Just an ordinary day

Reuse, Reduce, Recycle

We have kicked off April with a great big hike with gramps JR. & Molly.
As it is earth month and I want to mention a few things we have been doing and hopefully teaching Naddie and you (reader) too.
As of this weekend we are going to be hiking every Sunday to expose Naddie to nature as much as we can and hopefully start a tradition.
I have become obsessed with any and every bottle that can be returned for exchange of the refund. We really don’t drink any sodas so our bottles are limited to OJ and some fizzy H2O and the occasional beer. The money I get when I return the bottles goes to Naddie’s “future” fund.
I also should mention that we are raising her without bottled beverages. She gets about one cup of juice a day, which is her OJ in the morning in her cup, and the rest of the day she is drinking tap water only.
We did not do reusable diapers, but I am happy to say that Naddie will be off of using the disposable ones fairly soon seeing as she has been fascinated with the potty. She has learned to flash the toilet about a month ago and she actually did poop in it this last week. I have not been trying to potty train her it just happened. Right place at the right time.
Will and I have been reusing our shopping bags but we really need to get better about that!
We have kicked our starbucks habit and we make our coffee at home and if we take it with us we put them in our mugs.
We have been really good about buying local and visit the farmers market almost every week to purchase our produce from local farmers.
I really could go on but this gives you some ideas how to contribute to make mother earth a better place for our children! They deserve it!!!!

Happy Easter!

Duck in the water, quack, quack, quack!

Naddie had her first two days at daycare. She started on Thursday and she knew as I was getting her settled in the “Young ones” room that something was going on and she got really clingy. She screamed when I told her that I had to leave. She cried on and off throughout the day, refused her lunch and milk but later she ate her afternoon snack. She also kept waiving and blowing kisses in hope to leave.
I was told that her teachers are very impressed by how many words she knows and how much she talks. The second day went a lot better, she made some friends and she played the whole time and ate her lunch.Today we had breakfast at this mom and pap place in the park and fed some pretty friendly ducks. Naddie did not want to leave until the ducks became very close friends with her. RUN NADDIE RUN!!!

Working Girl

So, Naddie will be in day care by the end of this week.
I got a job as a Sales & Catering manager at a company called Guckenheimer.
It seems to be a great opportunity for me so I have decided to pursue it.
I already know that it will be a very hard transition for both Naddie and I.
For now she will be going back to the same daycare provider where she was in Vancouver but I found an amazing Montessori school for her. They do not have availability until August but we are putting our application in and some $$ to get the next spot. I do have to say that it is the very first center where I saw quality child care provided. If you are interested here is a link to their website:

http://www.ivycrest.org/about-welcome-fullerton-private-montessori-school.php

Luckily I will have three days with her as most Fridays I do not have to work.As I said this decision came after long a careful consideration and I truly believe it will be the right one in the long run.

A day on the set

Do you like to boogie woogie

Every Tuesday night we have a street fair downtown Huntington, where they have various artist playing music, food and handmade stuff for sale and even rides for kids. This was last Tuesday. Watch Naddie doing the boogie woogie!

Carlsbad

We all visited Granny & Gramps this weekend and introduced Naddie to her great uncle Dennis and great aunt Pat.
She really liked Pat. Well, actually she really liked Pat’s watch and necklace and even her earrings. She tried hard to get to them, but had no luck. Maybe in august when we get to see them in Montana.
We also took a big walk in Carlsbad and got to see some gigantic squirrels on the beach and met a few big dogs chasing them.
Naddie showed off her new tricks and took Granny and Lisa for a walk. She would have taken Gramps too but realized she only had two hands to offer so she had to choose.
Her newest things she says:
-Stand up
-Add ide (give it to me in Hungarian)
-Stop (to me when I am trying to change her)
-Yes (notice!!! Most kids say NO first)
-Baba (baby in Hungarian)

-Wawa (for water)