The New Throne

Oh my gosh, best invention since 'Baby Einstein'! So okay, feeling a little guilty for spending $60.00 dollars on a little tiny chair when she already has the most marvelous cadillac of all baby chairs (believe me, it's got all the extras...you can even attach your ipod to it so you can play what you want on the speakers. Yes, you heard me correct, your ipod!) However, as basic as it may appear, do not be deceived my friends, the bumbo chair is like her new throne, she doesn't cry in it...it's MAGIC! No really, it really is magic! The absolute best purchase for Lexi so far. From her new throne she can sit up straight and monitor exactly what is going on all around her (so important for a princess I'm sure). I cannot express my love for this new chair, I adore it...if only it came in a better print...simple matter to most I should think, but if you know me, I would prefer that it came with some sort or adornments like flowers, hearts, crowns...diamonds perhaps? Anything would be a little more fashionable, and certainly more fit for a princess...oh well, thanks Heaven's the colour pink!

Ah Ha! Spring has sprung here...Welcome to the coast my friends!

It is a very exciting time for me, I must say. Why you ask? Well let me explain. Spring means beautiful weather, and beautiful weather means bringing out the NEW CLOTHES! That's right, exciting for me...not so exciting for my children (by children I mostly mean Tasia). You see, Tasia is old enough to understand that when mommy starts bringing out the bins it's generally a good idea to run, and more importantly, to run FAST. A feeble attempt for her unfortunately since I am faster and more determined! After about 5 outfits I have to ask myself, now why can't her winter clothes be this cute (a useless question really, considering the fact that I ask myself a fairly similar question when the winter clothes come out). I know, I know, I have a terrible problem. However, I blame it completely on the stores that make those clothes so darn cute, what else am I do? They don't have gymboree-a-holics anonymous...do they?

Introducing a slightly balder Lexi. Drum roll please...

As per usual, in our family, Lexi's hair began to fall out quicker than we could pull it, and she developed a slightly unfortunate hairstyle, often referred to as the cul de sac! Yes that is right, close yours eyes and imagine it...stylish! So out came the shaver and off came the hair...believe me, Daddy was very impressed to say the least...but rest assured, I would do the same to him if he were in that position (yeah that's right, he best watch his back if and when that time comes.!)

The New Adventures of Travelling with a Potty Seat!

Well we did it! My child is a brainiac if I do say so myself. Potty trained, go ahead say it with me, POTTY TRAINED! I can't tell you how relieved I am, lucky me, she was a pretty quick study. I must say though, we had a pretty rough start, I thought she would never make friends with the potty...now she is the potty queen, in fact she is so proud of herself that each trip to the potty is a monumental occasion (and why wouldn't she think so when after every sitting on the potty is followed by a 'pee pee dance' accompanied by a 'pee pee song', and yes, it is a clever 'pee pee song'). However, not only is her time on the potty something amazing, but so is anyone else's time on the potty...I haven't heard so many 'yeah mommy's' or 'yeah grandma's' ever! Applauded for using the washroom...
WOW, aren't kids great?

Happy Valentines!

What can I say? Their Daddy is a lucky man!

So, about a year ago my little princess chipped her front tooth on the side of the bathtub...as heart wrenching as that may have been at the time I managed to come to terms with it (gradually)...I mean they couldn't really cap a 1 year olds tooth right? Or maybe, when they saw how cute she was, they could make an exception? Mmm, not so much. Apparently a chipped front tooth isn't really that bad (at least that's what everybody tells you when it isn't their kid with the goofy tooth in the front). Well anyway, it turns out they were right and it just became part of Tasia, and soon we all thought she looked as cute as ever. However, about 2 weeks ago, at Costco, while I was putting her in the stroller she bonked her chin and ended up aggravating her tooth (unknown to anyone at the time). About a few days after that, she started to get sick and her mouth got all swollen, and I mean swollen. Tasia no longer looked like Tasia, but like a monkey impersonating my beautiful princess...that's really the best impression I can give you. So after a call to the dentist my worst fears were realized....yup, she was about to become the most mature two year old ever to grace this earth, she was going to lose her tooth! So last week, after a trip to the dentist the deed was done. Much to my suprise, after seeing her looking like a monkey, a missing tooth really wasn't as bad as I had anticipated, and as these pictures prove, she looks just as beautiful as ever!

Alexcia, second child? Well nobody told her!

Yes, my second little princess! Second child syndrome, heard of it? Well, she has not. She will not be ignored, for she is baby, hear her roar (believe me when I say this, for it is not a joke). I don't think anyone would believe that a 9 lbs baby could have the lungs and stamina of one 4 times her size, no really, 4 TIMES HER SIZE! Just when I think I can't pull off this hair doo with any less hair...she smiles! What a deal breaker, that dimple just does me in. She is just so beautiful! And Tasia, well Tasia just loves her to bits. I feel I am a very lucky mommy that way (two princesses can live peacefully one household!)