Lazy Days Together

The past few days have been such a treat.  Long, lazy days without a thing going on.  It's been heavenly!  We've been spending hours at home together, something that rarely happens with the busyness of our lives!  I've been slowly unpacking from Hawaii, doing laundry, cleaning a bit, organizing a lot and generally just feeling on top of things.  It's a nice way to start the new year!

Here's what we've been up to:

Scrapbooking Time

I printed off a bunch of pictures of Sydney as a baby for her to use in the Hello Kitty scrapbooking kit that she got for Hanukkah.  She's been having a blast cutting the pictures out and gluing them into her scrapbook, creating her own beautiful pages!

A Walk with Baby

Sydney is so into her babies at the moment.  She can be found at almost any moment of the day with a baby either in her arms or within close proximity.  We took advantage of a dry day yesterday and went for a little walk around the neighborhood for some fresh air with her baby in it's very own stroller.  I love how she hooked her diaper bag and purse on the handle of the stroller just like her very own Momma does!

Baking Time

Sydney isn't quite used to spending so much down time at home.  We typically have lots going on in a day, so I think she's a little unsure what to do with herself sometimes and starts climbing the walls a little.  She insisted that we bake something the other day, so we defrosted some overripe bananas and made a batch of her favourite mini banana muffins.  She was so happy!

Gingerbread Playdough

I made a big batch of gingerbread playdough to give as a gift to several of Sydney's friends for Christmas and saved enough for Sydney to play with too.  She unpacked it and had a blast rolling it out and making little gingerbread men!

Treats

We have so been diving into all of the baskets and treats that we got for Christmas and literally snacking all day long!  My friend Janice sent us the most delectable hand made toffee with pecans from Heritage House Chocolates in Alberta, it was absolutely delicious!  So nice to indulge in a few treats!

Gifts

We picked up a parcel in the mail the other day, a lovely gift from my friend Janice filled with some beautiful napkins, special spreader knives, that delicious handmade toffee and a yummy dip mix!  Sydney had so much fun unwrapping everything!

We also got a little gift from Sydney's friend Bea, a box filled with holiday stickers for Sydney to decorate and a shaker to add to her musical instrument collection.

I always feel so blessed at this time of year to be remembered by so many friends.  We have so enjoyed each gift, both big and small, that has made it's way to our home this year!

Crossword

One of the things that I love the most about long days at home together is breakfast time.  We always linger over breakfast together in the morning in our jammies, it's such special time.  Paul loves to do the crossword in the paper and Sydney has picked up on his passion and likes to try her hand at the New York Times crossword from time to time.  So cute to watch her writing letters in each of the boxes!

Furniture Shopping

We spent a good chunk of our day today visiting with Syd's brother Zach at his apartment.  He is still looking for a few key pieces of furniture for his place, so we went furniture shopping with him today.  Sydney decided to take a little break while we were out and snuggled up in a chair with my iphone, it was very cute!

Pooh Time


I went to crawl into bed the other night, hours after I had put Sydney to sleep, and found her like this:

She was fast asleep, still cuddling her Winnie the Pooh that her Auntie Shery and Uncle Gerry gave her for her birthday this year.  It was so, so sweet. 

Sweet dreams everyone!  Hope the last day of 2012 is a wonderful one for you!