Dear Avril,

I haven't written in so long!

Your birthday was a huge hit - you had so much fun running around in your dress with your new princess elbow pads and helmet on. Easter was fun too, up in Orillia you had a fun morning easter egg hunt while we all watched you search and fill your little basket.

Now that the warm weather is back, we've been going to the park a lot, taking cooper for walks and playing at the playground. you LOVE to swing and giggled like crazy when i showed you "underdog". We're still swimming every week, and you've invented this game where you spin around with your eyes closed humming - it's very cute. Speaking of inventing games, you always want to play Circolookie, not sure what the rules are, but it usually involves jumping around on the coloured foam interlocks in the living room. Another is "don't eat me giant" - you pretend to be afraid and run giggling into your room or the bathroom and close the door until i come to get you. Your inventiveness comes out at dinnertime now, you always want to name your forks/spoons, 'joe' or 'joanie' eg.