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Sierra at ten months (continued)

Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen Sierra happier!

Check out that huge plate of food for her!

Sierra sure loves the swing set.

It’s been an interesting month here in Ottawa.  Many houses were flooded on the Gatineau and Ottawa side.  It’s quite crazy to think of how powerful water can be when it wants to be.  Here’s a picture of the walking path near the river.  To give it some context, I generally sit on the rocks near the river and let my legs hang over.  To give some further context, a week after this photo was taken, the water had risen so much that I had to blaze a trail through the woods because it was impossible to walk on the path.  Weeks later, my office building was closed for a few days so I helped out with filling sandbags in Rockland.  My body ached for days afterwards!

Sierra getting ready to rock out!

Sierra having fun outside after a long winter.

THIS is why we had a child!

Sierra is SUPER happy that Danny and Mike came for a visit.

 

Speaking about visitors, Abbey, Maureen and John dropped for a few days as well!

 

Hanging out down at the playground.

I’m pretty sure they were creating some device to snatch cookies from the cupboard.

Oh Google Photo collage, how I love thee.

Fun times with times with Uncle Ryan.

Abbey and Sierra playing!

Sierra has seen more tunnel action than the Ninja Turtles!

As the Spring arrives, the goatee tends to leave the building.  I wanted Sierra to see what was going on so she wouldn’t be too freaked out with a clean shaven Dad.

Not sure if she likes it…

I got the approval!

These chip bags are hilarious!

That was a successful month!  Onto the next!

 

 

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Memory: Happy 40th Birthday Star Wars

First off…let’s take a look at where I was ten years ago:

Happy Birthday Star Wars

Man, those fish and chips from the Blackburn Arms sound amazing.

I was trying to see if I had already written a blog post about my introduction to Star Wars, but it doesn’t look like it!

This is still my greatest pumpkin accomplishment!

I have memories of sitting in the guest room in the basement and there was a television set up there.  I remember watching MCTV and there was a movie on.  I had no idea what this movie was but it involved a giant snow planet and some dudes riding on some kind of creatures.  I remember watching the entire thing and not really understanding a whole lot of what was going on, but hey, as a kid, how much do you REALLY understand of a movie?  Not much.  You just understand awesome visuals and action sequences and good guys kicking ass.  The Empire Strikes Back has all of that and more!  Of course, I wouldn’t even know the title of that movie until later.

I always love how Mike dressed up as George Lucas for Halloween!

Fast forward to an evening over at my parents friends place…Ernie and Gloria (I believe?).  What are you going to do when you bring your kids to an evening of fun?  Set them up in front of the television with some movies of course!  This was a big deal.  I remember us renting a VCR from time to time, but these folks actually owned one.  “I can watch movies on demand?”  “You sure can kid, why don’t you watch these films called Star Wars.”

Star Wars brothers in arms.

I remember being mesmerized by Star Wars and then we popped the other movie in and it turned out to be the same movie that I had seen on that Sunday afternoon in my basement!  I have no idea what time frame elapsed between the two events…it could have been a week, it could have been years.  Either way, I finally knew the name of the film I had seen and it was time to watch it again.

A new fan in the making!

That’s my introduction to Star Wars.  The Empire Strikes Back still has a spot in my heart as the best Star Wars film, although I have to say Rogue One is pretty darn close to it.  Benoit and I always debate which is better (his favourite is A New Hope) and I’ve realized that maybe everyone’s favourite is always their first.  Because your first experience of something you love will always leave an impressionable mark on a young boy.

Strong with the smiles, this one is!

It’s an exciting time to be a Star Wars fan, let alone be a geek.  Sierra is already becoming a fan through osmosis.  I can’t wait to see what the next forty years brings in the land we call a galaxy far, far away.

I can’t stop laughing at this one of Sierra!

This was from the Star Wars in Concert event in Ottawa.  They had some cool props.