Toupee anyone?

In our house toothpaste, or 'toupee' as my daughter calls it, is dessert.

Maybe it's because I don't feed her sugar that she obsesses over toothpaste.

But I must say a side benefit is that she loves to brush her teeth, and I find it rather humourous that most of the time I only pretend to give her toothpaste and she is thrilled.

Here's to clean teeth all around!

Blogger woes

Does anyone know why in the world pictures suddenly disappear? They post fine and then they turn to drafts and then the pictures disappear altogether ( note the last few posts that have no pics.) Grrrrrrrr.

A little self-control

Just wanted to say that training an almost-2-year-old to excersize self-control, while extremely testing in moments, reaps the most beautiful happy mom moments ever!

This Christmas our little explorer found many treats worth digging into, but when David and I told her not to touch them, she sat patiently just looking at them, not whining or sneaking, just looking. I had to capture a few pics.


The plate of cookies was at Grandma's house, and after 5 minutes, I told Grandma she could offer Eiley a cookie, because I think Grandma was more tortured watching Eiley watch the cookies than Eiley was.

We made the gingerbread houses for our neighbors and Eiley sat looking at them for a very long time. It was a small victory.....no, I must say it felt pretty big, and while, tommorow, I will find her putting on my eyeliner ( which I have also told her not to touch) we are making small steps in the right direction.

I am also learning self-control right alongside her, and I think it will be a lifelong training session for both of us. After the indulgence of the holidays I am even more aware that I need that ever-so-challenging fruit of the spirit to be more real in my life too.
So, I leave you with a small bit of motherly illusion. My little girl "decorating cookies" along with her auntie. However, her cookies are saltines and her frosting is peanut butter. She just ate them all anyway.

Winter fun 1

A few of Eiley's favorite winter activites.


I let Daddy pull me around the ice rink so I can say hi to all my friends on skates.








Caroling in the cold-aka- bringing cheer to people who are warm and toasty while my little toes shiver, but they all think I am super cute.





Watching Mommy make a snow angel, while my little bum made a snow blob. You aren't convincing me to lay down in this stuff.








I will let Mommy and Daddy snowmobile without me . Mommy drives waaaay too fast.



But hey if you live in the cold you've got to learn to play in the cold... that's what my mom says.