It's finally here, the night before the big departure for....
HAWAII!!!
I am off for 10 glorious days with my BFF... no kids, no husband! I am almost giddy!
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Alexia's Is growing up!
It was a big day today for Alexia. In the morning, we took apart her toddler bed and introduced the big girl bed. Nothing exciting for her as she has been in a big girl bed at the cottage for quite some time. What was exciting was building the Ikea bed! She loved using that little tool they give you to build almost everything!
Here she is hard at work.
And now showing us the final results.
Today was also Alexia's first day at school, her second year at pre-school. She just loves going there and is thrilled to finally be back. Hope you have a good year Alexia!
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Gotcha Day Part 2
First order of the long weekend was to properly celebrate Alexia's Gotcha Day. We were invited for dinner at our friends' cottage so we brought champagne for big people and non-alcoholic champagne for little eople. And we celebrated! We finally got our family picture taken so here it is!
This little girl really knows how to brighten up even the dullest of days!
And here's Gord with his last catch of the summer. Good thing cuz we had nothing to eat!
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Alexia's Gotcha Day and a Curve ball!
September 2nd, 2007. Three years ago. The day we became a family of four. What can I say but that it was one of the best days of our lives! This sweet little bunde of joy by the name of Guang Yun Xia joined our family. Her big job was to make Cara-Li a Big Sister and that is exactly what she has done. Alexia has brought much joy and liveliness into our house ( perhaps too much at times!) and has really kept us all on our toes!
Alexia, thank you for being you, for being a part of our family, for loving us all too death and best of all, for let us love you! We love you, Xia Xia!
Now here's the curve ball. As every year, we always plan a very special dinner at a Chinese restaurant on this day. And the Gotcha Girl gets to pick it. Alexia picked the purple restaurant (you guess it, the restaurant is purple!). And this is my favorite day of the year so I was in an extremely great mood that morning until...
I got a call from Cara-Li's school. Aparently she had fallen in gym class and hurt her foot. So I didn't ask too many questions. I just rushed down there thinking that she had a sprain. What I found out upon arrival was that the nurse actually thought it was broken. I wasn't prepared to take her to the hospital as I had to return to work. So I brought her with me and fed her while waiting for Dad to show up. After spending app. 6 hours at the ER, Cara-Li arrived home with a cast! They're not sure if it is broken but decided to err on the safe side. So off we went to get her crutches and get her used to them before her return to school. But, what a sport she was! She still wanted to go out for dinner to celebrate her sister's Gotcha Day. What a great gal! And this eevnt will explain the lack of family pictures on Alexia's big day. Will make it up to her somehow.
Alexia, thank you for being you, for being a part of our family, for loving us all too death and best of all, for let us love you! We love you, Xia Xia!
3 years ago - 2007
Today - 2010
Now here's the curve ball. As every year, we always plan a very special dinner at a Chinese restaurant on this day. And the Gotcha Girl gets to pick it. Alexia picked the purple restaurant (you guess it, the restaurant is purple!). And this is my favorite day of the year so I was in an extremely great mood that morning until...
I got a call from Cara-Li's school. Aparently she had fallen in gym class and hurt her foot. So I didn't ask too many questions. I just rushed down there thinking that she had a sprain. What I found out upon arrival was that the nurse actually thought it was broken. I wasn't prepared to take her to the hospital as I had to return to work. So I brought her with me and fed her while waiting for Dad to show up. After spending app. 6 hours at the ER, Cara-Li arrived home with a cast! They're not sure if it is broken but decided to err on the safe side. So off we went to get her crutches and get her used to them before her return to school. But, what a sport she was! She still wanted to go out for dinner to celebrate her sister's Gotcha Day. What a great gal! And this eevnt will explain the lack of family pictures on Alexia's big day. Will make it up to her somehow.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
August in Review
What can I say? August is already over and not one blog entry. Pathetic! So, for posterity purposes, I will resume the month in bullet form (with pictures of course!).
Every year, we have what we call Fun Day at the cottage. This year's theme was 'Toga Party'. So, off came the white sheets from the bed bright and early on that Saturday morning and 4 togs were created. We paraded around the lake for about an hour and then a hot dog lunch was served at a Director's cottage.
And then there's 'Pep Day'. Don't ask how this day got it's name. Our dear friends invite their entire family for a day at the lake followed by a lovely dinner. Not sure why we are invited. Guess we are considered family!
Then we attended my annual Italian Picnic that I help organize feeding app. 200 people spaghetti in the park! Yup... that's always fun!
We also managed to squeeze in a week's vacation at the cottage for some serious R & R. Time spent at the cottage really does recharge those batteries!
And then some of those quiet days are followed by some pretty eventful evenings. This one particular evening, 'The Pizza Party'. Basically, the entire lake is invited to this shindig where we all make our pizzas and bake them in the outdoor pizza oven. Yummy!
And with cottaging comes lots of arts and crafts. Can you guess which one is Cara-Li's and which one is Alexia's?
August also always brings our annual Chinese Reunion, this time Alexia's third. And what a spot! Wonderful place! We rented 2 condos with 5 bedrooms each so space was not an issue. It was on a beautiful lake with an semi-olympic size indoor pool complete with saunas etc. A little bit for everyone.
Large living area to accomadate all 28 of us!
No trip would be complete without a repair of sorts.
The boys' version of the story...
... and the girl's version of the story!
Fishing tales.
How many men doews it take to BBQ?
Answer: All of them!
The Big Girls' table.
The Little Girls' table.
And the Big People table.
Come on guys! It's time to have some marshmellows!
The traditional family picture.
And no trip would be complete without a picture of all the wonderful little girls!
See you all next year!
Summer also brings camp. Cara-Li did 5 weeks at the Montreal-West Day Camp but then decided to run away and join the circus! That's right... she and her friend SQ went to Circus Camp for 2 weeks. They had a fab time together!
For a change, we decided to have our friends V & J with their daughters SQ & NJ along with N & S with their daughter M and new son T for a summer visit at the cottage. Unfortunately, the weather sucked and no fun was had outside. Lots of fun was had inside though!
Despite the cold, the kids did play by the lake a little.
A little coffee-table dance never did hurt anyone, right?
There is always one day of the summer that somehow sticks in your head. For me, it was the last Sunday before the start of school. It was the most stupendous day, not a cloud in the sky and it just seemed that life could not get any better that this!
Inevitably, the first day of school does come around. But Cara-Li seemed to fall right into the groove of things.
So there you have it. See you in September!
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