At home in the city... with our niece!

Niece's very cute puppet theater! 

Mr. Husband's idea to save cardboard for 

this and she has been working on a script :)

Also playing with k'nex. :)

Books I gave the Mother to be at the baby shower.

I am going to be selling them at our church bookstore

and have been reading them here and there for that;

they are great!

And no, I am not expecting for those don't

know me in person but were wondering.

The craft re-shipment finally came today.

They left out one nightlight though,

so I have to call them again....

Part of my secret knitting project.

Another Elizabeth-original simple style. :)

This is my Mexican blanket that I got in 

Mexico when I was 17, so 20 years ago.

It will be a month tomorrow that we moved in.

My brother-in-law did not realize it was so recent

and said that it looked like we'd lived here 6 months already!

I was I admit gratified to hear this,

as I had been working so hard to get the place

ready for him and his lovely daughter to visit! 

So the Mexican blanket is my picnic blanket.

I used to bring it to cemetery day in Ottawa

and have been using it to sit on our front stoop

with L. our 7 year old niece. 

We've had snacks, Popsicles and such things there.

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She's a happy kid, very smart of course, and sings

songs about things she loves, like I did when I was a kid.

My Mother called my singing 'chanting' and I did it often

when I was a kid...

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The song today was about our local corner store

which are called bodegas here. 

Our Bodega has bubble gum in the machine,

freezie pops in the freezer,

and things like paper bags for puppets, 

packing tape for theater construction and ketchup :) 

Our days have gone like this:

Out of bed and breakfast about 8 AM.

Prayers.  

Outdoor time (kiddie pool today!)

Snack time

lunch prep and lunch

rest time for 1 hour (my survival hour for things like

a nap (whew kids have a lot of energy!), computer time,

cleaning, etc.

Afternoon activities or cleaning up things

and then activity or reading

snack on stoop

fun

dinner prep

dinner

outside for scooter time 

wash up, prepare bed, read

Bible stories from this Children's Bible

prayers, talking about theological questions

such as the mystery of the Holy Trinity and finally 

bed!

We've used our bar stools a lot already

and we've been having a great time!

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Please pray for me as we have our next 

wonderful munchkin visiting as of 

this Sunday-Thursday and I want his

visit to also be a wonderful time for him!

We will be enjoying this book and colouring book

together!