I was reminiscing today about Almost Live...anyone with me? Saturday nights right before SNL...classic stuff...
It may be best known for being where Bill Nye the Science Guy got his start, buy here are a few faves of mine from YouTube...
The High-Five'n White Guys...Downtown Adventure
The High-Five'n White Guys...In Canada
The Lame List, or, What's Weak This Week
...and perhaps my favorite, Mind Your Manners, with Billy Quan...
This episode: 8-Ball of Fury
Grandma and Grandpa are in town for a couple of weeks...Katherine has adjusted nicely!
It was soon time to head to the pumpkin patch to make our selections...turns out Katherine needed some help...
We had an early snow storm the other day, enough for Katherine and Grandpa to make a new friend to play with in the back yard.
The results of our pumpkin-carving efforts...
Our little princess...
We weren't sure what Katherine was going to think about trick-or-treating, but it turns out the idea of "dressing up all pretty and canvassing neighbour's houses for candy" is one that 2-year-olds catch on to rather quickly...whoda thunk it?!
The fruits of her hard work...
Needless to say that the next week or two will be one long exercise in self-discipline...both for Katherine and Daddy!
We took a week off over Canadian Thanksgiving to go for a road trip down to the Washington, DC area where these guys live.
We split the drive down into two days, leaving the Friday afternoon of the long weekend to try and beat the border traffic, and stopping in Scranton, Pennsylvania overnight. Katherine likes hotels and having a double bed to herself.
A sample of the fine appointments awaiting us...I must admit the experience was enhanced...
The kids had no trouble catching up, although Katherine needed to adjust slightly to sharing a little more, but it was no biggie...
A shot of the three of us just inside the Baltimore Aquarium.
Luckily this guy (or girl?) was lurking on the other side of the glass...
...and here were are awaiting the dolphin show...
I also discovered, after we had already made our plans to make the trip, that the Canucks were in Washington at the same time we were...fitting occasion for Katherine's first NHL game...
It was also pretty cool to check out Alexander Overchkin et al. and also just to check out a game in a US market. The atmosphere was much more boisterous than many of the Sens games I have been to in recent years, which I think says something....at least about the relatively conservative city of Ottawa.
Anyway, as you will see, the weather was absolutely beautiful the entire time we were there...between 25 and 30 degrees. Katherine enjoyed running around the "mall" area downtown that most of the sights are dotted around.
The Capitol Building was among the more impressive sights...
Stop for lunch to get fed and watered...
The Washington Monument was, in my opinion, not one of the more impressive, but we didn't go up it...
...makes for a few good pictures, though...
The Lincoln Memorial was among the more impressive sights, in my opinion...
...the World War II Memorial was the other...
We had to stop for a treat on the way back to the car...Katherine was a great little traveller...
Here's Baby's First Pic...October 28, 2008
See any resemblence to Katherine's from about 3 years ago?
Yes, it's what you think it is...the picture was Ian's idea.
Katherine's thoughts...
So there you go.
Our good friends Ryan and Shannon sent Katherine (and us) a gift for her second birthday back in June...passes for everyone to go check out the Papanack Animal Park Zoo and we finally got around to going to check it out.
Actually, we had tried once before, but it turned out that the weather forecast for Barrhaven (south Ottawa) and Rockland (just east of Ottawa) were VERY different...we were rained out the first day we tried.
Anyway, when I got back home I noticed I didn't take too many pictures with Katherine actually in them, but here are few picks highlighting some of the more memorable sights.
Katherine was nervous at first, but still talks about petting the zebras...
Monkey island was cool...these guys can really fling themselves around.
The big cats were great, including this cheetah taking it easy in the sunshine.
Katherine didn't really want to go, but had about this much fun checking out the animals we generally only read about or see cartoon depictions of.
Thanks again to Ryan and Shannon for our fun and memorable day!
For the longest time, Old Dutch potato chips could not be purchased east of Thunder Bay, only the tortilla chips. That changed recently...
Relative to BC, Ontario now sucks much less than before...because of these...
So Katherine is starting "school" with Granny during the day...here's her first crack at printing/handwriting...
Granny said that, when asked what it said, Katherine replied "Hi Baba!"...
Personally, I think it's kinda scary how well she did keeping things on the line...and still can't get used to her holding a pen properly.
Modelling her new dress and hat...
...and another new dress...I think she looks twice her age in this shot.
Night-night time!
We got to play host to Baba and Gramma Liz in August, both so they could hang out with Katherine and so that Ron could teach us about framing and drywall (more on that later).
We got to go for ice cream...
...biking along the canal...
...play in the pool in the backyard...
...and eat freezies.
Fun was had by all...
...including Baba and two of his girls.
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