September

It's been almost another whole month with no post. Holy cow!! We do have a bit of an excuse though. While I was on holidays with my dad for a week the computer broke down. We tried to fix it but ended up with a million pieces so we went and bought a new one. This one works a little better...not the best though. Hopefully we can get all my pictures off the old one.

So I had a busy past month. I was gone with my dad for a week. When I came back the pool was too cold to swim in. We got a new solar blanket for it but it's still really cold. So it might be the end of swimming for the year...hope not though. We took a few trips to museums...went to the Experimental Farm and to the Children's Museum. We also went to the St Albert cheese factory with Andy and Nat one day. They have the best ice cream and cheese curds. Yum...I love curds!! Other then that not too much is new.

Last night we went to the Stormont County Fair and got there just in time for the demolitian derby. It was the COOLEST!! Over 3 hours watching cars and mini vans smuck up. So cool!! It was cold and the bleachers were all full so we had to sit on the ground but that meant we even got the flying dirt from the cars coming our way. Cool!! We missed going on the rides and exploring the rest of the fair but it was worth it for the crashed cars.

Oh and when I got back from daddy's my room was finally done!! That's the picture at the top. How cool is that?! I think I have the coolest room ever. Now mommy is working on the bathroom. Right now we don't even have a toilet in there. So silly! I'm going to help her put in the new floor today. I'm a great helper.

That's all for now. Auntie Jodie, Uncle Paul and those two silly dogs are coming to visit on Monday for the week and my very first day of grade 1 is on Tuesday. I'm excited!!

First tooth out!!

I have BIG NEWS!! I lost my first tooth!! I am so excited and proud. I'm turning into a big boy! I'm all ready to start grade one now. My tooth first became loose back in early June so it's been that way for a good 7 weeks now. It was time to come out! So last night we went into Tony's mom's house for some dinner. I ate a bunch of bread and then started pulling on my tooth. At first it started to bleed so I got scared and then I just wanted mommy to pull it out and get rid of it. So she did. I was so surprised to see it in mommy's hand. The blood was icky and it hurt but it was worth it! I think I'll keep my other tooth that's loose for awhile yet though. I couldn't decide what to do though...I wanted to keep my tooth but I still wanted the tooth fairy to visit. So I went to bed to think about it...fell asleep and this morning I woke up to a note from the tooth fairy and a loonie. She said she came looking for my tooth but couldn't find it but her back of money was heavy so she left a loonie. She asked me to leave my next one for her though. We'll see...

So that's my big excitement!!

Other then that we've had a pretty great week. On Sunday we all headed out to the Chesterville Fair. It was blast!! I went on a bunch of rides and we watched the tractor pull for ages. It was great! Then on Monday was mommy's birthday so Tony and I got up early and made her breakfast in bed. And I shared it with her. It was so sweet! We had to go into Ottawa to do some errands so we ended up having lunch at Red Lobster...mommy enjoyed it. I got her some very nice presents too...I picked out a beautiful carousel that sings music, the Flicka DVD and an animated race car movie. Pretty nice gifts! That night we had Tony's mom, Domingos, Shilo and Liz over to share in the DQ cake with us. I had a great time playing with Liz. Last night was more fun when we went into town to see the fireworks. We watched it from the balcony of the old Canada and the World Pavilion. They were so nice...and I got to stay up really late.

We've been having fun at home too. I've been swimming in the pool every day and helping mommy with the flower gardens and just playing outside. I've been going for lots of bike rides and we're working on painting my room. All the primer is done and guess what...it's PINK!! A very bright pink...yuck! And some of the black is done on the doors. Should be done in the next little bit.

I must go now. I'm enjoying playing in the air conditioning since it's so hot outside. Until we go out swimming that is.

Summer holidays

We are home from our holidays in Sault Ste Marie. It was quite the adventure!! We left on Saturday morning but by the time we got packed up it wasn't very early. We stopped in Ottawa for Tim Horton's and then were on the road. On the highway near Logos Land we saw a cool old car show so we stopped there for a walk to see the cars. They were neat! Then we stopped for lunch at Wendy's in North Bay. Then the adventure started...as we were driving through Sturgeon Falls something went wonky on Tony's car and he couldn't shift. So we were stuck...finally got into the parking lot a Mr Gas. Tony tried to fix it but couldn't so we stared walking around the little town looking for a repair shop. The only one that was open was at Canadian Tire but they didn't want to fix it. So we got a motel (and was it ever crummy!) and stayed there for the night. There was nothing to do there though. We went for a few walks and then got some crummy pizza for dinner. In the morning mommy went to Tim's to get us breakfast and a little while later Grandpa arrived. We left the keys in a shops mailbox for Monday and Tucker, mommy and me piled into the back of Grandpa's car. It was a tight squeeze! We stopped at Espanala for some lunch at Wendy's and finally got to the Soo later in the afternoon. What a trip!!

Our week there was good. I got to visit with Papa Pete, Auntie Kim, Grandma, Grandpa, Auntie Jodie and Uncle Paul and those silly dogs Caesar and Lucy. Tucker had a great time playing with Lucy. They're about the same size. We took the dogs to a beach one afternoon, we stayed at camp for a whole bunch of nights going swimming, four wheeling and relaxing and playing. We also visted with great grandma and grandpa dukes. Unfortunately Emma was gone away on vacation again so we didn't get to see her. When we left to go home Grandma drove us back to Sturgeon Falls to pick up the car. It works good now! The rest of our trip home was uneventful and we were home late Friday evening.

Thanks to everyone for a good vacation!

Summer Vacation

Can you believe that July is almost over?? Summer vacation is going by way to fast. I had a good, long holiday with daddy last week and was there for 10 days. Now I get to spent 2.5 weeks with mommy and Tony. This week was spent mostly around home. We got the nice new swing (in the photo) on Sunday so we spent Monday setting that up. It's so nice!! That back garden is a great spot to play. We've been busy painting some more too. We finally got all the ceiling painted and then we decided to put up the ceiling fan from the old apartment in my room (so it's a bit cooler) but firstwe gave it a paintjob. I'm great with the spray paint. So now my fan is black and white to match what my new room will look like. We've got the base paint for my walls now and will start that after our holidays but yesterday and today we painted the doors. And we took off all the doorknobs and electrical covers and have been spray painting them black too. It's going to be so cool!! What else..we've spent almost every morning going for a walk down to the park. Most times there's other neighbourhood kids to play with. A few nights Jacob came over to play but one night he got into trouble with mommy so he hasn't been back. He has a hard time listening. Emily came over and helped us spray paint one afternoon too. So I've had time to play with my neighbourhood friends. It hasn't been very warm to use the pool...we only went in one day and it was so cold!

Yesterday I hung out with Tony for a bit while mommy was at work and then when mom got off we went to McDonald's for lunch and then to the Experimental Farm. It was so much fun! We got to go on the wagon ride and all the animals were really friendly. One calf even tried to eat me.

Guess that's all for now. We were supposed to go to the ATV derby tonight but the rain cancelled those plans. We got 7.5CM of rain today!!! The pool is practically overflowing and the ditches are all flooded. Tomorrow morning we leave for our vacation to the Soo. Oh I almost forgot...the other night we got Chinese food and my fortune was so bang on... "You have an active mind and keen imagination." How true is that?

RCMP Musical Ride

Yesterday was the last day of school. Yahoo!! Summer holidays!! Tony was off so we all went into school for my assembly. We left in plenty of time to get there for 8 but there was construction on the highway and it took us over ONE HOUR to get to school. We got there just as my class was performing the kayak song...so I missed it. Sheesh! But I did get to sing the goodbye song with the grade 1 class and then once we got back to our classroom we did the kayak song again for Tony and mommy. That was pretty special. Tony and mommy stayed for the morning and we played and did some work and then went outside for popsicles. I'm going to miss kindergarten but I'm happy to have the summer off.

It was so hot that as soon as we got home Tony and I went in the pool while mommy made some lunch. Then in the afternoon we went to work inside in the air conditioning. We got my room all cleaned up and then started to paint the ceiling. What a job! We all had paint everywhere. I'm a good helper. We did about half the house yesterday so we'll have to finish the other half today. That is just the primer so then we'll need to use the paint. Hopefully it's not as shiny once we're all done. Then we get to work on painting my walls. Yahoo!

Last night we picked up Lyz and went to the RCMP Musical Ride Sunset Ceremonies. It was soooooo great!! There wasn't that many people there so we got to sit real close. They added some new things this year but they still had to catch a bad guy...and guess who it was...a Maple Leaf fan! I had a ton of fun with Lyz and watching the horses. After the show we got to pet them. It was great!!

I ate McDonald's in the dark on the ride home and then realised that our bedrooms are all messed up when we got home so we all camped out in the guest room. I think Tucker was excited to have company in the basement. I think we'll have to sleep there again tonight.

So today is the first day of holidays!! We got to sleep in a little bit (until the phone rang) and now are just hanging out and playing. We'll do some more painting later and then I get to hang out with Tony tonight while mommy is at work.

Report Cards!

Today was report card day at school. Mommy and Tucker dropped me off this morning and their were only 8 kids in my class today. I think everyone went on summer vacation early. I brought home a folder with work from the year with some VERY nice pictures I drew of myself, Tucker and our old apartment building and our new house. Very nice art!

The best news is I passed kindergarten and am in Grade ONE next year! Woohoo!!! I'm a little nervous about it but I'm sure I'll do great. I worked really hard this year and got a very good report card. Ms Dudar wrote that I have made good progress this year. I have very good social skills and am very kind and happy. I try to do my best but at times I get tired and bring my work home to finish. I like to play with my friends, listen to stories and make up my own stories. I can count to 39 and identify a lot of numbers. I've progressed in my printing skills and really enjoy science. I still need to work on my scissor skills and work with crayons and pencils but my writising has improved. She told me that they're going to miss my humour and caring nature at Vincent Massey. I am going to miss my friends.

So now we're off to register at my new school. Finally!!

Trip to Toronto!

It's been another few weeks since we updated.

This weekend we went for a holiday. Yahoo!! The first one of the summer. On Thursday evening Tony, Mommy and I headed out for Toronto. We took mommy's car an dshe drove...we got there quick! With only one quick stop for Tim's and Wendy's. Not bad at all! There was one accident on the 401 so we got stopped there but was exciting to see all the commotion. When we got to the hotel Auntie Carrie, Uncle Brad, Emma, Auntie Kim and Angela were there. I had so much fun staying up late and visiting that I decided to just sleepover with Emma in her room. I'm lucky!! And from then on we were never seperate. Emma and I are best of friends!!

Friday was Wonderland day. WOW...it's pretty exciting there!! Emma and I didn't really want to ride the same things because I found out I'm not really into rollar coasters and she is. But I went on the trains, airplanes, hot air balloons, bumper cars and all the other kids rides. Emma and I even won the race to the top on the Dora Dune Buggies. We raced the go carts with Uncle Brad and Tony. And we went on sooooooo many rides. I got to play some games but I never won and have some treats. The only bummer was that the water park wasn't open...it was too cold and windy. But we had a great day anyway! We stopped to have dinner at East Side Mario's and then it was back to the hotel for another sleepover. Emma didn't want to sleepover in my room so I just slept in her room...again!! But we stayed up so late chatting and playing.

Yesterday morning was Zoo day. I think I enjoyed the zoo even more then Wonderland. We got one of those big cart things for Emma and me to ride in. Boy was that a good thing...we went a long ways around! I got to see the baby giraffe again! The same one that was just a wee baby when we were there last time about 2 years ago. He was so cute!! I had to take pictures. I just didn't want to leave him so on my way out I got a baby stuffed giraffe to remind me of him. I really LOVED watching the polar bear too. He was swimming like crazy and so neat to watch. We have some good pictures of him too. The orgutangs were really cool too! They had a baby and he was so funny...he was putting the recycle bin on his head. We went to see the dinosaur exhibit, played in the splash park (but it was pretty cold) and mommy and me went on a camel ride. Both of our first times on a camel. That was pretty weird!! But fun! Our camel's name was Eddie. Funny eh? So a great day at the zoo! Then in the evening Emma and I got to ditch our parents and go have fun with Auntie Kim and Uncle Mike. We went to McDonald's and had ANOTHER sleepover in their room. How cool is that?!

This morning we went for breakfast and then had to say goodbye. I really miss Emma and hope I can play with her again soon. On the way home we stopped at Hershey and bought a TON of chocolate. Yummy!! When we got home we stopped to pick up Tucker. He's pretty happy to be home but Jodi took great care of him at her kennels. It was another late night to bed but only 3 more days left of school. That's all for now. Thanks to everyone for a great weekend in Toronto!!