Category: Current Family Life

I must say I was so proud that the little J man had no trouble whatsoever blowing out his birthday candles (after I moved them closer to him). He did all 3 candles!

And I need to point out. I had to assemble this gift, and J watched me very carefully as I screwed in 7 screws. When I was done, the first thing he did was pick up the screwdriver, carefully line up the screwdriver with the screw I had just put in, and very precisely turn it…I’m very afraid. He seems to have a natural aptitude for this!

Ready, set, go!! So far so good, she likes school and likes her teacher. She is a creature of habit and likes the predictability of it all!

So R was thrilled to find my old collection of Smurfs at Grandma’s house today. Hard to believe I played with these little dudes around 30 years ago, but everything old is new again I suppose!

Go Wild! We went on an adventure today. It was quite fun, aside from R being terrified by the goats… Here are some of the pictures.

J riding the train

And this is why we took the bus and not the new car through the Safari…..

A lot of work for a drink

At one point J had a lot more fun playing with neighbour C than watching the animals….

R got up her gumption and pet this pot bellied pig.

We did our traditional grey shirt/ice cream summer time thing…here is the result.

I actually decided to make supper today from scratch. I don’t know where i got the energy, but I knew that I had to seize the moment. J was not pleased that I wanted to do things a way up high on the counter where he couldn’t see, so I had to pull a chair up for him. He L-O-V-E-D being up and able to watch. He also thought my small choppy thing was super cool, and he had a good time trying to help me chop.

Yup, he gets indulged…

So, I grow these grapes over our deck because I want the shade. This year, with the drought we had in July, grapes have been falling off the bundles almost constantly. This is very annoying to me, as it attracts bees, and just makes a mess on our deck. The other day I came out to find this little guy also contributing to the mess. He sits on the pergola, pulls up a bundle of grapes and just eats to his hearts content…

It was moving day for B&V. The kids, Oma & Opa and Aunti L were at our house, then we were off to the Golden Arches for lunch.