Monday, May 08, 2006
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Future Paleontologist at Work?
A father can dream can't he? Besides, if parents can't live vicariously through their children, what's the point of having them. (Other than to help with the housework, see previous post below).
Monday, May 01, 2006
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Bike Riding
When it was suggested this morning that Michaela could bike to the park, she thought we meant her tricycle and excitedly agreed. However, when she first saw that she would be riding on the back of Jonathan's bike, she was not amused. Then, when she learned that she'd have to wear a helmet, she broke into tears. She eventually agreed to being manhandled into a helmet and later into the bikeseat. It was long before she was squealing with delight as Jonathan pedaled as quickly as possible.
At the park
While Cara worked on the cake for Lucas & Suzanne's 10th wedding anniversary party (pictures should be available shortly). Jonathan's job was to take Michaela to the park.
Note: The hardest part about being at the park with Michaela is catching her long enough to get a picture.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Special Time With Grandpa
Spending time down at the lake and trying to feed the birds are two ways Dad and Michaela like to bond. Now whenever Michaela sees a bird she calls them "Grandpa's birds". The other day we took Michaela to the park and she spent a good part of the time running after birds with her hards out trying to get them to eat from her hand.
The Lorax
Mom took this great shot of Michaela. Michaela loves the Dr. Seuss book, "The Lorax". Michaela has so much attitude....I mean...personality! Sticking out her tongue was her new big thing before visiting Grandma and Grandpa, and her new big this since visiting them is gulping air to burp. She's so proud to be able to do this. Mom says they didn't teach her this, but I'm not so sure that Dad didn't have something to do with it!
Starting a Fire
Here's a picture my mom took when they were watching Michaela for us a few weekends ago. Michaela loves helping Grandpa start fires.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Symbiosis
Michaela got up from her nap a little early yesterday because she had to go potty. I thought she was still tired, but she insisted on staying up. Five minutes later I found her collapsed on the couch on top of Newt, sleeping away. It sort of reminded me of when Caitlin or Meghan used to fall asleep on Mosa and Shoshana. Newt didn't seem to mind. Eventually he got tired of it and managed to get up without waking Missie.
Happy Easter!
I made this cake for Rick and Donna's easter dinner. I'm rather pleased with how it turned out so I thought I'd post the picture of it. It's the first time I've ever used "rolled fondant" instead of the traditional "butter-cream icing". It wasn't had hard as I'd feared, and it looked quite nice I think.
Monday, April 17, 2006
A Fun Day!
As a special easter treat we took Missie to see "Ice Age 2" at the movie theater. We had hotdogs for lunch and popcon at the movie. It was so much fun. I case you can't quite read her shirt it says, "Concordia University Princess". I had asked Jon to buy her a Concordia sweat shirt but he bought her this instead. I like his choice better.
Enjoying the Spoils!
Mom and Dad sent a chocolate cat home with us last weekend, to give Michaela for easter. Michaela tore into that thing like it was make of....well....Chocolate. Unfortunately she did it in front of our two cats, who seemed a little nervous of Michaela, as if they were witnessing possible things to come.
The Hunt!
Michaela had her first real easter egg hunt. She seemed a little confused at first, but when she started finding chocolate eggs, she caught on pretty quickly. She would stop every few minutes to shove a few eggs in her mouth, then kept searching.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Big thank you to Rick & Donna
This is a shout-out to Rick and Donna Vann for their contribution of an awesome pantry-shelf-thing. Jon giggled with delight while trying to decide which shelf would major in "soups and broths" and which would specialize in "pasta related side dishes". He went so far as to suggest that it was as if...
"form and function had a baby and this was their baby and we've now adopted it".
Thank you very much Rick and Donna. We can't wait for you to see it in person. ;)
Sleeping on the job
The only real problem with using children as cheap labor is that they lack the stamina to follow things through…
Spring Cleaning Time
Well, spring is in the air and so Jon is getting antsy to begin (the weekly...) spring cleaning. Ever since the beginning of time, people have been having children who's sole purpose is to help clean the home. Here's a picture of Michaela taking a (very) short break from her work.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Maple Syrup
So, this wasn't any ordinary sugaring off. Jon's uncle Gilles actually started the machines going and produced that entire barrel of maple syrup. The whole sugar shack was humid and smelled of delicious maple syrup. We were even able to take home a few jars. It was great.
Poisson D'avril
We went sugaring off on April1st, which is "April fool's Day" in English and "Poisson D'avril" in French. I don't know if it's just Beauceville, or all of Quebec, but appearently it's a tradition to draw fish and try to stick them onto other people's backs without them noticing. The kids amused themselves by coloring dozens of fish, cutting them out and sticking them on people's backs.
Mon Oncle Roger!
Michaela's favorite person there (other then her beloved Grandmaman) was Jon's uncle, Roger. He has this fantastically bushy mustashe and such a great sense of humor. Michaela loved joking around with him.
Making Friends
We all went sugaring off at Jon's uncle Gill's Sugar cabin. All the kids had a blast, and got SOOOO dirty. It was great.
Beauceville!
So, after 10 years, Jonathan and I finally got our butts in gear and took a trip back to Beauceville. This is where Jon's mom, Marthe, grew up, and where most of her family still lives. We went for what turned out to be quite a large family reunion. Marthe has, I think, 6 brothers and sisters, and they have wives, and kids, and grandkids! I had a really hard time keeping track of everyone, but it was fun to get reaquainted with Jon's family. Michaela has only 2 cousins (so far) on my side of the family, but at least 12 first cousins, once removed, on Jon's side of the family. Except for three of them who came up from Washinton D.C., all the other kids spoke only French. Somehow they were able to communicate, and they even picked up a few English phrases. It was great for Michaela to meet more of her family.
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Yummy
Michaela really enjoyed watching this caribou eat. I think by the size of the gaps in this fence that this animal is safe to be this close to, at least I hope so.
Feeding Time
We were lucky to be at the Ecomuseum at feeding time for the animals. The otters were thrilled to be fed, and after that we watched the racoons being fed, and the lady let Michaela help, throwing handfuls of food to them.
Meow!
Here's another animal who was much more comfortable with the cold. I've never seen the Lynx out and about before. Yesterday the two of them were prowling around their enclosure putting on quite the show.
Nevermore
This Raven was just as curious of Missie as she was of it. Fortunately Michaela was wearing mittens, or she would only be able to count to 9 for the rest of her life if you know what I mean (The raven was cravin' for some finger to eat).
Enjoying the Cold
Here are two birds who really seemed to be enjoying the recent cold snap. Comparing the picture we took this summer, and the one we took yesterday, I'm sure they're hoping winter will last a little longer.
Brave Little Girl
Here's Michaela holding a snake. She loves snakes, just like her Mom does. Unfortunately we can never own one since we have several friends who have said that they would never visit if we got a snake. Oh well.
The Ecomuseum
Mom and Dad came down for a visit this weekend. We had a great time, and on Saturday we decided to take Michaela to McDonald Farm, like we used to do when we were kids. Unfortunately someone decided that having people just wandering around this McGill run farm gawking at the cows, wasn't such a great idea (Probably something to do with mad bird flu or whatever), so everything was all locked up. So, since we were already in the neighborhood, we decided to go to the Ecomuseum. We took Micah and Meghan there when they visited in September, but we'd never gone in the winter before.
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