Dear and faithful blog readers (and stalkers),
I apologize for the tardiness in my updating. Life has been busy...and there haven't been too many exciting things. Basically, my niece is the best part of my week. And yet I feel like I toss a bunch of pictures of her at you all relatively often...
So I hope it doesn't bother you too much, because I'm about to do it again. YAY FOR A POST WITH PICTURESSSS!!!!
First let me start you off with this:
This is the Gold Medal Flour mill. A group of us went down there and did a tour. I have been to the outside before, but never had the tour. It was fantastic. I LOVE history, and this was so full of rich, old, timeless history.
These are ruins of what used to be part of the mill. It is so beautiful and old and brick. I actually almost cried for the beauty of it. There was a video in the mill about the history of Minneapolis. I can't explain what it feels like to me, seeing real photos and hearing voices of people from decades gone by. But sometimes it moves me to tears. I want to go back. I want to talk to those people, hear their stories...it makes me miss my grandpas, because they were part of a generation that was so different than me...I want to ask them a million questions!
*sigh* ok, history touches me. we can move on.
to wayyyy cuter and happier things!
My days with Little K can look very much the same. We play the same games, practice the same words and animal sounds, eat the same food, have the same nap routine, swing on the same swings...
So one day I decided to change it up. Here is a good S&K day:
7:35 am: arrive to see K is already up AND dressed (normally she's up, but still in her PJ's)
7:45 am: Mama leaves for work...this includes waaaaaving at her and blowing her kisses as she pulls out of the garage.
8-8:45 am: BREAKFAST! this is usually eggs, avocado, gf pancakes and some sausage if we have it. Then she sits on her counter chair and munches away while I do dishes or make some toast.
8:45-10 ish: We play! a wide variety of things: "cooking" in all the pots and pans on the floor, playing with the babies (she has three dolls she likes to put to "nigh-nigh"), singing with songs on my iPod, playing catch and throw with the big beach ball and we might even watch some music videos online and she'll dance.
There is the doll about to go nigh-nigh
10-?: naptime! normally she goes down well, but then fusses about 15 minutes into it and eventually falls asleep.
?: WAKES UP!!!! and we normally eat after that. this girl likes to eat. lunch could be any of the following: gf noodles, more avocado, turkey, sweet potato, squash, peas, cauliflower, broccoli and blueberries.
While she eats all that healthy stuff up there, I make myself some sponge-bob mac n cheese. it was SO GOOD. mmm.
Then on this particular day we went on a post-lunch adventure. It was freezing rain...outside. um that doesn't sound right. It was freezing raining outside. err...not that either. hmmm
it was raining down frozen...rain? water? precipitation?
WHAT IS THE PROPER WAY TO DISCUSS THE PRESENCE OF FROZEN RAIN OUTSIDE?! this is not something I've had to deal with in my past.
Anyway, we went to the LIBRARY!!!
YAY BOOKS!!!
look how studious she is. genius, i tell you.
Then she discovered the little kitchen they had set up for youngsters to play with. It was far more entertaining than the books.
Isn't her outfit so adorable! little leggings and cute ugg boots! AHH! i just want to pick her up and squeeze her. As it turns out, I do that quite often.
She found the "Baaah" (banana) and tried eating it, not even pretend, but really trying to eat it.
This was her "uh-oh" face when she realized it wasn't exactly edible. I think it sort of caught her off guard.
Then we played on the cool wavy benches.
They also had these stuffed animals. I don't think she's seen many of those in her life. She grabbed this deer by the antlers and proceeded to spin him around and laugh and laugh. She was having so much fun with it!
Then after the library, we decided to hit up the mall which was right across the street. I figure malls have lots of colorful bright things for her to look at. I was right. She absolutely loved it. When we first walked in the mall, there was an upbeat song playing and she stopped in the walkway, dropped my hand and began twirling and bouncing to the beat. it was SO cute, and all of the little kiosk people were watching and calling their co-workers to come look at her.
We found the section of little coin rides. I didn't have my wallet on me, so we didn't actually ride any. She just sat in them, which was apparently sufficient entertainment for her for a good twenty minutes.
Yay!!! hand-clap of excitement!
All of the sudden, the little bus started honking and making noises and this is her bewildered face. She then looked at all the buttons and tried to figure out if it was something she pushed and if it would do it again. So much fun to watch her wonder and discover!
I apologize for the tardiness in my updating. Life has been busy...and there haven't been too many exciting things. Basically, my niece is the best part of my week. And yet I feel like I toss a bunch of pictures of her at you all relatively often...
So I hope it doesn't bother you too much, because I'm about to do it again. YAY FOR A POST WITH PICTURESSSS!!!!
First let me start you off with this:
This is the Gold Medal Flour mill. A group of us went down there and did a tour. I have been to the outside before, but never had the tour. It was fantastic. I LOVE history, and this was so full of rich, old, timeless history.
These are ruins of what used to be part of the mill. It is so beautiful and old and brick. I actually almost cried for the beauty of it. There was a video in the mill about the history of Minneapolis. I can't explain what it feels like to me, seeing real photos and hearing voices of people from decades gone by. But sometimes it moves me to tears. I want to go back. I want to talk to those people, hear their stories...it makes me miss my grandpas, because they were part of a generation that was so different than me...I want to ask them a million questions!
*sigh* ok, history touches me. we can move on.
to wayyyy cuter and happier things!
My days with Little K can look very much the same. We play the same games, practice the same words and animal sounds, eat the same food, have the same nap routine, swing on the same swings...
So one day I decided to change it up. Here is a good S&K day:
7:35 am: arrive to see K is already up AND dressed (normally she's up, but still in her PJ's)
7:45 am: Mama leaves for work...this includes waaaaaving at her and blowing her kisses as she pulls out of the garage.
8-8:45 am: BREAKFAST! this is usually eggs, avocado, gf pancakes and some sausage if we have it. Then she sits on her counter chair and munches away while I do dishes or make some toast.
8:45-10 ish: We play! a wide variety of things: "cooking" in all the pots and pans on the floor, playing with the babies (she has three dolls she likes to put to "nigh-nigh"), singing with songs on my iPod, playing catch and throw with the big beach ball and we might even watch some music videos online and she'll dance.
There is the doll about to go nigh-nigh
10-?: naptime! normally she goes down well, but then fusses about 15 minutes into it and eventually falls asleep.
?: WAKES UP!!!! and we normally eat after that. this girl likes to eat. lunch could be any of the following: gf noodles, more avocado, turkey, sweet potato, squash, peas, cauliflower, broccoli and blueberries.
While she eats all that healthy stuff up there, I make myself some sponge-bob mac n cheese. it was SO GOOD. mmm.
Then on this particular day we went on a post-lunch adventure. It was freezing rain...outside. um that doesn't sound right. It was freezing raining outside. err...not that either. hmmm
it was raining down frozen...rain? water? precipitation?
WHAT IS THE PROPER WAY TO DISCUSS THE PRESENCE OF FROZEN RAIN OUTSIDE?! this is not something I've had to deal with in my past.
Anyway, we went to the LIBRARY!!!
YAY BOOKS!!!
look how studious she is. genius, i tell you.
Then she discovered the little kitchen they had set up for youngsters to play with. It was far more entertaining than the books.
Isn't her outfit so adorable! little leggings and cute ugg boots! AHH! i just want to pick her up and squeeze her. As it turns out, I do that quite often.
She found the "Baaah" (banana) and tried eating it, not even pretend, but really trying to eat it.
This was her "uh-oh" face when she realized it wasn't exactly edible. I think it sort of caught her off guard.
Then we played on the cool wavy benches.
They also had these stuffed animals. I don't think she's seen many of those in her life. She grabbed this deer by the antlers and proceeded to spin him around and laugh and laugh. She was having so much fun with it!
Then after the library, we decided to hit up the mall which was right across the street. I figure malls have lots of colorful bright things for her to look at. I was right. She absolutely loved it. When we first walked in the mall, there was an upbeat song playing and she stopped in the walkway, dropped my hand and began twirling and bouncing to the beat. it was SO cute, and all of the little kiosk people were watching and calling their co-workers to come look at her.
We found the section of little coin rides. I didn't have my wallet on me, so we didn't actually ride any. She just sat in them, which was apparently sufficient entertainment for her for a good twenty minutes.
Yay!!! hand-clap of excitement!
All of the sudden, the little bus started honking and making noises and this is her bewildered face. She then looked at all the buttons and tried to figure out if it was something she pushed and if it would do it again. So much fun to watch her wonder and discover!
So that's pretty much a day for us. We come home, have an afternoon nap, eat more and anticipate the arrival of mama and daddy. I am learning to enjoy every moment with her. She is so precious and I love her so much. I give her hugs and kisses and we laugh and play and cuddle. It really is a fantastic being Auntie. (oh, side note, I'm trying to teach her to call me Tia-Spanish for "aunt"-which her parents do not yet know. but i'm sure they will soon find out when they read this. anyway...we'll see if it sticks)
That right there is a significant piece of my life here. and it blesses me so much. At times I find myself driving and getting lost in musings. My continuous thought is: how did I get here, to this exact place in time, driving right here...so far from where I was a few months ago. And how is it SO amazing and such a blessing.
um...thanks God. once again, you've gone above and beyond what I could have asked or imagined.
"Well it's Ok, it's so nice, it's just another day in paradise...well there's no place I'd rather be....I wouldn't trade it for anything. And I ask the Lord every night, for just another day in paradise."
[just another day in paradise: phil vassar]
it's a fun and sweet country song and is better listened to =)
buenas noches...
5 comments:
Test
Hey girl? How many stalkerz you got? Lol
@ anonymous: what are we testing?
@ Tiff: well...I got about 40 views of this one post so far...and I probably only know who half of them are.
Suz - reading this takes me back to the fun I had taking you to Parent Ed classes for a while in Pasadena while your mom was at home teaching your big brothers. We had so much fun and I was just as delighted with your sweetness as you are with K - I thought (still think) you were genius too, so much smarter than the other kids. I'm so happy you are getting lots of fun Auntie time in! But I miss you! Love, Aunt Heidi
Post a Comment