Here it is FINALLY part one of our visit with visitor from the West.

We had a great visit with my sister, our nephew and neice.

Too bad it lasted for only one weekend!

My sister playing with the Wii.

Inspecting the baby!

The oldest practicing their numbers.

This is quite the expression!

Inspecting the baby

We went to the local Children's Museum. Here the kids are digging for dinosaurs.

I think that helmets are mandatory in Ontario when riding a snowmobile.

Seaching for seashells

Jumping!

Practicing for the 2022 & 2026 Olympic Hockey teams.

We weren't quite sure about the helmet here though.

Three from the West Visit Part 2

We start in the middle of our visit with the 'Three from the West".

Since my brother-in-law was in Florida at NASCAR, my sister flew with her two year old son, and 4 month old daugher to visit us this past weekend.

Here is my sister practicing the 'being silly' Olympic event.

The three oldest kids won Gold, Silver and Bronze for their participation in the days activities.

The kids practiced being Firemen and Firewomen.

The kids took turns sliding.

We learned about static electricity after going on the slide.

The youngest was ALWAYS so cute.

For some reason, we ALWAYS need to get pictures of kids in the bath.

I liked having another male inside the house, we talked shop and race cars all weekend!

The kids enjoyed playing and making a mess!

All three kids loved watching Dora!

We all loved having Auntie here to cuddle with us!

I think the two kids from the West enjoyed being with their own Auntie too!

The kids loved watching cartoons!

...and colouring!

...and drooling!

Our oldest loved being a BIG cousin and helping with the baby!

So did our own two year old!

Four happy cousins!

We missed having a baby in the house!

One last hug at the airport!

We love all of you very much! We wish that we all lived closer so that we could see each other more often! Next time maybe we should all go with your Daddy to NASCAR!

Love you and hope to see you all soon!

xoxoxo

Part One will be downloaded tomorrow.

Invited to "a boys" Birthday Party

A few weeks ago, our oldest had a HUGE smile on her face when we picked her up from school. She immediately gave us an envelope, inside which had an invitation to a birthday party for a boy in her class. The invitation said 'bring your bathing suit'. The party was located at a local hotel indoor pool area and there were about 15 kids invited.

We weren't sure how comfortable she would be swimming by herself so we borrowed a 'life jacket' from another friend of hers and I (Daddy) stayed in the pool area to take pictures and be there in case she needed mom or dad. She is used to swimming at our local YMCA with an instructor by her side at all times.

As you can see by this picture, she had no problem at all swimming by herself.

Here she is sitting by the pool in her borrowed 'life jacket'.

Here she is chasing the boys into the pool and showing off her diving skills.

After swimming, she had a choice of dinner - she choose grilled cheese sandwiches.

The birthday boy actually wanted to sit next to her too to eat dinner and have cake.

Here is is being silly and telling Daddy to leave her alone and "Go away!".