Dear Blog,
I'd like to apologize for not spending more time with you. I've thought about you a lot but just haven't had the time to sit down with you. Since my last post, my days have been packed with things like attending births as a doula, going on family summer outings, full time parenting while Kyle worked many hours at Bard on the Beach and went on several trips to LA, Toronto, and New York to meet with film folk, then in September increasing my work hours as a paramedic, shuttling Esme to piano and soccer practice, half-homeschooling Esme's first year of kindergarten, meeting the demands of my strong-willed yet highly sensitive toddler, and generally keeping the members of our household alive and semi-well fed.
And now go get yourself a snack and pull up a chair, here comes the epic photo and video dump...
In February Tyne learned to walk!
... which means lots of bedhead.
We spent Mother's Day at the great-grandparent's house.
And celebrated Esmé's preschool graduation.
(Are you proud Auntie Gillian?)
Esmé learned how to bowl... kind of.
And we played Kiddie Pool Baseball in our front yard.
We also spent many summer days on the beach.
And went to the fair.
(And Esmé lost her first tooth!!)
(Teacups!)
Esmé tried her hand at busking.
(Bach Minuet at Stanley Park)
And Tyne worked on her mud pies.
On rainy days we rehearsed "Frozen" scenes.
And caught up on our reading.
Then Esmé had her first day of Kindergarten.
(And lost another tooth!)
And we started our home learning activities.
(Making geometric shapes with grapes and toothpicks.
But Tyne ate a bunch of the grapes so we had to resort to kidney beans.)
Esmé started soccer.
And Tyne got potty trained and learned to insists on dressing herself.
(Potty training while discovering clothes means a new interest in underwear.)
(Tyne getting increasingly frustrated that she can't fit more than 3 coats on at one time.
Toddler life is a roller coaster of emotions.)
Esmé became cultured and attended her first Shakespeare show at Bard on the Beach. Of course it was A Midsummer Night's Dream starring her papa as Puck.
(She was totally enthralled and loved every minute of it.)
And the best part of it all has been watching these two lovelies become best friends.
(Brushing each other's teeth)
(Esmé likes to read books to Tyne)
(Tyne feeding Esmé an entire bowl of chilli while Esmé carries on as if it's normal.)
Okay, Blog, we are almost caught up. I hope you feel loved again. I have a birthday post coming in a few days so stay tuned.
