So many things have happened over the last month. Isabella has continued to go to day care and has got used playing in the dirt. So now all her clothes are dirty even when they are clean. I have had to go out and buy her dark clothes hoping that will hide the dirt stains!


She has also started to 'wear' strange things. CDs on the fingers is a favourite at the moment, as is the plastic box on the head with her saying "hat, hat". She also enjoys hanging things on her toes...you may think that I set that photo up but I didn't!















I have also bought her some summer clothes now that the weather is getting better. Although I am not convinced that she will have so much time to wear this stuff. Here is one of the outfits I got at H&M for her.











Her hair is getting longer and longer. I just added this photo because I thought it was cute...and you can see her hair. Taneli has also started the process of golf indoctrination. He bought her her own clubs. Probably because she was stealing his and eating them! Now she can eat her own. At the moment I just follow her around the house trying to make sure that she doesn't hit anything with them. We also went to the driving range. Isabella had so much fun putting the balls from one basket to the next...and back again.















We have bought a bike...Bella calls them 'cycles'. We have bought a kiddie seat for the back. We have only used it once so far. I can't say that I am very confident with her on the back just yet. It has been a long time since I rode a bike, never mind with a 12 kilo weight on the back. But hopefully soon I will be able to practice a bit. Then there will be no stopping us!





Isabella and I took a trip to IKEA. We always have fun trying the beds out for ni nights...and the funny thing is that the only thing she wanted to play with was something that she has at home!

Last weekend we also went to visit godmother Jaana. It has been sooo long since we have seen her- many months. It is funny because we almost never take Isabella out in the car somewhere in the afternoon but I decided that since summer was here and she is getting older that we could go to Jaana's and visit. So on the way over I kept telling her that we were going to to visit Jaana. And she said Jaana a few times. But then the next day, we went to the grocery store after we had eaten dinner (and like I said it is unusual to go out at that time) so as soon as I started driving Isabella kept saying Jaana, Jaana, Jaana. She obviously thought we were going back there! Not that it would be such a bad thing because she had lots of fun. She got to play a little in Siiri's play house and go on the garden swing (in the photo you will see her grumpy face...she wasn't unhappy, she was just irritated that I wouldn't let her do something...I am getting used to the furrowed brow and the pursed lips!). She played a little with the dog...although the dog would have preferred for it to be a little more "fun" wink, wink...if you know what I mean! Had to keep chasing the dog away from Bella. She unfortunately knocked over a flower pot...but you can see from her face that she looks as innocent as anything! And finally, just before we left, we were able to convince Leo to put up the hammock...
























I bought Isabella a new chair...a cute ladybug chair. It folds flat and it will be perfect for going camping. But of course, she had to try it (well, maybe it was me:-))
Today, Isabella and I did lots of stuff. We started off going to Stockmann department store. We found that they had some fish on the same floor as the children's clothes. Isabella had fun and there were other kids there. Surprisingly, the only other people there when we got there were some English-speaking people! From there we bought 2 pairs of shoes...Isabella finally got her own crocs. After we bought the shoes, we went for a break at the new cafe there. They had a very funky highchair- it was round as you can see in the photo. And then as we headed to the bus to go home, we came upon some big event at the station. They had a big kids section there and we stopped and played for a while.






And as you can see, she can now feed herself, thanks to her time at day care. She is happy to do it. But I thought that I would just add one last look at that bottom lip that I get to see so often, this time I wouldn't let her have the camera. I now have about 10 shots of unhappy to every one happy one because she always wants the camera to see what is on it! She doesn't quite understand that she needs to have these things done so that there is something there for her to see...one day...I hope...sooner rather than later please!