Mama Receives a Letter From Her 6-year old

Last week, I received a cute letter form my 6-year old. With the help of her 8-year old sister, she wrote me the following message:

"Mama, I love you, but please stop giving me kisses at school. "

It was both funny and heart-breaking. Funny because kisses was misspelled, and heart-breaking because I realized that my little girl was growing up. Just last year she would shower me with hugs and kisses at preschool, and in fact was often reluctant to let me go...

Our Four-Year-Old Visits Kindergarten.

This week was a very short school week. Not only was Friday a pedagogical day so that the future kindergarteners could visit their future classrooms and their parents could attend an information meeting, but school was cancelled on Monday. Due to bad weather, in the middle of April!!!

Here she is, in her future school:

Best Cousins

According to our four-year-old, she has a "best" cousin. Not only have they attended the same pre-school since age 2, they have frequent playdates, and swim together twice a week. They even got puppies on the same day, puppies who happen to be brothers:

The Girls do Great Wolf Lodge

With 5 days off over Easter, we had plenty of time to visit with relatives in Cambridge Ontario, make slime, hunt for eggs, and hang out with Grandpa:

On Monday, we headed over to Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara Falls and had all sorts of fun:

Stuffing her own squirrel

Morning Yoga

Cuddling with one of the many mascots

At the waterpark

On the waterslides

At the kids arcade

With Winnie at the Arcade

Bowling

Getting a strike

At the arts and crafts centre

Posing at the Cub Club

A Magi! Opening a trunk with her wand

The bunk beds: They fell asleep on their own for the first time ever!