It was Kenna's first trip to the dentist today. She did amazing!! I had my regular cleaning about 3 weeks ago, and I brought her with me to observe, and we've talked about it lots. So she arrived today fully prepared and ready to go. She had no complaints and didn't seem nervous at all. I snapped this pic on my phone. She has no cavaties, and an overbite that we'll have to keep an eye on for the future, but hopefully she'll grow and it will solve itself.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
3's
This is a little thing that's been flying around facebook. Fun...but I really think everyone already knows this about me. I suppose I'm not overly exciting...I have worked lots, not traveled, and now I'm home lots:-)
Three names I go by.
1. Darby/Darbs
2. Dar
3. D-bird
Three jobs I have had.
1. Warehouse worker (Scholastic & Canada Publishing)
2. Family & Conference Coodinator (IBLP/ATI)
3. Bookkeeper (Gyro Mazda & Sturdevant Construction)
Three places I have lived.
1. Markham, Ontario
2. Hinsdale, IL
3. Fairport, NY
Three t.v. shows I watch.
1. House
2. The Office
3. Heroes
Three places I have been.
1. Chiapas, Mexico
2. Nashville, TN
3. Calgary, Alberta
Three of my fav. foods.
1. a great burger & fries
2. fish & chips (halibut)
3. lasagna
Three things I am looking forward to.
1. All my house project being DONE & having a craft room
2. Watching my children grow up
3. Going to England with my husband
Three names I go by.
1. Darby/Darbs
2. Dar
3. D-bird
Three jobs I have had.
1. Warehouse worker (Scholastic & Canada Publishing)
2. Family & Conference Coodinator (IBLP/ATI)
3. Bookkeeper (Gyro Mazda & Sturdevant Construction)
Three places I have lived.
1. Markham, Ontario
2. Hinsdale, IL
3. Fairport, NY
Three t.v. shows I watch.
1. House
2. The Office
3. Heroes
Three places I have been.
1. Chiapas, Mexico
2. Nashville, TN
3. Calgary, Alberta
Three of my fav. foods.
1. a great burger & fries
2. fish & chips (halibut)
3. lasagna
Three things I am looking forward to.
1. All my house project being DONE & having a craft room
2. Watching my children grow up
3. Going to England with my husband
Little Guy
I made a little CD scrapbook all about Brooks & Daddy. In keeping with the CD theme, each page has words to the chorus from Little Guy (by Gord Bamford). It turned out SO cute! He're a link to the precious song, since I'm sure not many have heard it (it's country, and he's Canadian). So sweet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_wso8Zo7-A
Grandma's Birthday
Zoo Day
We are the proud owners of a family zoo pass. Yay! We're excited to be able to go lots and lots, the zoo is only about 3 miles from our house, so it can be a quick morning trip, or an all day affair, whatever we're in the mood for. The first day we chose to go, it was 100 degrees outside! It made for a very tiring day, I think we spent 2.5 hrs walking around and looking at the animals.
This one was so close to us (at the "moat"), drinking, splashing, and blowing water out of it's trunk. We watched him for a long time.
It was too hot for the lions, they're sleeping in their cave. That was sad, we wanted to see them.
The girls thought this fox was so cute.
This monitor dragon scared Brooks. His display cage was low, on kid eye level, so they could walk right up to him. Brooks didn't think that was the best idea.
Throwing mud on himself to keep cool
Lots of giraffes eating trees
This one was so close to us (at the "moat"), drinking, splashing, and blowing water out of it's trunk. We watched him for a long time.
It was too hot for the lions, they're sleeping in their cave. That was sad, we wanted to see them.
The girls thought this fox was so cute.
This monitor dragon scared Brooks. His display cage was low, on kid eye level, so they could walk right up to him. Brooks didn't think that was the best idea.
Throwing mud on himself to keep cool
Lots of giraffes eating trees
Friday, July 17, 2009
Imaginary Play
Kenna and Brooks are in the phase right now of playing "Mom & Dad", "Dogs & Cats" or "Babies" constantly. When Brooks is a baby he likes to be completely wrapped up.
The big girls are lots of fun. Here is a fort complete with a canopy, in case it rains!
Kenna in the fort/baby crib.
The big girls are lots of fun. Here is a fort complete with a canopy, in case it rains!
Kenna in the fort/baby crib.
The other baby. What a cutie!
Another Cousin is Here!!
My sister Lauryn and her husband Mark welcomed their first baby, Mattea Leigh into the world on July 10th. She was 8lbs 15oz and 21.25in long.
Although generally looking like Mark, I can see a Kennedy hairline/pattern here.
Chilling with her Uncle Nigel
After a bath with Grandma N
At the hospital with Daddy
She looks like her Dad!
Although generally looking like Mark, I can see a Kennedy hairline/pattern here.
Chilling with her Uncle Nigel
After a bath with Grandma N
At the hospital with Daddy
She looks like her Dad!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Baseball Game
Janessa at her first "big league" game, we have a triple A team here.
Lainie
Brian and his baseball boy
Lainie
Brian and his baseball boy
I love how this picture is supposed to be of the girls and Brooks is there in the shot doing his best "chinese smile" as we call it:-)
Monday, July 13, 2009
Stolen!!
Bird feeders hung from Daddy's chin-up bar. They are pine cones covered in peanut butter and birdseed. We hung them in the morning, and Kenna would "check on them" periodically. She woke up from her nap and immediate peered out the door to see if there were any birds. She came running to us completely panic-stricken "Mom, Mom, the birds stole the feeders, come see!!!" Sure enough there was only yellow yarn hanging there, pine cones completely gone. I suspect squirrels to be the culprits, but I didn't tell her that, as I thought she'd be upset, since they were made for birds to come eat. I just said they likely got eaten up. "But what about the pine cones? They don't like to eat pine cones" She sounded incredulous! She's too smart. No playing games with this kid! Jillaine chimed in that they could have been carried off to feed babies in a nest. Then I mentioned a few scenarios involving birds, squirrels, chipmunks etc. I even quoted small portions of Monty Python "he could grip it by the husk" for cultural educations sake. lol.
Since the exercise bar is in the picture I might mention that Brian has been doing some intense workouts with his friend Tom (who works out very intensely!) In fact, Brian has now thrown up all over the yard twice now. I guess I don't work out hard enough, as this has never happened to me! The most recent occurance of this was on Sat night, and it's on video. Oh Joy! The girls get a kick out of watching it, and said I should post it, but I said that might be just a little too gross. Who really wants to see somebody throw up? They said they'd watch it, I said they might be the only ones.
Since the exercise bar is in the picture I might mention that Brian has been doing some intense workouts with his friend Tom (who works out very intensely!) In fact, Brian has now thrown up all over the yard twice now. I guess I don't work out hard enough, as this has never happened to me! The most recent occurance of this was on Sat night, and it's on video. Oh Joy! The girls get a kick out of watching it, and said I should post it, but I said that might be just a little too gross. Who really wants to see somebody throw up? They said they'd watch it, I said they might be the only ones.
Times of Old
Well, it's been 6 years since we packed up the old childhood "Playmobil room" in Ontario. For some reason, we didn't take it down in the best way...everything is all jumbled together in seemingly random order. I think we had a plan when we did it, but it makes no sense now. So while the girls are here, one of our projects is to get it all out, and separate it into bins according to "Victorian", "Farm" etc. So it's easier to find certain things or types of things. It took quite a bit of memory to remember how some of these went together, let me tell you!!
Ok, what was that white dog's name? Here's Earecka and Milo the cat. I think I will never forget this set, it was the first Victorian one we bought I think.
The back side of a horse barn
London England, 1883, that is what "year it was"
Ok, what was that white dog's name? Here's Earecka and Milo the cat. I think I will never forget this set, it was the first Victorian one we bought I think.
The back side of a horse barn
London England, 1883, that is what "year it was"
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