They're popping up everywhere!

Moles, that is. Darren and I both have lots of moles. Chloe wasn't born with any (which is normal), but we noticed many months ago that she has a large one on her backside. She can *just* twist around to see it, so she thinks it's hilarious.

Now over the last few weeks, we've found many more moles. Apparently they slowly develop over years, so who knows how many she'll end up with!

Oh, and just because, here's Chloe at her first movie, "Bolt". We took her on Saturday. She enjoyed it, and says her favourite part was the popcorn :p

And finally, a photo she took of us:

Nice try.

I had a hard time trying to wake Chloe up yesterday. She's been sick, and didn't want to get out of bed. I reminded her that she had daycare and I had to go to work.

Chloe: "But it's Saturday!"
Me: "Nope, it's Wednesday. Three more days until Saturday."
Chloe: "Oh. Is it Friday?"

I guess she was hoping for a short week. Aren't we all?

Various Chloe-isms

Last week I overheard this conversation:
Chloe: When I get bigger, I will have a penis.
Darren: Um, no, you're a girl. You won't have a penis.
Chloe: Oh. But when I get bigger I'll have a penis.
Darren: No. You're a girl. You have a vagina.
Chloe: But I'll get bigger. And have a penis.
[Jessica losing it in the kitchen, barely holding in the snorting]

Tonight on the phone:
Chloe: Darren, where's your dad?
Darren: My dad? My dad is Papa. I think he's at home.
Chloe: Oh. But where is your OTHER daddy?

And a sweet one. Last night:
Chloe: I love you.
Me: I love you too.
Chloe: And always will.
[Jessica melts into a big puddle of goo]

Head, meet pavement

October 2008

You've already seen the Pumpkin Catch (according to Chloe, that's how you say it) and Chloe's 33 month photos, but of course we also have Halloween!

Before that, here's Chloe at a local gymnastics centre, for a birthday party. Her favourite part was definitely the foam pit.





We weren't really planning on dressing her up. If anything, I was just going to pull something from her dress-up clothes. But for weeks she's been telling everyone she's going to be a cat. No idea where that came from. I guess it's what she really wanted! So I stayed up Thursday night making a tail from some leftover velvet material and ears (covered in the same velvet). :p




She LOVED answering the door, and we actually went out and hit five or six houses. Here she is with her first ever lollipop. She loved it :p

September 2008

We took very few photos in September, as we were just too busy unpacking and painting. So if you want to see some, look here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Those last four are all the garden photos.

August 2008

The big excitement in August was camping and moving. I'll have some updated photos of the new house soon, so here are a few of the camping photos.

We went camping at Lundbom Lake, which is just outside of Merritt. We took Chloe here last year, for her first camping trip. We've been going to this lake for over seven years, including our "mini-moon", right after our wedding.

July 2008

I've already posted some the July photos, including these and Nan's visit.

At the beginning of July, we camped out with the family at Fern & Jeff's place, for their annual 4th of July weekend. It includes the Point Roberts parade, as well as our family talent show. Our talent was "Circle Time with Chloe", where we sang and performed several nursery songs.




Also in July, Brenda and I took Chloe to the Greater Vancouver Zoo:

Chloe is 33 months old!

Chloe was 33 months old as of October 9th. Here's what she's been up to lately:

- learning days of week and months of year
- can count to 15-ish (usually at 15 she throws in some other random numbers)
- dress herself completely
- go to the bathroom (from pulling down pants, to using tp, washing hands, and drying counter!)
- "read" books - if she knows the story, she gives her own version; otherwise she just makes it up as she goes along
- identify some letters - her teacher at preschool said she's very interested in learning to write letters
- talking non-stop - we've been able to have full conversations with her for quite a while
- fascinated by cars (she has loads of Hot Wheels) and diggers (backhoes, excavators, etc)

The photos are up!

I've finally updated our personal website with loads of photos from July to October (including Halloween).

Due to the move, we had a very busy summer, so I didn't blog as much as I'd have liked. I'll be posting a summary of each month, with photos of course!