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You can't dispute that seven is squarely in big kid territory. I know someday we'll look back and think "Oh, wasn't she little and sweet and innocent at seven?" but for now I look at her with amazement sometimes and wonder where this long-limbed big kid came from, because surely Adeline was a wee three just heading off to preschool a month a or two ago, wasn't she?
We live in a town that gets a lot of tourists. Hordes of them, at times. Many locals steer clear of downtown in the summer because of it, but not Adeline - she's down there every chance she can get, busking! She goes with her violin teacher and a group of kids that changes depending on who's available and they play all their upbeat fiddle tunes and the crowds LOVE IT. Some of the kids do it strictly for the money, but for Adeline it's all for the fun and for the joy of performing and she does like the ice cream you get afterwards and to see the numbers on her bank account climbing!
At one, Vivian didn't even want to sit on the pony. No way.
At two, Vivian was ALL ABOUT riding the pony, right up until it was actually time to ride the pony and then she just couldn't go through with it.
At three, Vivian rode they pony! All by herself, while chatting to the cowgirl the whole time.
Turning three has really had a profound effect on Vivian. It was almost like a switch was pulled on her birthday and being three has really made her bold, in all sorts of situations. It's amazing and wonderful and makes my heart so happy to see my girl who was so frightened and so closed off for so long, to be so at ease in the world and so open to new adventures!
My happy place. I look forward to this holiday all year long.
Three is BIG. No denying it!
The swim goggles "just like Adeline" were definitely Vivian's favourite gift. They're her favourite colour, she loves the pool and most importantly they're what big girls like Adeline wear swimming. "Just like Adeline" has been a big theme of the summer!
From two very proud Canadians!
I have plans (okay, you can all laugh along with me now, because we all know what THAT means) to fill in the blogless past soon. So much good stuff since my last post - my birthday, Father's Day, the end of the school year with concerts and field trips and a report card that made me almost burst with happiness, the summer violin recital, busking downtown, the first couple of weeks of summer holidays when the girls invented their own country, complete with maps, a state bird, a wildlife guide, a flag and a very exclusive explorers club, a camping trip where Adeline lost a tooth eating a marshmallow... So much good stuff. Will I get to posting about it? Resolutely YES. But admittedly not soon. We're busy through a lot of July with holidays and day camps and birthdays for both the girls (THREE and SEVEN? impossible).And of course busy with all the sweetness that summer brings - jumping on the trampoline, sleeping in the tent in the yard, running in the sprinkler, listening for the ice cream truck...those sorts of things that are nothing and everything all at the same time. Lots of good memories being made at our house!