stunned

stunned
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Three very excited kids.

double trouble

double trouble
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My cousin Fred and his family (Jeanette, Q and A) drove up from Boston to visit us during American Thanksgiving. LL had a blast with his cousins during the 4 day visit. For some reason all our pictures of A are blurry. Thanks again for the visit!

LL's movie house

LL's movie house
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Q, A and LL set up a pretend movie house complete with theatre seating and blankets, so we helped out by making some real popcorn.

bad tippers

bad tippers
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On the way to dinner (Arahova)

Q and the mound of meat

Q and the mound of meat
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Forgot to mention to Fred the huge portions at Arahova (Greek restaurant).... Q ate about two french fries from this plate....the rest we had for sandwiches the next day.

pens up close

pens up close
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Taken from behind the cliffs.

from the outside

from the outside
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Went to the Biodome and got a backstage tour from a friend that we met at Alison's during the summer. We got to go right up to the penguins (in the middle of the picture behind the "cliffs") and feed the penguins fish, but we had to be quiet because the area was mic'd for all the outsiders to hear! We were pretty quiet until Q fell back and hit his head on the doorknob.

bus

bus
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On our way downtown to see Santa (no individual picture of LL and Santa on account of tears)

visit from boston

visit from boston
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Jeanette, A, Q, and LL.

bakers

bakers
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In prep for our guests LL and Ann made chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. LL is big on baking.

breakfast

breakfast
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I don't normally make eggs so I was quite proud of this breakfast for LL which I managed not to screw up.

metro

metro
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This morning we decided to take LL down to the Santa Claus parade at the last minute. Our bus driver had to ad lib a route down town so we ended up taking the metro too. LL points out the metro everytime we pass by a sign.

prime seats

prime seats
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This was us watching a scene between some parents who were arguing and shoving while some kid was laying on the ground crying. Nothing like a Christmas tussle to start the holidays. LL sat on my shoulders the whole time- 50 minutes of this is harder than it looks.

parade

parade
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This piqued LL's interest.

ready to go home

ready to go home
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We didn't wait around for the Big Guy since LL was hungry and tired, which was OK by us, no fighting the crowds on transit on the way home.
When we asked LL his favorite part of the parade- he said taking the subway and bus was the best part. Or course.

prodigy

prodigy
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And so it starts....

LL & Chloe

LL & Chloe
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Perfect Halloween - 17° C today! LL and Chloe went to some of the neighbours' doors and then down Waverly for the usual madness. LL was happy to see a couple of firetrucks making their way down the street giving out candy. Bumped into lots of friends from the neighbourhood. Capped it off with some apple pie.