R's 9th Birthday

 Summer brings birthdays! In August we celebrated R's 9th. G-ma R visited, yay! We went to La Ronde with three of R's buddies for her birthday party.

Band on the Run!

R and friends at La Ronde, removing the sword from the stone

R and Friends

They almost have it...

R and her friend T getting buckled in.

What is R thinking about here?

R's friend K goes up with R's mom.

R and her friend T flung into the air!

G-ma R trying out a ride at La Ronde.

Bday presents!

R relaxing feeling older on her birthday.

Train Station Dance part 1

Train Station Dance Part 2

Train Station Dance Part 3

Train Station Dance Part 4

Train Station Dance Part 5

Goodbye hug

Thanks for the visit G-ma R!

NYC Family Trip!

This Summer we decided to check out New York City for a few days. We discovered first hand that it is the city that never sleeps and it seems that little F also knew that it was the city that never naps. Since then, we work hard to set the stage for napping because she's afraid of missing something and she'll skip it if she can. So did F learn to not nap in NYC? Maybe, but if nothing else, we learned that days in NYC are easily filled with fun, good food, great sights, and lots of lights.

Both the girls loved Times Square, Central Park, FAO Schwarz, Museum of Natural History, and the view from our hotel room. We stayed a block away from the Broadway theatres and loved taking in the people lining up for tickets early in the morning and watching performers in a nearby diner studying their lines or waiting in line to order in their balletic poses.

P loved his trip to Strand Books.

I loved using my camera everywhere we went.
If was a fun trip. There was too much to do and too much to see.

P, R and sleepy F in Times Square

Times Square

Exciting Times Square!

Lining Up for Morning Snacks

look for Radio City

Outside the Metropolitan Public Library

Magestic despite the pigeon poop!

R studying the NYC layout.

Grand Central Station. Only time to walk by this time. Too much to see!

Inside the Chrysler Building! 

Chrysler Building elevators. So Fancy!

Golden Angel in Central Park

F ponders the Big Apple

NYC Shoes!

R in front of algae cover pond

R hanging out with a new friend.

NYC Bus

Museum of Natural History

R watches kids outside from inside the Museum

Museum of Natural History

NYC Subway

New York Times!

R's take. Our question: Is this rule only for motor vehicles?

R's take of NYC skyline from backseat as we head home! Bye NYC,  can't wait until next time!

We LOVE Summer

Supervising the sprinkler.

We have been enjoying these summer days. I am privileged to have the summer free so that I can spend more time with these lovely ladies.

Some highlights of the summer have been F's birthday, R and my museum visits, family trips out of town (Craig's Lake and Presqu'ile), dancing at the JazzFest at an outdoor show, and flying around the bike paths through our beautiful park De La Visitation on our bicycles!

Summer has brought a whole new set of discoveries to F. She loved running through the sprinkler in our friend K's backyard. She understands that it's an outdoor shower and that's how she talks about it.

We have done a lot of swimming so far. The local outdoor pool, Craig's Lake, and the city beach at Parc Jean-Drapeau have been our hang-outs.

Hot days call for sprinklers with minimal dress.

R and I spend one day a week together while F hangs with her buddies a daycare. We start those days at the clinic where I do physiotherapy to rehab my knee after surgery. R loves all the equipment there and tries a lot of it out. Sadly for R but happily for me, my recovery is coming along quickly, so my physiotherapist will probably dump me soon. We spend the rest of those days going to museums.

K and R.

On F's second birthday, we made sure to measure her height since we heard from a forgotten source that a person's adult height is double their height on their second birthday. If that is correct, then, F will be just shy of 6' when she's grown up!

We had a small birthday party with F's Godfather C, his wife K and their two boys in our backyard. 

Enjoy the pictures!

xoxo, S!

F and P. Photo by Uncle A.

R with Aunt J. Photo by Uncle A.

F explains her perspective to Gramps.

F and Gramps

R and T. Buddies. Trying to be zombies.

F meets her Birthday Baby! F has been little mommy ever since.

Birthday Bike!

F supervises the cutting of her cake. Photo by Little R.

Daycare Bday celebration for F!

Celebrating F's bday in the backyard. Photo by Little R.

Exciting Day! F's bday and school's out for R.
Here R has just finished showing us her art work from the year.

This is O working on R's hair at Coupe Bizzarre

Hair Dresser O is AMAZING!

Finishing the do!

F didn't go to Coupe Bizzarre for this cut. I'm pretty proud of my work with my fancy layering scissors.

F at daycare with educator J and friend S

F and S! Daycare Buddies.

F at the playground.

The rails we travel on through the underground.