Wednesday, August 26, 2009

August 22 - Vic's visit

Vic and her beautiful girls, Ainsley and Anna, came all the way from Saltspring Island BC to see us on the east coast - we loved having them here! They stayed with us at Janeville and the weather was perfect.




We painted rocks we collected from the beach, ate homemade popsicles, ran around in the nuddie...








Shennanigans with Cate's Grandma Judy, and lots of generally "crazy silliness!" Fun times girls we can't wait til our next visit!


Oh and of course...the hairdo! Anna and Ainsley worked tirelessly on their creation.








We'll miss you - thank you for such a wonderful visit!

August 17th - Youghall with Dad and Doris


I took the girls to the cottage for a weekend with Dad (Grandpa John) and Doris (Oma Doris). We had perfect weather and the sandbars were lovely - we sailed, ate, and played.



Rob joined us for 2 days. And we had an excellent Scrabble game with Carolyn and Bud.





Cate loves the water - it is pure bliss for her and the jellyfish too, she just loves those jellyfish. We have now instituted the rule of lifejacket always in the water though - she just loves to go straight out...no fear of the depth. She loves Getaway and had a nice little nap under Grandpa's lifejacket while he WD-40'd all possible bits.


Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Janeville - August 11, 2009


We're currently based at Mom's place in Janeville, NB (pic left). Our plan is to spend the summer here with visits to the Youghal cottage, and take day trips to the southern part of the province to find a house. Since Rob works from home he has lots of flexibility and I am on maternity leave until next April - so we have some time to find just the right place for our little family, with lots of room to accommodate visits from friends and family.


On the sunny days we spend time down at the beach here in Janeville - 48 steps down to the water - or over at Youghal to play on the sandbars or have a sail with Dad in his fantastic little Hobie Cat. (Dad is teaching me to sail, thus the super light wind conditions...and seeing as I still have trouble with left and right, you can imagine my confusion with starboard and port...never mind - we'll have it up on one rail by end of summer!)



Cate unequivocally loves the water and is not dismayed in the least by the hundreds of jellyfish that were out this year - she just walked right through them and stuck her hands in the curious purple jelly, completely immune to the stings from the tentacles that attached to her arms and legs. She is just beautiful to watch explore the Chaleur Bay sandbars and creatures.




Chloe is simply growing - what can I say, other than that! She is a fantastic little (big) eater, and loves it whenever someone - anyone!- has time to spend with her. She smiles so easily and just seems to float about . She is calm and getting giggly. We are so happy we have our girls!




More soon!

Monday, August 10, 2009

Intro - August 10, 2009

Hi!

We'll post updates of our family news on this blog, and especially include some photos of the girls.

Enjoy and thanks for keeping in touch!

Courtney, Rob, Cate and Chloe