It's bedtime!

It's bedtime now and a little late...we just got back from a walk downtown & Drew got the honour of doing the diaper/jammie change tonight, so I'm trying to pull this together quickly--which is easy as it turns out, since we don't seem to have many pictures accumulated!

I think this was the morning of Father's day, when we had pancakes with fruit & whipping cream on the fine china. Gramma & Grampa had just visited & brought Cadence back his booster seat that we had used in Texas, and this nifty cowboy hat. He gets to clean off the wisk after I make whipping cream...looks like he's still waking up here.


Cadence & I gave Drew a red maple tree for father's day; while I cooked supper they managed to dig the hole, plant the tree, & spread mulch around the base. Here they are watering it together. Nice.


This is Cadence talking to Nana on the phone one night after supper. He's becoming more & more of a phone chatter, & generally prefers when it's not put on speaker phone. I guess even little people like their privacy!


Phew...made it, and there are a few over-tired type sounds coming from upstairs but nowhere near what I had expected...Drew is amazingly good at getting Cadence on board with anything. Goodnight!

More singing

By request, here's another "song" from Cadence when we were on vacation in Texas. Watch as he tries to hit the low notes!

Cadence sings Ol'McDonald while playing keyboard

Cadence and I hung out yesterday while Amanda was at band practice. Maybe he can join the band after seeing this video audition!

Yes we're still here...

It's been a crazy time lately--work, sleep, coughs & colds, daycare, trying to dig in the garden...but we're hanging in. I took the afternoon off today to have some quiet time to catch up on things, including a much overdue blog post. Hope everyone's well!

A bit leftover from our trip to Quebec. Our last morning there, Drew was in the restaurant while Cadence & I played outside (restaurants in Quebec are for the most part not entirely welcoming of energetic toddlers). A nun stopped by to complement Cadence.


After our big trip to Texas, and then the to Quebec, Cadence quickly became an airport & travel pro.


At home, we're settling in for a nice summer. We went to our first yard sale last weekend and we (I) scored big with a Thomas the Tank Engine train set. It's quite involved in its assembly and this actually only shows half of it--there's a big roadway system that interconnects with the railroad but I wasn't that ambitious. I spent about an hour that afternoon trying to set up the train set despite Mr. Godzilla's constant dismantling, then gave up right at the end, having decided it was just too old an activity for Cadence at this point. But then, in comes the battery-toting daddy, and the train set was an instant hit (and guess who got all the glory for that one!?) I'm exaggerating. It's put away now, maybe to resurface during the long winter.


We had a number of friends come by for a visit a couple of weekends ago--was fabulous to see Jasmine & Kaarina on their way through to KL, and our old neighbour Tony came by for a couple of days to help Drew out on a project. I teased him about it, but am very glad that Drew had us all sit & pose for a pic on the couch.


Helpful as usual, Cadence is great when it comes to doing dishes. His job is to rinse, and put them in the rack--which he actually does quite well, plus it's more fun with two!



With a fruit smoothie beard. Another moment when he really looked like his papa.


On our drive back from the Rouyn airport, we saw the most amazing double rainbow, and could even see it to the ground at both ends. The picture doesn't begin to do it justice. Anyways--this rainbow's for nana, who's embarking on a hard journey today. We're thinking of you!!