first "big screen" movie experience!

dear kate,
this afternoon nammy took you to your first "big screen" movie in ottawa at the rainbow cinema!  
nicholas came with us.
we were going to see Kung Fu Panda but it was playing in 3D and everyone had to wear 3D glasses to see it properly.  i just didn't think that you would last the whole movie wearing paper glasses, so we decided to see mr. popper's penguins instead!

Jim Carey was in the movie and he was really funny!

You loved the theatre, but wondered why it was so dark in there!  You sat up in your seat and ate some goldfish crackers while we watched the movie.  You were really good and stayed pretty quiet except for a few questions for nammy! after awhile, you crawled up on my knee and pretty soon, you fell asleep.  you woke up for the last 5 minutes of the movie and then it was time to go!
when i asked you if you had fun - and if you liked the movie - you said yes!  so, for the little you did see, i was happy you liked it!
nicholas and i enjoyed it all - hee-hee!
i think next summer you will enjoy the movie-going adventure much more ... and i can't wait to go with you again when you are a little older and a little more wide awake!!  
i love you so much sugar plum - and i'm happy that it was nammy who took you to your first movie - even if you did sleep through most of it!
love,
nammy xox

gum balls . . .

dear kate,
one of the good things about being at nammy's surely is my gumball machine!  there it sits on the shelf in my office - with a container of pennies right beside it!  

you are such a good girl - you get pennies all the time - and you put them into that gumball machine, turn the crank, and presto!!!  out comes a gumball!  
the best thing is that most of the time when you put one penny in - two gumballs come out!  that means that you can share!  and you always ask nammy if i want one, and if i don't, you give one to someone else!  you are so happy to share - and that makes me so happy!
i love you sugar plum!
love,
nammy xox

back to calypso!!

dear kate,
today we went back to our favourite place ... calypso!!!
some of our friends are going to come too!  your best friend, gabe, is coming with his mommy, becci!  here is a picture of gabe at calypso!

zoe is coming too!  she is bringing her mommy, naomi and her nana too!  
what a fun day at calypso!  the weather here in ontario is perfect all the time!  it is so hot and sunny again ... and the water is cool, even though it is heated a little!  this is absolutely your favourite place to be having fun on a day like this!

boy!  it's a good thing we got memberships to calypso!  i think we will be going there almost every day!
i love playing with you at the water park!  it is so much fun!
love,
nammy xox

it's monday already!

dear kate,
can you believe that it's monday already?  wow!  the time sure flies by when you are having so much fun, doesn't it?
today we are going to ottawa.  we are going to go shopping for a little while and buy some clothes and presents for you!

then, we are going to have a picnic lunch at a big park in the city!

we played on the see-saw together and went up and down!!  then i pushed you really, really high on the swing!  we said, "to infinity and beyond!!"  and then we pretended that we could fly on the swing!!

after we played for a long time, we had ice cream!  it was so hot outside that we had to eat it really fast because it was melting, melting, melting!!
what a fun day we had today!
love,
nammy xox

it's tea time!

dear kate,
today when we got back from calypso we decided to have a little tea party together!
so i got out my special tea pot and tea cups and we made tea!  you especially liked the sugar cubes, and you gave them a little lick before we stirred them into our tea!!
i love drinking tea with you sugar plum!
love,
nammy xox

guess where we are going today????

dear kate,
guess where we are went today??
calypso!!!!!

yes!  we went on an all-day picnic to the biggest water park in canada with the highest slide in north america!!!  wow!!!
this is who went:  nammy, frappy, mommy, auntie steph ... and you!

it was a perfect day - really sunny and really hot!  mommy made sure to put lots of sunscreen on you!
we played and played and played and played ... all day long!  up and down and up and down on the slides!  the water is salt water and it smells like we are at the ocean!
what fun we had!
and, guess what?  we are going back again on tuesday!  
i love playing with you sugar plum!
love, 
nammy xox

kittens!

dear kate,
today we had a big surprise!  nammy's friend came for a visit and she brought kittens!!!  they were so adorable!  some were black and white and some were grey and white!  you really like them and decided to put them in your shopping cart to take them for a little stroll!

one little kitten was all black!  that was the one that auntie beka loved - and do you know what?  auntie beka decided that she was going to keep that little black kitty!

i love you sugar plum!
love,
nammy  xox