First trip to the Cottage of 2010...

...aka Ethan and Halle screaming for over 2 hours while the dog breathed doggie breath and emitted other odours in his pure excitement of getting to the lake...

Whassup?

Hanging out....

'Corn on the Bone'

A Trip to the Zoo

On the one nice day we had during Nana's visit we went to the zoo.  Unfortunately, the winter hours don't allow you to show-up as early so a lot of the action was missed ie the red panda actually conscious. 

Okay....

....so blogger doesn't seem to like it when I try to post two months worth of updates in a single kick at the can.  I guess I will just have to go back to the old fashioned way.  I better make myself a pot of coffee.  It's going to be a long morning!

Well!!

It has been quite a long time since I have updated the blog. It's disgraceful. Here is my list of excuses: 1) Nice weather in April 2) Two small, high-energy children 3) Out of town guests for almost three weeks in May and 4) a gimpy wrist that I am getting some therapy for. As much as I love to blog, a gimpy wrist is a bit of a career limiting move for me. This blog post will not be pretty or very detailed but it will get you up to date for the most part.

Pudding for my Puddin'

Schooling Nana on Candyland

Mothers' Day

Which I actually got to celebrate with my own Mom for the first time in, oh, 16 years?!?! It was a beautiful day and it was great to celebrate with family.

Halle's friend Brett and his Mom.  Halle calls Brett her 'Double Double' and her 'BFF'.

All the neighbourhood kids hanging out at the park catching ladybugs...etc.

A Trip to the Museum

It didn't Work..

Yesterday we took a drive to K ings Park because Mommy couldn't get the trailer on my bike.  It worked out though because the wind was a little chilly and heaven knows I detest the cold.  When we got the park, Halle saw the pagoda/pavillion/thing-a-ma-bob structure and she says "Mommy! It looks like China here!"  I took the camera along because our China update is due next month and I was hoping to get a couple of pictures of the kids outside doing something, together, lovingly...Okay, I did give my head a shake and also realized we will not have a family portrait done for at least another 5 years or so.  Picture of two kids sitting pleasently.both looking at the camera- it didn't work.

Once we got into the park, Halle started noticing more Asian type structures and proclaimed (I'm not making this up or paraphrasing) "The people tried to make this park look like China but it didn't work.  Mommy, it didn't work.  This is not China".  And you can see exactly how Halle felt about the park and the 'people's' failed attempt at making it look like China.