What a difference a year makes!

September 13, 2007 September 13, 2008

Down on the Farm

On Saturday, Halle and I decided to leave the city behind and head to the country. In only 15 minutes we reached our destination...the Petting Zoo!! I was pretty sure Halle would like the animals. I didn't realize she would love it so much!! By the end she could name all the animals we saw and make their sounds. SIDE NOTE: Up until now, Halle has been lacking a key part of every child's education...farm animals!! She knows other animals and the sounds we assume they make like penguins, monkeys, walruses, dogs, ducks...but she was never that interested in your basic domestic animals until now!! Here are some pictures from our fun afternoon.

Horse!

Halle loves these pink ponies! Horses are one of her favorite animals. We'll forgive her for not noticing the lack of withers or the shorter height - she is 18 months old after all! Thanks Chantal for thinking of Halle. You can see she loves the ponies and was giving them a kiss goodnight before going to bed.

We did it!

We survived day one of daycare. Halle knew that something was happening because she had two wraps around my leg and wouldn't take her eyes off of me as soon as we entered the house. Thanks to the Backyardigans and the effect they have on toddlers, I was able to sneak out the door leaving Halle with her new babysitter and friends. Halle cried when she realized that I wasn't there but Lisa (her babysitter) picked her up and gave her blankie. Sorry, that should be a capital 'B' for Blankie. Blankie saved the day!! She also cried when she woke up from her nap but quickly came around.

I only called to check on Halle once. All day...one time. I was a rock. I didn't cry either though it was close. A totally irrelevant song came on the radio saying something about 'being there when you cried'...I hit the mute button and continued my drive to work in radio silence. I was brave. Alan was brave and Halle was just her usual happy self...what a trooper....Pardon the perma-grin on my face in the picture...it was a little forced.

The End of an Era

Today was the last day before daycare starts. Halle is going to a great daycare. I am not worried about that. I'm just worried that Halle is actually going to daycare. I'm sure like millions of other moms, I will get over it. I hope not as fast as Halle gets over not being with her mom all day. Halle spent the afternoon with her friend Tanner and then we headed to his place for supper. The two of them get along really well.

Hey guys! I'm over here!!!!!

So Tanner, sixteen times twelve, so you carry the one, and then divide by the number of Goldfish Crackers on your plate and you that's how you 'divvy up' the snack...I just love this giant abacus...

What? You've never seen kids do math before????