I got a little carried away taking photos Isla after church on Sunday. I just couldn’t help myself, she just looked so cute and beautiful with those lovely blue eyes!! Here are a few of the results.

Look at those eyes! Blue is definitely one of her colours!
Isla fancies herself as a big girl now that she is walking. Here she is sitting with her Dad at the kitchen counter.

Isla’s play is getting a lot more sophisticated and it is interesting to watch her learn and work new things out. Here she is with one of her tricky toys that has pop ups when you push, turn or slide the buttons. (She has not worked out the slide yet)

We have had a huge amount of snow in the last few days, (30 inches in the last five days) and so Paul decided it was a good time to get the stroller out!

Skiing was a much better idea!

We head off to Seattle Friday night and will be away most of the week for Spring Break.
Have a great week!
Love April, Paul and Isla xxx

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Isla is now officially walking, after walking across my classroom on Tuesday afternoon, taking 22 steps on Saturday and then I counted 30 steps this afternoon. She can also stand up and walk off from her potty (not one of our more favorite skills!) and is getting more and more confident.
She is also adding words daily. She is very polite and remembers to ‘thank you’ when you give her something and is very good at asking for ‘bubbles’ when she is having her bath which she usually describes as ‘pretty.’ But my favorite expression is ‘oh wow!’ When she is reading a book to herself she punctuates it with ‘oh wow!’ as she turns pages. This morning while I was changing a particularly unpleasant nappy and commented on it being ‘ooh yuck’ Isla responded with ‘Oh wow!’
Have a good week!
Love April, Paul and Isla xxx

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Just a couple of photos from the week (just for you Judy, no photos of the garage in this post!). Isla is only just still fitting in the sink for the occasional bottom bath. She likes sitting in there though cause she can see herself in the mirror.

Although now that she is getting so big she looks a little anxious about being in this small space.

No surprises, Isla is getting quite tall. Here she is demonstrating how apt she is getting at getting things out of the drawers- notice the tippy toes!

So I made this wood rack for the garage. On one side one can store full sheets of plywood on the other side is bins for small scraps and down the center can hold long things like 2×4s or whatever. It’s on wheels and should stow nicely against the garage wall, once I find the garage wall. The day I went to buy the casters the hardware store was having a 25% off sale, so as any man would do, I got 25% larger wheels. It’s hard to tell but they are massive! Fun weekend project. PT

In the mornings Isla and I like to have some oatmeal and usually I try to get her to use her baby spoon for a few minutes and then I go back to eating and she to using her hands.   This morning I left the spoon by the bowl, turned to make some coffee and looked back, she had chosen to use her spoon on a sloppy batch of oats.  It’s a small thing but its  the first time this small thing has occurred.  Go Isla!

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We have had a very pleasant weekend this weekend. On Friday night I met up with some friends at a friend’s house. We had a very nice time drinking wine and went in their hot tub outside in the snow! Saturday morning Isla and I went to a Valentine tea party after being invited by my friend Jessica, and Isla’s friend Lucy. We had a good time and Isla enjoyed drinking her apple juice out of the little tea set.

Saturday afternoon, Paul, Isla and I went for a walk in the snow along a trail in Primrose. It was very pretty and good exercise since I was carrying Isla and it was mostly uphill. Saturday evening Paul and I were lucky enough to have Mary babysit so we headed out for a meal at one of the local restaurants. We both found it very relaxing to have our meal without having to move anything out of  reach of Isla! Today we have had a relaxing day of church and Paul was helping his friend Ryan putting in the sheetrock in the house he is building.

Here are just a couple of photos from the weekend. Isla is trying to put lid on the pen in this photo- not before she had drawn on her face however.

Here are Paul and Isla waiting for me to get ready to go to church. It looks a little like a sack in these photos but this little dress that someone made her her is extremely cute.  And just after she discovered where the cat was hiding!

Have a great week!

Lots of love April, Paul and Isla xxx