3/31/2013

Easter Bunny at a whole new Level!

March 27 Cadence fell and broke her leg.  The doctor called it a hairline fracture but said it was so small that it didn't need to be wrapped.  Every day she gets more mobile.  She is now at the speed of a normal child.  Every time we turn around, she is already somewhere else.
Haven't you always wanted to get real bunnies in your Easter basket?  They don't last long at our house, but what a great Easter present!

3/30/2013

Easter

Cadence entered the living room today to find bunny tracks leading to her basket. I decided that I had always wanted to get cute, fluffy, baby animals for easter (and never did) so this was my chance to live vicariously through my child. Cadence fractured her leg earlier this week while playing on a playground. It has slowed her down quite a bit, but she regained her mobility as she scooted, on her bum, across the floor to her Easter basket. It wasn't the traditional Easter egg hunt that I had envisioned for this year, but there is always next year. The bunnies were troopers and even left their own little treat for Cadence in the basket. It was not chocolate. As fun as it was to get live animals, I think that the most exciting find of the day was the CHOCOLATE!

3/09/2013

Favorite things

Just south of the equator, the rainy season is coming to a close. We spend the rainy days inside where Cadence loves to watch movies...especially with her friends. Her favorite is "Flicka". She loves her bath times so much that we give her several baths per day. When it is 90 degrees and 80% humidity, there is nothing better than water play. Our bathtub is actually outside so we treat it like a small pool. We add props to hold her attention...this is the easter bath. Cadence loves getting dressed up...and even better, dressing others up! She loves to paint. We only do this outside as she has an affinity for painting anything BUT the canvas. Cadence loves to play in the rain and splash in the puddles. She likes to get dirty. Here I caught her with the sunscreen. Cadence lives to make people laugh. The other night at the dinner table, while entertaining a family friend, she stuck a small flower, from the table, in her nose. This got such a great reaction from her audience that she did it a second time...but she inhaled and disappeared in her nose. We haven't seen it since. I was too stunned to take a picture. I'll try to be more prepared next time.