and then this picture happened and I am dying from the cuteness. She's reading BATMAN: Li'l Gothams, a really cute comic book we love to read!
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Comic Book Nerdling
So there is a stereotype with comic book readers being nerdy guys, and it's a "rare" thing when women read comics (as a female comic book reader, I can attest that there are in fact many, many female comic book readers, but there is a stigma that I won't get into on this blog.) Someone brilliant named Kate Leth designed and sells this lovely tote for female comic book readers with a line that reads "Girls don't read comics" & a cute young lady laying there reading a comic book saying "Obviously."
and then this picture happened and I am dying from the cuteness. She's reading BATMAN: Li'l Gothams, a really cute comic book we love to read!
and then this picture happened and I am dying from the cuteness. She's reading BATMAN: Li'l Gothams, a really cute comic book we love to read!
Crossfit Kids (kind of!)
So the base doesn't have license to do Crossfit Kids, so they do something similar called "KIDS ON THE MOVE!" It is SO FUN! It's run by the Health & Wellness Center, and has excellent coaches there with the kids.
We got there and they did a quick warm up with the kids (ages 4-8 approx) by jogging & skipping around with some stretching in there. They then set up a baseball diamond using cones, and at every cone they had to do a different activity (burpees, pushups, windshield wipers, squats) when the coach blew the whistle they had to either lunge, skip, bunny hop, or high-knee over to the next cone. Then once that was done they played freeze tag! 2 kids would be "it" and would chase everyone else. If you got tagged then you had to freeze in the squat position. You could only leave the squat position if another player crawled under your legs & then you'd be unfrozen and could run around again. After that they had a nice little cool down, stretching & hoola hooping.
One of the coaches thought Layla had done such a wonderful job & was impressed with how strong she is for such a tiny person. & Layla had SO MUCH FUN!!! She giggled and screamed and ran around having a blast with the other kids. We will definitely be going again as often as we can.
We got there and they did a quick warm up with the kids (ages 4-8 approx) by jogging & skipping around with some stretching in there. They then set up a baseball diamond using cones, and at every cone they had to do a different activity (burpees, pushups, windshield wipers, squats) when the coach blew the whistle they had to either lunge, skip, bunny hop, or high-knee over to the next cone. Then once that was done they played freeze tag! 2 kids would be "it" and would chase everyone else. If you got tagged then you had to freeze in the squat position. You could only leave the squat position if another player crawled under your legs & then you'd be unfrozen and could run around again. After that they had a nice little cool down, stretching & hoola hooping.
One of the coaches thought Layla had done such a wonderful job & was impressed with how strong she is for such a tiny person. & Layla had SO MUCH FUN!!! She giggled and screamed and ran around having a blast with the other kids. We will definitely be going again as often as we can.
Friday, May 31, 2013
Colour Me Surprised in May!
I just realised that this blog has been going for over a year now! I started it for Layla's fourth birthday, and have kept it up all year! Yay! So happy belated anniversary, blog!
May was the first month Layla spent the entire month at her new school. She's adjusting to it, but the full schedule makes for a tired girl. Even with a stricter bed time, she still is not happy to be getting up so early. Her first week she made a friend who was also new at the school, but it seems as though she gets angry with Layla if she play with anyone else. Layla is a friendly kid, so she's happy to play with everyone, and she has such a sweet demeanor that when her friend yells at her for playing with other kids, she listens and will only play with her. After discussing it with me, I've told her that she needs to stand up to her friend & invite her to play along with the other kids in the class, so she doesn't feel left out when Layla plays with the others.
In the middle of May, Layla had her first ever field trip! Her class was taken to the seaside to explore the Sea Life Centre a few hours north of us. She was a bit worried when she found out about it, and was sad I wasn't able to come with (for some reason this trip was school staff only & there will be future trips that I'll be able to accompany her on.) Other than that, I think she had fun. She was able to explore and learn about sea life with her class mates. It was an exciting day!
The weekend after her school trip we decided to take a little day trip out to Stonehenge since neither of us have ever been. It was a fun little trip. We drove a long time to walk around the park to view it, then drove home. It was a nice little trip, and I hope that as the weather warms up, we are able to continue to do fun little trips like this. Especially since we've just become English Heritage members, we have a free pass to view all of these fun, historic places throughout England!
At Layla's school they think it's important for the children to dress themselves for PE and then back into their uniforms. For a bunch of 4 and 5 year olds this can sometimes be a daunting task. On PE days it's interesting to see how the children dress themselves. One day Layla came out with her summer dress on inside out.
One day we were heading to Cambridge for some shopping and Layla asked if she could bring a toy. I told her to go pick out a toy, after she ran upstairs she exclaimed, "I'm ready to go to Cambridge!" and this is what she chose.
Funny Things Layla has said:
Making wishes on a sunny day.
There is a park in between our house and the school, so often on days it's not raining we will stop and play for a while on our way home.
My supergirl and her little superman action figure.
Pretty, pretty princess hair. One of my favourite ways to do her hair for school. I have to take a picture in the morning because throughout the day it somehow becomes a big mess!
Layla and daddy having a race in the nature reserve in our village. Layla still has her love of running and is always looking forward to racing whoever is willing.
We spend a lot of time at a track nearby & as I was running one of my last laps, I came across these two doing jumping jacks. Layla is actually pretty good and doing them. Her coordination surprised me.
Someone was pretty excited to see a real rock from the moon! Layla loves outerspace and learning about astronomy, so the science museum was a lot of fun!!
Since Layla was on half-term break the last week of the month, we not only went to London for the day, but we also drove to Kenilworth Castle. Most of the castle was in ruins, but they were so fun to explore!
Layla enjoyed running through the grounds. The gardens are maintained to look as they did back in 1575 when they were known as the glory of England. They were designed for Queen Elizabeth I by her favourite, Robert Dudley, when he was trying to convince her to marry him.
Hiding from the rain while exploring the ruins.
May was the first month Layla spent the entire month at her new school. She's adjusting to it, but the full schedule makes for a tired girl. Even with a stricter bed time, she still is not happy to be getting up so early. Her first week she made a friend who was also new at the school, but it seems as though she gets angry with Layla if she play with anyone else. Layla is a friendly kid, so she's happy to play with everyone, and she has such a sweet demeanor that when her friend yells at her for playing with other kids, she listens and will only play with her. After discussing it with me, I've told her that she needs to stand up to her friend & invite her to play along with the other kids in the class, so she doesn't feel left out when Layla plays with the others.
In the middle of May, Layla had her first ever field trip! Her class was taken to the seaside to explore the Sea Life Centre a few hours north of us. She was a bit worried when she found out about it, and was sad I wasn't able to come with (for some reason this trip was school staff only & there will be future trips that I'll be able to accompany her on.) Other than that, I think she had fun. She was able to explore and learn about sea life with her class mates. It was an exciting day!
The weekend after her school trip we decided to take a little day trip out to Stonehenge since neither of us have ever been. It was a fun little trip. We drove a long time to walk around the park to view it, then drove home. It was a nice little trip, and I hope that as the weather warms up, we are able to continue to do fun little trips like this. Especially since we've just become English Heritage members, we have a free pass to view all of these fun, historic places throughout England!
At Layla's school they think it's important for the children to dress themselves for PE and then back into their uniforms. For a bunch of 4 and 5 year olds this can sometimes be a daunting task. On PE days it's interesting to see how the children dress themselves. One day Layla came out with her summer dress on inside out.
One day we were heading to Cambridge for some shopping and Layla asked if she could bring a toy. I told her to go pick out a toy, after she ran upstairs she exclaimed, "I'm ready to go to Cambridge!" and this is what she chose.
Funny Things Layla has said:
- "Can you call daddy when we get home? Because that's where the internet lives."
- "I just puddled!" (after jumping in a puddle)
- "Mama, when you made the chicken sandwich with pears, it kind of tasted like peanut butter."
Making wishes on a sunny day.
There is a park in between our house and the school, so often on days it's not raining we will stop and play for a while on our way home.
My supergirl and her little superman action figure.
Pretty, pretty princess hair. One of my favourite ways to do her hair for school. I have to take a picture in the morning because throughout the day it somehow becomes a big mess!
Layla and daddy having a race in the nature reserve in our village. Layla still has her love of running and is always looking forward to racing whoever is willing.
We spend a lot of time at a track nearby & as I was running one of my last laps, I came across these two doing jumping jacks. Layla is actually pretty good and doing them. Her coordination surprised me.
One weekend we went to London for the day with some friends. We went to the natural history museum, which was hosting a butterfly exhibit, and then we went to the science museum. We also spent some time in the M&M store and Forbidden Planet, our favourite store!
Someone was pretty excited to see a real rock from the moon! Layla loves outerspace and learning about astronomy, so the science museum was a lot of fun!!
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| Doing science |
Since Layla was on half-term break the last week of the month, we not only went to London for the day, but we also drove to Kenilworth Castle. Most of the castle was in ruins, but they were so fun to explore!
Layla enjoyed running through the grounds. The gardens are maintained to look as they did back in 1575 when they were known as the glory of England. They were designed for Queen Elizabeth I by her favourite, Robert Dudley, when he was trying to convince her to marry him.
The weather has been up and down the whole month. We had quite a bit of rain, but I think it's finally starting to warm up for a lovely springtime. Layla has been fighting strep throat for the past week & yesterday she woke up covered from head to toe in a rash, so her friend Jojo and his mommy got her this cool hippo bubble foam thing. It's filled with bubbles and when you blow into the straw it creates an endless foam snake! We had fun out back playing with it, after being stuck inside feeling bad for a few days!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
April 2013
What a month! A lot has happened. After our whirlwind tour of Germany and Austria in March, a lot happened in the month of April! Layla turned 5!! A whole hand!! Her birthday was during a two week break from school, and since she was turning 5 she would no longer be allowed to attend nursery school. So in early April, we had to say good bye to her friends and teachers at Busy Bees. It was sad, but we were excited to move on to primary school.
After saying good bye to everyone at Busy Bees, we had a lovely 2 weeks off from doing anything. Nicer weather would've been great, but we still enjoyed ourselves. We spent a lot of time shopping!
We also spent some time out on the track running & riding Layla's scooter. One day we went out to fly Layla's kite, but it scared her way too much. I don't know how it was scary, it had cool airplanes on it.
You know how much Layla loves learning about outer space. I bought her a book about space that also glows in the dark! We had so much fun reading it and looking at all the pictures. It's now a favourite bedtime story.
When Layla was leaving Busy Bees, I received her development file from her teacher. This was by far the cutest thing in the file. The teachers had no idea what song Layla was singing =)
Seriously, how cute does Layla look in her school uniform? Layla was sad to leave Busy Bees, but she was excited to go to a school whose school colour was blue, her favourite! She's had a bit of a hard time adjusting to the new school, though. Her first week she hardly ate anything from her lunch bag, and she had a hard time making friends. Her second week there was another new kid in the class, and they became fast friends. She's still adjusting to her full days of school all week, but she's doing well and learning a lot!
Climbing to be taller than daddy! Layla is able to go back to Busy Bees once a week for her French lessons!
The other day I had an appointment and my neighbour was going to watch Layla for me. As she only lives a few houses away, I buckled Layla into the front seat. She was so excited! & so proud to be sitting up in the front seat.
Opening gifts from Grandma Jo & Grandpa Jim. She screamed "WRECK IT RALPH!!!!!!!!!" So loudly when she opened it! We've watched it about a million times this month, and she's also enjoyed the Monster High movies as well!
I asked Layla how she wanted to spend her birthday. Jer wasn't able to get the day off work, so she asked if we could go out for dough balls with her best friends. So we went into Bury St. Edmunds to have lunch with her friends, and also got some shopping in as well!
One of her gifts for her birthday was these Tiny Titans graphic novels. They are SO CUTE & we've enjoyed reading them.
After saying good bye to everyone at Busy Bees, we had a lovely 2 weeks off from doing anything. Nicer weather would've been great, but we still enjoyed ourselves. We spent a lot of time shopping!
We also spent some time out on the track running & riding Layla's scooter. One day we went out to fly Layla's kite, but it scared her way too much. I don't know how it was scary, it had cool airplanes on it.
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| Tickle fights always end in cuddles |
You know how much Layla loves learning about outer space. I bought her a book about space that also glows in the dark! We had so much fun reading it and looking at all the pictures. It's now a favourite bedtime story.
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| Astronaut Layla |
When Layla was leaving Busy Bees, I received her development file from her teacher. This was by far the cutest thing in the file. The teachers had no idea what song Layla was singing =)
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| Weirdo |
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| First day of Primary School |
Climbing to be taller than daddy! Layla is able to go back to Busy Bees once a week for her French lessons!
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| Hide & seek champion |
The other day I had an appointment and my neighbour was going to watch Layla for me. As she only lives a few houses away, I buckled Layla into the front seat. She was so excited! & so proud to be sitting up in the front seat.
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| Iron Man Layla |
Opening gifts from Grandma Jo & Grandpa Jim. She screamed "WRECK IT RALPH!!!!!!!!!" So loudly when she opened it! We've watched it about a million times this month, and she's also enjoyed the Monster High movies as well!
I asked Layla how she wanted to spend her birthday. Jer wasn't able to get the day off work, so she asked if we could go out for dough balls with her best friends. So we went into Bury St. Edmunds to have lunch with her friends, and also got some shopping in as well!
One of her gifts for her birthday was these Tiny Titans graphic novels. They are SO CUTE & we've enjoyed reading them.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Batman
The other afternoon I was walking Layla into her classroom & as we were hanging her jumper on the coatrack a pair of little boys were sitting at a nearby table eating their lunch. They see Layla and one says "Hey Batman." to her. She looks up & responds "Hello Spiderman!" The other little boy gives her a little wave and says "Hi Batman." She smiles at him and says "Hello Superman!"
By the time we had hung her jumper & book bag, changed her shoes, and I signed her in the boys were done eating their lunches & were impatiently waiting for Layla to go play superheroes with them.
AND THEN I DIED FROM ALL THE CUTE!!!!
By the time we had hung her jumper & book bag, changed her shoes, and I signed her in the boys were done eating their lunches & were impatiently waiting for Layla to go play superheroes with them.
AND THEN I DIED FROM ALL THE CUTE!!!!
March On
So obviously there was no post for February. It was a busy month for us, we moved out of the house the military forced us into when we arrived to this base & into a house on the economy, something of our choosing. Aside from looking at houses, picking one out, and moving all of our stuff to the new house not much happened. Jer left at the the end of February to attend a class in Germany, and during the month of March, we were able to go visit him there! Layla had a great time visiting the continent for the first time.
In the airport, ready to go see Daddy!
At a small cafe nestled in the middle of nowhere in the German Alps. They had the best donuts!
Hiking up to Neuschwanstein castle in Germany.
After a good 45 minute hike up, we made it to the castle & took a tour inside!
We also took a train to Innsbruck, Austria for the day. We were able to take a tour of the Swarovski crystal museum. The entrance was a Giant head with a fountain of water coming out of the mouth.
Layla liked the wall made of thousands of crystals!
March also brought the end of the spring term for school. Since Layla will be turning 5 over the term break, she will not be able to return to nursery school. She had her last day last week and we were sad to say good bye to everyone at Busy Bees! We've loved the past year at this school!
This is Layla's French class, Petits Enfants. Since she is moving up to Primary school, she will be moving up to the higher French class as well. I'm looking forward to her improvements in French.
This is Layla's first teacher, Miss Harriet. Layla has loved her from the start, and we were very sad to say good bye to her!
We are now enjoying term break before Layla starts at her new school. It will be 5 days a week, all day so it will be a big adjustment for Layla. We are looking forward to the new school and hope that Layla makes the adjustment easily.
In the airport, ready to go see Daddy!
At a small cafe nestled in the middle of nowhere in the German Alps. They had the best donuts!
Hiking up to Neuschwanstein castle in Germany.
After a good 45 minute hike up, we made it to the castle & took a tour inside!
We also took a train to Innsbruck, Austria for the day. We were able to take a tour of the Swarovski crystal museum. The entrance was a Giant head with a fountain of water coming out of the mouth.
Layla liked the wall made of thousands of crystals!
March also brought the end of the spring term for school. Since Layla will be turning 5 over the term break, she will not be able to return to nursery school. She had her last day last week and we were sad to say good bye to everyone at Busy Bees! We've loved the past year at this school!
This is Layla's French class, Petits Enfants. Since she is moving up to Primary school, she will be moving up to the higher French class as well. I'm looking forward to her improvements in French.
This is Layla's first teacher, Miss Harriet. Layla has loved her from the start, and we were very sad to say good bye to her!
We are now enjoying term break before Layla starts at her new school. It will be 5 days a week, all day so it will be a big adjustment for Layla. We are looking forward to the new school and hope that Layla makes the adjustment easily.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Happy New Year 2013!
We spent New Year's Eve up with friends eating good food & playing fun games. Layla even had a few of her little buddies over to watch movies & play with! We all stayed up well past midnight & spent most of the next day being lazy. Layla got up relatively early, but by the afternoon she had passed back out!
I found Layla asleep like this one night. She was holding the blanket to cover her ears, and you can see how her left leg is crossed up over her right.
Layla has been a tomboy from the time she was born. She's loved cars, trucks, and trains (everything considered "boy") She's always collected Thomas the Train toys & toys from the movie Cars. Now she's getting into other "boy" related toys. She loves Superheroes, and she got a transformer from Santa so we've had to watch the Transformer movies and cartoons.
Layla's favourite part of school is PLAYTIME! (Surprise!) She loves playing with blocks or legos, anything she can build with. The other day she was so proud of this bridge she built, she asked me to take a picture of it when I picked her up.
She loves Supergirl & is proud to wear her Superhero shirts! Unfortunately some kids at school have started teasing her for wearing "boys" clothes. I've had to reassure her that the shirts are kids sizes, not boy sizes. One little boy was teasing her, but once she stood up to him and told him that girls like superheroes he let it go. There are 3 little girls who still keep bugging her about it, her teachers have been wonderful about talking to the class and trying to teach them to be nice to everyone, no matter what they're wearing or what they look like. It sucks that this is starting so early.
Cute & funny things Layla has said:
We finally got some snow here in England! Layla was SO disappointed when it didn't snow for Christmas, but it took a few weeks and we finally got a few inches. Seriously, we got like 2 inches the first day, then maybe 4 from the biggest storm, but everything pretty much shut down because England doesn't know how to clear the roads. Everything gets packed down and icy, then when it warms up slightly it becomes slushy and muddy. Layla had so much fun playing in it & eating cupfuls, maybe the next time we move we can go somewhere that has more snow in the winter for her.
Last year the arts and crafts store had a big sale on canvas, so we have quite a few laying around. I painted Wonder Woman on one of them, Layla decided she wanted to make a drawing just like it.
Someone got a new sweatshirt in the mail from Grandpa Pete. I think everything he owns is Under Armour, so when he saw a little UA sweatshirt he had to get it for miss Layla. He thought it was going to fit her perfectly, but she's still and itty bitty thing! She wears it as a dress now.
Look at this kid. She's just so much cooler than me!
I know I've posted pictures of Layla & this rabbit before. His name is Truffles, and he is the Youth Centre Pet. Every Wednesday we go for gymnastics and after class we stop to say hello to Truffles. Poor kid wants a pet so bad, but with as much as we move, it's just not something we can do right now.
It's been too cold to play outside much lately. Even before it snowed it was pretty cold, but now that the snow has melted it's actually started to warm up. In fact, if it weren't so windy lately it'd be pretty nice outside! Any spare moment we have to play outside, Layla takes it!! I'm looking forward to the warmer weather so she can play outside more.
When Layla and I go to pick Jeremy up from work we like to get there a little early so we can sit in the parking lot and read or play games on the iPad. Layla likes to sit in the drivers seat while we wait.
If you know me at all you know I love blankets. I love homemade blankets. My mom has been making them for me since I was a kid & now I love to make them as well. My mom recently found some SUPERHERO fabric so she made Layla a blanket and matching pillowcase & made a blanket for me as well!
Happy new year everyone. I hope your start to 2013 was just as fun as ours!
I found Layla asleep like this one night. She was holding the blanket to cover her ears, and you can see how her left leg is crossed up over her right.
Layla has been a tomboy from the time she was born. She's loved cars, trucks, and trains (everything considered "boy") She's always collected Thomas the Train toys & toys from the movie Cars. Now she's getting into other "boy" related toys. She loves Superheroes, and she got a transformer from Santa so we've had to watch the Transformer movies and cartoons.
Layla's favourite part of school is PLAYTIME! (Surprise!) She loves playing with blocks or legos, anything she can build with. The other day she was so proud of this bridge she built, she asked me to take a picture of it when I picked her up.
She loves Supergirl & is proud to wear her Superhero shirts! Unfortunately some kids at school have started teasing her for wearing "boys" clothes. I've had to reassure her that the shirts are kids sizes, not boy sizes. One little boy was teasing her, but once she stood up to him and told him that girls like superheroes he let it go. There are 3 little girls who still keep bugging her about it, her teachers have been wonderful about talking to the class and trying to teach them to be nice to everyone, no matter what they're wearing or what they look like. It sucks that this is starting so early.
Cute & funny things Layla has said:
- "Do you remember how salad turn into ice cream when it wake up?" "No." "Well, I do!" (There were dramatic hand gestures and arm waving during this conversation.)
- "Mama, what's my brain thinking?" "I don't know, what's it thinking?" "I don't know!" "It's your brain, Layla. I don't know what it's thinking." "Well, I don't know either!"
- Layla decided she wanted to eat "X marks the spot" so she carved and X into her cookies.
- "Mama, do I look stylish?"
- "Daddy, don't eat all the cookies!" "I'm only going to eat three-quarters of them." She thinks about this for a second, then her eyes get all big, "Cookies ARE shaped like quarters!"
- "Mama, you have a funny kid!" "I know I do!" "Mama, it's ME!" "I know!" "Because it's me!"
We finally got some snow here in England! Layla was SO disappointed when it didn't snow for Christmas, but it took a few weeks and we finally got a few inches. Seriously, we got like 2 inches the first day, then maybe 4 from the biggest storm, but everything pretty much shut down because England doesn't know how to clear the roads. Everything gets packed down and icy, then when it warms up slightly it becomes slushy and muddy. Layla had so much fun playing in it & eating cupfuls, maybe the next time we move we can go somewhere that has more snow in the winter for her.
Last year the arts and crafts store had a big sale on canvas, so we have quite a few laying around. I painted Wonder Woman on one of them, Layla decided she wanted to make a drawing just like it.
Someone got a new sweatshirt in the mail from Grandpa Pete. I think everything he owns is Under Armour, so when he saw a little UA sweatshirt he had to get it for miss Layla. He thought it was going to fit her perfectly, but she's still and itty bitty thing! She wears it as a dress now.
Look at this kid. She's just so much cooler than me!
I know I've posted pictures of Layla & this rabbit before. His name is Truffles, and he is the Youth Centre Pet. Every Wednesday we go for gymnastics and after class we stop to say hello to Truffles. Poor kid wants a pet so bad, but with as much as we move, it's just not something we can do right now.
It's been too cold to play outside much lately. Even before it snowed it was pretty cold, but now that the snow has melted it's actually started to warm up. In fact, if it weren't so windy lately it'd be pretty nice outside! Any spare moment we have to play outside, Layla takes it!! I'm looking forward to the warmer weather so she can play outside more.
When Layla and I go to pick Jeremy up from work we like to get there a little early so we can sit in the parking lot and read or play games on the iPad. Layla likes to sit in the drivers seat while we wait.
If you know me at all you know I love blankets. I love homemade blankets. My mom has been making them for me since I was a kid & now I love to make them as well. My mom recently found some SUPERHERO fabric so she made Layla a blanket and matching pillowcase & made a blanket for me as well!
Happy new year everyone. I hope your start to 2013 was just as fun as ours!
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