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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 Welcoming Peaseblossom the Unicorn to our @hazelvillage family the best way we know how... a tea party of course! Seeing your people love on your kid... one of the best parts of parenting that I didn’t expect. #adoptionislove Spent the weekend at our friends cottage and it was just what we needed. Sunnie had the best time being constantly surrounded by 6 “big kids” who completely adore her. We’re about to (hopefully) do a bunch of renovations to our house which involve tearing down our bedroom wall to open up the living space! This door and window could potentially end up being our bedroom. I’m so excited; I hope it all works out 🤞 Finally the sun is out so we can play outside all day ☀️ We’re still very grouchy over here so being outside is a nice distraction! 🙏 We call this area in our front yard “Sunnies corner”. Ryan made the Inuksuk last year in honour of our little Oonniq. #inuk What’s better than 1 cute baby? TWO cute babies! Sunnie sure is lucky to have you as her Ataata, I mean, just look at her joy 🥰 @prairiedwelling Chamomile, rainbow nins, and pretty artwork. Just a few simple things making this rainy day a little bit brighter. It’s been a hard week of teething for Sunnie (and mom 😅😓)so I’m just going to throw it back to @clearlakecountry and these little hands, dirty from exploring and discovering new parts of nature.