Redrox, 2011

Henry has been BUGGING to get up to the cottage (he knows his big sis was there when she was a mere 7 days old) so we finally got up there on Thursday night.

As you can see in the pics, it was sunny when we got there (I swear!) but soon turned into tornado-strength winds, giant hailstones, and severe thunder and lightning. Never a dull moment, I swear. The fact I have no photos of the storm is entirely because I was sure the cottage would be picked up a-la wizard of oz and I wasn't thinking about capturing the moment.

Anyway, we survived and Henry, who slept through the whole storm, is no worse for the wear!

Here we are, celebrating the start of another great year at the cottage!

Fair-tastic!

Millbrook must have one of the first Fairs of the season - the second weekend in June. We enjoyed it SO much last year and were really looking forward to the 2011 installment. And, it didn't not disappoint.

All the love that Evy had for the rides last year has increased exponentially and I think she may never be the same. She actually turned into a Fair-zombie at one point and had me wondering if one of the rides gave her a lobotomy. She was entirely overwhelmed with sheer joyosity and could not see, hear, or speak, other than to ask to go on the Bumblebee ride again (and again, and again). Hilarious. I should have known I was in for trouble when she ran for the carousel and was 50 feet ahead of me while I was still getting the stroller out of the car.

A flotilla of Port Hope friends joined us, as did Ev's best bud Maia. There will surely be more photos on Lee's blog (she took 400 pictures!) but here are a few that I took:

Ev's preferred ride this year - the awesometastic bumblebee

She lost her hat twice on this ride - good timezzz!

Cruising with her bud Maia in the strange zebra-camo
jeep w/ machine guns. Charming.

The 35-month old and the 2-month old

June 1st! Summer is here (in every way except on the calendar) and we've been adjusting to the new steamy temperatures! (Why did we decide not to get air conditioning when we got the new furnace? Something about reducing our carbon footprint, saving energy, blah blah blah... sorry, I can't remember, I'm too darn hot).

Hard to believe Mr Henry is 2 months old! And also hard to believe that our little pipsqueak is turning 3 in a month! (I pulled out her summer clothes from last year and she's still fitting into the shorts and capris - some of them size 12 months). Oh well, she actually eats her dinner a few nights a week, so I'm not too worried. Now if I could just convince her that pooping on the toilet is cool, we'd be set.

Here are the two cuties having a snuggle:





I think we've reached a turning point (knocking heavily on many species of wood) with Mr H. The days are more good than bad, and the nights are steadily improving (he slept a 5-hour stretch last night - woot woot!). And, Miss E makes me laugh every day. She's a pretty funny girl, and her imagination is into overdrive. We spend most nights re-writing the plotlines of her favourite books and her giggle is just about the best noise in the world.

So, what's with all this love and chipperness? (I swear it's not just delirium from sleep deprivation... or, wait... actually, it probably is.) The only dark cloud on the horizon is the fact that Al & Jim aka Granny and Poppa are loading up the truck from the loooong drive to New Brunswick. Sob! They leave on Sunday and we're missing them already! Must go right now and book our trip to visit them in July.

Happy June to one and all, and enjoy this fine (finally!) weather.