Missed Moments

I was just looking through pictures I've taken over the past few weeks and realized that there were many precious moments that missed making it into a posting here.

So without further ado, here are a few moments that slipped through the cracks:

Sydney has been so enjoying her art classes at 4 Cats.  This term she learned about the artist Tamara DeLempicka and did both a self portrait in her style and made a necklace and bracelet out of beads she made herself with clay.  I love how she got to add sparkly jewels to her self portrait.  We are having it framed and will hang it proudly in her playroom!

Sydney makes me pictures most every day.  Most of the time she writes "To Mommy or I Love you Mommy" on them.  This one was so funny, she wrote "To Susan" on it!

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My friend Christina gave me the most beautiful bouquet of tulips a while back.  When they were all done, Sydney decided that she wanted to keep the petals and lovingly plucked each one off to collect in her little wicker basket.

Sydney continues to love her riding lessons so much.  Her instructor Sonia is fast becoming a dear friend to us and we are looking forward to many more fun weeks of learning to ride horseback!

Menchie's Time!  With the arrival of spring Syd and I have been spending a fair amount of time at Menchie's enjoying her most favourite frozen yogurt treat!

It truly feels like spring around here!  Love that Syd can play at the playground with no jacket on!

Little Swimmer!  Man does my kid love the water!  Love these pictures of her diving off the tower at swimming lessons.

Granville Island Time!  We've been starting to spend some Sunday mornings at Granville Island again now that the weather is warmer and drier.  Syd absolutely loves the Sunrise Raviolini from Duso's there and the guy there now knows us so well that he painstakingly chooses all the red ones out and puts them in Sydney's own bag for her as he knows these are her favourites!

Camera Hijack!  Syd is honing her photography skills with still life pictures of the fruit bowl these days!

Kiwi Crate.  Our latest Kiwi Crate came packed with a huge map and a craft where we could make flags from around the world.  Syd loved learning about the flags from Brazil, China, Japan and France and made her own flag for her personal country of Sydneyland.

Sunday mornings are always quiet and sacred time around here.  I've been making Paul's favourite breakfast, lox on a bagel lately and we've enjoyed breakfast with a coffee and the newspaper.  A nice way to end the week!