No Chocolate for Breakfast: Evelyn Goes to the Library + Valentines party + Liana Slideshow Homework

Evelyn goes to the library

Last week my friend Laura and I took the babies to "babytime" at the library. It was impressive! The facilitator was great and led the 30 minute bilingual class with ease. We sat in a circle and sang songs, chanted nursery rhymes, watched a puppet show, did some sign language, played with shakers, and more. Evelyn was wide-eyed as she took in all the new things and she seemed interested in the other babies sitting in the circle ("my people!"). We went back yesterday and are planning to return next week.

After babytime we're allowed to stay and play awhile longer

Laura and cute lil baby Marianne who is three months old now

My baby and me

Evelyn standing at the train table at Chapters (after the library)

She wanted to eat the trains...so no trains yet :p

Evelyn goes to a Valentines party

Moms and Dads with Monkeys hosted a Valentines Day playdate last Saturday at the Richmond library. Evelyn made some crafts with (a lot of) help from mommy. Erin Petruska Photography was on site with a Valentines setup for picture taking. Evelyn was not at all cooperative for the photo session so the three first pictures below are really a test to Erin's patience and persistence. The playdate was fun other than forgetting my camera and one of Evelyn's toys...but I got those back.

Liana's Slide Show

Liana was tasked to do a slideshow of 25 pictures (of anything) to a french song. She forgot about the assignment and arrived home from school the other day in a frenzy because it was due the following day. She decided she'd do a "day in the life of Evelyn" sort of thing (though really it was just an evening). Lucky for her she had a cooperative little model at her disposal. Liana took over 300 photos that evening and we both stayed up late getting setup up the slideshow on youtube. Here's the final product.

Miscellaneous

Evelyn got her first tooth! Grandma Debby found it while visiting last weekend.

Liana got her her most recent blood test results back and is mildly anemic. She's taking some iron supplements and will be retested in four months.

Evelyn and I visited two week old baby Savannah Storm. We didn't have our camera on hand but we'll make sure to bring it when we visit again next week.

I made it out to my first Orleans Board Game night at the local Legion for the first time post-Evelyn only to loose at both Zombiecide and Pandemic. I spent a lot of time this week sorting out Ottawa Geek Social Club issues.

It was my turn to run the Beavers craft this week and we made bows and arrows like the ones found here but with pink hearts at the end of the arrows. The kids liked making them and playing with them. A good not-too-girlie Valentines craft.

Liana's had a busy week between math tutoring, babysitting baby Ronin, going to see SPAF (her school's biggest talent show of the year) and today's winter carnival.

Here are some more pictures.