Kyle and Jemma's blog
Friday, October 31, 2008
School starting, through Halloween... lots 'o pics!
Ok... now that we're back on the picture wagon, here are the shots from last September and October. It was a busy month, despite the lack of travel!
First things first... September was a big month for Kyle! His first day of Kindergarden! Cassie next door is in his class too.
He gets picked up by a bus every day... he's a big boy now, and can go to school on his own!
Bye Kyle!!!
Then... a couple hours later they're done with him and drop him back off. Kinda looks the same, don't it?
Did i mention that our babysitter from Belgium came to visit? She was in a few of the pics in the last post, but she was around at the beginning of September too. We went to Niagara Falls with her for a shower. I guess our bathtub was broken.
We even went on the Maid of the Mist - it was cool! Good thing we had practice getting soaked to the bone in Russia!
We dried out at lunch... it didn't last.
Near our new house is a huge fish factory in the park - we're not sure what they do with the fish, but you can feed them and stuff. Next year Kyle and I will go do Catch and Release.
September was pretty warm - we also went to do a Corn Maze (or Corn Maize if you want to be redundant).
It was pretty easy to get around.
They had all kinds of other cool stuff there too!
We even went on a hay ride, and shot a corn-cob cannon!
This was Mommy's shirt when she was a little girl - it's perfect!
Dress rehearsal for Halloween...
Dress rehearsal for Kyle's facial tick.
Mommy doesn't believe in "down time" according to Daddy. According to Mommy however, "down time" doesn't mean sleeping until 2pm on the weekends. To compromise, we do cool family stuff like go visit the local ski resort before it opened.
The chair lift got at least 20 feet off the ground... it was fun!
Again... I'm not sure why they complain about how tough some of these trips are... it's easy!
Next comes Halloween! Or, as we kids call it - FREECANDYCANDYCANDYCANDYCANDY!!!!!!!!!!
In Pittsford, Halloween is a family fun affair. Even the adults enjoy it. Really enjoy it.
OPEN!!!!!! Please!
Kyle got so much candy he couldn't carry it any more. Jemma... well, she went a bit bazurk seeing as there was free candy involved.
Ok, with that out of the way, let's get back to one of Kyle's myriad of sporting activities: Rock Climbing!
Kyle wants to be just like his Cousin Robyn... it'd be cool to climb with her!
Kyle and Daddy went for 6x 1.5 hour sessions, and had a blast. They're going to continue once some of Kyle's other activities are done - there's just no time!
Well... that's that. Coming soon: Daddy's friends visit, and then Christmas!!!
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Settling into Rochester
Well, now that the vacations are over, here are a bunch of pictures from our first while in Rochester. We had lots of visitors come, and we put them to hard work too. Sorry about this too, but I've found a few more random pictures on Kyle's camera so I'll start with those to keep you confused.
First things first... Budapest. Really. I'm really not sure what this is doing on Kyle's camera because he wasn't there. It looks rainy and cold, but I'm told that the spa in the park was AMAZING... and so was the food.
Jemmy on the cruise ship... she suits hats doesn't she?
She suits jewelry too... poor boys when she gets older. Strangely though, she won't let you put ANYTHING in her hair.
Kyle's getting to be a creative photographer...
Jemma loved swimming on her own in the salt-water pool on the cruise ship... and ever since then she's been way less clingy while swimming.
Ok... now that's out of the way, on to Rochester life!
Our first visitors were Uncle Mark and our cousins from Ottawa! We don't have many pictures of this visit because we had so much fun. Mommy and Daddy couldn't take pictures because their hands were too busy covering their ears all the time.
Next came Grandma and Grandpa Cazabon. The moment they showed up, Mom and Dad handed them tools and put them to work building our vacation cottage in the back yard. We kids did most of the hard work though - they were too busy sitting around drinking beer.
After 3 solid days of work it was complete. It's amazing! I'm still waiting for Daddy to put in the heating system and Internet connection, but we're almost there!
They were here for Kyle's birthday too - it was great! Presents!!!
Our babysitter and family friend from Belgium, Aurore, also came to visit for Kyle's birthday! She hasn't missed any of his birthdays since he was born!
Kyle's getting to be a pretty good photographer himself these days. The only way I can tell he took it is the low angle... otherwise it looks just like the 99% of Daddy's shots that he edits out! Maybe he should start looking at the screen when he takes pictures. :)
We truly are best friends...
And while Jemma might LOOK all cute and innocent... we all know better.
One of our neighbours has a pool, and they're amazingly nice about letting us use it.
That's Sherri there, swimming with Mom. Stacey (our other neighbour) is poking her head in the corner.
Grandpa's a good photographer too, but it's easy with models like us kids.
Kyle's very proud of his golf clubs - now he can be like Grandpa! (golfing like dad isn't enough of a challenge for him)
Kyle had all the kids over for his birthday too - along with Grandma, Grandpa, and Aurore! It was a busy household for a few days!
Mmmmm... cake!
The whole crew. I think our barbecue took this picture.
Next, our other Grandma and Grandpa came to visit! Busy month!
Kyle seems to have this face built in... it pops out whenever he gets too excited and you point a camera at him.
Strangely enough, I can't find the other pictures from that visit... but they'll show up shortly in a retrospective I'm sure. :)
However, that's not the end of the visitors!!! Stuart and Lara also came to visit. Remember them from Brussels, Amsterdam, and probably a bunch of other places?
Here we are with our friends Katelyn and Abby!
That brings us to about the end of September... and the end of the pictures that we have prepared. There's still a bunch more to edit, so maybe by this weekend we'll make it to Christmas for you!
