Halloween Costume

Izzie decided that she is going as a ballerina this Halloween...

And then pulled this awesome costume out of her tickle truck/play basket.

Halloween Costume, consider yourself done.....by a two year old. Sweet.

Pretty

An excerpt from our morning

Izzie: "Izzie pretty."

Me: "Yes sweetheart, you're pretty!"

Izzie: "Daddy pretty."

Me: "He certainly is. Daddy, come in here and give us a pretty twirl."

Daddy obliges us with a manly twirl.

Izzie: "Mommy pretty.....shirt."

Me: "Thank you for clarifying that munchkin."

Painfully...

..cute


Man, that Santa hat is getting a lot of mileage.

Wordless Wednesday: Where Did She Get Those Glasses?

Note to Self....

When giving your child a left over cupcake......

Do not let said child play with markers for the rest of the day.

There totally wouldn't be any left over cupcakes if I wasn't horribly allergic to them....so I guess it's all my fault. Stupid allergy.

You Spin Me Right Round, Daddy

Taken in our kitchen just before we left.

Awesome

Izzie has been trying to get the cats to interact with her for months. Now, she has a way. Pure genius.

Wordless Wednesday: Hide and Seek with Diapers

Pumkpin Video

Whoops, totally forgot to post this yesterday. Izzie at her finest.

At the end, she started to blow on the camera, but I had turned it off. C'est dommage.

It's Always Time to Dance!

Two posts in one day! Can you sense that I feel super guilty for taking an eleven day break? Yes? Alrighty then.

This is Izzie's new "puppy" toy from Toronto. As you can see, she likes it.

I love that she's wearing a cowgirl-like shirt while she gets her groove on.

Izzie's New Sound

Is only heard when she's terrorizing the cats.

Piercing.

What Happens..

....when your child dresses themselves.
Now that is fashion sense.

And I Wonder...

....why our hard drive crashed.

A surprise video taken while doing dishes.

And then I looked over to see a suprise visitor in our newly cleaned out pantry. Thanks to Izzie for making a space for Argyle.

When All is Quiet..

This morning, while I was busy vaccuming the downstairs, I realized that I had not seen or heard Izzie for at least 5 minutes. I checked her "play area," nothing. I checked the downstairs bedroom, where we've squirrled away our T.V., no sign. I walked to the bathroom.....and there she was. Sorry for the vaccum noise, but I didn't want to disturb her while I took this video

Yes, that is her taking toilet paper from our stash and dumping it in the toilet. I will not mention how much paper was in there when I happened upon her. Little monkey.

A Phone-aholic is Born

It sure is windy in here!

Off

On

Study the aspect of 'off'

Learn to turn 'on'

Weeeeeee! All she needs now is a kite.

We're off for the rest of the day, to Assiniboine Park and then to a bar-b-que. Hope you are all having a great day as well.

18 months old

Yesterday marked Izzie' s 18 month "birthday." She has grown so much in the last few months that sometimes I stop and am amazed by the young lady she's growing into.

Her fascination with bellybuttons grows.

Found yours!

I informed her that since it is her 18 month milestone, that means a trip to the doctor! For shots! This was her reaction.
So we piled into our bakfiets and set off.
Our neighbourhood is in full bloom! And the worms have stopped dropping from the trees which makes the view even sweeter.
Being originally from Ontario, the sight of vast open prairies makes me feel slightly agoraphobic. The neighbourhood of our doctor is very prairie-ish.
Water break. Also, we were super early so I decided to stop for a bit.
Just before the shots. I didn't get an after because I was a tich busy. But I did get this picture....
...when we stopped at an uber long traffic light on a quiet residential street. Note that the hand is still in the snack trap!
But all was well. Izzie went back to tormenting her little "brother" as soon as we got home.

The Tormentor!

I decided it was also time to get on this potty training thing. Not to force Izzie before she's ready, but to have the tools (step and toilet seat reducer) handy should she want to try.

And she was interested...in the toilet seat packaging.
Oh peanut! Please don't change, I love you just as you are. You goofy monkey.

Wordless Wednesday: Dinner Time

Vest Love

Izzie is in love. She discovered this love not too long ago. She plays with the love, wears the love and tosses the love around. Her love is a hand-me down red vest.

First time meeting the vest

Once she discovered that she could put the vest on herself, all bets were off. Now the vest rarely leaves her side.
It's over her head while she plays peek-a-boo, it's on her shoulders at dinner, last night she tried to wear it to bed. I nixed that, mean mommy that I am. I don't appreciate choking hazards very much.

Right now as I type, she has the vest over her head and is walking around. Thankfully I'm able to catch her before she walks into any walls.


This is very entertaining.