Video baby

Sometimes a picture really isn't worth a thousand words, but a short video clip is : )

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Ainsley loves loves loves to dance! (Incidentally, I think this comes from months and months of watching me dance around the kitchen to entertain her before she was big enough to do anything about it! I think I recognize some of those moves ...) Any time she hears music she stops what she is doing and comes to find the source of it so she can dance! Recently my Mom sent me a video clip to watch and it had an upbeat version of 'Amazing Grace' as a soundtrack. Well .. let's just say the video speaks for itself! You'll notice that she really got going once she realized the camera was on : )



One of her other favorite things to do is watch Baby Einstein. She loves when I ask 'Ainsley, do you want to watch a movie?' She will run over to the tv and wait for me to put the DVD in. At the beginning of each video they introduce it and then say 'enjoy the show'. I realized awhile back that every time we watched one Ainsley was saying the same thing at the beginning, but I couldn't figure out what it was she was saying! It got clearer and clearer and here is the result! Ainsley anticipates this each time and often will shout it out before she even hears it spoken from the DVD! It is cute and always makes me laugh!



What a little ham : )

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Adventures with Ainsley

Here are some photos in a cute pink dress that my Mom bought her. She was all ready to head to church ... until she tried to drink water from a cup that Daddy left beside the bed. It ended up all over her and she had to be changed :)




The other day Ainsley was playing alone in her room ... things got a little too quiet and I decided to see what was going on. It seems that she had felt it would be a good idea to completely empty her two bottom drawers ; ) She was instructed to help me clean it up ... she did try, but then wanted to put everything in the drawers ... toys, blanket, stuffed animals ; )





She still loves to watch her Baby Einstein videos; she will now repeat after them when she hears animal names, shapes, colors etc.




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After dinner conversation

Here is a cute video of Ainsley talking with her Dad the other night after dinner. I had to stand behind the highchair because she wouldn't have 'performed' as well if she'd known the camera was on : ) Our favorite part was her hand gestures!



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Another hike to the fire tower

On Saturday morning Peter & I took the 'kids' .. as in Ainsley and Fletch, to Meadow Lake Provincial Park to go for a hike. We went to this same place last fall and have been meaning to go back for a long while now. Finally, we had the opportunity! The weather was fantastic, about 1 or 2 degrees above zero (which was way above seasonal) and it was nice and sunny out. The hike up to the tower is about 4 kilometres, then we stopped for some hot chocolate and a rest and hiked back down. It was intense and we were all tired afterward!

Here we are getting started, we thought we'd let Ainsley walk a bit first ...



That didn't last long ... she was pretty slow, especially in her boots and snowsuit ; )



We finally reached the top and stopped for a much needed rest ...






It seems like that weekend was the last of the nice warm November weather ... since December has arrived, so have the cooler temperatures; but so far not much snow!

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