My favourite accent

The almost-3 years that we lived in England were incredibly happy times. Lots of travel, adventures, and sleep (oh, god, the uninterrupted sleep of the childless!). During our travels in the UK, I decided that the Yorkshire accent is my favourite. Which is convenient because one of the best friends I made while living there is the lovely Yorkshire Liz.

We haven't seen Liz since Ev and I were in England in 2008, when Evy was 5 months old. So it was high time for a reunion and I was delighted when Liz decided to zoom into Millbrook for a few days.

As with all good friendships, Liz and I picked up right where we left off. Which means drinking lots of port and lemonade, and laughing ourselves senseless. We had a great time and the kids loved her. The visit went by far too quickly.

Here are a few photos from our visit to the Zoo on Tuesday.

"Hmm, never heard an accent like THAT before."

Liz, Ev and Henry take in the Otonabee River

Liz, braving the famous super-slide

Evy, showing how it's done

The girls walking and talking

Come back soon, Lizzie. We miss you already!!

Zooooo, Part Twoooo

I'm sure you've already been over to Lee's blog where she posted some excellent pictures of our fun at the zoo yesterday, but I wanted to add a few from my camera.

A good time was had by all. An overcast day + school back in session = almost empty zoo for us to roam in! It was my first time witnessing the otter feeding, which was very entertaining. And, it was Lee's first time wrangling three kids in the bathroom at the same time. Not enough hand sanitizer in the world, people.

Senor digger on the job

Daredevil devil

Clickety click Barba-trick!

The amount of blurriness is directly
related to the amount of fun

Swing pusher, butt-wiper, slide slider, super-mom/auntie!

The view from the top
(of the super-slide, that is!)

In other news, we've had a (mild and possibly non-existent) case of chicken pox here. Cousin Sam is inflicted and after Ev had a fever of 102 last week and then some mystery red dots (but less than 10) we figured better safe than sorry. So, no daycare for her this week (she usually goes 3x a week). It's been surpisingly ok having her home, though pretty sure that's all to do with being down in Port Hope for 7 hours on Tuesday and then at the zoo all morning yesterday!. Misery loves company, or something along those lines!

Happy back to schook week for all of you school-bound friends! And, if you're in the Millbrook region this weekend, don't miss the Zuchinni Festival on Sunday. It's seriously the most fun you'll ever have with a Zuchinni!