The Electric Co.

The summer is rolling by ... kindergarten for Lily is but four weeks away! We are falling down on blog duties in this ridiculous heat and we only have a couple of pictures to share this week. That, however, does not mean that it was not a busy week around here.

Let's recap ...

Monday - I can't remember what we did. I think it was a normal school day.

Tuesday - A school day plus a night at the pool. With Casey, Tracy and Kelly.

Wednesday - A normal school day plus dinner out with the family.

Thursday - School plus dinner with Grandpa Maurice and Grandma Phyllis.

Friday - A half day at school, lot's of pool time - including a no cook Friday night. Lily started jumping off the diving board on Friday. All by herself and swimming all the way to the edge. It is fantastic - she is officially entered fishdom. It was quite hot so the pool was great (it was still 93 degrees at 11 pm on Friday).

Saturday - T-ball played in a microwave oven. The field must have been a 100 degrees plus humidity but the kids stayed hydrated and had a great time. We finished off Saturday night with dinner with friends Andy and Jenn and then ice cream.

Sunday - Marcy and I went for a bike ride and Grandpa Maurice came over to visit and take the kids to breakfast. Everyone had a great time out and about. The afternoon was spent at the pool Lily's classmate Pierce belongs to. Lily continued her diving board jumping and Jack started his diving career - he leapt off three times to Marcy who was waiting to catch him. Lot's of excitement.

At the end of the day we had a mammoth storm that has knocked out power everywhere. Most of our neighbors, my work, the kids' school and the rest of the county is without power - about 2/3 of the area. Still. 30 hours later. They are saying that some will not get power back until Wednesday. Grandma Phyllis and Grandpa Maurice are without power and are roughing it a hotel. It is quite something around here!

Anyway that is all ... until Marcy reads this and adds in what I left out! :)


Lily decided that it was Julie's birthday on Saturday. So we had a party. Julie is sitting down on the left.


Jack ... eating another one of my May West snack cakes.

Gone to the Movies

Marcy had her annual work trip this past week so the kids and I had our annual visit from Aunt Donna. We had a busy week without Marcy around. The kids had half days at school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday they stayed home and went to the pool with Donna, Grandma Gail, Aunt Kelly, Aunt Tracy and cousin Casey. Everyone had a good time and there was a lot of jumping into the pool by Jack.

On Thursday night Cousin Emilie came to town for a visit. On Friday, Lily, Jack, Donna and Emilie went to see Toy Story 3. Not such positive reviews but it was Jack's first trip to the movie theatre. On Friday night, Marcy came back to town to many cheers from the children. On Saturday, we had tee-ball and Lily had her biggest crowd there yet to cheer her on with Donna, Emilie and Kelly joining her brother and parents. After tee-ball, Donna headed home, leaving lots of art projects and fun behind. Emilie headed out shortly after and things returned a bit to normal.

We finished off the weekend with a visit to Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom's for dinner with the who family. A busy weekend came to an end. Unfortunately, our camera did not make an appearance this week but fortunately, Cousin Emilie and Aunt Kelly took a bunch of pics for us.

See you next week ...



Reading a book with Aunt Donna.


Getting the lay of the land at the movie theatre.


Enjoying some icing.


Hanging out with Mom.


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With Emilie.

Waiting on second base.

The Water is Wide

We have hit the summer in full stride. There was no post last week because we were away at Grandma Gail and Grandpa Tom's lake house. Let's catch up ...

Before we left, Lily finished up her swim lessons and Jack finished his first month of pre-school. Both are doing very well and are having an enjoyable summer. There has been lots of pool time, friend time and hot weather.

At the lake, Lily and Jack got to spend time with cousins Casey, Alli, Alex and Davis, Aunt Tracy, Uncle Stan, Aunt Kelly, Great Uncle Mike, Great Jeannie and Ivan, Frisco and Daisy. There was also a visit by cousins Wes, Trisha, Colin and Leah. The kids had a great time playing in the water, eating too many chocolate chip cookies and boat rides. Overall, a great week of fun.

On to the pictures and video ...


Watching the fireworks.


Jack and Casey.


Lily in the water.


Lily and Jack with Casey, Colin and Leah.


Lily and Marcy.


Jack and Marcy.


Lily passed out on the boat.


Knee-boarding behind the boat. Jack also knee-boarded and Grandpa Tom has some photographic proof that we will have to track down.


Jack riding the jetski.


Showing off some shells.


Dressed for halloween a bit early.


Aunt Donna is here for the week while Marcy is away for work. The kids helped do her hair yesterday afternoon while Marcy slipped away.


Jack after eating May West snack cake ... imported for me from Montreal. I share. Julie who is in the background had minor surgery after Daisy snuck up to Lil's room and snacked on her thumb.

Bedshaped

Another busy week in the books here. Lots of pool time, friend time, school and play.

I was gone part of the week but life rolled on with swimming lesson for Lily and the arrival of Jack's big boy bed and new furniture. The new bed arrived on Thursday and Jack has been getting up in the morning (really, really early) and wandering up to our room for a visit. It is amazing how with it he is at 5 in the morning. The first three days he stayed in bed with us but this morning he was re-directed to his bed and slept for another 2 hours - thank goodness! Lily seems to like Jack's new furniture as well and she has been "reading" him books at night.

Over the weekend we had another session of tee ball and Lily is working hard to get the hang of things. She has a good time and her brother is itching to play. Grandma Gail joined us this weekend and took in the sights and sounds while watching Jack run around the sidelines. At one point while playing catch with Gail, Jack threw the ball and it happened to hit a baby who was moving by in a stroller. The baby started crying and then Jack started crying - all very traumatic. I know that he did not do it on purpose but the baby was the little sister of the girl that drilled Lily in the mouth last week!

We finished Saturday of with dinner with Grandpa Maurice and Grandma Phyllis in order to celebrate Grandpa's birthday which is coming up tomorrow. Happy Birthday!

On Sunday we visited Daisy's boot camp for a follow up training session. We finished up the weekend with a visit from our friends Chris, Kristen, Wyatt and Owen.

In other news, Jack's vocabulary continues to expand and the context that he is using his words can be quite hilarious. Now when we are the mall or at the grocery store and he is bored, he will look up at you and say, very seriously, "I'll be right back". He has also started this new thing that when he does something wrong he will just say "It was an accident." Tonight, while on the phone Marcy saw Jack climbing up onto the dining room table. When she told him to stop he said, "I was just trying to be funny."

Lily seems to enjoy having her little brother at school with her and she uses every opportunity to rat him out when he does something wrong! I think that they will enjoy the summer but then look forward to being at their own schools come August.

Anyway, on to the pictures.


The last night in his crib.


Checking out the new digs.


Slugging away.


This is where Wyatt and Jack decided to play.


And take a nap.


FInishing the weekend rolling down the hill.

Put Me In Coach

It has been so busy around here, I almost forgot it was Monday!

We had a busy weekend around here with lots of pool time and time with friends. On Friday, Lily and Jack visited the zoo with friends Jake and Sowmya. After a quick nap, they were off to the pool where they hung out and waited for the first No Cook Friday of the season. Lily and Jack had a chance to play with friends Madeleine, Claire, Charlotte and James at the pool.

After a quick night's sleep we were off to a busy Saturday. We started off with a race for Marcy that featured a pre-race kids' race. Lily and Jack both had a great time running and cheering Marcy on. Then we came home for a few minutes before we were off to Lil's first tee ball game. Jack had a great time playing on the field while his big sister played with her "purple" team. Lily had a good time playing although she took a ball in the mouth early on but soldiered on after a bit of a break. Grandpa Maurice came out for the first game and cheered Lily on and helped to entertain Jack.

After tee ball, Lily was off to her classmate Pierce's birthday party for some superhero and moon bounce fun. After the party, Lily and Jack had an afternoon/early evening play date with schoolmate and friend Bea and her little sister Charlotte.

Sunday was Father's Day and the kids helped make breakfast for me. After some mid-day errand running we were back to the pool for some afternoon heat relief. Needless to say, everyone slept well last night.

On to the pictures ...


Making a giant pizza @ the zoo.


Lily and Sowmya at the pizza. Not sure what that devilish look from Jack is about.


Riding the gorilla.


Checking out the gorillas.


Ready for the ball.


Jack was ready to play.


Lily and Bea after the race.


Hanging out on Father's Day.


Making dinner (Jack's fave activity these days).