Grandpa is feeling better

On Wednesday Grandpa had 5 hernias operated on. By Friday night he was vomiting and feeling quite dreadful. He was re-admitted to hospital.

The troops rallied and a deck of cards was brought to the hospital to see how badly his thinking process was compromised. We all remember the game that aunt Heather "never actually won or lost" back in 2001. Well, the score is well documented this time. The winner is clear. Grandpa later announced that he had trounced me...take a look big guy-here it is!

Once the doctor came by and checked him out, Grandpa was allowed to go home on a liquid diet easing slowly to solids over the next coupleof days. His little buddy was really glad when he came home.

Grandpa, we're all glad that you are home.

DPoD April 12th - Our first postcard

It arrived on Thursday and both obys were ecstatic. Big C moreso than Monkey since we met the mailman at the post box and he handed it right to him. We were sure to give Monkey a piece of mail as well so that he felt part of the game.

Thanks so much to the Triemstra's for having the first one in! I hope that it's the first of many and we all appreciate how truly Canadian this one was!

(though that squirrel sure seems to think that we're going to take his nut)

DPoD April 10th - More of Monkey Photos

Here are some of his recent photos from the camera he received at Christmas:

Monkey apparently getting ready for this dentist appointment next week

Daddy shovelling snow in the yard to get it ready for playBig C sleeping
up close and personal
'daddy, say cheese!'

Could this be arriving at your house?

Monkey and I worked on some postcards yesterday. Here are the 3 cards that he wrote out. Each says 'Dear ________, I love you, Monkey'
His penmanship and writing ability are really coming along nicely. His confidence in writing is also soaring, so if you get the chance to tell him either by voice or written word, please do so.
These 3 should be in the mail today or tomorrow, so keep an eye on the mailbox as one might be headed your way.
Hopefullly there will be more to follow!
(check out the trademarked pumpkin design on the front of each one!)

DPoD April 9 - MMMMM

The children are using smelly markers at school.
Any guesses as to how I figured that one out?

(check out the nose!)

The order of things

Mommy-monkey you're mine, I love you
Monkey-(gives mommy a hug)
Daddy-are you mine too sometimes?
Monkey-well no. I am grandma and grandpa's then
Daddy-oh I want you to be mine
Monkey-well daddy, when I am not here I go to grandma and grandpa's

It is so nice to see how comfortable and confident he is with his routines.

sent using my Blackberry handheld wireless device

Monkey quote of the day

Monkey-i want my stomach to be bigger because then I will be a grown up
Daddy-your tummy will get bigger as you eat more food
Mommy-every part of you gets bigger as you grow up sweetie
Monkey-not my eyes mommy. Your eyes stay the same size as you get bigger



sent using my Blackberry handheld wireless device

The Pyrex mystery

So the oddest thing happened this afternoon.
I took the pyrex dish out of the top rack of the dishwasher and put it away in the cupboard. It wasn't hot and there weren't any other dishes on top of it. No more than a minute later I heard a loud smashing, like a glass shattering into a thousand pieces. It was forceful enough to open the doors of the cupboard, though it quickly shut itself again. I looked inside to find the pyrex dish shattered into a thousand pieces, quite literally.
I was perplexed as to what caused this as there was no temperature change, no impact and no apparent weakness in the pyrex when I put it away.
Nonetheless, I called pyrex and they are sending a new one in the mail - no questions asked. I however am still quite intrigued.
Odd.
Very odd.

DPoD April 8th- Monkey and the Pedometer

Monkey found a pedometer in mommy's office this afternoon and has been keeping track of his steps moving around the house. He was proud to show off when he hit 100 (after about 15 seconds!) and then was off checking the distances between many items around the house. Here are a few shots of Monkey making sure that he's staying in shape:

A little homework - an idea stolen from the Busseys

I was checking out our friends' blog and noticed that they asked people to send their son some postcards. What a great idea. So I stole it.
Monkey LOVES mail. When we get stuff with his name on it, which he can read, he just goes bananas. If you've giot a moment and 51 cents, please send one along. I can guarantee that the coolest ones will be highlighted on the blog. Check that, I'll put pictures of all of them on there and you guys can vote. Let the fun begin!

The bed problem

I have never before seen this bed for sale used on my favorite site usedottawa.com. But here it is http://www.usedottawa.com/classified-ad/5420872&category=kids-furniture. Another train toddler bed for big C. It is hard not to rush over and buy it, but we just don't need it.

Sigh.

When a 4-year-old has the camera

Monkey had the honour of being official photographer at his Grandma's birthday DimSum (Chinese cuisine). Check out his work.

Aunt Heather

His Grandma, the birthday gal.

Big C riding the sculpture at the restaurant entrance.

Artist self-portait.

Running with camera

Disney Day 2

Wow, we are SO BEHIND with the blog! Here is the second day that we spent at Walt Disney World Florida. We spent the day at the Magic Kingdom. We had been noticing that some families were getting to ride in the front cabin of the mono rails. We asked and were escorted to the front. The boys were even given "co pilot" cards. One must understand that Walt Disney loved trains. Well my friends, he has some good company in that. There is a steam train that goes all the way around Magic Kingdom. Big C was on that like me on warm cookies! While Monkey and I waited in line to go and see Mickey Mouse, Big C and daddy found a play park that he could explore. I would like to take a minute to let you know that Mr Mouse is NOT as I would have thought, wandering around the park. Oh no. They keep him inside behind velvet ropes and at the end of line ups. If you want to see him, you have to know where to find him then you have to wait in line.

This was our evening for our "character dinner". Everyone was there (except Mickey) and the boys loved it. I got told off by Chip (or Dale) for a-not knowing which one was which and b-calling Chip (or Dale) a female and c-calling him (her?) a bear. Luckily for me, they are not allowed to talk, just make gestures, family friendly ones at that!!!

Big C shows Goofy his Mater...

We took a ride on the Aladdin ride. This is actually the exact same ride as Dumbo and the Dinosaurs in Animal Kingdom. They must have gotten a bulk discount or something-lol! A familiar, yet very fun ride. The boys loved it.

We figured out today that Mickey is not just wandering around, but rather very strategically placed. We watched the Mickey show several times and Monkey was absolutely enthralled.

Totally pooped

In my defence on the whole Chip/Dale thing. This was my first trip to Disney World (i.e. my parents never took me) and I was only allowed to watch 60 minutes of TV on a daily basis. Overall that turned out okay for me on most other topics, but apparently did throw me under the bus when it came to getting told off by a rather annoyed asexual rodent whose identity is still not clear to me.

DPoD April 3rd - Duck Duck Goose

E-man is over playing again and I overheard them in the basement playing Duck Duck Goose. Doing some quick math in my head I recalled that there are only 2 of them down there. How exactly do you play?

Then I got the explanation.

The game is to call out items in the basement as duck,duck,duck...and so on. Then you yell goose and both boys get to run a big lap of the basement. What a great idea to burn off some steam!

Who know's what'll come next?

DPoD April 1st - Thank You Grandpa and Grandma W!

Big C and Monkey received some big mail yesterday. Since Monkey was out with mommy having fun, Big C opened up his mail first. Here he is working on the envelope

Shaking out what was inside:
and seeing that it is an Easter bunny puzzle!
Then the twirling and dancing started.
He was absolutely overjoyed!
We called right away to say 'Thank You!'.

Later, Monkey arrived home and was able to open his mail before he went to bed. He opened it up and found.....Lightning McQueen pens! What a great way for him to work on his writing! He's been spending the afternoon drawing faces and writing lots of words. He's even written his own message:

(Thank you)