Saturday, March 15, 2008
Can you see the bracelets in her hands? Poor thing, inherited her mother's love of bling. I had to pry these away from her when it was time to leave :(
Love The Bling
Working On The Template
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Only took me a year to figure out there are other blogger templates out there. I'm still experimenting, but let me know how you like this one.
Daddy's Girl
Monday, March 3, 2008
I love this picture of Kyla and John with the morning light shining so perfectly. Kyla loves her daddy and gets excited when he cuddles her in the morning before he leaves for work and again when he gets home.
Steps To Bath Fun
Saturday, March 1, 2008
First you get ALL the toys in the bath with you
Then you clang the cups together - the louder the better
Then you get out the squirt toys
When all else fails, you gnaw on the shampoo bottle
Our Bath-time Routine
First we get undressed in our room and play with some toys
Then we liked to be chased out the bedroom door to the bathroom
We got distracted by the towel when we got there
But now we're ready to get in the tub
All soaped up and ready to play with the bath toys
Playing With The Leaves
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Another gorgeous day in Austin and we took advantage of it by playing in the front yard. Kyla still has a thing against crawling on the lawn (doesn't like the feel of it under her hands), but she LOVES to play with the leaves. She also likes to put them in her mouth - so we have to watch her closely.
Naughty Girl
Poor Gimu - all he wants to do is lay in the morning sun, but Kyla just won't leave him alone. She basically pounces on the poor guy and he's a bit slowing in moving. As you can see, she pretty much stands on the poor kitty. I got in two pictures, before I had to rescue him. Most of the time, we have to put Gimu on the other side of the gate because in defending himself, he ends up scratching Kyla. Not that she cares - she just looks at me with that "naughty" face and keeps right on attacking Gimes, scratches or not.
A Dog and His Teddy
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Completely un-posed! Nobu LOVES his teddy (the one he got for Christmas) as it's very similar to Kyla's toys - basically it plays an annoying song over and over again when he picks it up. To get attention when we are playing with Kyla, he goes and gets Teddy to play fetch. The other day it was gorgeous outside, and Nobu decided to bring Teddy out to the grass where he could lay with him. So I sneaked out with my camera, and got these photos.
Mirror, Mirror...
Trying to take some photos of Kyla in the outfit Auntie Yolanda gave her for Christmas, but she was refusing. Then she noticed she could see me in the mirror hanging from her play gym. Kyla loves to look at herself in the mirror, but it was extra special fun looking at mummy through it, especially as I was making all sorts of funny noises and sounds to get her to look at the camera! Finally she turned around for some pictures, but alas no smiling (sigh).
And Then It Turned Warm
Monday, February 11, 2008
Typical Austin, one day we are strolling in the cool weather and the next it's almost 80 degrees and we were outside in the backyard in the sun.
Round the pool with my push cart (notice the kid-cover)
In the grass
Nobu and Kyla
Laughing
back inside with the push-cart again
My Daily Stroll
A stroll around the trail on a cool day. The first picture is Miss Kyla's "I'm going to tease you with a smile face." As soon as I bring out the camera, she is turning in every direction away from it. I have to work extra hard to get a good shot.
Happy Birthday Daddy!
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Wednesday, January 30th was John's 33rd birthday, but since it was a work day and he was playing soccer that evening, we had the celebration on Friday night. We just stayed in and I cooked a fabulous (if I do say so myself) gluten-free lasagna and chips (yes, we had chips or french fries, which as everyone knows goes with lasagna - just go with it, it's a Scottish thing). We also had a wonderful gluten-free carrot cake, which is John's favorite!
Kyla and I gave John "Guitar Hero" for his birthday present - and everyone got into opening it. It's a pretty addictive game and John and I played for over an hour before watching the Bourne Ultimatum. John's really good at Guitar Hero, but I stink - I really need to practice. And that's how it becomes addictive, you want to do better and better and better each time.