little yellow coat

Some babies get attached to blankies. Or a special teddy bear. But not our Evy. She has more of a love for outerwear.

It used to be her green frog rubber boots. For a while, she had to wear them for every waking hour. Lately, it's her new yellow raincoat. It doesn't matter if the sun is out, or if it's -2 or +15 degrees. She is determined to wear her lil' coat outside.

And rain or shine, she looks pretty darn cute wearing it.

Racing to greet the Canada Geese
(good exercise for mom to catch her before she reaches the pond)

Dancin' girl

If you're going to have a dance party, you want to make sure you're wearing appropriate shoes.

Fun with chums

I hit the big city last night to catch up with some old school chums. I hadn't seen some of them since 2004 - which is almost unbelievable. But, as with all true friends, we picked up where we left off and had a lovely visit.

Me, Amber, Trevor, Elena, Tyler and Jordie

A little older, a little wiser (?)

It was actually great fun to be out in Toronto after work for drinks. I had forgotten about that particular social scene. We went to a fancy vodka bar and then hit C'est What for some post-martini feasting.

We have promised to try to meet up at least once a year (we figured after 6 years, we wouldn't try to get too ambitious) so I'm already looking forward to Corp Comm Reunion, 2011!

Gas pains

Distillery Street is still a hive of activity with the natural gas lines
going in. Currently, our front lawn is having some reconstructive
surgery.

Evy's my name and colouring's my game

Miss E likes to sit down a couple of times a day for an intensive colouring session. Mostly, she likes putting the lids back on the markers, but she also quite enjoys colouring herself. I thought she had jaundice on Wednesday but it turns out she had just coloured her face and neck with the yellow marker. It was a good look.

Here she is making time in her busy colouring schedule to chat with mommy:

A very fun day

What a lovely day!

I had the day off work ('cause I worked Sat. at the Sportsman Show) and we definitely made the most of it!

The laundry was hanging out on the line by 8:00am and we had a dance party and full out colouring session by the time our first visitors arrived around 10. And from then on it was a revolving door of friends, neighbours, kiddies, and excitement.

We had guests for lunch and then different guests for dinner and Evy had a blast playing with all of her buddies, including Auntie Tanya and her beautiful 3-month old baby, Ali.

A glass of wine on the porch in the afternoon sun... glorious

One way to make Evy look big is to put her next to a wee baby!

One way to make Evy look small is to have her sit
(very comfortably)in the tiny baby chair!

And perhaps the most exciting part of the day was the fact that ENBRIDGE was here! Yes, for those of you who know about our multi-year drama to get natural gas on our street, you'll appreciate that this was a wonderous event.

Bright and early there was a whole team of workmen with a backhoe, giant drilling rig and a bunch of trucks. Very exciting for the kiddies to watch! From what I can tell, they are done the drilling part and the pipes will go in tomorrow. Just in time to get our new gas furnace in for... um... summer. Oh well, we're just glad it's finally happening.

So, after a very long and busy day, I think it's time for bed. And at least I'm back to work tomorrow for a rest!

Can someone tell me...

... how a 20-month old can already be a master of the withering desparaging gaze?



Oh, wait... she's 'daughter of Rob'. That makes sense.