Ollie, Ollie

We took a trip to the bird store to visit Ollie, the owner's macaw. He's beautiful.






Doug swears he heard him cackle after startling us. Didn't catch it on video though. I knew macaw's were smart, but I hadn't reckoned on a wicked sense of humour.

Jump!!

Emma loves to jump and climb and bounce. She'll jump from practically anything.

Trips around

In September we went to the amusement park. Emma had fun on the carousel. Will have to go back next year.

First Trip to the Salon

Took Emma to my hairdresser last month for her first 'real' hair cut. She was very serious about it all, kept looking all over the place. Made it a challenge to cut her hair. Of course having mom hovering around with the camera didn't help either.

Fallen Angel

This year we went to a halloween costume party at the sailing club. Doug was an angel (no one believed it). Didn't take many trips to the bar to get his wings drooping. I knew it was trouble when his halo slipped!

Trick or Treat!

Emma helped pick out a pumpkin and was all excited about making a scary jack-o-lantern. This is about as close as she got to helping though. When she found out you had to reach your hand in and scrape out the yucky guts it suddenly became mom's job. In some ways she is soooo her father's daughter.



We went out trick-or-treating with Batman and his mom. Once Emma got the hang of it she was running from house to house. Too cute.

Here kitty kitty!

Emma went to a birthday party last weekend where there was a woman doing face painting and a magic show. It was the best face painting I've seen. Emma was quite a beautiful pink kitty...



I overheard Emma and Alex having quite a serious conversation:
Emma: "I'm a kitty."
Alex: "I'm Batman."

Ah well, made me giggle.



Pink Kitty was quite focused on painting her helicopter.

The Artist

Emma loves doing arty stuff.

Here she is decorating the hall wall.



Drawing on Daddy's birthday card.



An installation piece in the front hall. Yes, that is her sandal.

Thank you Uncle Joe

Joe gave us a gorgeous red glass bowl for Christmas a few years ago. We finally had a chance to display it. Leo has discovered that it is a wonderful place for a nap.

A genetics question

How do two straight-haired parents have a kid with a head of curls?

... and into July

July 1st sparklers.



July started with Emma's first trip to the dentist.



She was so good she got TWO prizes!



What else do you do when it's too hot to move?



Cooking with Grandma Reggie.



The birthday party years have started.



Daddy's are for being silly with.

The Big 3!

Happy Birthday Emma!

For Emma's birthday we went for dinner 'at the restaurant'. Her request. Emma is well known there, as Doug pointed out, they've known her since she was a bump. :)











At home she had time to play with her new train set.



And speak to Aunty Chantale.

Ottawa in June

We went for a short vacation in Ottawa to go to a family party.

We took the train,









Visited the locks, and the resident ground hogs.









and hung around Sparks Street.





Here are all the second generation cousins.

June

June is always a busy month for us. This year it seemed extra busy. It started with a visit from Grandma Pam and Grampa.

They brought gifts from family. Thank you Aunty Amy! The outfit is gorgeous.



Hanging out with Gramps and Dad.



While they were here we celebrated Daddy's 40th birthday.





Birthday kisses.



It took three tries but we finally got out for a sail.

Learnin' to ride

We got Emma a trike for Easter. She's been slow to take it up but is now getting the hang of it. She really likes to go for a walk up and down the sidewalk.

Here's her first try at it.