Katherine (and the rest of us) are very much looking forward to...

Yes, it's what you think it is...the picture was Ian's idea.

Katherine's thoughts...


So there you go.

Off to the zoo...

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!

OLD DUTCH POTATO CHIPS ARE NOW FOR SALE IN ONTARIO

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...

Coming along nicely...

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.

A few more classics...

Modelling her new dress and hat...


...and another new dress...I think she looks twice her age in this shot.


Night-night time!

Baba and Gramma

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.

Back up and running (sorta)

So our modem crapped out...couldn't handle checking e-mail, most of the time. While it's in the shop, I've resurrected my old one, so here we go.

Here's a beauty to start off with...that's my little girl.


I wish I could sleep like this...


The bubble-beard gets me every time...


She loves the water...sometimes swimming in it, too...


Ain't she real purty?


Here's a video of her discovering her new bike (still at the old house)...a birthday gift from Baba...