Fall has arrived

Well, two important things happened this weekend. The first, was the true arrival of fall. After more than three weeks of balmy 30 degree weather, the temperature has finally dropped to the seasonal average. With this, of course, the leaves have begun to fall. Rebekah & Chloe were able to indulge in their first leaf jumping of the season. Rebekah & Papa took great care in raking up the leaves. Chloe, however, just dove headlong into them!

Overnight, on Saturday, we experienced winds up to 65 km/h, which continued most of Sunday. This, however, did not hamper celebrating Chloe's birthday. My mom and dad were able to join us for the day. I think the highlight of Chloe's day was having cake, again! This time a Winnie the Pooh cupcake cake, which consists of 24 cupcakes, iced over like a regular cake. However, that wasn't the important thing for Chloe. The only essential thing was the presence of sugar!

Birthday Bash

Today is Chloe's 2nd Birthday! This morning when Chloe woke up, she didn't know what a birthday was. Now, if you ask her whose birthday it is, she replies, "Chloe's Birthday." So cute. Birthdays are a chance to reminisce about the past year. It's incredible to see how much she has grown. During this past year she's learned to walk and talk, no small feat. She's discovered she has a nose and ten toes, has learned to give hugs and kisses. And loves her cat, named Cheeto.

Chloe's cake was a white chocolate truffle cake. She especially enjoyed putting her fingers into the icing. I wasn't sure how she would react to the sparklers and candles. But she seemed to deeply enjoy the pyrotechnic spectacle in front of her. With a little prompting from papa, she figured out how to blow out her candles. Then, after a bath, it was on to the presents.

It turns out that Chloe is pretty adept at opening gifts, which was a vast improvement over last Christmas. Furthermore, she finally cared about the contents! She received some playdoh, baby dress-up stuff, and a Dora bathtime mermaid. All personal favourites. The biggest hit, of course, was Dora. With her second birthday wrapped up, I can say that today was full of deep satisfaction. The celebration of the year that has passed, as well as looking forward to the year to come.