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One of our favourite places to walk to as a family is our local Nature Park. There’s a beautiful pond, tall prairie grasses and walking paths. Sunnies favourite thing to do here is throw rocks into the water 😂(Fun fact: I won a prize in grade 3 for naming this park when it was just being built!) Getting outside as a family is one of my most favourite things, especially in Summer! Do you have any favourite spots to visit?! @naturevalleycanada #joyofnature #sponsored

17.5 months. Such a fun, sweet age! Now that she’s (finally) walking/running everywhere, she is sooooo much happier! So is mama 😅🙈
And seriously how cute is this romper on her?!? I can’t! @thesimplefolkco

I’m just gonna focus on this one little corner cause the rest of my house looks like the second photo 😬🤦🏻‍♀️🙈#keepinitreal

I asked her to smile 😂🙈
What a little ham. I think she gets this from both me and Mama Oon combined. 😂 So much personality #adoption #thisisourchild

I just love her 😭🥰

I interrupt this Instagram feed with a throw back to last summer with baby Sunnie ☀️😍☀️

Sunnies room is my new favourite room in the house!
We scored this old dresser a few weeks ago and I just painted the fronts white (they were some weird yellow stain before) the rest was already this perfect antique pink, and I just LOVE it in her room 🌸

Inspecting her little Sunnie corner like a good little gardener. #startemyoung

Fresh bouquets in every room, iced coffee all day long, the smell of sunscreen on all our clothes, these are the senses of summer ☀️🌳🌻

Sunnie started taking her first steps this weekend (as you can tell she’s still pretty wobbly) but it’s so exciting every time she does!
Also exciting: @briarhandmade is having a SALE! 20-40% off 😍

Fresh flowers from the garden this morning 💐
Also, I shared some stories of our yard today if you’re interested!

Instilling my love of nature into my panik. 🌳🌱🍃🌼🌻

It’s Nunavut Day and in case you didn’t know, Sunnie was adopted from Nunavut! We are SO incredibly honoured to have received such a precious gift.
As 2 white people, the gift of raising an Inuit baby is not lost on us. It is filled with complexities and sorrow after our country’s wrong doings to Indigenous peoples.
We are thankful everyday to mama Oon and her family for having such grace and trust in us.
We are still learning, and will continue to learn from Puukuluk Oon and her family. I am so thankful we can have such close ties to them 💓
Sunnie Eleanor Oonniq Alaittuq, you are everything I ever dreamed of and more!
*swipe to see last years photo*

Home sweet home made sweeter by the blooming hollyhocks all around our house 🌸🌼🌺

Honestly, all I can say is: you’re welcome 😂🙈

Sunnie is talking SO MUCH these days! It is so incredibly cute. She even says I love you in Inuktitut. Go to my stories to hear her 🥰😍

Sunnie just wants to be held almost non stop these days and our new @wildbird has been a lifesaver!
She is so heavy that carrying her around without the sling hurts my arms and back. But in the sling her weight is well supported, she’s super happy, and my arms are thankful! 🥰 #mywildbird

I am thoroughly enjoying being able to share what I love with Sunnie these days. One morning last week we picked some chamomile and wild flax from our garden and she played with the blossoms and our homemade cinnamon play dough almost all morning long.
Thankful to have some peaceful, fun loving moments to look back at when the wild toddler emotions come with all their passion 😅🙈

Take me back to the beach 🏖

Yet again another part of being a mom I’m so excited about: Sunnie making her own art!
I used @doodlespot_theapp to print and frame her very first crayon creation (which took 2 weeks to make cause, toddlers🙈). It was so easy to do and now I have her art framed as a keepsake. Plus, Doodlespot donates to War Child which helps supports children growing up in war torn countries.
Use code: “richelle” to buy one print get one free! #doodlespot #doodlespotcreativity