Summer Fun

Yesterday Melissa & I enjoyed the hot summer weather in our backyard.

First we played in a "Gazillion Bubbles"...

catching them...

with our mouths...

or on our tongue!


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Then we took a dip (with just our feet) in her 'pool'.


A shlux of yummy pool water...

Blaaaahhhh.... (I'm sure we've all drank water from a kiddie pool!)

Drawing on demand

Lately Melissa has been really into drawing with her new washable markers. She is more than happy to draw to your specifications.




(her shirt has received a bit of the 'colors' too... it's supposed to be all white)

Colby visits

This morning Melissa's friend, 21 month old Colby, came to play. They both seemed to enjoy their independent play next to each other! A couple of months ago Colby was so much younger and smaller than Melissa... and this visit it seemed the age & size gap was a lot closer! (actually Colby has passed Melissa in height)

Portrait of Mommy

Yesterday Melissa was proud to share with me her latest piece of art...
a portrait of Mommy! Can you see the resemblance?

Two Year Pics

Now that Mother's Day is over I can post these pics of Melissa (as they were gifts for her grandma's).

Little Gardener

Yesterday Melissa brought me her watering can and asked for water. So I filled it up. To my surprise she started watering my flowers! I had to run for the camera :) What a great helper! Now if she would learn to spread her watering around, rather than just buckets & buckets for one particular spot...

Playdate

Last night Lina & Celeste came over to play with us. They are moving to Kamloops in about 10 days, and we are definitely going to miss our play times together. The two girls have known each other since 4 months.

Celeste was mighty fascinated by Melissa's Dora house... it kept her occupied for some time!

A friendly hug.

Us girls color butterflies together.

Auntie Jules

This past Sunday Auntie Jules was over to watch the Canucks (well it was more our hubbies watching)... and Melissa got some great play-time in with her.