For Father’s Day this year, Dad spent the weekend with Peter & Julie at their cottage. Melissa invited Shawn and her Dad over to celebrate Father’s Day at our house. Melissa got us all matching shirts and some good beers and non-alcoholic beers for us all to enjoy on the deck. One of the highlights of the afternoon was watching Oscar play with the musical … Continue reading Father’s Day 2018
We travelled to Toronto to watch the Jays play the Yankees as part of my Father’s Day gift. On the way to the game we misread the schedule for the Go Train, so we missed the train and had to wait 45 min for the next one. We passed the time playing Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit, and the kids learned a valuable lesson. Always leave … Continue reading Toronto Blue Jays vs. New York Yankees: July 7, 2018
We had a small get together for Dad’s 75th birthday this year as per Dad’s request. We had a small family dinner and cake with the Allison’s and Melissa and the kids at Dad’s house. Continue reading Dad’s 75th Birthday: June 2018
Aiden played his first season of Church League Softball this year. This is something unique to the Peterborough Area and has been running since I was a kid. Me and my siblings all played church league ball in Donwood every year. It runs from early May until the end of June and is finished before the summer holidays. Aiden signed up for the Assumption Team … Continue reading Aiden Church League Softball: 2018
After the long weekend in May, Abby & I travelled to the Allison’s cottage for the weekend to help them get their dock in and do a little bit of setting up for the summer. It also included a Sunday morning dive in the frigid waters to look for the dock anchors which had floated away during the winter. We also squeezed in some time … Continue reading Weekend @ Peter & Julie’s Cottage: May 28, 2018
For the second year in a row on Victoria Day we again went to Bethany to celebrate the weekend. On this weekend is the Bethany Athletic Society’s annual fundraiser for the park in Bethany. They have a car show, bouncy castles, a parade, a silent auction, etc. This year they invited the Blades of Glory to the event. They teach the kids about medieval times and … Continue reading Victoria Day 2018
This was not the Easter we had planned. Mama had passed away 3 days before Easter Sunday. On Friday morning, Abby had travelled to Ottawa with Grandma to attend Josee’s wedding. So on Easter morning, it was only Aiden here for the Easter Egg Hunt. After the Easter Egg Hunt, we went to Dad’s and had a family dinner. Melissa went to pick up Abby … Continue reading Easter 2018
We had a quiet Mother’s Day this year. Abby & Aiden each made Mom a gift from school. Abby and Aiden each made Mom something at school. Abby also went out and picked some flowers in the neighbourhood and brought them home for Melissa. They complemented the flowers that I got for Melissa. In addition the the gift that Aiden made, he also wrote a … Continue reading Mothers Day 2018
Early May, during our Spring clean up, Melissa asked Abby to pick up the pine cones in the yard and offered to pay her $2/bag. When Aiden hear about this he offered to pick Pine Cones as well and he set it as his personal mission to pick more bags than his sister. He worked every day after school that week and picked 10 bags … Continue reading Aiden Cleaning Pine Cones: May 6, 2018
At the end of April, Abby performed in St. James Player’s musical Peter Pan. She had auditioned after watching Mary Poppins in November and made it into the play. She played in the chorus as one of the lost boys named “Nutmeg.” She rehearsed 2-3 times per week from December to the end of April. It was her first time in a musical and she … Continue reading Peter Pan Play: April 26-29, 2018
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