Mommy's Run

This time of year is rife with runs in the Ottawa area. Mommy and some friends decided to train for a 5K run a couple of weekends ago. The boys and their friends decided to come and cheer us on.

Grandma was waiting at the 3.3 Km point and the boys were waiting at the 4.5.
Mommy in the pink headband running by. After waving and smiling with everyone : ) I really, really needed them there as I was killing myself to do the race in less than 30 minutes.
The kids with the cowbells and noise makers cheering one EVERYONE that went by.

I nailed the race at less than 30 and was thrilled! Thanks to all for the amazing support!

While daddy is away....

...mommy will take the boys apple pickin'


Daddy had an all day soccer tournament on Saturday. Mommy leapt at the opportunity to take the boys to swimming and followed it up with some apple picking on the way home.
Here are the boys at the orchard.

I have yet to discuss it with mommy, but this series looks something like a race.

And here are the boys getting apples from the trees.



They had wonderful stories to tell me about picking the apples, hitting up the garage sales and spending some really great time together.

The Boys' first day of school

September has already proven to be a busy month. Back to school. Back to work. Back to the old routines, and some new ones.
Here are the boys on the front porch ready for the first day of school.
They're getting so big so fast.

the new day care

Big C is enjoying the new day care, especially his teacher Daphne. How do I know this? Here is a conversation that we shared yesterday...in front of Daphne.

Mommy, can Daphne come for a sleepover?

*laughing* no sweetie. Daphne can't come for a sleepover

Why not mommy?

Well...ummm...Daphne wont fit in your race car bed sweetie.

Mommy, she could sleep in your bed between you and daddy then.

A visit from Momo and T-Bear

Our boys had an afternoon visit from their favourite sisters earlier this week. We had a full afternoon of activities slated including making paper airplanes:
(here's our little hangar of planes in a row)
playing some dress-up (apparently Spiderman has some musical talents that never made the cartoons or the movies):
then playing in the pool in the backyard for about an hour and a half:
the kids were all fantastic and certainly enjoyed the summer heat!

Another numberically significant post - any guesses??

On the last Wednesday of the summer we hit up our favourite museum - for four hours!!
Here are the boys taking in their favourite activities, with a few special extras:
Checking out the caboose inside the train section - checking out the beds and the icebox:
Riding the steam train in the coupela:
Putting together the toy cars:A turn in the runnels:

Checking out a car/ motorcycle show that popped up in the back parking lot. We thought that this picture might garner some special attention from Grandpa:
The communications section - complete with noise and voice recording area:
Ummm....a section about electrical wiring and circuitry.....
Another ride in the coupela:
and then we were off to the pool for a few hours.
Thanks for such a fun day boys.

Andrew Hayden Park

We're having a great final week. Here we are hitting up Andrew Hayden Park where the boys had an absolutely fantastic time.