We managed to find a great rental place in East Vancouver, much further West than we currently are. It's in the Kensington Park area, very close to a huge park and community centre, plus the house is right on a bike road, so it's quiet and easy for us to take Kira out on bike rides. We'll be moving in August 22, I'm very much looking forward to it. We decided to rent for at least the next 12 - 15 months, in that time we'll keep saving our pennies and hope that the market comes back down again, and with any luck, we'll be able to get our dream house.
Today is the first day of our mini-vacation. Daycare is closed for 2 weeks, so we are looking forward to spending the next two weeks with Kira, it will be a lot of fun. We will be heading up to Harrison Hot Springs on Monday for an overnight trip with some friends and their two children; we were originally going to go camping, but mother nature had other plans for us. No worries, the mini-getaway will be nice.
Yesterday, we decided to stop giving Kira her soother. We had previously taken it away from her during the day with great success, so we thought now would be a good time to take it away at night too --- especially since she still has a short-term memory. Last night had 2 very tough moments of her screaming and grabbing for it, but she fell back asleep after about 10 minutes and slept through to 6:15. She actually woke up and started chatting with her stuffies in the crib, she hasn't done that in a while. She's down for her first nap without it now, she went down without any troubles. Hopefully the transition is quick and easy!
Kira is almost done with her gymnastics for the summer, she has been enjoying it a lot, so we decided to sign her up again for the fall. She started jumping this week and is still attempting to figure out how to push her body forward to somersault. It's pretty cute. She's added a few more words to her vocabulary - uh-oh, hello, bye-bye, and baby. She can say these words very clearly now. Yesterday, we were walkign to the park and we passed a mom with a stroller, Kira pointed and said "baaay-bee" and then "hi!", when they walked past she said "bye!". Too cute. I was very proud as she said these things without any encouragement from me.
4 comments:
Hey JaLa, there are couple of houses for sale in my neighbourhood, with nice view of golf course and mountains ... good price too ...
brand new daycare from 6 months to 12 years, with preschool in and before and after school ... and you know the schools are right there, good schools ... parks, bike trails, costco and everything you want :) ...
and I can babysit too :) ... 4 more years Sara can babysit Kira and the next one :P, when we are going for brunch and martinis lol ...
maybe this way I get to see you and Kira more often :( ...
big hugs and loads of kisses to the little flower girl ... she is adorable!
Good luck on the move and I am sure your plans will pan out..Like I say, move to Richmond...hee hee
Ladies, we are not leaving Vancouver, sorry :)
Brunch + martini's are a must
big city girl
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