yahoo! i'm here at your house!!

dear kate,
yahoo!!  finally!  i'm here to visit with you in cold lake!
i'm here especially for your 3rd birthday!
tomorrow is april 1st . . . and you know what that means!!!  it's your birthday - and you will be three years old!!  already!!!
every single time i see you i notice what a big girl you are getting to be!  every single time we have more and more fun together with mommy!  
when i got to cold lake, i was surprised to see that you still have snow!  we have no snow left at nammy's house in ontario!  the grass is starting to get green everywhere!  but, here, you have snow.
so, guess what we did today?
we made a snowman in your front yard!  yes we did!
we rolled up three big balls of snow.  the biggest one went on the bottom.  then a medium one went on top of it.  at last, we made a smaller ball and lifted it together onto the very top!!  that was for the head.
we put a carrot for a nose and some pine cones for eyes!  we used some branches from the trees to make arms.
finally, after all the hard work, it was done!  
but . . . guess what happened??
by accident, you leaned on mr. snowman, and he toppled over!  oh! oh!
that's okay . . . we just fixed him up in no time . . . and he was as handsome as ever!
in fact, he was so handsome that we decided to name him . . .
frappy the snowman!!

i love playing with you my sweet sugar plum!  you are so much fun to be with!  
i treasure every single minute!
love,
nammy xox

you're always in my thoughts . . .

dear kate,

wherever i am ... whatever i'm doing ...

you are in my thoughts!

i have your picture in my car - and i can look at it all the time!

i love you so, so, so, so much my sweet little sugar plum!

love,

nammy xox

horses!

dear kate,
i just had to tell you the news!  our neighbour that lives down the road has horses now!  there are so many of them - all different colours!  and there are lots of baby horses too!  when you come to visit in the summer, we can go and see them together!
here are some photos of them . . .

here is one mommy horse with her baby!
the baby is just a few days old!

look at nammy feeding the horse!
when you come, you can feed him too!

here is the baby horse drinking milk from his mommy!

you know what else?

nammy has a friend from church who has a teeny, tiny pony!  my friend's name is melissa, and she told me that when you come in the summertime, i can bring you to her house and you can ride her pony!!!!  can you believe that!!!  it is going to be so much fun!!  and i will take some photos of you!

what fun we are going to have in july!!

i love you . . . and i can't wait to see you and mommy again!

love,

nammy xox

skiing . . .

dear kate,
today i went skiing with uncle donny!  nammy used to ski all the time, but i haven't done it in sooooo long!  i was a little nervous at first, but i just loved it!  uncle donny and i had so much fun.  he was snowboarding and i was skiing.

nammy and uncle donny

this is what it looks like when you are near the top!

when you get a little bit older, we will take you skiing sometime when you come in the winter!  you will love it!  
love,
nammy xox

will you be my valentine?

dear kate,
just dropping by to say . . .
happy valentine's day!
and i'm sending hugs and kisses to you and to mommy too!

i love you so much!
love,
nammy xox

missing you . . .

dear kate,
i woke up this morning thinking about you
and missing you so much!
we've had a few short chats on the phone since you left on jan. 3rd
and i love that . . .
it's so nice to be able to have a real "conversation" with you now!
you are growing up so fast - and growing into such a special little girl!
just look how beautiful you are in this photo!
you have a special twinkle in your eyes!
i love you so much and can't wait to see you again
my sweet kate!
love,
nammy xox

quadding . . .

dear kate,
today we went for a little ride on our quad!  we couldn't go too fast because frappy still has the plough blade on the front!
we could have gone on the skidoo, but there wasn't really enough snow!  maybe next time you come in the winter, we'll be able to skidoo!
it was fun though - and you looked so cute with your purple helmet on!!

love,
nammy xox