Sweet

 
I woke up this morning to the smell of campfire still lingering both in my hair and somehow the entire airspace in our bedroom!  Remnants of last night's extraordinary campfire in the backyard.  It was awesome!

I love Sunday mornings.  I love waking up to a perfectly free day knowing that we'll be spending it together as a family having fun.  We usually go somewhere special on Sundays and make a memory or two along the way.  Some of the best times that we've had as a family together, since Syd's been born, have been on Sunday mornings.

This morning we headed to Granville Island, like so many weeks before, to have a coffee and sit outside enjoying the weather and the view while Syd fed the birds.  Sydney is getting bolder and bolder every week both with the birds and with how far she'll venture without looking back to see where Mom and Dad are.  She is very much Little Miss Independent these days, it's wonderful and frustrating all in the same moment!

It was a super way to start our day, basking in the sun and listening to the musicians play in the background.

This afternoon my friend Lori brought her son Weston over to play with Sydney for a few hours so that she and her husband could get a bit of sleep with their very new wee baby.  I was so happy to be able to give them a short break, especially because I vividly remember those early days with Syd and how numb and exhausted I felt!

Weston and Syd had a great time playing together.  I really noticed Syd trying to direct the play so much more than she ever had before today, she was downright bossy sometimes!  I had to gently remind her several times to share her toys and to just let Weston be, she didn't need to boss him around and tell him what to do.  Interesting....I'm wondering if this is a personality trait or a stage that she's going through?

The kids enjoyed the backyard and the new sand and water table and hanging out in the playroom together.  It was a fun afternoon!

Lori brought over a very special gift for us today to thank us for being their "on call" people for when the baby came.  It is a beautiful heart tea set, complete with heart shaped saucers!  The inside of the teacups are hollowed out like hearts too, so when you fill them with tea, all you can see is a heart, it's adorable!  I can hardly wait for Syd and I to have a very special tea party with this tea set that will always remind us of little Gwendolyn's arrival!

 

The photo a day today is 'something sweet'.  During our weekly visit with Paul's Mom today, we got a gorgeous carrot cake frosted with the most delicious cream cheese icing to take home.  It was perfect and oh so fitting given today's theme.  I love carrot cake with cream cheese icing so much....what a treat!

Hope you had a lovely Sunday today too!