Friday, September 29, 2006

Bringing it on...


Various shots (most of them harmless, and a few quite nice) from Ruthie's birthday dinner last weekend. David and Margie have come across the pond to visit as well! At the moment Jen is in Las Vegas (poor thing!). As for the picture above...well.. don't ask. You can see the above photo as well as several others right here.

And they thought I wouldn't dare publish them. :)

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

A Milestone.. for us anyway...

This is truly a post for posterity. Today our little girl officially started school! It's both amazing and sad how quickly time passes. It's definitely a good reminder to make the most of every moment. Emily of course was quite gung-ho on the whole deal. With brand-new lunchbag in hand and a whack of new clothes (thanks to Mom) she's entered the next phase of her life. As I said, Emily thought it was the greatest thing. And of course Mommy cried (but not until after we had dropped her off). She came back after her first day very positive. She was proud to announce she had already had a music class, a French lesson and most importantly her very own lunch! Of course Daddy was outwardly calm and positive as usual. But typing this, well, it's not so easy to remain nonchalant. We know she'll do well, but there are lots of times we both wish she'd remain in diapers a while longer.

Stop right there!



Amazingly, I have managed to upload some more new pics to the Flickr site. There are some great (and messy) new fingerpainting pics in this set. And even better, there are wonderful new pictures of cousins Emily and Sarah. Tell me these aren't two beautiful girls. Uncle Paul and I are probably going to have to keep them locked away until they're 21 !! Maybe we'll both have our shotgun licences by then too! :)