.

Ev and I decided to make the most of it so we suited up in rubber boots and raincoats (wellies and macs, ya know)and went puddle jumping. Nothing makes you feel like you're 6 years old better than a giant splashy jump into a mud puddle.

Evy was QUITE in the spirit:

Plotting her next strategic jump maneuver

Good splash trajectory

Nice air, high level of enthusiasm

The giant-puddle splash and dash

So, my rainbarrels are finally full, my tomato plants are happy, and there's a very wet pair of tiny grey jogging pants quietly dripping into the laundry sink. Bliss.

Splish Splash

This fine weather we've been having has made for lots of fun times splashing around outside. Some kids get a proper wading pool to play in, but poor neglected Evy just gets her old baby tub to play with. Lucky she's so small, because she still manages to have a lot of fun with it.



And then, usually, after a nice splash, we take a little walk around the pond. Gotta love the rubber boots and no pants combo. It's a good look.



And one of the main attractions on ye old pond has been the baby geese. They're now into their ugly teenager phase (they were much cuter a few weeks ago) but Evy still loves to walk over and yell 'hi baby ducks' at them. I've given up pointing out the difference between geese and ducks. Every bird, from a chickadee to a crow, is a 'duck' to Miss E. I'll sic Grandpa Jackson, former biology teacher, on her in a few years. He'll straighten her out.



So, as much as we need rain and my rainbarrel is almost empty, we surely are making the most of the sunshine!

At the park...

The teeter-totter is pretty darn popular these days...

Here is Miss Chimp, sporting an adorable dress that Auntie LeeLee made her and, of course, rocking the shades and hat.

The Fabulous Mr Quin

Those of you in the know are familiar the amount of love that Evy has for our neighbour, Maia. She sings her name at night before she goes to sleep, reserves toys for her (even when she's not here), and mentions her name about 2 dozen times a day. And it's quite understandable, 'cause after all, Maia's a whole year older than Evy, and is a pretty darn cool kid.

Here are the two little ladies at dinner tonight:

The handywomen. I love how Maia is rocking the 'winter on top,
summer on the bottom' look. Classic!

A table set for two tiny tots

And, the big news in Millbrook is that Maia has a new baby brother, Quin. He'll be 2 weeks old on Sunday, and I'm sure Evy will love him just as much as his big sister. (Hmmm.... Evy's first boyfriend maybe?). Here's the little (big) dude relaxin on the floor while we ate dinner (ah, 2nd babies... so easygoing - I know this because I am one!)

Strapping young Quin who weighs 10lb 10oz
(which is what Evy weighed at 4mo,1 week)

Hope everyone has a fabulous long weekend! Gotta go rest up and conserve my strength for some serious yard-saleing (sailing?) tomorrow. May the bargains be with you!

Frosty etc

Remember my last post? Where I hilariously jinxed myself by saying it was warm enough to plant my flowerboxes? Doh! This is the 3rd night running that I've had to tuck my wee flowers in at night. Getting seriously bored with this new chore! This morning there was proper icy frost when I woke up and I've already lost my two begonias. (Pausing here to reflect on when it was that I became a grumpy old man... not sure how that happened).

Other than the COLD temperatures, and our furnace running out of oil yesterday (soon remedied by fabulous handy husband-man), things are well. I had a lovely Mother's Day, even though I was missing my own mummy, who has taken off for the fresh New Brunswick air.

Here's miss E and I, lounging in our jammies, with bonus dress-up hats yesterday morning:



And the dress-up silliness continued. Miss E is quite partial to her new Value-Village fabulous fashions. Who doesn't love old-lady-church-hats?



And more photos from yesterday: Great Granny Barbara had complained that she didn't have any photos of Evy smiling, so we tried a mini photo shoot and managed to get a few good shots, including this one.



And amidst all the jolly times yesterday and smiley photo-shoots, poor Miss E was getting sicker by the minute with a doozy of a cold. The germfest culminated today with a serious barf-session at daycare. She seemed to be feeling better by the time I got her home. Or at least good enough to 'repair' the fridge with her drill set.



And that's your photo round-up. I'm looking forward to the weather getting better and to things (hopefully) calming down a bit at work. Otherwise, I may not be able to post again until closer to 2011! And hey, only 5 weeks until me and Miss E and Gr. Granny head to New Brunswick ourselves! Soo exciting! Happy Monday, all, and to all a good night.