Ok First of all I did something bad to my blog!  I changed the way you write a post and now it's very weird and I have to upload one picture at a time... :(   Fiddlesticks.  If anyone can help me change it back that would be great since I can't find how I did it!

Anyways today is a crazy blizzard day and so we are staying home all warm and safe!  We made a few popcicle sticks crafts.  I saw Jill and Maddie do a tree like this so Becca made one too!  She was so good at it!  I traced the shape of each stick on the paper and told her to put glue on the paper and then put the right stick on it and she did!  She would look at the stick first and make sure she had the right size.  After we were done that part I let her glue a diamond on top and then we needed a trunk!  So after that she declared that it was an elephant...wrong type of trunk sweetie!

Then she made a triangle and a "W" for "wickey" its what she calls her grandma!

Craft time

This past week Becca and I made a few crafts. First we did a crazy Styrofoam ball/googly eyed type of thing. I didn't really plan it out we just kinda did it....lol I took some Popsicle sticks and stuck the Styrofoam balls on top and glued on some googly eyes and buttons. She loves gluing stuff. The we made a Popsicle man with more googly eyes and buttons, then she decided she had enough. Here is a crazy picture of the gang!




Then I decided to try her out with beading. I didn't however, have any beads to use but I found some buttons. So I gave her some buttons and a pipe cleaner and showed her how to put a button on and she gave it a try. She absolutely loved this and worked very hard at it, I could tell because she breathes heavy when she concentrates! She put quite a few on and then decided she wanted to wear it so I tied it around her neck for her and she was so proud!




The next day we went to her Grandma's house, who pretty much has a craft store in her house, and Becca got to make a necklace and bracelet out of real beads and wire, not a pipe cleaner. To my surprise she did it quite well and didn't even get mad! She learned quickly after a few attempts to hold onto the bead while she got the wire all the way through, because unlike pipe cleaners, it will slip away.

So I am definitely getting her a bead set for Christmas. :)

Making muffins

Today we decided to make some chocolate muffins. Rebecca loves to help me and "stir" the muffins. So we whipped up a batch. Here's a cute pic of her helping.


Also here is a pic of my big girl drinking out of a cup..she does so well! We had to delay the cup learning for a bit because of carpets and moving but we are settled and have no carpets so I don't care if she spills! She is doing so well and is so proud of herself!


On another note of being a big girl, she is showing more interest in potty so I am letting her tell me and I think it is working well. She has also learned to open doors..not a good thing. Only the bedroom doors thank goodness! She will sneak back out after I put her to bed and ask me to tuck her in again, or like last night she told me she pee'd and I had to change her diaper. I am not ready for all this growing up!

Sorting

Today I decided to get back into the learning activities with Rebecca after reading some inspiring posts from Jill's Blog

I took a tray and put a few different small items in it and let her use a spoon to put the items into different spots...it was kinda boring so I tested her by saying to put the same type of items together...she did SO well with this and was very proud of herself. She was so quiet too! This girl usually talks non-stop all day long, but I guess she had to concentrate so hard that she couldn't talk too! LOL. She put all the shells together, and the stars and rocks etc. Then after that I said that she could put the shells into the container to put away and she actually started to put only the same kind of things into one container, so I got her a few more and she put the 4 different items in the containers! If she grabbed the wrong one by mistake she would correct herself before putting it in, it was so cute.

Jackson had to see if there was any food in there...like he needs anymore!

Happy 2nd Birthday Rebecca!!

OMG my baby girl is 2!!!! I just can't believe it! I can remember so clearly when she was born, then I remember her first birthday and thinking about how I couldn't believe she was 1 and now it seems like only a month has past and she is 2! That saying is so very sadly true about how fast they grow up. I think about how in 2 years she has learned to speak in sentences, run like the wind, ride her trike, finally go to bed on her own, tell me she loves me so much, and has brightened every day in my life the past 2 years. I love this little girl more than I ever imagined possible, I can't imagine my life without her in it.

So happy birthday my little sunshine, I love you!

Teddy Bear Picnic

♫ If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise...because today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic ♫

Anyways, last weekend I took Becca to our hospital's Teddy bear picnic. It was so cute and fun, there was a dentist, xray, doctor's and pharmacy where they gave Becca some "vitamins" (smarties) for her Bear. Angel (the bear) also got his paw bandaged and he was brave and had a needle. he got a balloon for all his troubles though. Very cute and I will take her every year until she gets too old. The pics above are of Angel at the dentist.

In other news, Josh and I have been really working on us and things are going very well.

My Grandpa died on Sunday, we weren't close so I'm fine with it. Went to the wake yesterday and Becca was freaked out! Josh says kids can see dead people...weirdo.

I am so super happy it's not hot out today, it was getting a little tiring. My lawn is crunchy.

I had a hopping day on Etsy yesterday, which makes for a great mood! It's like everyone waits for the same day to shop! LOL

The princess and the potty

Hey that would be a good book! LOL

So my big girl went potty today! YAY! I took her shirt off because it was all wet and then she decided her pants and socks should come off too. Then I took off the diaper and she said "sit on the potty?" I asked her if she really wanted to and she said yes so away we went. Two seconds after sitting on it she peed!!! YAY! I went over and sang a potty song and told her I was so proud of her! She said "I'm so proud of you" back to me and gave me a hug! LOL

Oh and here is my beautiful princess, I can't wait to get her some dress up clothes for her bday!

Turkey's and pizza

A couple weeks ago I decided on the spur of the moment to make a quick pizza and cookies out of foam sheets. They are pretty funny looking but Becca had fun with them, she pretended to eat them and we had a little tea party. Very fun.


A couple days ago, before the snow...ugh. I was feeding the birds (because I have a yard now!) and while I was watching all of a sudden 2 wild turkey's showed up! It was so cool to watch but they are pigs and ate all the seeds. Then a group of 6 more came but they stayed on the other side of the fence. The "big man" turkey was the best, all his feathers fluffed out. Pretty neat sight to see. I showed Becca them and she thought they were pretty cool as well!



So ya its snowing like crazy here today, kinda sucks, I thought snow was gone. Oh well I guess it won't last too long.

I have returned

After almost a month I finally have Internet again! YAHOO!!!!!!!! So I am in my new home and I love it. Bigger and quiet and a nice big yard. I feel at peace here. Rebecca is just thriving here too...she loves being outside and collecting "cones" (pine cones)and rocks in her bucket. It doesn't matter if it's cold or not, she's happy. She is also finally, after 20 months, sleeping in her own room, through the night and falling asleep by herself!! This is huge! I am so proud of her.

She has been talking up a storm as well. Counting to 21 with help, but her usual method is 1,2,3,4,5,16,18,19,20...its very cute. She knows her shapes and points them out on numerous different things. Its so very amazing to watch and help them learn all these things.

She has become quite obsessed with In the night garden...she watches it every night before bed and can name every character. What a strange little show.

Above are some pictures of my monkey enjoying the outdoors and one of her with a ball under her shirt, which she thought was hilarious!

cups

Rebecca's new obsession is money and cups, all sizes and types. She likes to put the money into the cup and then go find another cup and dump the money into that one, and so on and so on...this will occupy her for quite a while. Also a new fav. of hers lately is driving around her toy bus. She will drive it up the walls, on my head, everywhere...its way too cute. She seems really content lately playing all by herself (which is good for me to pack) I guess her imagination is taking her to all kinds of places!

So tomorrow is moving day and I probably won't be around too much for the rest of the week....I will fill you all in whenever I can though.

Monday, monday

Hello everyone...unfortunately no new and interesting things to report...Becca has been sick the past few days so we haven't done too much. Went out to the new house again and hooked up a baby gate, had to make one kinda because the stairs are weird. I love it there, its so bright and quiet. We are officially moving on the 10th now. I HATE moving but this time its so worth it!

I put my first 2 pairs of bows on etsy today! YAY, lets hope wonderful things happen there, it would be nice to make a bit of cash.

One little Becca tidbit is her ever growing vocabulary. I don't even know how many words she can say now, in the hundreds for sure. Yesterday she kept saying "number 2, number 2" so cute. Today she named off all 7 dwarfs, just from me showing her a couple days ago. Good memory.

She hasn't been eating very much at all. I worry but I guess she's ok. I know once she is feeling better she will eat.

Anyways maybe I'll have more fun stuff later on!

Lego master

The following shots are from this mornings lego building. She says she built a castle...I think it looks like one! She was very excited and proud and then later knocked it all down saying "mess". Oh and then I tried to build something and she decided it was a boat and sat on it...silly girl.






I hope to go out to the new house this afternoon to look around again and decide what needs to be done. We got the keys today. I can't wait to move!

Also I will be adding a song of the day for your listening pleasure! Enjoy!

Mr. Clown

This morning I decided to make a clown with the puff ball things I have. So at first I was going for a big puff ball head which I was trying to get Becca to help with but she only did a couple then wanted to eat her fruit. So I finished that and started on a body...then I realized the hair would be waaaayyyyy too big so I made a different head of clown hair. So this is my finished clown, I think he's cute...all original! Becca likes him too.



In other news I think I traumatized her yesterday! She was picking her nose (I know not very lady like) and I asked if there was a booger up there and she said no and continued jamming the finger up there...then I asked if there was an elephant up there...she then bawled her eyes out and I asked what was wrong and she looked at me through tear filled eyes and said "elephant?" and cried some more...then grabbed my finger and tried to stick it up her nose, I'm guessing to get the elephant out. Finally I pretended to get him out and throw him away and said he was gone...she stopped crying and cuddled in for some comforting....now what was I doing through all this? Laughing my butt off! I know bad mommy but I couldn't help it, it was so funny that she actually thought there was an elephant up there! Oh dear, such innocence! Later on Daddy taught her that if there is an elephant or any animal up there to say "get it" and we will get it out for her and throw it away...she likes that.

Favorites

Well the past few days have been lazy...just normal playing and reading for us. Her new favorite. book is one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish by Dr. Seuss. She has made Josh and I read it a zillion times now in the week she has had it! She also loves when I sing her favorite. song to her You are my sunshine. She is starting to sing songs as well, like the Elmo theme and Mickey mouse clubhouse song hot dog as well as the theme song. I guess it means she watches too much TV.

She has known her ABC's for months now and she can count to 12 with help...I say 1 she says 2 and so on until we get to 12 then I say 13 and she says 8. lol

I am working on her colors and so far she says they are all blue...she can say the other colors and sometimes she gets them right but blue seems to be the favorite!

I'll try to get some pics soon, she hasn't been too photogenic.

Oh and in other news we found a house to rent in the country and will be moving soon, I can't wait! Lots of space to play outside and to discover new things.

Wordless wednesday

more bugs and a bike!

Saturday the kids were here and we did a few crafts. They made paper bag puppets and they each made a caterpillar out of egg cartons. I let them paint them and put the legs and head on but I cut them out and poke the holes. It was fun for all.



We bought Becca a tricycle as well. I know its still winter but I figured she needs to learn how to work the peddles first so why not try it inside. Then maybe by spring she'll be able to do it on her own! She loves it and kept calling it a car.



Then she took her valentine puppy for a ride!



So tonight Josh and I are going to Ottawa for a free dinner with his boss. Can't wait! Wickey will be watching Becca boo.

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rambling

Last night while I was cooking I put out some of these, well we will call them rocks. Becca loved them and I gave her the egg carton and let her put them in there. She also transferred them to a pot and a different basket. Lots of fun. She only tried to put it in her mouth once, good girl, she's learning!

Also my little sweet girl has become a little devil the past few days, she gets this ear piercing scream going on and for no reason! Sometimes I just don't know what I should do for her. I think the thoughts in her head go way faster than I could imagine and I can't keep up! LOL. She is learning so fast and I am so proud of her but I wish she could understand some of the simple things, she is learning to ask for help instead of screaming, I kept explaining that if she needs help to say "help" and she is doing it more often. I know it must be frustrating to be her, so much to do and learn and not always able to do it on her own. C'est la vie!

Today I have spent most of the day cleaning. Then my sink clogged up, darn it. Wickey will be over soon for her visit. Tomorrow Samantha and Anthony (Josh's kids) will be over for the night. Becca has been talking about Sammy non stop, she loves her sister. I may not have another update for a few days, it will be a busy weekend! Out for supper on Sunday night, I can't wait!

♥♥♥♥♥ Happy valentine's day every one!! ♥♥♥♥♥

Morning craft, spiders!

Today we did a craft I found in a magazine a while back. It's not the right season for it but Becca likes spiders so I figured she would like it!


Take a egg carton and cut out the single egg sections. Paint black and when dry poke 8 holes for legs around the bottom and then a hole for the head. Take equal lengths of black pipe cleaner, I cut each one into 3. Poke them into the holes and shape into legs. Take a piece and use it for the head, I just twisted mine a bit. There you go a spider!



Rebecca liked it a lot, she tried to help but black paint and white pj's were not a good idea, silly mom. So after she got cleaned up she watched me poke the legs through and then had fun playing with the spider and trying to sing the song.


I sang itsy bitsy spider for her and she tries to do the movements to it! Gosh I love her ♥

Puddles

It was a very warm day here yesterday, especially for February! We went outside a bunch. In the afternoon Becca discovered puddles. I love how fun it is to watch them and help them discover new things, things we take for granted. She loved puddles, especially the splashing. We walked up and down the street, dead end street so not much traffic. She would splash in everyone of them. Then she would bend down and stay still and see her reflection in the puddle. In the end she got wet and dirty and I got some good pictures! Spring is going to be so much fun!

monday, monday

Well today was a lazy day, I didn't try any new activities. We worked on numbers and colors. She can count to 10 with help. The colors are slow but she will catch on soon enough. We did a lot of running around and chasing today, she just loves it and gets such a cute giggle going on when I try to catch her, I love it! Wickey came over today also.

Yesterday was pretty interesting. We went for a walk and she walked all the way to the grocery store by herself, which would be about 3-4 "blocks" away. Then I put her in her stroller but she didn't like that too much!

I tested out a tricycle at W-mart and she LOVED it...and another screaming fit when I put her back into the cart.. :( I don't think I will be getting that one however, I just can't see myself spending $80 on it!!!!

Becca PEED IN THE POTTY for the first time last night! She started on the floor and I put her on the potty and she actually finished peeing! I am so proud!, she was so scared to before...I guess the Elmo potty DVD has worked. YAY Elmo!