Monday morning I rolled out of bed, earlier than usual, to head off to the "Stay & Play" drop-in at the local recreation centre with Nora. We enjoy meeting up with Megumi and her daughter and have gone a few times now. These pictures are from the end of October, showing Nora with her favourite car. She doesn't get the concept of sharing, and so I have to forcibly remove her from the fire "coupe" after awhile when the other children start chasing her around for a turn.
Nora doesn't take kindly to picking up passengers either! Overall, she does enjoy running freely in the gym or walking on the toddler-size balance beams and stairs. (Mom is always close by to help!)
This week, we enjoyed meeting up with another co-worker and her sweet daughter. The girls enjoyed a snack time together... Megumi spoils us all with her endless array of treats! :) It's fun to be together.
After school, we were pleasantly surprised to have Charles come to the van with his girlfriend, Cheyanne, who had a gift for Nora! As you can see from these photos, Nora had a great time opening the gift later. She really likes lotion and anything that smells nice, so Cheyanne's gift was very popular. I long to have that sense of appreciation and joy that comes so easily to a child. It's a pleasure to see...
Thomas and Lewis also gave their birthday gift to Nora, as too much was going on yesterday. Here they all are using the baby sign language for "train", as it's one of Nora's favourite signs to do. (Living so close to the railroad tracks, we hear and see the train all the time.)
The boys thought it was "cool" that they could still give a train to their sister!
Nora may not know what turning two was all about, but she definitely enjoyed every aspect of it. Thanks, everyone!
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