We are getting ready to go to Cleveland tomorrow morning!!!
We have to leave the house at 3:30am to make our 5:40am flight to Toronto.
Here are a few videos of Ivo with Ryan and Kevin. If you are a Kevin fan, you will especially enjoy the belly flop video.
Kevin Belly Flop
Ivo Playing Baseball with Ryan and Kevin
Ivo King Fu on the Dock with Ryan
More pics ASAP
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Videos - Mostly Ivo
Sunday, August 17, 2008
About What I Do While Not Posting
So, it’s been a week again – but at least this time I have a clear idea of why I haven’t been posting this week.
After Ryan and I celebrated our 10th anniversary on Friday 080808, Ivo, Burl, Doug and Gail came down and we all went to the parade/North Lake Field Days. OK. Fun Fun Fun!!!
Then Sunday. Nice and calm. Monday, the cousins showed up. Gail’s sister, Joanne has 2 kids, but struck oil in the grandkids department –> 10! ...and counting! The family with 6 kids came to play. Also Fun Fun Fun!!! But I have to admit that while the gang was all there, I couldn’t blog and, frankly, in their wake, I was still, buzzing. Lotsa energy!!! And lotsa pics to go thru - HUNDREDS - I'll be posting asap:)
Plus, on the 2nd day of the cousins’ visit, Kevin arrived from Nova Scotia!!! Yay!!! He stayed til Friday, and we just got back to “the big house” this afternoon – which is Sunday.
Yesterday, Burl went to the US for the first time ever!!! Ivo’s 2nd time! Doug, Gail, and the 4 of us went crossed the border to go to a garage sale and then we drove around a little – scenic vistas and a cute town of Danforth. Key differences b/w Canada and the States: In Canada old cemeteries are named “Loyalist Cemetery” and in the States, the exact same things are called “Founders Cemetery.” Also, the money’s a little different.
Oh yea, crossing into the States, we all had to present our passports. The guy manning the border was friendly, chubby and smoking! He asked if our boys were old enough to use crayons and then gave them 2 wildly inappropriate coloring books entitled “COLOR ME!” They’re published by US Customs Project Outreach. My g-d! Page one shows marijuana, cocaine, razors and pipes. The drawings are idiotic and kids are informed to call 1-800- BE-ALERT should they espy anything that looks like the line drawings in the coloring book. This seems pretty low-tech but I guess, thorough, in the panic to protect the “homeland” – Remember when Homeland was a Nazi term?
Whew! And read this about the ekkkonomy.
Yea...
Lotsa lotsa scrabble – and let’s just say, a less modest person would be posting the scores! We were so lucky to get to visit with Lorne and Marilyn and David during our 9 day vacay!!!
After Ryan and I celebrated our 10th anniversary on Friday 080808, Ivo, Burl, Doug and Gail came down and we all went to the parade/North Lake Field Days. OK. Fun Fun Fun!!!
Then Sunday. Nice and calm. Monday, the cousins showed up. Gail’s sister, Joanne has 2 kids, but struck oil in the grandkids department –> 10! ...and counting! The family with 6 kids came to play. Also Fun Fun Fun!!! But I have to admit that while the gang was all there, I couldn’t blog and, frankly, in their wake, I was still, buzzing. Lotsa energy!!! And lotsa pics to go thru - HUNDREDS - I'll be posting asap:)
Plus, on the 2nd day of the cousins’ visit, Kevin arrived from Nova Scotia!!! Yay!!! He stayed til Friday, and we just got back to “the big house” this afternoon – which is Sunday.
Yesterday, Burl went to the US for the first time ever!!! Ivo’s 2nd time! Doug, Gail, and the 4 of us went crossed the border to go to a garage sale and then we drove around a little – scenic vistas and a cute town of Danforth. Key differences b/w Canada and the States: In Canada old cemeteries are named “Loyalist Cemetery” and in the States, the exact same things are called “Founders Cemetery.” Also, the money’s a little different.
Oh yea, crossing into the States, we all had to present our passports. The guy manning the border was friendly, chubby and smoking! He asked if our boys were old enough to use crayons and then gave them 2 wildly inappropriate coloring books entitled “COLOR ME!” They’re published by US Customs Project Outreach. My g-d! Page one shows marijuana, cocaine, razors and pipes. The drawings are idiotic and kids are informed to call 1-800- BE-ALERT should they espy anything that looks like the line drawings in the coloring book. This seems pretty low-tech but I guess, thorough, in the panic to protect the “homeland” – Remember when Homeland was a Nazi term?
Whew! And read this about the ekkkonomy.
Yea...
Lotsa lotsa scrabble – and let’s just say, a less modest person would be posting the scores! We were so lucky to get to visit with Lorne and Marilyn and David during our 9 day vacay!!!
That’s it for now – I’m gonna post pics and get ready for this week: notary public, customs – our stuff had arrived!, and we’re going to Cleveland on Thursday at 5:40am!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Field Day Boatride
Gail's brother, David, took us for a ride around the lake at sunset!!! It was BEAUTIFUL!
And like so many hotly anticipated plane rides, Ivo fell asleep pretty quickly after we took off.
The Camp.
Loon.
Captain.
Sunset!!!
Man, N.america's beautiful...
As ever, click on any pic for a bigger version.
Field Day at the Lake
Parade... Ivo was a little suspicious - but not unhappy - about the candy being thrown at him. Grammie had given Ivo a toonie as pocket-money which he used to buy 2 hotdogs, one for Burl and one for himself. Ivo ordered and paid all by himself. 
Lots of firetrucks and silly stuff. Pluswe got to hang out with Uncle David!
Beauty queens, oh yes.
After the parade passed us by, we all dispersed and mingled. Over an hour later at the playground, Burl saw my change purse and, using a straightforward pointing and grunting technique, demanded some coins for himself. We got to hang out with a very nice family that we see each week at story hour.
We all took a break and enjoyed some live music. On our way over, Burl saw cheezies and used his pocket-money to pay for them! Pretty funny. The eating of the cheezies was amusing too!
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