47 posts tagged “personal”
The real surprise was the marbles sized hail that came down near the end of the storm. It must have been pretty localized since not everyone I talked to the next day had seen it.
The boys were very excited (as was I) and wanted to go out during the storm and collect some hail. I got them to wait till after the storm died down. I still remember the huge hail we had in Quebec during the mid 1980's and didn't want them pummeled to death.
Donna collected some off the patio shelter for them as anything that had fallen on the ground had melted as it was like 30 degrees Celsius (or 86 degrees Fahrenheit) that day.
Let's just say it's never a good sign when your GPS shows you driving through trees. Thank goodness Aaron was waiting for us out on the road and led us the last little bit to their place. I was staring to get worried that we had taken a wrong turn somewhere.
That afternoon we drove over to my parents campsite (my sister and her family were also there) for an afternoon of swimming and later for dinner. It was a little crazy with seven kids under the age of five but it was still fun to see everyone.
It might look like I took the boys sailing the whole day, but it was really my dad who took them for two of the three races. My Lazer is a little small with an adult and two pre-schoolers.
The boys had fun pushing the snow off the boats and tossing twigs out on to the ice. They really liked demolishing the snowman they helped make.
To not have a few drinks with me this year for my birthday.
I'll be going to Crossroads Bar to see Adam Karch play acoustic this Thursday (March 12th).
And lucky Friday the 13th I'll be going to Scotzy for dinner and drinks.
Of course at this age I can't guarantee what shape I'll be in or how late I'll stay, but I'll be there ;-)
I'm a simple man with simple needs and regular chips is one of them. I'll never understand or enjoy the bizarre flavor combinations that I first saw on trips to the USA. I like szechwan food, but as a chip? Luckily Donna goes in for this kind of stuff so I don't eat many chips since they are all some kind of weirdo flavor.
Probably just them getting rid of surplus from the holidays. Right?
Our biggest and best news of 2008 was our lastest (and last if you were wondering) edition, Annika. People ask what's it like to finally have a girl? It's pretty much the same as a boy at the same age. It's not like she's dating yet. Her brothers adore her and won't leave the poor girl alone.
ET and Carts turned four and two this year respectively. Which is hard to believe they are that old.
Anyone with kids will tell you it's better to keep them active and busy and boy did we ever this past year.
Once more we got our season passes to LaRonde and easily got our money's worth from it. Donna being pregnant sat our the rides but ET was tall enough this year to go on all the kiddie rides himself. That left me able to sit with Carts.
We also made it up to Bark Lake a few times this summer. Not as much as I would have liked to but with gas the price it was I'm not complaining. There was even some nice weather and my sister Kimberly and her family came one weekend. So all the little cousins could play at the lake together. I didn't get to go sailing for one reason or another (mostly rain) this year but there's always next season.
When also went to the Caban au Sucre, the Biodome, met Dora and Diego, saw Arthur l'Aventurier and the animals at Granby Zoo (which I only now discovered I never posted about), Lake George, Thursday car nights and an insane number of birthday parties.
The boys really enjoyed the holidays this past year as you would expect.
ET knows that Easter is just around the corner from Christmas, which is really cute but can also wear on your nerves.
On Saint-Jean we went to the local train museum with my parents, but Donna had to work as she deals with Toronto and they were still open. For Canada Day we watched fire works and the kids played, I was even interviewed by Ronald McDonald. ET even tried out some rock climbing. Labour Day saw us visiting friends in the Eastern Townships but only for the day.
We were also really lucky that a number of my family from out of town were able to attend ET's 4th birthday party.
After shoveling and playing outside we went inside to assemble the Gingerbread House kit from Create A Treat. The boys and when I say boys I mean ET have been asking to make it for a week already so they were pretty excited.
Even without watching the video I think I did a good job putting it together. But the main test is to see how long it stays together before collapsing.
Donna helped them finish as I was tired from shoveling earlier and needed a break. I think they did a great job!
Donna bought me this ring before we were married but after we had one kid. Lets just say I'm not as tiny as I once was. Plus the ring was probably a size too small then.
So I finally got around to get it cut off and let me tell you I got my money's worth from the guy. He used two different pliers and the hacksaw (in the video).
Downsizing yet another box of stuff I came across some old photos. Most were doubles or have been scanned but a few I can't remember seeing in decades or at all. As one who has always enjoyed taking photos to find some new ones was a real treat.
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