All the uploaded pics can be viewed here
A few of my favourites :
And now the countdown is on until we move back to Ottawa.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Trip Pics
Thanks for a great visit Mom and Dad. The girls really enjoyed everything.
All the uploaded pics can be viewed here
A few of my favourites :
And now the countdown is on until we move back to Ottawa.
All the uploaded pics can be viewed here
A few of my favourites :
And now the countdown is on until we move back to Ottawa.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Onward to Gr. 1
September '07 - first day of Kindergarten in St. John's
June '08 - Last day of Kindergarten
CONGRATS KAT!!! :)
June '08 - Last day of Kindergarten
CONGRATS KAT!!! :)
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Visitors, Roof, school...
Lots of updates..
First.. the house. As of last Thursday, the roof was up. On Monday of this week, they started the electrical work. The builders are proving time and time again that we picked a good builder to be dealing with when we can't be physically present. They call us with updates. They call us to ask questions. They ask us for opinions - like where we want the rough in for the basement bathroom to be, or if there was any special requests for the electrical. It's probably a rare feeling that you can trust the builders even if you can't see what they are doing.
Next.. Kat's last day of school is tomorrow. The year for her has flown by. She has learned alot of French this past year. She has learned to read. She has been working on her writing skills. And of no surprise, she has made friends with every kid that she has contact with. She had a wonderful teacher, and great class mates, and i'm sure she will miss them all.
And finally.. We got to enjoy the company of my parents last week. They arrived Tuesday night, and stayed here until Sunday morning. They took Kat and Ellie to Bird Rock, and around the closest coast. We went to the Fluvarium, and the Geocentre all together on Saturday. It was alot of fun, and the girls definitely enjoyed it. And even the littlest one, who was held for a max of 10 minutes before we left Ottawa, attached herself to my dad, and was cuddling and playing with him within 20 minutes of "meeting" him. So it went really well. So well that Mommy and Daddy got to enjoy a date night on Saturday night while my parents babysat. :)
No pictures today. No new pics from the builder. Most of the pictures taken last week were on my dad's camera. But i'll take a pic of my big girl on her last day of school tomorrow. And i'll be able to get some of the pics that my dad took on Friday when they are back here.
First.. the house. As of last Thursday, the roof was up. On Monday of this week, they started the electrical work. The builders are proving time and time again that we picked a good builder to be dealing with when we can't be physically present. They call us with updates. They call us to ask questions. They ask us for opinions - like where we want the rough in for the basement bathroom to be, or if there was any special requests for the electrical. It's probably a rare feeling that you can trust the builders even if you can't see what they are doing.
Next.. Kat's last day of school is tomorrow. The year for her has flown by. She has learned alot of French this past year. She has learned to read. She has been working on her writing skills. And of no surprise, she has made friends with every kid that she has contact with. She had a wonderful teacher, and great class mates, and i'm sure she will miss them all.
And finally.. We got to enjoy the company of my parents last week. They arrived Tuesday night, and stayed here until Sunday morning. They took Kat and Ellie to Bird Rock, and around the closest coast. We went to the Fluvarium, and the Geocentre all together on Saturday. It was alot of fun, and the girls definitely enjoyed it. And even the littlest one, who was held for a max of 10 minutes before we left Ottawa, attached herself to my dad, and was cuddling and playing with him within 20 minutes of "meeting" him. So it went really well. So well that Mommy and Daddy got to enjoy a date night on Saturday night while my parents babysat. :)
No pictures today. No new pics from the builder. Most of the pictures taken last week were on my dad's camera. But i'll take a pic of my big girl on her last day of school tomorrow. And i'll be able to get some of the pics that my dad took on Friday when they are back here.
Monday, June 9, 2008
House update
Got a Picture from the builder this morning. And we have a cute little roofless house!!
Sunday, June 8, 2008
CF Day
Best words to describe yesterday - too cool!!!
It was being held at the harbour which makes perfect sense since of course here, they have the Navy.
First we got to tour the ship.
Unfortunately, i didn't get a better shot of the boat because i was balancing Dani on my hip, and Daddy had Kat and Ellie. It was amazing though. A little nerve wracking at times because of the metal stairs that you had to climb and go down to go through the boat.. I would have been nervous doing that with just myself, but having Dani in the sling on my hip and trying to grab for the rails was tough. But very interesting to see all the weapons, and the cockpit (is that what it is called on a ship?), the inflatable boats and all the buttons.
After the boat, we started the tour of all the tents, and trucks that they had on display.
Each of them got to sit in one of the trucks..
Kat - LOVED it!!
Ellie - A little scared, but loved it!
Dani - Wanted out ASAP!!! LOL
The wheels of the next truck was enough to scare them from not getting into the cab. LOL
So there was no way they were getting into the TANK!!
But they got to use a metal detector to hunt for treasure.
Kat found a Button.
Ellie found a coin.
Next tent had the equipment that they use for disarming land mines. They each got to try it on.
Ellie did try it on too, but missed the picture of it.
Next... driving an inflatable boat...
Luckily the military disabled it quite well cause the girls definitely tried to get it going. ;)
And at the very end, a helicopter started showing off in the harbour. It flew low around the boat for at least 10 minutes.
So at the end, we were all frozen, our fingers were a little pink and numb, our pockets were full of freebies, and it was a walk straight uphill to the car, but we all had a blast, and Kat is even more sure that she wants to become a soldier when she grows up. Lots of fun. :)
The pics, and a few more can be seen here
It was being held at the harbour which makes perfect sense since of course here, they have the Navy.
First we got to tour the ship.
Unfortunately, i didn't get a better shot of the boat because i was balancing Dani on my hip, and Daddy had Kat and Ellie. It was amazing though. A little nerve wracking at times because of the metal stairs that you had to climb and go down to go through the boat.. I would have been nervous doing that with just myself, but having Dani in the sling on my hip and trying to grab for the rails was tough. But very interesting to see all the weapons, and the cockpit (is that what it is called on a ship?), the inflatable boats and all the buttons.
After the boat, we started the tour of all the tents, and trucks that they had on display.
Each of them got to sit in one of the trucks..
Kat - LOVED it!!
Ellie - A little scared, but loved it!
Dani - Wanted out ASAP!!! LOLThe wheels of the next truck was enough to scare them from not getting into the cab. LOL
So there was no way they were getting into the TANK!!
But they got to use a metal detector to hunt for treasure.
Kat found a Button.
Ellie found a coin.Next tent had the equipment that they use for disarming land mines. They each got to try it on.
Ellie did try it on too, but missed the picture of it.Next... driving an inflatable boat...
Luckily the military disabled it quite well cause the girls definitely tried to get it going. ;)
And at the very end, a helicopter started showing off in the harbour. It flew low around the boat for at least 10 minutes.
So at the end, we were all frozen, our fingers were a little pink and numb, our pockets were full of freebies, and it was a walk straight uphill to the car, but we all had a blast, and Kat is even more sure that she wants to become a soldier when she grows up. Lots of fun. :)
The pics, and a few more can be seen here
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