on old picture...

I just love this picture.

new project: documenting Toronto before we leave it

Here is the starbucks (in an indigo store) where Josh and I had our first date:

Last weekend was a blast!

We went to visit with Grandma, Papa, Sam, Kate and Oliver!

We had a great visit. We came home to a municipal strike so no garbage removal or daycare. The daycare is inconvenient but we seem to be above the garbage stink for now. I tried to use vacation time to just stay home but my work would prefer me to bring Maggie to work with me. We'll see how that goes! I would like to complain about how it will make me less productive at work, but I can't really justify that after admitting I make clip art family photos during work hours.

Oh, and today was the last day of school! Woohoo!




Uncle Sam introduced Maggie to Guitar Hero:


I love the action shot here. It really sums a lot of things up.

Maggie and Scarlett in the car: please note that this was taken at a rest stop, the car was not in motion and when the car was in motion all children were sitting upright and properly restrained. No children were harmed in the making of this photograph.

My favorite picture of the weekend, starring Oliver's beautiful uvula!

JUST FOR YOU KATE!

The camera battery was dead this morning so instead I recreated what our family would have looked like. I had to use a clip art of a mixed race gay family and recolor it in MS Paint because my resources were limited.

it's been a while!

Here are some pictures from Maggie's birthday, a picture of her octopus research diorama, and a few just around the house.

kensington market

It was a beautiful day here-- just perfect, not too cool and not too warm. We walked to Kensington market for cheese and had dim sum in Chinatown on the way home. Now Maggie's in bed watching a movie. Pretty great Saturday!


This is inside the Terrence Donnelly building-- right now they have recently cut down the bamboo grove, which will grow up again over the next little while. Cool building!

http://www.galinsky.com/buildings/ccbr/index.htm

pugs and parks

Look at the lovely hat I'm wearing-- that's one Mom made me!

We had a visit from Bave, Josh's cousin. He's a nice guy. You can tell by his t-shirt.

jobs, stories, dewclaws

Busy week! We celebrated new jobs, celebrated finishing existing contracts, Maggie's hard work with her storytellers club paid off and she was feted at Storyfest 2009. Scarlett tore her dewclaw and had to have it removed, and laid about with her foot elevated feeling sorry for herself.

Be sure to check back for Maggie's Storyfest video! I can't seem to get the hang of uploading it right now.


Dim Sum at the Queen Mother cafe...

Maggie (dressed as a princess) looks unsure about her mussels-- she didn't expect the cream sauce. She did eat every one!

Poor puggy. She milked it for all it was worth-- the little soft cast is off now and she is running around just fine.


just a few random pictures...

since I have no new pictures

I think I'll just post some old pictures that for one reason or another never got posted. (Note: some of the reasons they didn't get posted is because they are all particularly unflattering or ridiculous, which makes this entire post full of funny pictures.)

Maggie, Stop the Insanity.
What happens in silhouette vegas, stays in silhouette vegas.
Below, what happens when you are eating toast while trying to figure out how the PhotoBooth program works.
If we couldn't have blissful harmony, we settled for politely ignoring each other.
Bad to the Bone!