Having a snack with some of her cousins (Misha and Sabrina)
Playing with Will
Sunday evening supper at Nana and Grampa MacKenzie's (playing with Dad's coke can)
Just generally being a monkey!
Finding swings wherever we go (at family camp)
Camping at Pike lake
Playing and having fun in Nana and Papa (Nickel's) yard
Playing with Sam and a box...need we say more?
Having a blast at the zoo with Auntie Val, Uncle Jason, Eilidh and Will
Ivanna's 2nd birthday party at Pike Lake
Mooching dessert from Grampa (or Bampa as Ivanna says)
Swimming with her Nanas - she now LOVES water!
Reading with Eilidh
Sharing Papa's dessert... yes this is a theme of her life (mooching her grandparents' desserts)
Well, life is good and fun in the Nickel household. It is hard to believe the summer is almost over and we are planning fall activities. This has been an amazing summer and we are feeling very blessed and thankful. Ivanna continues to adjust well. Her language is coming along in leaps and bounds and she has become quite a little parrot - repeating most things we say (time to become more cautious with what we say!). She is very fond of all her family and loves to spend time with all her cousins. She now definately has a name for each of her cousins (some more acurate to the real thing than others - Tug=Sam, Wow=Will, etc...) It is such a joy to see her grow and develop. We are definitely learning A LOT and have our moments when we are amazed at just how classically 2 she can be; but she is generally a delightful child. This morning (after being lead back to her room to play/read quietly on her own at 6:45) she came back into our room around 7:20 and came quietly up to the bed, placed a stuffed dog beside me and then went around to Darren and put a stuffed bunny on his head. How sweet is that? She is a very dear child. She continues to love animals and we are trying to teach her not to torment Nana and Grandpa MacKenzie's dog (she tries hard to chase her and loves to help Nana take her for a walk). She loved the zoo when we went last week and I think we'll make good use of the yearly membership we bought (chickens are still a hit!) We spent a week at a family camp up north of Meadow Lake where she learned to tolerate the sand (at first we had to swim in deep water only). It was a fantastic time. We've also had lots of fun playing in our yard, going to parks with friends and cousins - basically being outside as much as possible. Yeah, we're having fun. Life is good.
