I wanted red lips like you Mommy!

Swim Class Fun

Weekend with Clifford the big red dog

For a preschool project we got a backpack with a notebook, crayons, camera, and Clifford. He spent the weekend with us and we were supposed to write in the notebook all about it and take no more than 3 pictures. Kiera and I had a great time incorporating Clifford into our weekend. Together, we made pizza, went ice skating (which turned into sledding because the ice rink melted), and took a trip to the mall playground. Everything went great except Kiera used up ALL the pictures on the camera! I don't have any copies of those, but here are a couple from our camera.

(see Clifford in the upper right corner watching)

How do they know?

Kiera never lets me sing in the car, and I love to sing to music, even kids music. I can't help it, it just comes out. She often remarks on the way to pre-school (30 min. drive) "Don't sing!". The conversation goes something like this:
Me: ...singing or whistling, without realizing it...
Kiera: Mommy, Don't sing!
Me: Please? I love this song.
Kiera: No!
Me: Just this one?
Kiera: No!
Me: Sigh...

Yesterday...I was very sad, and had been having a very rough 2 days.

Out of the blue Kiera says "You can sing today Mommy."

This made me smile and love her so much I wanted to pull over and hug her. I don't think I could love this girl any more than I already do, but she often amazes me and remindes me of her love for me too. :)

Sledding

Kiera went down the hill once with daddy and got a ton of snow in her face from daddy's boots dragging in the snow to slow them down, she was NOT happy, and wouldn't go down the hill again with daddy, only with mommy. We spent a good hour going up and down the hill. Fun was had by all, until it was time to leave, then crabby Kiera came out, but all was right with the world once we got home to some hot cocoa!

Ice Skating for 1st time!

What? You learned yoga in preschool? Cool!

P.S.
This is her Ice Skating outfit in the next post.