munchins 1, 2, 3

he was getting ready for school

wearing his "helmet" and sword

we went to the zoo with nana ou and jack was really excited about the turtle

riding the zoo carousel

in his "spaceship"

she's "gardening"

the entire yard is completely drenched when she's finished

laughing with "snakey" at the zoo:) next time we stay on the carousel all day

more richard

this is richard after church on his birthday..comfy!

this is where we found him one morning. there's a gate on the bottom of the stairs now

i put him in to see if he would fit, and he just stayed there

richard's birthday

richard's 1!! i can't believe my baby is a toddler! his birthday was fantastic, of course, and aunt judy was here to join in the fun. the older kids "helped" richard chose his birthday cake, after the chose every other cake for their birthdays:) i bake so often that a homemade cake is nothing special. but a store bought cake- that's wonderful:) enjoy the pics! he's standing up on his own and can take a couple of steps, but no major walking, yet:)

he had no idea what to do with the cake

oh!! those are strawberries!!

i think he stuffed four strawberries in his mouth

strawberries are gone now...what's that white stuff?

he did NOT like the cream:)

cream makes for good finger paint

 fun with cream!

sammy "helped" richard open his presents- a toddler tool set!

black creek

tis summer and the time for music festivals! this year, diana krall and tony bennett toured together for one night at the black creek music festival- yea!! i've wanted to see diana krall live for years, but she never toured in an area close enough to where we live. jacob insisted we go and it was a wonderful early anniversary date with my loving husband of eight years. diana krall had her set first, and it was amazing to watch. she didn't have a list- she just played until a song came to mind. she would improve in between numbers and the improve would lead to the next number. she had her trio of bass, guitar, and drums with her and the connection between the four of them was astounding. with a glance they were able to communicate which song it was and who's turn it was to improve for how many counts of four. then came tony bennett, who i've seen before, but is just as fantastic as ever. unfortunately, we got rained out- the york university rexall centre is an outdoor theatre. i didn't care- i got to see diana krall in person:)