Cake Anyone?

We celebrated Jasmine's 2nd Birthday while we were down inVictoria early in September. We had a party for her at a park on the Gorge waterway so that the kids could play on the swings etc. while the family and parents could enjoy the sunshine, food and fresh air. Other than having her family and friends there, I think Jasmine's favorite part of the whole day was the helium balloons (4 of which she let go and watched with delight as they climbed high in the sky). Her birthday cake was a big number "2" decorated with M&Ms which spelled out her name.
I love this picture of Beth, Noah and Jasmine. It typifies the day: Beth's face is so dirty she looks like she ate more dirt than cake, Noah is red cheeked from running around, and Jasmine looks stoned on sugar. They sure had fun!

36 pounds but at least she still fits in a basket

Jasmine is getting so big, so quickly. My friend from Stroller Bootcamp told me the other day that at 2 years of age, most kids are half the height that they will be as adults. Yikes! Jasmine is set to reach 6 feet if this theory is correct!

At least she can still fit in her toy basket...

She is putting together full sentences now and everyday she stops me in my tracks when a new word will pop out of her mouth. Yesterday she was teasing Matt during a bath by saying, "My Dada's name, Tio. My Mama's name Buddha". This statement was followed by fits of laughter, mostly her laughing at herself.

What really makes me laugh is when she puts a whole bunch of verbs and nouns together like, "Uh-oh, my water go? Up high table me no happy. Mama help." I have to give her credit for starting to add modifiers and tenses to her words like "teasing" "eating" "higher". Sometimes I wonder "Where did you come from child?" and then I smile with pride...

Friends Come to Call

Our friends Angie, Robin and their two sons Joshie (almost 3 years old) and Isaiah (5 months) came to visit us in Prince George last week for dinner. By coincidence our other good friend Sukh Parmar was in town from Terrace and so he joined us too. It brought back good memories of the "good-ol-days" in Quesnel when all of us partied together, though minus all these little munchkins our parties were more relaxed and not so noisey! Ahhh, how times have changed...