Toxic James came home about a month ago with a new paint job and brought a couple of his buddies from China (free gift). I wonder what happened to people who returned more than one train.... do they get multiple free gifts? Maybe cousin Jakie can shed some light on this.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
toxic synovitis
LL woke up from his Sunday afternoon nap unable to walk. So Monday I took him to see his paediatrician who then suggested I take him to Children's Emerg to get X-rays. He figured LL had toxic synovitis (which is also what my dad and Jasmine figured). After several hours waiting at Emerg, Ann called and suggested we give it another day. Anyways, today is Wednesday and he is back at garderie (though with still a bit of a limp). Anyways, sure beats the 3 days of crawling and being carried around all over the place. (Lil' dude is getting heavy.)
aruuuuugula
This picture (under a mix of flourescent and incandescent lights) doesn't really do it justice, but all the same it was delicious!
spiral tunnel
Upon returning from Canmore a few weeks ago, LL drew this picture of Spiral Tunnel which he saw with Ann and my parents. Obviously it made quite an impression to see 200+ train cars sprialling through.
Saturday, September 08, 2007
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
grandparents
Ann took LL out west for a couple of weeks in August while I stayed home to do some work. First week was in Medicine Hat and then a week in Canmore with my parents.... no photos from Canmore until my parents figure out how to burn them onto a CD.
Cityside August 18 , 2007
After a bit of a hiatus "Spot the Chow" is back courtesy of our Medicine Hat corrsepondants.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Golden Ave residence
Just got back from a couple of days in Ottawa, reviewing projects with my partner, Grant. Here is a photo of our first project nearing completion.
main course
Just took this photo of my lunch as proof that I am eating my veggies while Ann is away..... never mind that this lunch was served at 2:30 in the afternoon.
pachelbel
Last week J came to visit while on his way to PEI. Here he is showing LL the finer points of Canon in D.
shoulderlength
Ann and LL have gone to Alberta to visit the grandparents in Medicine Hat and Canmore. Before she left she got a nice new haircut (Yay!)
Monday, August 06, 2007
three little monkeys
It was a long weekend for everyone outside of Quebec so Grant and Michelle brought their kids N and W much to LL's delight. We picked up some smoked salmon from New Victoria (Victoria and Linton) which our friend Jennifer first introduced us to a number of years ago. I will have to remember to get some more when the parents come to town next, because this is some of the best smoked salmon we've ever had. Grant et al. arrived in time for lunch so we had fresh St. Viateur bagels with smoked salmon and then headed to the water park while LL napped. Luckily the humidity broke and Sunday was not so unbearably hot. After dinner (see next photo) we headed out for Ice Cream on St. Viateur. For whatever reason the Ice Cream place was closed (again) so we headed down to Fairmount for Gelato.
biodome
Today there were severe thundershowers so we headed to the Biodome with the kids and packed a little lunch. After that Grant and co. headed back to Ottawa. Thanks for the visit guys!
bejeesus
I was leaning on the railing taking photos of some monkeys off in the distance when two monkeys came scurrying down the length of the railing and over my arm scaring the bejeesus out of me. Here's one of them.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Christina's Tour of Courage
Christina is taking part in the BC Cancer Foundation Tour of Courage this September- if you'd like to support Christina please follow this link
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Stewart + Tsai Architects Inc.
For all you Albertans needing an Architect please note that Stewart + Tsai Architects Inc. is now registered in Alberta! Please stay tuned for updates.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
LL and J
Our friends Johanne and J sent us this photo from their chance encounter with LL's daycare at the park this morning. Thanks for the great photo Johanne- I love their expressions!
Monday, July 30, 2007
Oka
On the weekend Ann organized a camping trip just outside of Montreal (Oka). It was faaaantastic. Nice beach (packed with people) with soft sand (gently sloping), a quiet camping spot a short walk to the beach, and no mosquitoes! (The no mosquito thing sealed the deal for me.) We left a couple of items in our kitchen (coleman stove and bread) but managed to find an Amway matchbook in our car (perhaps left from the car's original owners- Care to confirm that SAHM?). On our way home- stopped to pick up some local corn, raspberries, strawberries, pie and good ol' Tim's. Decided to pass on the cheese on this trip. Anyways, looking forward to another trip there soon!
ps. If you go to Oka, be warned that strangers that you strike up conversations with will inevitably leave their 2-year olds with you to watch over. This seemed to happen each time we went down to the beach. The first time, the dad was at least somewhere on the beach. The second time a mom decided to go back to her campsite. Of course after a few minutes her little boy began to wonder where his family was so I ended up carrying him off the beach, across the parking lot and to the campsites.
ps. If you go to Oka, be warned that strangers that you strike up conversations with will inevitably leave their 2-year olds with you to watch over. This seemed to happen each time we went down to the beach. The first time, the dad was at least somewhere on the beach. The second time a mom decided to go back to her campsite. Of course after a few minutes her little boy began to wonder where his family was so I ended up carrying him off the beach, across the parking lot and to the campsites.
slurp
The first night it took an hour and a half to boil our water on the open fire so the next morning we settled for just "hot" water and ramen for breakfast.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
good
Last week we went back to the farm in St. Eustache to pick raspberries (3 baskets) which only lasted us 2 days before they were all gone. This weekend we cheated and went to Jean Talon market and bought some more. We had lots of fun at JT Market eating our way from stall to stall.
baaaaaaaaaaad
Believe it or not, it was Ann who picked this winner out..... It ranks up there with the "Beef and gravy" chips I once bought from the vending machine while working at Gustavson Wylie.
Saturday, July 07, 2007
marshmallows
Just returned from a week of holidays up in the Laurentians....here are some photos in no particular order from the past couple of weeks. More photos on flickr...
canada day
Happy belated Canada Day...it's like the high holidays in Quebec at this time of year with SJB, Canada Day and construction holidays occuring within weeks of each other.
55
Last week we welcomed Holden Jasmine and Kai back to Montreal, while Jas attended a conference downtown. We had a great week with them , and LL had a lot of fun playing trains with Kai. Here we are waiting for good old #55 to take us downtown.
jazz fest
Went down to catch the opening of Jazz Fest (with Holden, Jas and Kai), for the first time since we first moved to Montreal.
day one cottage
Ann found a great cottage (on Craigslist of course) to rent in St-Aldophe d'Howard, 1 hour from Montreal. Spent a week there including a few days with Kai and family. Spent a lot of time at the beach, daily trips to Tim Horton's and watched many many movies.
parc mt. tremblant 5
After Kai et al left we headed to Parc Mt. Tremblant for a rainy day set of hikes.
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