july 2009

july 3

happy canada day.

toby's new savings account seems to have gone to his head. he opened a new bank at home today and aly and i had to invest in it. it does have a fantastic rate of return and there's already been a split and dividend payment. [he was all hyper last night because sascha had been talking stocks and shares with him! - personally i usually fall asleep when sascha starts talking about finances].

at butterfly world - toby was a little freaked out by all the butterflies aiming at his head!

we decided to head over to victoria for a couple of action-packed days: we went to the royal BC museum, glendale gardens and butterfly world. we had a lot of fun and it was great to see everyone and pick some fresh veg. we had been wary of going because we weren't sure we wanted to listen to zoe scream in the car on the journey. as it turned out, she was actually fine in the car, but apparently doesn't like to sleep anywhere but her own bed. needless to say, we came back a little tired! we had planned to do a week long road trip later in the month - just travel south as long as zoe didn't scream the place down. we're thinking maybe one or two nights now!

i took aly and toby to a mom and me scrapbooking class on sunday. it's the first time i've taken both of them, but it was a mad science themed session so toby wanted to come. it turned out pretty well. toby wasn't exactly brimming with enthusiasm for the craft portion of the day, but they both really enjoyed the mad science experiments and making slime [which aly managed to spill in my friend, renukha's car on the way home - sorry again renukha!] it was the first time i'd been out with just the two of them since zoe was born and it was nice to spend some time with them without having to worry about the baby. zoe did her part and behaved very well for sascha for the 5 hours i was gone. although she's VERY clingy with me, she apparently does much better when i'm nowhere near her.

so we've officially entered the realm of finger foods. it's amazing how many different surfaces a damp cheerio can stick to! it might be messy, but it is certainly useful to have something to give her as a distraction - especially when we're all trying to sit down to a meal.

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