Part 1 – Toronto – Centreville:
Part 2 – Toronto – Zoo
Part 3 – Grand Bend
Cherry picking…
Beach…
Part 4 – New Brunswick
Part 5 – Newfoundland
I have tonnes more pictures of Newfoundland but I know you’re all really just interested in the pictures with the kids in them. But believe me when I say, Newfoundland is GORGEOUS!
A big shout-out ‘thanks’ goes to Teagan, Zoey, Sonya, and Paul who hosted us and made our visit so much fun. We can’t wait to come back!
So, once again a lot of time has passed between updates. I have serious doubts that anyone is even reading this blog anymore. Let me know if you see this post, because if no one is reading anymore, I’m going to shut it down.
So, what’s new since the last update?
1. A visit to the sugar shack.
In early April we visited a sugar shack not far from Ottawa. We didn’t have a lot of time, and I would have liked to have spent a bit longer there, but we did manage to fit in the main things…
A ride on a horse-drawn carriage…
Saying ‘thank-you’ to the horses afterwards…
A visit with the farm mascot…
And the petting zoo….
2. New Hair Cuts…
3. Easter (and egg hunting)…
4. B’s 4th birthday!
5. Spring arrived…
And the kids are enjoying flip flop weather, and playing outside..
6. Mennonite Relief Sale.
And finally, this weekend, we headed to New Hamburg for the annual Mennonite Relief Sale where we ran into old friends and ate lots of yummy food.
It didn’t rain, but it was overcast and threatening rain much of the day; so we put the kids in their rain suits. I must have been asked at least a dozen times in the span of a couple of hours where we got the suits. Everyone wanted one..
Okay, that’s it for now. We are heading into a busy summer season. My work is very busy, and I have a lot to get done over the summer, but we are still planning a few trips. We want to get to the Toronto Zoo and Centre Island again this year. We’re also heading to Newfoundland for a reunion of our China travel group from when we adopted the girls (we didn’t travel with a group when we got B), and hope to get to New Brunswick at some point. We’re all also anxiously looking forward to our week at the cottage with my family. I’ll try to find time to update this blog though throughout the summer, at least with some pictures.
Have a great spring!
K…
Okay, so it has been a long time since I’ve posted anything so I’m sure there will be lots of stuff that I could be telling you about, but I’m not going to remember it.
A big part of the reason why there have been no updates lately is the DoT and I lost our camera. It was missing for about 6 weeks, and then we finally figured it out and found it. And without pictures, I know there is no point coming to this blog. But, finally, the camera is back, and I’m going to try to be a bit more regular about updating here. I know, I know… I’ve said that before.
So here is some of what we have been up to…
1. Chinese New Year
We celebrated at a friend and colleagues house, and I thought I would have had a picture of all three kids in their New Year’s outfits, but I don’t . So here’s a shot of B.
All three kids got skates for Christmas and the host of the New Year’s celebration had a backyard rink. It was fantastic. The kids had a great time skating in the back yard and I had a great time watching them through the sliding glass doors, in the warmth of the kitchen, with a glass of wine in hand.
2. March Break
DoT and I both had to work, so the kids spent the days off of school at the caregiver’s house. And they had way more fun there than they would have with DoT and I. Every day was a theme day… space day, pool party day, pirate day, etc. And one of my personal favourites… rock star day.
3. Swimming Lessons
All three kids have been enrolled in swimming lessons for a few sessions now, and are starting to get really into it. It took quite awhile for E to get to the point of being willing to put her face in the water. But now they are all well beyond that. A is able to do a front float for a fair while, and a back float for a few seconds too. E is close on both counts and I expect it won’t be long before she’s doing it too. B is a bit further behind, but he is two years younger after all.
4. Spring!
Yes, it looks like spring has arrived in Ottawa. (When I first wrote that sentence I wrote `has finally arrived in Ottawa’, but since both sets of parents have had big dumps of snow in the last week or so, I thought I really shouldn’t complain.) Anyhow, my spring bulbs are up, and the days are getting a bit warmer. On the weekend DoT took the kids to the park for the first time…
Well, that’s it. This blog post makes it seem like we haven’t been doing much for months, and in a way I guess that’s kind of true. We’ve mostly hibernated for the winter. We’re all very happy spring is here.
I promise to try to update more often.
K…
