our little devil and her best friend

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wordless - Easter Weekend

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Sorry, I'm all out of words and so lost without them (can you hear Air Supply in the backgroud), but I'm just too tired to even have any thoughts other than...uh, actually to have any thoughts at all...but a picture is surely worth a few words - gotta give this tired mommy a break, hopefully by summer solstice the thought centre of my brain will be back in action.

Our 2

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Costume change

.Ok, well this is embarassing, but I thought, hey, why not let others laugh at my expense? So this is what I try to change out of before I fetch Kaya from nursery school, at 3pm

Sleep aids

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I think Kaya is tired of getting woken up, as I found her attempting to help Ellie sleep. It is unbelievable what can happen when I run to the loo. I think the birthday gift was meant for me to wear, to help me get through the sleepless nights, but this works too - good thing I got back before she tried to stuff the gigantic earplugs into Ellie's little 7 month-old ears.

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stripes and more stripes

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Kaya and Stefan have just left the house and there was no screaming and no tears?! No fit to get dressed, no string of NOs to eat her fruit, no turtle-retreating-into-the-shell maneuver when it came time to put her winter boots on, no air slapping contest as I slid her tuque on, and not even a shouting frenzy when I wiped her face down and applied cream. Could this have anything to do with the fact that I let her leave the house, dressed as is (her choice), looking like a cracked out zebra. The kid had so many different stripey colours on that she might get sent home from school for causing the others to hallucinate. She could probably even brainwash a few if she were to start spinning while repeating specific commands - I can picture it now: end of lunch, the desert tray has just come out, Kaya stands from her chair, gathers momentum, begins twirling and says " your bellies are already full, you don't want desert, give them to KAYA."

Tuesday PLAY!

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We've had a few playdate-Tuesdays of late and they have been fab. Kaya was gaga this week as she got to romp around in princess/fairy garb and wear gold glitter and eyeshadow to turn makebelief into reality. She made me call her princess Kaya all the way home, as if. Ya, well, whatever works!

sisterly love

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The following dialogue took place after kissing Ellie goodnight:
me: "Kaya, do you love your little sister Ellie?"
Kaya: "Yes, and I love little ponies very much. I love little ponies so so so so much."
me; "How about your sister, do you love her so so so so much."
Kaya: "No, only little ponnies."
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