CANADA DAY FUN!!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!


My Proud Canadian!



Checking out the Fire Engine before the parade starts.





Enjoying the bouncing castle.





Ava getting her face painted....she's not too sure about this!






Hear me "Roar"!







Watching the Parade









My Aunt Janet, one of the fiddlers

Giving her cousin Alison a hug.









Clapping along to the fiddle music with Nana.

Checking out the parade.










Giving her cousin Mathieu a hug











"Kissing Cousins!"

Attempting to get cousins: Patrick, Ava, Mathieu and Alison to all sit still for a picture...this was the best one!

FUN WITH NEW FRIENDS!

A couple of blogger friends, Kim and Channing and Tracey, Maia and Ran and Tracey's sister Shari were heading to Ottawa for their agency's annual picnic...so Ava and I decided since we were at the cottage and it was only 1.5hrs away we'd head into Ottawa and spend the Saturday of Canada Day weekend with them. We had met Tracey, Maia and Ran once before at one of the Waiting Mom's Dinners but had never met Kim and Channing other than through their blog.
Ava and I had a great time spending the day with you guys...hope we'll be able to do it again some time.


Channing

Ava


Ran and Ava

Channing and Maia

Ran and Ava

Channing

Maia, Ava, Tracey and Ran

I missed getting a picture of Kim and Shari...sorry gals.

BACKYARD FUN!!

First Shiner!

Ava got her first "shiner" this week at daycare. Jacob, one of the two year olds at daycare was going in for a hug and decided he would rather have a "taste"....so he took a bite! His top tooth caught the upper lid and his bottom tooth just below her eye. He is not usually a biter, Ava was his first sampling.

The other two year old, Katie promptly scolded Jacob saying, "Jacob, we don't eat our friends!" Don't you just love how literal they are at this age!

Although it looks pretty nasty, Ava doesn't seem to be too bothered by it....I just hope Jacob got his fill with the first bite!


3 Year Pictures

A couple of weeks ago we went to get Ava's three year old pictures done professionally. Well, she was not having anything to do with the idea...wouldn't smile or even look at the camera. So, after a half hour of effort we called it a day and went home.

Here are the non-professional version taken in our backyard.