Frozen Moments: January 2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Big

We have a big girl in the house now! R turned 5 on Sunday and we celebrated with an art party. Ten of her nearest and dearest were dropped off and the creative juices were flowing. We did fingerpainting, splatterpainting, directed drawing, crafts, and watercolour painting. Then we had presents, cupcakes and a dance party. It was quite a shaker!

Our sweet pea is now 5! She is convinced that she is practically an adult and spent most of the afternoon today pouring her own drinks. Juice, water, milk. Just because she can. She has also figured out how to work the remote control for the TV and is pausing her show to "go check her brother" and then returning to watch her show. Just because she can. This all makes sense when you are newly 5.

We have been snowed in here. Last week the kids school was cancelled all week and mine was cancelled for two days. Our little cul-de-sac was one of the last in town to be plowed so we were pretty much housebound for the week. So that meant...