Helena waited very patiently for us last Sunday as we prepared for church.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Riverdale Farm
Living in the city means we see lots of buildings, lots of cars, and lots of people. There's never nothing to look at! However, we do try to get out to the parks regularly so Helena can see trees (and grass this winter). We're super blessed to have a farm right downtown too!
That's right - a farm. Riverdale Farm is part of Toronto's Park & Recreation Facilities. It is great. There are lots of farm animals to watch and when Helena is older, activities to participate in.
Helena always loves the pigs - maybe because they are consistently the most-talkative? This time she found a new wonder to watch. The windmill! That's what she's pointing to in the above picture.
It has been so nice to have John around a bit more this week.
Sadly, there's only one day left.
That's right - a farm. Riverdale Farm is part of Toronto's Park & Recreation Facilities. It is great. There are lots of farm animals to watch and when Helena is older, activities to participate in.
Helena always loves the pigs - maybe because they are consistently the most-talkative? This time she found a new wonder to watch. The windmill! That's what she's pointing to in the above picture.
It has been so nice to have John around a bit more this week.
Sadly, there's only one day left.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
The Passing of Time for Parents
When you have a baby, almost every parent that you come into contact with tells you, "Enjoy this as the time goes so fast."
It's true. I feel like it was only a couple weeks ago that Helena & I would lie on the bed and just look at each other, me because I was mesmerized and her because she couldn't get away from me if she wanted. She used to hold onto the dresser handles to help hold herself in a standing position, but now she stands in front of an open dresser drawer and pulls all the clothes out. Time does goes by quickly.
But nobody tells you how it also creeps by.
Like when your daughter has a fever for 5 days. The doctors say it's just a virus, nothing to be concerned about, but you can't help but be concerned the entire time. Those 5 days are very long. Or when she's supposed to be drinking cow's milk but nothing you do will entice her to take a sip. For days your mom mind is postulating that she'll never drink milk and she'll have weak bones and teeth and...suddenly she decides to drink the milk if you heat it so it's really good and warm.
So the time actually goes by quickly and slowly, but it doesn't matter which one it is at the time, in the end you wish you had that time back.
It's true. I feel like it was only a couple weeks ago that Helena & I would lie on the bed and just look at each other, me because I was mesmerized and her because she couldn't get away from me if she wanted. She used to hold onto the dresser handles to help hold herself in a standing position, but now she stands in front of an open dresser drawer and pulls all the clothes out. Time does goes by quickly.
But nobody tells you how it also creeps by.
Like when your daughter has a fever for 5 days. The doctors say it's just a virus, nothing to be concerned about, but you can't help but be concerned the entire time. Those 5 days are very long. Or when she's supposed to be drinking cow's milk but nothing you do will entice her to take a sip. For days your mom mind is postulating that she'll never drink milk and she'll have weak bones and teeth and...suddenly she decides to drink the milk if you heat it so it's really good and warm.
So the time actually goes by quickly and slowly, but it doesn't matter which one it is at the time, in the end you wish you had that time back.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
A Morning Date
Dates seem almost more important now that we are parents than before. So this morning a friend babysat and John & I headed to the Hockey Hall of Fame. This was definitely a date chosen with John in mind and he loved it, so it was good for me too.
Standing with the Stanley Cup TrophyBut let me just say being in this museum is hilarious. It is basically room after room of glassed-in displays of clothes (hockey jerseys) and there are men taking pictures everywhere. Then in the museum store there are more clothes and the men are the ones taking them off the racks and talking about how great they are. Just observing all of that may have been the best part of the museum for me.
Photos dealing with hockey below - I tried to pick only the somewhat interesting ones!
Remember that grocery store we visited a few days ago? Well, the above trophy has that same building right on it - when it was the hockey arena!
Sadly there were only two Vancouver Canucks jerseys in the entire museum - one in the franchise section and then this one, found in the Fan Favorite section. As the Canucks created a fan in me, I had to get my picture with it!
Do you recognize this guy? I remember the day after the Olympic Gold Medal game I went into work and was asked "Charlotte, who is this guy?" while pointing at her computer. I had no idea. It was Sidney Crosby, the player who scored the winning goal. According to my hockey lover of a co-worker, every Canadian will know who he is for the next 20 years.
The only college team jerseys to be found in the entire museum?
One from Wisconsin and one from Minnesota.
That's right.
One from Wisconsin and one from Minnesota.
That's right.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Decorating the home from the home
We've been making our home little by little since October. Projects have included sewing curtains for the two bedrooms, painting Helena's room, selling and buying a few things on Craigslist, getting a shelf for the big closet, putting our CDs on iTunes and then getting rid of them, and putting up decor.
For Helena's room I recovered a photo memory board with the same fabric as her quilt from her Nani.
The old look from my college days:
Some of the fabric in the quilt:
The new board:
One household item we did need to buy was another lamp so John & I could both read in bed. We walked out of our apartment one day and what was sitting next to the recyclables but a Tiffany lamp! John quickly placed it inside our door and we went off to church, but when we got home he scrubbed it up and look how beautiful it is now:
For Helena's room I recovered a photo memory board with the same fabric as her quilt from her Nani.
The old look from my college days:
Some of the fabric in the quilt:
The new board:
One household item we did need to buy was another lamp so John & I could both read in bed. We walked out of our apartment one day and what was sitting next to the recyclables but a Tiffany lamp! John quickly placed it inside our door and we went off to church, but when we got home he scrubbed it up and look how beautiful it is now:
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