May 31st 2008

Getting caught back up on our adventures so far. On May 31st we went to the Toronto Zoo and had a grand old time! Aren't the little people too cute? Notice the big green zoo stroller? Our second mishap with forgetting the stroller which led to a note posted by the door as a courtesy reminder to remember the stroller! Doesn't Young Master look a little like Steve Irwin? "Crikey!"

May 24 2008

We went to the Beaches area by Lake Ontario.

Master Loved throwing rocks. A favorite past time, hobby or obsession fulfilled!
Note: He picked that stunning ensemble he was wearing that day!!!

Stuntwoman loved visiting with doggies and
wandering away fromMomma!

We forgot the double stroller and thusly developed our arm muscles and patience that day!
What a pretty view!

Victoria Day Weekend May 17-19

Hooray for Holidays! We went to Niagra Falls and had a lovely time. Master was very impressed with the view of the falls from our hotel window and kept calling it a big water slide!

May 3 and May 10 2008

Looks like on the 3rd we only video taped but we went to the Ontario Science Center. It was lots of fun and had a lot of hands on stuff for the kiddos. We barely saw anything else other than the kids section.

On the 10th We went to the CN Tower.

Young Master went crazy for the Elevator!

Where does the time go?

Here it is the end of August and I have not posted anything all month. We had a busy month. At the start of the month for one week we went to Mont Tremblant, Quebec City and Montreal. Then we came back and got ready for TEXAS!!!! We just got back from spending a week at home in our beloved Austin. Hooray for tex-mex and home sweet home. Getting back here was nice too and I have to confess it is starting to feel like home here as well. Over the next little bit I plan to catch up on all our sightseeing in order of occurrence. If not to share but also just to remember all we have seen and done since moving here. Better late than never.

Oh, one more thing to mention Football Man has a great talent for making home slide shows that are posted on you tube. If you'd like to check them out search for you tube and then when you get to that site search for googanaba. He's pretty proud of the work and loves to share!

Stuntwoman

So it is only fair if brother gets a post then sister needs one too! I love her serious concentration on the upside down book! Stuntwoman loves to read, loves furry red monsters (aka - Elmo and she learned his name all on her own!) and she also loves her teddy bear! I'll post more pictures of her favorite things in the near future. So why the nickname stuntwoman you ask, well let me tell you she runs and climbs everywhere! If she were a video game she would have used three of her nine lives by now and she is either going to be a contestant or the next hostess of fear factor! Hah!

The Master

We just finished dosing the Master with antibiotic ear drops for a suspected infection. I had to go with gut instinct and based on previous experience from his first tubes we did not want to take any chances. We are still waiting for our social insurance to start and still do not have a doctor, sigh. Anyhow we were sneaky and did the a.m. drops while he slept, super easy! Evening doses has not neen so easy as we all dread the experience. We found it best to not discuss the need for drops and fuel his anxiety, rather we just ambush him and then give him a couple jelly beans for good participation right after. This never really helps the medicine go down! Speaking of which he just saw Mary Poppins and loved it! Oh, but back to the drops. After one of our next to last evenings we had finished the dose and he was upset as usual. He took the eardrop bottle (the lid was back on) from Daddy and proceeded to give Daddy drops. I'll show you!

By the way the red circle with the line is a lollypop per the artists report!

Home sweet home

Here is our home for the next two years.

If you look to the right of the door you can see our red wagon tucked away under that window!

The doors are actually more a pine green park ranger color. It was nearing evening when I took this photo.

Park

This is the new park we visit quite often in our new hood. It's a short wagon ride just down the street. So far I think we have heard French, russian, italian, spanish, greek, various asian and indian dialects all being spoken there.

Addendum: We heard romanian being spoken as well!

Eh!

Hello there! Belated Happy 4th. Sorry for the delay in posts but little people with tummy bugs and computer snags have interupted previous attempts to do so sooner.

Canada celebrates Canada Day, it's Birthday and independence from England anually on July 1st. So in honor of this more discussion on Canada.

If you've been around a local kanuck long enough you'll hear them say, "eh". What is this figure of speech?

EH = pronounced AY (similar, but not the same as huh) Eh is a useful word that is very important and is the basis of all Canadian communications. It is used in conjunction with other words, or simply by itself. The tone or the slight differences in exclamation also changes the meaning:
Eh? = what did you say?
Eh? = what do you think?
EH? = something to say just to end a sentence.
Ehhhh!! = WOW!!
EH!? = what do you mean?
!!!??EH!! = your joking!!!

Other interesting Canadian terms:-hoser = a good friend..

take off! = you are kidding, no way, fly an airplane.

Toronto = pronounced Trawna.

Lake Ontario = where all sewers drain into.

So if you hear a Canadian talking like this:-Hey..eh..cmon eh hoser! y'know take off!! EH?? umm err well, hey, ok, eh!It's very friendly! ...... and they really DON'T talk like that!