Kyle and Jemma's blog

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Must post... must post! It's been a month!

Well, I just made it. I can't let my record of posting at least monthly with new pictures lapse! July has been a busy month, with a nice little week vacation at CenterParks at the end. I'll spare you the long story and get to what you really came here for: pictures of me.

After a long night of jamming with the band, I passed out from drinking too much ba-ba.

However, I walked it off the next day by taking Jemma for a little stroll.

It's never a party without jumping in a bouncy castle without your pants.

The highlight of the month though was the vacation... I think Mom and Dad really enjoyed themselves, so I tried my best to suffer through it too.

They made me vaccuum and clean.

But I also got to shoot them with foam balls! It was great, especially pegging Mommy in the head.

I got pretty good at aiming too - although Aurore was a quick target, I got her good!

Oh yeah - Jemma came with us too. I'm not sure she thought shooting our parents was such a good idea at first, but she got into it. She really liked helping me load the foam balls.

She also liked watching me in my on-stage performances. In the first one, I was a Chinese Butterfly-carrying-person-of-some-sort.

In the next one, I was an Indian! Boy was I good... I did the bestest fake Indian dance in the group! Jemma was so amazed, she was floored!

I also got to show Daddy what a good driver I am. I don't hit things (often).

They had some pretty cool climbing things too - which I completely mastered. I think Daddy was too afraid to try it, so I had to show him how. That little dot at the top waving is me.

Climbing is a spectator sport. I learned from my cousin Robbie.

Jemma tried her hand at driving too - but I think her choice of cars leaves a bit to be desired. Very chunky and slow.

Next was bowling... see what I mean about having to suffer through all this torturous stuff for my parents?

I did enjoy the endless supply of climbing things, but Daddy kept distracting me to take pictures. I had to ask him to let me concentrate.

Jemma had a blast too - usually when she wasn't being pestered by our 'folks.

It took her a bit to get comfortable with some of the local wildlife (turtles), but she got the hang of it.

In order to give her a break from Mom and Dad, I showed her how to slide. I think she liked it.

Aurore came to see us for the last two days, it was great! Besides getting to shoot her in Baluba (see above - way in the background), we went swimming with her too.

A quick recharge with spaghetti got us back in the mood for playing. Meal times were kept under 15 minutes to ensure maximum play time - and to keep us in control.

All this fun doesn't come for free - they put me to work on the farm one day.

Jemma liked the goats, but didn't really know what to do with them. Come to think of it, what DO you do with goats, besides try your best to keep them from eating your buttons?

You can feed them, I guess...

And feed them some more...

Then you can abandon them to go play with cute, furry little bunnies. They poop.

Did you know that you can't fit a bunny in your pocket very easily?

Then we did more sliding... more shooting... more climbing...

Although we went swimming every day (and I suspect that Mom and Dad went after we were sleeping too!), we only took a few pictures. Daddy's too cheap to buy a waterproof camera, I guess.

Ain't I cool in my goggles?

I had to kiss Jemma to make her happy once in a while.

I was big enough to go on the waterslides by myself this year! However, on the big fast ones I had to go with Daddy, Mommy , or Aurore to keep them from drowning. I was happy to help.

Jemma doesn't ALWAYS cry when Daddy holds her... just usually. :)

See? once in a while she's distracted enough to be happy. By the way, did you see my COOL swimsuit? Auntie Lori sent it to me for my birthday (thanks!!!) I was the talk of the town, and it was great to swim with! I was asked to be a swimsuit model, ya know.