The kids and I have been keeping up our volunteering through the summer. And since I'm too cheap to pay for parking we have a bit of a walk to get on to the hospital. And today it was h-o-t!!
How convenient that there was a sprinkler on our way back to the van.
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
Fin de fin de semaine
My fearless co-adventurers. We spent the weekend down in the TO area to attend a baby shower.
Baby stuff is just so darn cute!!! And we were serenaded by the mom-to-be's friend Jill Barber. She sang two beautiful songs. It was incredibly special.
Even more special?? Pictures with the dad and mom-to-be.
Meanwhile, these two were enjoying their first ever "guys only weekend".
They look like a couple of run aways trying to escape by raft.
Hmm. I see they gave rides. That's right Grandad, show them where to go.
I see in this picture that A is showing Grandad where he missed a spot. I'll have to ask if E made it to the top of the trailer or if that's as far as he got.
Good job fisherman. I know E caught one too but there were no pics of that. Sorry folks.
Baby stuff is just so darn cute!!! And we were serenaded by the mom-to-be's friend Jill Barber. She sang two beautiful songs. It was incredibly special.
Even more special?? Pictures with the dad and mom-to-be.
Meanwhile, these two were enjoying their first ever "guys only weekend".
They look like a couple of run aways trying to escape by raft.
Hmm. I see they gave rides. That's right Grandad, show them where to go.
I see in this picture that A is showing Grandad where he missed a spot. I'll have to ask if E made it to the top of the trailer or if that's as far as he got.
Good job fisherman. I know E caught one too but there were no pics of that. Sorry folks.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Weekend Fun
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Friday, July 20, 2012
Garden Wowser
Look at that monster! The boys were thrilled when they pulled back the leaves and found this zucchini.
We also had some cucumbers, yellow squash and green and yellow beans.
We will be eating corn at some point this summer too.
But that was a lot of yellow squash-so I made squash/walnut/chocolate chip cookies. They're yummy. The yellow they can see kind of freaks the kids out but they taste great.
We also had some cucumbers, yellow squash and green and yellow beans.
We will be eating corn at some point this summer too.
But that was a lot of yellow squash-so I made squash/walnut/chocolate chip cookies. They're yummy. The yellow they can see kind of freaks the kids out but they taste great.
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Is this normal??
The year for me is measured in School Time. So in the summer I often will take a look at our finances and programs in preparation for the next 'year'. And since we are record keepers I can pull out numbers from previous years and see how things are evolving.
It was really surprising to me to see how much of a cost change there has been as the kids have been growing up.
Can you imagine what it will be in another five years? When they are 11 and 13? Or when they are 16 and 18?
It was really surprising to me to see how much of a cost change there has been as the kids have been growing up.
Can you imagine what it will be in another five years? When they are 11 and 13? Or when they are 16 and 18?
Monday, July 16, 2012
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Hello To You Two
I'm please to introduce Peeps our new budgie (foreground). Much like the second child as playmate for the firstborn....so is Peeps to be companionship for Paul.
In this very hot weather we have been staying inside and playing LEGO. E took this picture yesterday. See the fuzzy creature in the left front corner?
That's a guinea pig tank. With a custom made LEGO saddle of course.
I caught E in the chair yesterday cuddling his pig and I couldn't help but notice how....robust....it seems to have gotten. That's one healthy pig.
In this very hot weather we have been staying inside and playing LEGO. E took this picture yesterday. See the fuzzy creature in the left front corner?
That's a guinea pig tank. With a custom made LEGO saddle of course.
I caught E in the chair yesterday cuddling his pig and I couldn't help but notice how....robust....it seems to have gotten. That's one healthy pig.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
MuseumofCiviliztion(with friends)
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
1st Soccer
Today was the first day the boys had soccer. Good thing it's in the morning because by 11a.m. when it finished it was hot!
E showed some pretty good hustle. He really liked the coach on the left in this 1st pic.
He is in the older kids group. It's supposed to be for ages 9 and up. But there's definitely a lot more 'up' than there is 9.
A is in the younger group. He put up such a fuss about taking soccer this year.
Of course once we got there he had a blast.
Lucky for them there's a water park there and they cooled off before we left.
E showed some pretty good hustle. He really liked the coach on the left in this 1st pic.
He is in the older kids group. It's supposed to be for ages 9 and up. But there's definitely a lot more 'up' than there is 9.
A is in the younger group. He put up such a fuss about taking soccer this year.
Of course once we got there he had a blast.
Lucky for them there's a water park there and they cooled off before we left.
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