She's right in the sand this year!

17 degrees!

Don't let the clothes deceive you, it was HOT! She was probably boiling! First time in the sandbox this year.

All dressed up...

I think my Grandma would have loved this outfit Paige wore to the service this morning.

Maybe it was because a lot of people told her they liked her dress, but she does not want to take it off!

Great Grandma Masoure

Early Saturday morning my Grandma passed away at the age of 85. If you haven't read the previous post, Mike's Grandma also passed away this week. We're hanging in there, and are glad that we have happy things to look forward to, and a constantly happy toddler in the house. We would have liked her to meet the next Great Grandchild, and knew she was looking forward to it. I know she loved to see Paige, and she always brightened her day, which was nice over the last little while. We'll really miss our Grandma's.

Great Grandma Turcsanyi

Sadly, Paige's Great Grandma Turcsanyi passed away this week. She lived in Chilliwack, B.C. and we were fortunate enough to have seen her a number of times since Paige was born. She was in Edmonton for Angie's wedding and Jen's wedding, and we were able to have a nice visit. Her and Great Grandpa Turcsanyi also made it out to Burlington for our wedding. Great Grandma and Grandpa Turcsanyi immigrated to Canada from Hungary in 1957.

My Little Sidekick...

I know I already said it, but Paige is a good shopper. It is just so fun to shop with her and walk through the mall with her holding my hand like my little sidekick. Today we shopped at Gap kids, and then rode the escalator for her first time and had a sandwich and a soft serve ice cream. These following pictures have nothing to do with the shopping, but I thought she looked cute this morning and snapped a few before our playgroup. Paige's hair looks like this all the time now as her bangs are growing out and need to be clipped back to avoid crazy hair.

Paige kissing my stomach. She does this all the time.

This is what I see if she stands up next to me:

Did I ever mention the time...

...When I turned my back for a few seconds at the park and Paige shoved a piece of broken glass in her mouth? She was around 12 months I think. I just remembered this as we were at the same park. All was well, but that made me watch her a bit closer from then on!

Craft-to-go

Yesterday was not a good day for Paige. she is finally getting the last of her teeth in. Well, 2 out of 4 anyway. The skin is all swollen as the molars are poking through. We had been giving her tylenol in the night to help with the pain and fever, but she seemed ok in the morning. We left to go to the library at 10:00 without giving her medicine since it was too early for the next dose. While we were there she suddenly burst into a major pouty lip and said ow and touched the side of her face where the more painful looking tooth is erupting. After that it was time for a snack which she wouldn't eat. She also said her stomach hurt (but might be because i asked if it hurt--some friends have had the flu, and i was worried that maybe it was more than teeth). I told her if her stomach hurt we should go home. "No, I want to go to Book Nook", she said. When we went into the classroom she just stood staring at the name tags and didn't care to find hers. I took off her coat and she was very quiet. "I want to go home", she said. Poor thing. I grabbed the colouring sheet of the day and the instructor gave me the other craft in pieces in a bag to go.

When we got home she wanted to "lie down to rest her owie tummy" after having some medicine(i still think it was teeth, rather than stomach). Once the medicine kicked in she was fine. And throughout the day she would go through quiet patches and perk up once the medicine kicked in. I had a doctor's appointment and she fell asleep on the way. I was able to transfer her into her stroller, luckily, and she slept throughout the entire visit, which she probably needed to feel better.

Today is a better day and we are just sticking around the house this morning. We did the craft-to-go.

Baking

Paige loves to help with baking, and I have been doing quite a bit lately. Just muffins, banana bread and cookies. She stirs wildly and flour and sugar get everywhere. Today I had to strip her down right on the countertop as her foot was covered in batter. In the picture above she is modelling her new apron sent from Great Grandma in Arizona. I had an old Second Cup apron on, which was a good thing since I was pelted with flour at one point.

Love our new purchase...

A "Very Hungry Caterpillar" cookie jar from William Ashley!!