Saturday, May 21, 2016

Plane ride and other tidbits

The month of May is zooming by just as fast as April did, I swear.  Didn't even get around to writing about your first plane ride yet, so here we go!
The day after the last entry, we flew home from Portland.  In the morning, we headed to the airport and met up with mommy's friend Erica (to whom the car we were driving belongs).  She and her son Kai (who is nearly the same age as you--9 months older) were there to meet us.  We all had an awesome lunch together at Beaches, a restaurant that is available to everyone before passing to security.  Erica treated us and even gave us some cool 'parting' presents--a bag of cooking related stuff for mommy and a wooden train whistle for you (which you ADORE).  We then headed to our gate, where we found an indoor playground area in the middle of the waiting area--wow!  You were upset, though, because the plane was on-time and thus you didn't get much play time before our boarding was announced.
When we got on the plane, that changed instantly, as the hostesses handed you a 'junior aviator' flight book and invited you to go visit the pilots in the cockpit.  Mommy was excited, too, as I've never even got to do such a thing!  We took your picture, with you sitting in the co-pilot's chair :D  You were elated, of course.  We then found our seats and settled in for the flight.  It was a great experience and you can hardly wait to do it again.  You asked me only days later how many days it was until the next flight lol.

Apart from that, we've gotten back to skating every week (except this one, as the weather was nicer and we did other things instead).  We still read every night before bed, which you love to do; you are an amazing reader, especially for your age (and it's not just mommy saying so--many people have remarked about this, including those who watch you at the Kids Zone).  One night, we were reading a story about the 'early worm'.  It described that he lived underground, in the dirt.  I asked you (somewhat jokingly) if you would like to live in the dirt.  You thought about it for a moment and replied, "Well, only if it was a big hole and we had a long ladder!"  LOL!  So smart :)

We're also back to cooking, finally.  Mommy's schedule is calming down a bit with the end of school year, yay!  Speaking of mommies, my mommy (Nana Linda) came to visit for the week after we came back from our vacation.  She and Papa Junior helped out with some house stuff as a gift to mommy for mother's day.  We all celebrated together a lot on the weekend of mother's day: Friday evening, we made steaks.  Saturday we had lunch at L'Eiffel Bistrot (where you had the biggest cone of fries ever lol), then did a little shopping (you went to Cabela's with daddy and Papa and explored every tent they had!), and in the evening, made a special dinner at home.  The following morning (on actual mother's day), we went to Mapleberry for breakfast before Nana and Papa had to leave to go back home.  We had a lazy afternoon, then went out to dinner at The Cellar Bistro (mommy's choice), where you gave me a beautiful card that you made a drawing inside. <3  Best mother's day weekend yet as a mommy!

I also need to mention that you are really great at math, too.  You can do addition--not just memorized ones, but also in your head--and subtraction rather well.  On the minus side, I haven't done nearly as much French with you as I'd hoped to do by this point.  Let's see if we can change that soon...
Love you lots, mommy.