Happy Days

With the warm weather comes great play. FINALLY the temperature is starting to climb. And so, Andrew is the happiest kid on the block. I LOVE LOVE LOVE going outside with him. He still has soooo much curiosity with the world, it really makes me appreciate the old things in a new way. Thank you Andrew Siddhartha <3 I love you soooo much.























We met up with Alexander and went to Highpark for an afternoon. They get along soooo well, I love seeing the two interacting. While we were there we went on a hike on a trail. There we saw lots of trees that were fallen, half fallen, partly fallen by beavers. So we decided to take a closer look at them and to see if we could see any turtles in the lake. At that point Andrew looked down and noticed the ants, TONS of ants. It was rather creepy. I swear to god that you couldn't see the ground through them all. ICK. So of course he starts panicking (I would have too if it weren't for me trying to be the strong mom and teach him to remain calm in these situations - har har). In the mince of his panic Alexander helped his poor little bro out and carried him out and swiped his pant legs for him to make sure there were none on him. Then we headed to the Japanese apple blossom trees that were in full flower. They were so beautiful.

First Time Tobogganing

My dad bought Andrew his first sled for Christmas so we brought him to a little hill in our court yard and he had a BLAST. The first time he came down he got off the sled and started squealing with pure joy in his heart. He kept repeating WOW, oh WOW, this is awesome, I don't ever want to grow up. It was priceless. We even managed to get Don down the hill a couple of times. :)

Remembrance Day at the Zoo

Nothing too much has been going on here on the home front. Basically just doing his homeschooling everyday. Andrew's really learning a lot of new words now. Thanks to phonics. He is enjoying his new book Geronimo Stilten being read to him every night. He's still into watching Scooby, now he also likes to watch Garfield and The Winx Club.

Thurs was Remembrance Day so we went to a Veterns ceremony at Toronto Zoo. Another mom that also homeschools and has 3 young boys picked us up at my place. After the ceremony we went and looks at some of the animals. Andrew REALLY wanted to see the giraffes the most but of course I forgot tcharge my camera battery the night before and by the time we got to them the camera was dead. It was a nice day.

My Boy

Just wants to have fun.





And drive...


And getting wet..


Riding the street car...


Playing with friends...


He loves flowers and is not ashamed to show it.



Having fun comes so natural to him...





My boy six yrs old. He is a blast. He is growing up too fast.

The Past Weekend

Oh dear where do i start?

On Thursday my dad came to visit with us for a night. He arrived at 11am. Then he wanted to go to a mall. While there i got him a wheel chair (he has a bad back) and then him and Andrew wanted to eat. They had some McDonald's (a very rare treat for Andrew) and i had a coffee. After that we walked some more, then my dad bought Andrew 2 pairs of shorts and a shirt from The Children's Place. Soooo adorable.

We then went back home. I made dinner, and after that we watched some movies. My dad LOVES watching movies.



On Friday dad, Andrew and I went to get Anika from daycare, her mom was going to a concert so i got the pleasure to watch her. And Andrew absolutely loves her. From there my dad wanted to pick up some Kentucky Fried Chicken for an early dinner. The kids played games, my dad took a nap and then i thought it would be good to get the kids out of the apartment and take dad out as well. So we headed to Don Mills shopping center to watch a free outdoor jazz concert. Of course Andrew and Anika had a blast, they always do. My dad didn't really like the band. Don took the kids for a wee walk around the grounds. Took some pictures and then headed back home.

The cutey heads getting belted in. Doesn't Don look so thrilled? haha, NOT.


Once we arrived there before i even got out of dad's truck the kids were already in the back of it.


And getting them to make a nice pose for the camera is next to impossible, good thing i like candid photo's better then posed ones.





Then it was time to go back home, we watched another movie with dad, and went to bed.

Saturday morning my dad had to go because my niece Stacey and her boyfriend Steve needed his truck because they were moving into their 1st place together. First time they both have ever moved out of home as well.

After he left Anika and Andrew played games and watched cartoons for a bit and then Don decided to take them out for a hike down in the valley. I decided to stay home alone while he did that with them for some me time. After their hike i met them at the water park across the street and stayed there with them while Don went to the grocery store.

We didn't know that they were going to the water park until after the hike so that's why they're not wearing their bathing suits. But in a kids world that's not a problem.

Oh, this is before they went on the hike down in our court yard. Anika threw the frisbie onto a high tree branch and thought they could get it down by climbing onto a chair and shaking a branch... But the branch was still about 10 feet away and wasn't even attached to the branch it was on.. But they wouldn't believe me that it was impossible so they had to try.. Another lesson learned in a world of a six yr old.


Then they started fighting over a stick, and that was time for Don to take their minds off of that so onward they went.


And now for the park pics... Again, it's nearly impossible to get good pics of children running a 100 mph. But i did manage to get some.




After about 2 hrs of hardcore play, they were hungry and wanted to go home, and i was tired just watching them in a constant state of movement. So homeward bound we went.... Well until they saw this. Then i knew i was doomed for another long wait. But how could i say no? sigh.





When we did finally make it back home i made them dinner, showered them, put a movie on and they both fell asleep before 9pm.

I think i will start a new entry for Sunday's adventure!