Can you keep a secret?

I just got this pattern for a toddler sized backpack from happygiraffe on ETSY. I had been wanting to make Kaia a backpack for a few months now but haven't had the time to draft my own pattern (or the patience for that matter!) and wasn't able to find one to buy. Of course, you can find tons of patterns for backpacks, but not little ones for little bodies and this one will fit her just perfectly. I am going to make it for her birthday and give it to her along with one of those kiddie digital cameras. She's always after mine and it's beginning to incur some damage so the intention here is to keep her little paws away from my camera, while still letting her explore and learn to take her own photos. I can see her now - packing up her little backpack with snacks and a drink and her camera for photos along with whatever else she deems necessary on a day out. We should have lots of fun with this over the summer. I'm very excited about it.

It's crazy to think that another year has gone by already and my little baby girl is turning 3 years old. I read this quote somewhere - ages ago - and it's always stuck with me. I'm not likely to get it exactly right but it went something like this:

"When you are a parent, the days are long but the years fly by..."

How very true.

She's walking!

What goes around...

We've had a rough few weeks here in the Greenwood household. First I got quite sick - it forced me to spend a few days in bed and I'm still not feeling totally 'over it' yet. Then, of course, Sabine got sick who then passed it on to Kaia. Sabine had a pretty bad cough and a runny nose for a couple of days but it definately hit Kaia the hardest of us all. She had a horrible fever for a few nights, lots of hoarse coughing and trouble breathing, and understandably, her sleep schedule has been off ever since. We're all much better now - enjoying the warm and sunny weather and getting back into the swing of things...

Priceless.

This is, so far, Kaia's best attempt at avoiding bedtime.

My name is...

Kaia has known her full first name and middle name for quite some time now but it was only recently that I thought she should really learn her last name as well. I tried to tell her that all of us - Mommy, Daddy, Kaia and Sabine - all have the last name Greenwood but she wasn't satisfied with that. Now, if you ask her what her name is, she will confidently reply, "My name is Kaiaarahi Soleil Pinkwood." Too cute.

My Birthday Girl!

We had a little birthday party for Sabine this weekend since her birthday was on Thursday and it pretty much passed by as a regular day. Kaia, Sabine and I went over to Nana and Papa's house for our first barbecue of the year (yay for that!) where Sabine had her cake and opened a little present I made for her. She did quite well with her cake - grabbing it with both hands as soon as it was put in front of her.

Sweet Innocence.

The other day Kaia said to me "Mommy?".
To which I replied, "Yes, honey?".
And she said, "I want wings".
"You want wings!", I exclaimed.
And then she spun around with her hands held out and said,
"Yes, so I can fly!"