Concentration
Monday, October 06, 2008
too many candles
While my parents were here Maureen et al came from Ottawa and we celebrated her gazillionth birthday
sleepover
A few weeks after Didi was born, LL's friend Chloe came to stay with us while her baby brother was entering into the world. We made it through the night with a few tears but relatively unscathed.
08
A couple of days after Didi was born my parents came out to help out for a couple of weeks. This shot was taken shortly before taking Yeye and Nainai back to the airport.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Twin Elm Road
Made a quick visit to Ottawa for the final review of the Twin Elm Road farmhouse renovation. The project is now substantially complete in terms of the contractor's responsibilities. The owners will now be taking care of the finishing details- particularly on the inside. Perhaps I will pop in later in the the Fall for some interior shots.
big foot
For the benefit of those who have not succumb to Facebook and seen the photos there- here is a photo of our newest family member, Elliott a.k.a. Sasquatch.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Going down
Went from a score of 87 at our old place on Saint-Urbain to a score of 72 at our new address. What's your score?
Sunday, July 27, 2008
centre court
Headed out to see some Roger's Cup action at Jarry Park. LL stole the show at centre court with his mean backhand.
Ana
While I was watching some of the women practice (Sharapova I think) there was a commotion as Ana Ivanovic was being taxied away.
labourers
Ann's parents were in town last weekend. Ann's cousin Barry and family were also here for dinner on the Friday. As Barry pulled up in his car, Ann ran out to meet them and took a tumble down the stairs wrecking her knee. She's ok but still hobbling a bit a week later. Here's LL and gong gong washing the car in the backyard. Unfortunately we had to bail out on the third set of visitors on the weekend since Ann was laid out.
jumper
Testing out the burst mode on the ol' camera. This is LL's favorite part of each lesson...he usually sneaks in a jump or two extra.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
March 29 concert by request
An oldie by popular request. "5324 Saint Urbain Unplugged- the official bootleg".
.....now queue the band
This encore courses through their veins. LL knows this piece as "Baby Einstein".
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Lighting McQueen
This video is a month or two old now but since I'm in the groove of posting videos I thought I'd post it anyways.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The local pool
LL has started his first swimming lessons and it won't take him long (I give him til the end of the week) before he's surpassed the ol' man in swimming skills.
He's been a little resistant to go to lessons but I've been going with him in the evenings so that we can practice. There's LL and another boy who haven't been swimming before, plus three other kids who are very much at ease in the water.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
artiste
Best purchase of the month- a roll of drawing paper from IKEA. LL has been focusing on his artwork everyday- can easily sit there for an hour drawing!
fraisebec
It's that time of year again, time for the annual return to St. Eustache for strawberry picking! Raspberries in a couple more weeks...
strawberry sweatpants
Even though it was sweltering LL refused to remove his beloved Canadiens' colours sweatpants
Thursday, July 03, 2008
LL meets Bob
Took a break from unpacking to head to Ottawa for business and pleasure. Stopped by the Children's museum where they had a Bob the Builder exhibit. LL was too scared to have his photo taken with 'real' Bob.
House swap
A photo from Ali's house swap before my camera battery died (amazingly still charged from our trip to Japan!)
last night
On our last night at the old place- we stopped for Ice Cream at Plus que Parfait and went for a stroll along St- Laurent
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
End of an Era
Today we closed the deal on our home in the Mile End. Tomorrow we close on our new home. 5 years on Saint Urbain and we will miss this old block but are looking forward to moving in to our new neighbourhood. I plan on sending a change of address message soon but I'm pretty sure my address book is out of date. Anyways, in case you don't get a message in your email- we're no longer here. More from our new home next week.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Cameron Ave Project
Here is a photo of a completed renovation/ addition project on Cameron Ave in Ottawa - taken a couple of months ago.
STAI project underway
One of our recent projects undergoing partial demolition on the outskirts of Ottawa. This shot was taken a few weeks ago. There were some nasty structural surprises revealed during demolition but that seems to be par for the course with renovation jobs. Should be heading back there in the next week or so to have another look.
Spectacle 2
Chip off the old block. LL's garderie had their year end Peter Pan spectacle last Friday. LL did very well .... significant improvement from last year's impersonation of a statue. The highlight this year was his rendition of "Comme un arc-en-ciel!" Bravo!!
Street urchins
F1 weekend has come and gone- we took LL down for the open house day so that he could see the crews working on the race cars.
Ain't no Honda Civic
One of LL's favorite parts of the movie Cars is when Guido and Luigi get to see "a real Michael Schumacher Ferrari!" LL's reaction was more subdued.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Itching to go
We got a "new" bike for LL off of Cragislist for $20 bucks, but the real find was a Cars helmet from Zellers which means no fighting with LL trying to get him to wear a helmet. Unfortunately it's raining all weekend, but we did manage to go for 6 laps around the block during a break from the rain.
Sumo sized armchair
Our newest Craigslist purchase which is currently sitting in the middle of our living room. Very very comfy- thanks Jennifer ! And thanks to Andy for helping us move the beast!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Spring cleaning roof 1
Had a nice sunny weekend so we headed up to the roof terrace for the first time this spring. I was cleaning up some of the construction debris that was still floating around- while LL helped make a tool rack (to the right of Ann).
May 12, 2008-2
Chloe's parents had a condo meeting so they dropped her off at our place for dinner. Ann made a tempura-like fish which these two wolfed down in record time so that they could run off and play. If only all dinners could be like that.
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