Day 336

Tonight we're baby sitting again! Audrey and Rosalie were back tonight, much to the delight of the boys. Here are Ryan and Audrey playing on the computer and being goofy, and then the little love birds snuggled up in Ryan's room to watch an episode of Spongebob Square pants before bed.

Day 332

This afternoon my parents came over for Ryan's birthday. He was really happy to see them when he got off the bus. We had his favourite pizza for supper and then left over cake for dessert. He got some great presents from Oma and Opa as well, but I think his 2 favourite were:

A book about bullet trains

And what every kid loves getting...money!

Day 322

We're doggy sitting my parents dog for the weekend. He's not allowed on the couch at his house, but our dogs are allowed on our house here because we have a blanket for them. So he was looking longingly at the couch so I patted the cushion and said "Come on up Barkey!" He rolled around like crazy, he loved it so much LOL

Day 268

Today Ryan's friend, Audrey came over for a play date. Alex of course had to tag along and do everything they did. In this picture they are fishing off of the tree. As you can see, Ryan has barely taken his George costume off.

Day 252

My parents dog Barkley arrived for a weekend sleepover while my parents headed to Toronto. He's 11 years old now and recently went stone deaf. It was quite strange making all kinds of hand movements in front of him when I needed to see if he wanted to go out.

Day 230

I was sitting here enjoying the peace and quiet today as the kids were at daycare playing with their friends, when I heard this tremendous buzzing noise outside. It sounded like some kind of model airplane was about to land on my roof, so I popped my head out the door, and saw this guy cruising by...

Bye dude! Have a nice trip!

Day 182

My brother and his family were in town today for a friend's wedding. They live in Hamilton so I don't often get to see them. It was really awesome seeing our kids play together, they ran around like maniacs and had a blast.

This is the first picture of all our kids together. It's hard getting 4 kids to sit still and look at the camera. I only got this one shot when they all decided they didn't want to do anymore pictures.

This was the beautiful sky on the drive home

Day 117

Wally's mom stopped by for a visit today. The boys don't see their Nanny too often, so whenever she comes, she brings lots of gifts. It always looks like Christmas in here after she leaves, wrapping paper and toys everywhere.

One of my favourite summer birds, the male purple finch, has also started making an appearance at the feeders today.

I made Wally some cheesy garlic and pepper shrimp pasta for his lunch tomorrow. I'm having a great time cooking and improvising recipes lately.

Day 106

Yes it's another picture of the dog. What can I say, I'm still sick, and the dog is half deaf, so it's easy to sneak up on him.

Day 105

We're doggy sitting my parent's dog Barkley while they are in Toronto visiting my brother's family. This morning he was so kind as to pee and poop all over my living room floor.

I think he misses his Mommy

Day 62

Today another stray cat showed up at the house. I went to the bathroom and found him peeking in the window at me. Ryan and I decided to name him Domino.

Day 46

I was so looking forward to today because a technician from a new high speed company in the area was coming to check if we could get a signal for high speed. They had set up a tower in the next town over not too long ago, and we were really confident that we had a clear and unobstructed view to it. But, when the guy got here, he started testing in the other direction. Wally asked what was up, and he said the tower in the next town failed and that it was being scrapped. Nooooo! No signal for us, we are just surrounded by too many tall trees. 

Here is Wally and the tech guy checking out the tree line on the back deck.

 

Day 3

Today Ryan's buddy Audrey came over for a play date. I love this kid, she keeps my boy in line :P