August 13: Summer Catch Up

Unlike most blogs about family and daily life - I somehow have pictures that make things seem worse than they really were - like food photography in the old days.

An amazing week in Mt. Tremblant - at Blueberry Lake - we had friends and family come to stay, hung out in the hot tub, yoga on the deck (for me), lots of swimming (indoor pool) for the boys, a failed bonfire, long walks, lots of berries and the feeling in the best way that we were gone for more than a week.

      

We go to a lake and then hang in the indoor pool. Because: warm! waterfall! shallow water! 

Cousin fun with crazy birthday glasses. 

June 27: Life Lately

Post wedding vineyard lunch on the drive home with R.  I think I would live by vineyards again.

 

Birthday party in the park. The boys joined a swarm of over 32 kids...

Each morning we wake up and they are all crowded into our bed.

Mr. Biddles!

Friday June 21: Pure Life Energy

In yoga, there's a strong focus on the life energy - releasing it, harnessing it and getting back in touch with it.

Watching Mr. Biddles play - is a reminder that babies are pure joy and pure unadulterated life energy.

Incredibele!

June 19th: Mr. Biddles Is 10 Months

The Kids Weekend: Party In The Park

That Saturday boy 1& boy 2 went on the subway to take-won-do, then we went to Indigo to buy a birthday present, then we went to grocery store to buy lunch, then I went to library with boy 2, then we went to buy groceries for the week, then we walked to the birthday party in the park where the boys played for three hours and got soaking wet. Then we walked home (in the rain) for hot baths and a second round of dinner. Then boys 2&3 went to sleep while boy 1 waited up for Daddy. I should add that I did 40 minutes cardio before all this.  But when my stomach isn't bothering me, I actually love the feeling on non stop activity, just for sensation of collapsing into a hot bath and bed.

Soaking wet from jumping in fountains

June 2: 4 Years

The thing about parenting is that it's just all cliches.

Today's example - how different Avery and Seth (and soon Biddle) are.

Avery at 4: has a total sense of his own style (backwards shorts, spiderman boots, a bowtie and t-shirt are a daily outfit); loves cooking, used to love Barney, is always trying to keep up with the big kids on our street, will do just about anything for a popsicle or chocolate egg, loves cooking, pretending to be Harry Potter, is into painting. 

I worry about him being a bit too classic middle child - caught between wanting to keep up with older brother and wanting the attention of the baby.

But Avery is a genuine original.  Unconcerned about what other people, teachers and kids think, he does is thing.

Avery is four!

May 30th: Birthdays

May is a month of birthdays for us.  And of course I never take pictures of anything.  Seth kicked it off with cake pops for breakfast, steak for dinner and 12 friends at a trampoline place.  Lots of Lego was the theme of the day.

Then me. I was sick and writing my book - but we still got a night out together - a nap, a movie and a quiet house was how I rocked in my 37th year.

Then it was Avery - who seemed neutral on the birthday front.  But we had a Kung Fu cake (which actually looked cool but I didn't take a picture) and had lurid and vaguely frightening bright icing. There were balloons and the nice thing about our street is that's its an instant party.

In between that, lots of other kids parties as well - Fort York, making pizza and so on.

Pizza party

Seth's dream realized: Jabbas Palace. Later destroyed. R crushed as hours of work -gone.

Cake on street

May 27:

Just over 9 months.

Me & Mr. Biddles

Almost 8 months. 

Random life

Going for Dosas.

Hanging. 

Growing. 

Monday February 11th:

Mondays mornings always feel like a struggle and a slow start.  So much didn't get done over the weekend.  So much to do during the week.

So before anything even starts, a bit of Biddles to kick it off:

Friday February 8th:

Captured - life according to Seth at this time:

Thursday January 3: Kicking it off right

Almost 3 1/2 months.  Love this picture. 

December 29th: Daily Devan

December 27: Biddle

Devan aka Biddle 3 months

December 25th: Christmas

Christmas was: Sarnia, non stop pj's, R doing complicated lego. Snow. 

Lots of presents but no tree at Nonny's 

Avery Shovelling 

The boys try bowling 

December 1: Doing The Muffin

Doing the Muffin - Shakey Shake. 

November 30th: Seth Art

Jet Ray 

Angry Birds Fighting 

Sum Dog - The Animal Game 

Utah Raptor 

November 27th

Devan (aka Biddle) at just over three months. Getting better and better.

Saturday November 10th:

He's been playing it everywhere.

Avery got a harmonica from Nonny.

Then he found out he couldn't take it into nursery school with him.