dance ... dance ... dance!

dear kate,
today you started your dancing lessons!  
i am so happy that i got you that for Christmas this year ... and i hope that i can get you lessons every single year!
i wish i could have been there to see you tap-tap-tapping your little feet!  it is going to be so much fun and i really hope that you like it!
i will come sometime around your birthday and then you can show me all of your moves!!  and ... i can go to your lesson with you and see you in action!
be happy my little sugar plum!  i love you so much!
love,
nammy xox

i'm here!

dear kate,
well . . . here i am in cold lake!  and what a surprise it was for you and mommy!
i drove to your house and parked outside while you and mommy were inside.
of course, you didn't even know i was there!  hee-hee!
i called mommy from my cell phone and she thought i was in ontario at my house.
while we were talking on the phone i snuck up to your front door and rang the bell!
mommy was still talking with me on the phone and she said,
"oh no!  i can't believe it!  somebody is at my door!  just a minute mom . . . "
then . . . she went to open the front door and . . .
surprise!!!!!!  there i was!!!
mommy was so surprised and so happy!  she just couldn't believe it!
she called you to come up from your play room downstairs and told you there was a surprise for you!
and up you came . . . to see nammy in your house!!!!  you were so happy!  you couldn't believe it!

and now . . . let the fun begin!  mommy is going to let you take the week off from daycare and we are going to play and go to the park and have fun together!
i'm so happy to be here with you and mommy!
this is going to be a very, very special thanksgiving for sure!
love,
nammy xox

surprise!!! it's me!!!!

dear kate,
surprise!!!!
the surprise is me!!
today, i'm getting on the plane and flying to your house in cold lake!  woo-hoo!!!
yes . . . i'm coming for a thanksgiving visit with you and mommy!
i can't wait to get there and surprise you both!
see you soon sugar plum!
love,
nammy xox

don't forget ... i told you that a surprise is coming!!

dear kate,
guess what??
a big, big surprise is coming soon!
yes!
you will know about it soon!
love,
nammy xox

thanksgiving is coming . . .

dear kate,

guess what?  

my favourite holiday is coming up soon!

do you know what it is?

no ... it's not christmas!

it's thanksgiving!

i love thanksgiving day so much.

i love decorating my house for fall and i love having friends and family over.

sometimes we have bonfires.

sometimes we have suppers together.

fall is my favourite season of the year!

i love thanksgiving day because it reminds me of all the good things i have to be thankful to God for.

and you are one of those very special good things that i am thankful for.

and so is mommy!

i thank the Lord every single day for you and for mommy 

and i ask Him to protect you and watch over you

and work out His perfect will in your lives.

on thanksgiving i always make a really big feast!

we have turkey, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce.

and with it we have mashed potatoes, yams, beans, corn, red cabbage.

(all kinds of yummy vegetables!)

we have warm buns slithered in butter.

and pickles and beets.

and i usually make homemade pies for dessert

with ice cream and whipped cream!

sometimes i make apple.

sometimes i make pumpkin.

sometimes i make lemon.

and sometimes . . .

i make all of those!

i like to have my family and friends over on thanksgiving day

so that we can eat together, and laugh and have fun together!

but, you know what?

i wish i could have thanksgiving with you and mommy.

we would have so much fun

and take tons of pictures too!

what great memories we would have!

oh well . . . someday we will do it!

someday, you and mommy will come in the fall and 

have thanksgiving with all of us here in ontario!

love,

nammy xox

a surprise is coming!

dear kate,
i can't believe that september is almost over and it's been six whole weeks since i saw you!  
just imagine . . . six weeks ago you and i were playing together!  it was summertime and you were with your family in ontario, having so much fun!
it sure seems a lot longer than just six weeks ago to me!
i feel like i haven't seen you in sooooooo long - and i miss you so much!
i'm sending you a surprise in the mail today.  
it's a whole bunch of photos of our summer fun together.  you can hold them, and look at them whenever you want to.  i know you will be happy when you remember all of the good times we had this summer!
don't you love surprises?
i do!  that's why i like sending surprises to your home in cold lake!
so, you tell mommy to check the mail this week and you should have it by friday (i hope ...)!

when you get the mail, you can phone me - or skype me - and we can look at the pictures together!
i love you so much my sweet little sugar plum!  i can't wait to see you again and play with you and laugh and read stories and give you lots of hugs and kisses!
love,
nammy xox

great granny joy . . .

dear kate,
isn't this a nice picture of your great-granny joy?

she is so pretty!
when she was a young girl, all of the boys whistled at her!  they thought she was so beautiful!  but she only loved one boy and she married him!  
you know, great-granny joy is my mommy.
and, she is your mommy's granny.
we had fun with her this summer when we went to the mall, didn't we?
remember when we went shopping and she put money in the rides so that you could go on the helicopter and the dragon?  it was so much fun!
and then we went to the library and she read stories to you there!

great-granny joy loves you so much.
she loves it when you come to visit and she thinks about you all the time!
i love great-granny joy, and i know you do too!
love,
nammy xox