Happy Spring

The weather has been great here over the passed few weeks and Kanya and I have been enjoying it very much. We bought a playset for outside with a slide and some swings. Kanya is an excellent climber. She is very active. We go for a walk almost every morning, often ending up and Tim Hortons where Kanya gets either a sprinkle donut or a cookie. She has been sleeping well, I am sure in part from being so active during the day.

Many mornings are spent applying temporary tattoos and doing our nails. Kanya loves getting her nails done, but often wrecks them before they dry. We also watch movies. She loves 12 dancing princess right now. We dance and twirl along with barbie.

We have been going to a mom and tots dance class. It's so cute. We do the hockey pockey and sing itsy bitsy spider (one of Kanya's favourites) and also enjoy dancing around during the "Free Dance" I think I might try a toddler gymnastics class for her next. She does a great summersault.

A few weeks ago we also met Pim and her Mom. Pim was adopted from Thailand as well and now lives in Wallaceburg. Pim and her family returned home only a few weeks after we did. It was fun to get the girls together as they are close in age. Below is a picture of Pim, Myself and Kanya. After I picked up Pim Kanya wanted to be picked up as well. She then pointed to Pim and said "Done"

Above is Kanya with Alex and her daughter Olivia on a playdate

Kanya with her daddy. She loves the Tinkerbell shirt

Easter and some other updates

Wow I really need to post more often a lot has happend since my last post

Easter was so exciting. It was our first holiday as a family of three. It was great to watch Kanya hunt for easter eggs with her cousins and sing and laugh with the aunts uncles and grandparents. On the Saturday of Easter weekend we went to the Herns to celebrate and Sunday we went to my Mom and Bobs. It was her first time at the Grandparents homes so there was lots to explore.

Kanya has been doing so well lately. She had a little rough patch where she wasn't sleeping very well but that seems to have passed. She is certainly hit the terrible twos and is testing her limits. Sometimes when you say "no" she give you a little look to see if you really mean it. I take her swimming at the athletic club about once a week which she loves. She behaves those days b/c I tell her if she doesn't we won't go swimming. We are going to start a mom and tots dance class next week which I am really looking forward to. Her favourite movie currently seems to be sharktales which I have watched several times. She likes to do the actions while watching movies, she is quite a little actress.

Yesterday we took her for her Doctors appt. We have been preparing for this moment for a while as she has a fear of Doctors. When we were in Chiang Mai she would not even stand on the scale or let the Dr. check her ears. To try to help her with this fear we bought her a little play Dr. toyset and have been showing her what the Dr. does to make sure she is healthy and strong. Last week we also took her to the Drs. office just to meet the Dr. and the nurses. I am happy to report yesterday Kanya was soooo good at the Doctors. She stepped on the scale by herself, let the Dr. check her heart, eyes ears, tummy etc. She let our a little cry when she was getting her needles, I told her not to worry we will get ice cream after and that cheered her up. I must say ice cream is a miracle invention.

Easter and Grandma and Grandpa Herns

Easter at Grandma and Grandpa Heywoods

Daddy's workshirt