Connor learns to cook #1. 

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Connor learns to cook #2. 

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Ho Ho Ho

Posted by Kate

Yesterday we went to the Honda family picnic at Santa's Village in Bracebridge. They rent out the whole park for 2 days for the merriment of their employees and families. We had all the fun that we could have with a baby. We petted the deer, visited Santa, went on the merry-go-round, boat, ferris wheel and train, ate our hot dogs and got free cotton candy. They have a really great kids play area that I'm sure he will like more next year. They also have a tiny little chapel up on a hill which we thought was kind of goofy, but it ended up being a quiet place to nurse Connor. The only drawback to the day was that Connor had a miserable time in the car. He threw up on the way there and cried almost the whole way home. He is NOT enjoying car rides lately. I wonder if he feels sick. Is is possible for babies to have motion sickness?
So for $1 tickets, we figure we got our money's worth. And I wish I'd had a video camera when we got home. After being confined in the stroller, car seat and our arms all day Connor's energy just exploded when I put him on the kitchen floor. He was banging toys, pans and yelling at the top of his lungs!

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We did not take Connor to see Santa Claus at Christmas...no, we went in June! 

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"I'm a viking! And I've come to take your land, oh yes! I've come to take your land, and I've come to burn your crops and steal your horses. And I've come to...step on your chickens!" (Veggie Tales) If pirates say ARRRR what do vikings say? 

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Here we are on Santa's boat, which takes you for a little trip down the river. As always, Connor is making the most of his experience by tasting things.  

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Here are Dave and Connor on the ferris wheel. The cars were supposed to look like ornaments. Once again, Connor was mostly interested in the guard rails.  

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HQ reporting in VRLand

Posted by Kate

The New VR is the mostly cheesy local news station in Barrie. They report on the little small town stuff that happens in Simcoe County, and are generally an object of ridicule--at least in my family. A few weeks ago I was walking up main street pushing Connor in the stroller when I saw one of their bright yellow SUVs, a guy in dress clothes with a microphone and a guy with a camera. The guy with the mike asked somebody walking the other way if she wanted to answer a question, and she said no thank you. As I was approaching him I tried not to make eye contact so he wouldn' t ask me, but he did anyway.

Mike guy: Excuse me, would you answer a question for the news?
Kate: I don't know. What's the question?
Mike: (as camera guy is getting into position) Well, I suppose you've heard of the student at Banting...Oh, just wait until the camera's set up--
Kate: No, I need to know the whole question before I answer it on tv. If I'm going to be on the news I'd like to have something intelligent to say.
Mike: Oh, well, thanks anyway.

I love how this implies that he didn't want me to say something intelligent. I felt like he wanted someone that would sound dumb and ill-informed. That's the way most bystander interviews on the news sound and I hate it. Whenever some catastrophe happens the news people just grab someone, ask an obvious question and let the person give an answer that tells you nothing. And then they show it on tv like its some groundbreaking thing. "What do you think of this heat wave?" "Oh, it's hot alright. We're just trying to stay cool." Duh. I found out later that there was a highschool kid caught making bombs here in town, so I guess that's what he was going to ask me about. I didn't know about it at the time and I still don't have an opinion about it, so I would have done a great dumb interview.
And you know what else? When they showed the story that night they used footage of Connor and I walking down the street! (Of course we didn't see it--we don't watch it!! Someone told me about it later). "Alliston...a quiet, peaceful town...(shot of woman pushing large yellow stroller)...but not anymore..." Blah blah blah. I'm not saying that there aren't serious issues that need to be discussed in communities. I just think that they are trivialized when every Joe Blow gets to give their mundane opinon and then it's made into a sentimental story.

Blasted New VR. No one will ever take you seriously. Because you ARE the New VR.

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Pirates Everywhere

Connor's pirate name is...

Captian Roger Bonney

Even though there's no legal rank on a pirate ship, everyone recognizes you're the one in charge. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!

Mine is

Iron Davey Kidd

Arr!!!

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Daddy thinks that Connor is learning to like Pepsi. Little does he know that Mommy is teaching Connor to shake the cans.  

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Connor is really flexible and I have had so many people comment in the last few weeks that he could do yoga... 

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And here he is doing the classic pose, Downward Facing Baby.  

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Ahhh. After a good meal I like to sit down and put my feet up.  

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Connor is practising his football and soccer skills.  

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Now here's a real kick in the pants...

Last night when I was at National Sports in Barrie I was looking around and I saw that they had some Poker chips for sale. I was a little surprised at this as I thought that they just had sports equipment and the like not some game that has taken off in the last few years. (not that there's anything wrong with that). Before I go on with this story, let me give you a little back story.

A few months ago I was really trying to find some chips and the best deal I could find was a 300 chip set for $70.00. I thought that this was a pretty good deal so I picked up this set. A few days later I learned that my good buddy Dan bought a 500 chip set for the same amount of money that I just dropped. ARG!!!

Fast forward to last night.... At National Sports they had the exact same 500 chip set for the wonderful price of....

Wait for it!!!!!

$29.99! Regularly $129.99

When I saw this I wanted to punch myself in the face.

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Baseball Blues

Well I had my 4th game at the Honda League Baseball the other night. (well third actually cuz the ump didn't show up for the last game) and so far no luck for our team. Our first game we lost in extra innings and our second game we tied. On Wednesday we just sucked for the first four innings. I think we were down 15-6 going into the bottom of the 5th. We made a big ralley and made it close. We ended up losing 15-13. Now if we could only play like that for the whole game. I have yet to get a decent hit as the teams we have faced so far have had really crappy pitchers. On Wednesday I walked twice and only got one decent pitch to swing at and rushed it a little too much and popped it up to first.

I'm getting the feeling that my captian doesn't think I'm any good cuz he keeps making me catcher. I hate playing catcher. Oh well. I bought some cleats the other night and some batting gloves as well so hopefully they will bring me a little more respect....

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