I can barely believe it but my middle L-girlie, Lyla, is turning THREE in less than two weeks. Wow. Insane.
Speaking of insane, if you have ready any of my blog posts about Lyla, you would know that she is our spirited, full of life, so-much-fun-and-so-much-work, determind middle child. Yes, this week, we installed new locks on all the doors (locks that are WAY at the top of the door so her sneaky fingers can’t reach them) after we discovered – much to my absolute horror! – that she can unlock the doors in our house by standing on her bike seat and reaching up to unlatch the screen doors … sheesh.
This is my child that not only gets into all the trouble, she finds it. She finds the baby powder and decorates her bedroom with it. She fakes a sore foot for a week and a half to the point where we got her x-rayed and doctors just shook their head and said nothing was wrong. (Wow.) Her dresses are the only ones from all the three girls that have to run through the wash cycle four times due to stains. Her hair is still crazy after the ridiculous-dreadful hair chopping incident. She’s the one child that has disappeared within seconds on all grandparents during social functions. (Very scary!) She can find anything you hide in the house. She is the loudest girl in the Gauthier home. She is the craziest girl in the Gauthier home. When she was 9 months old, she was tagged with Tarzan Lyla because it suited her so well.
But she makes our hearts smile. She brings so much colour and joy (and grey hairs, I have to admit!) to our life. She makes us all laugh at the dinner table with her silly prayers and humourous tales. She loves to perform and make her sisters giggle. She potty trained herself on her second birthday. She loves her blankie to bits. She loves rides and roller coasters and swinging as high as she can swing in the backyard. She kills all the bugs for us.
She keeps us on our toes – and we love our little dark haired beauty.
She’s such a stinker …
“Who me?” Yes, YOU, Lyla.
“What? You want me to do what, momma?”
“Oh, you want me to sit and look pretty? I can do that … Lyla style … pffft. This is a piece of cake.”
Can’t believe her birthday is so soon – we’re having a fairy party. It’s going to be so much fun! 😉 Can you tell I relive my childhood through my girls or what?!
So to celebrate this first day of July – which happens to be Canada Day for us Canadians – I’m going to offer a SPECIAL for today and tomorrow only …I am offering a special Canada Day price on the purchase of a gallery wrapped 16×20 canvas from any current or past Gigi session! Wahooo!
E-mail me for details!
Happy Canada Day!
by Gigi
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