Sierra caught wind that Hallowe’en was sometime in October so every night after supper she asks for her bonbon d’Hallowe’en. Luckily she never ate any of her candy from the year prior so there is still some decent candy in there that hasn’t expired.
The key this year will be to see if she will wear a costume or not. Sierra LOVES Dora the Explorer so we are going to outfit her in that and see how it goes.
Sierra is quite the independent soul around our house. While she does insist that we help her put on her shoes and clothes from time to time, for the most part she refuses any help with anything. She is also getting used to playing on our own. The other evening I had to take care of Ezra on my own so I asked her to go play downstairs and she didn’t encounter any issues with it. Saturday mornings are quite fun as I can just set her down in front of Dora the Explorer for a few hours while I catch up on things that I haven’t been able to do throughout the week. Then we typically hit the road and do something with Ezra during the morning.
Sierra is still taking afternoon naps and we are quite lucky she does. I don’t know how we would function if we had to work with Ezra AND Sierra without getting a nap!
I will write more about the creation of this music box I built for Sierra but for the time being, I can say that Sierra enjoys being able to choose her own music to play out of this box.
Having fun outside in the rain!
Sierra was a fantastic helper for me on Sunday morning. For years we never did anything around our fire pit and we ended up with a layer of pine needles that we cleaned up last spring. Now that it’s Autumn a new batch have fallen down and I decided we need to get ahead of the game and pick these needles up!
It’s interesting not having a hot tub for the moment. We have made a lot more campfires this Fall.
Sierra was having a grand old time drinking a giant mug of apple juice. She didn’t care for the onion rings at all and we had to go back and order some fries for her. Also, I can’t believe Vero didn’t know I don’t like root beer! She shows up with a mug of it and I’m thinking “I’ve been with you over a decade and you don’t know this about me?!”
People, don’t forget to lock up your car at night! Someone ransacked our cars and the neighbours cars. I have officially hit old man status when NOTHING was taken from my car. I guess CDs and GPS systems aren’t in vogue for thieves?
With the mornings getting darker and darker, you get to see some really great sunrises from our front lawn.
Spaghetti supper!
Here’s a typical Saturday for us. Hanging out on the shopping carts at Canadian Tire.
We scored some great Halloween decorations from Canadian Tire! Sierra really liked putting these up in the window.
Last year all Sierra wanted to watch was It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. This year she watched it for a week and switched back to Dora.
My friend Nat came back to work after a year of maternity leave. Here she was excited to go back. Two hours later she was wondering why people have to sit inside cubicles all day.
It was school picture day so I worked extra long on her hair. I decided to take a photo in case she destroyed it before the photo session.
Still some beautiful lunch hour walks to be had with Etienne!
Vero bought a tool that helps slice up vegetables into spaghetti like noodles. I have to admit that it was pretty neat eating zucchini spaghetti!
I’m not sure why the photos are reversed order, but Sierra thought she could escape a photo taken of her but AHA! I managed to capture her joy on riding her little scooter.
Happy Hallowe’en Jason!
This photo was taken on a BEAUTIFUL Friday lunch hour where Marijo and I found a sunny spot on the patio at Le Troquet (best bar ever). Could it be the last patio day of the season?
Here is Sierra strumming the ukelele at the campfire.
This is the birthday card we prepared before the party.
The birthday girl and Sierra checking out something interesting on the Internet.
Getting some cake is always fun! For some reason Sierra did NOT want to sing Happy Birthday when the cake came out which was strange considering she had been singing it for a few days prior.
The piggyback rider lives again! Sierra really likes hopping on this thing now. I’m enjoying the fact that she likes hopping on it. In fact I was at the shopping mall the other day trying to figure out how to finagle a baby stroller and a toddler and she saw the piggyback rider and wanted to hop on around the mall! Problem solved.
Vero’s family came to town for Thanksgiving so we went out to the Mer Bleue bog for a walk. We had to park a kilometer away due to all the traffic. Someone said there were no spots available ahead but lo and behold if we had just kept driving we would have seen that they were not speaking the truth to us!
The bog is neat as it has a boardwalk stretching through the entire thing.
Clearly Danielle didn’t want to be in the photo.
There were only a million people in the trail with us. We were lucky to get a second to take this photo without people cutting through! For historical reference this was also the weekend when the Gatineau Park had to close their doors to car traffic early in the morning! Beautiful day for a hike though.
Sierra was pretty sure we could push this tree down.
This was a shot before we ate twenty pounds of turkey.
I’m not entirely sure what happened here but it sure looks like Sierra and Grandpapa are fixing some closet knobs.
I really like what they did on the walking path behind my work.
I wish I had seen this particular photo last weekend when I spent 30 minutes looking for our rake. Grandpapa and Sierra left it in the leaves near this tree!
I was really intrigued by this macabre artwork we saw at lunchtime. Turns out that each piece is inspired by a children’s tale. They had a gruesome one of a dismembered hand being eaten with a fork and knife. Turns out it was Captain Hook’s hand!
Dana’s hair is quite versatile.
Oh boy oh boy, we got to go on a tractor ride for an excursion to Ferme Drouin! The daycare kids loved the entire day. I was quite tired at the end of my day which ended around 2PM.
After the tractor ride we got to pick out one pumpkin to bring home.
SOMEONE wanted to get back to the tractor before all the others. Someone amongst us says “Wow, Sierra is quite independent.” In my head I’m thinking “Yeah, if you call a kid running away from her Dad when he’s wanting her to stay next to him independent…then yes, she’s quite independent!”
After the tractor ride we entered the spooky woods and looked at the spooky creatures hanging out in the woods.
Let’s be honest, the best part of any farm is the park they have set up.
Sierra was nice enough to give this goat some lunch.
This farm is well set up for kids to come and visit. After the park we had some lunch and then visited the barn. Afterwards we go into another barn/hall and they have a bouncy castle and some fun things like this alien picture to play around with. Ferme Drouin is a great spot to bring the kids!
I would like to thank the daycare for inviting me along for the trip! It was a cold but fun day outside with all the kids. Next time I’ll have to figure out how to sneak my way onto the bus because that always seems like the best part!
It will be a costly day when she realizes that if I put a toonie in the machine the horsies actually move! But until that day comes, she is content with just sitting on them and saying hello and goodbye to them.
Sierra and I spent some time at the shopping mall one Saturday morning when Ezra was still sleeping in. We put a dress on and went looking for some new shirts. We also found a popcorn stand and sat on the bench watching people while we ate some popcorn. A small bag of popcorn could probably last 2 weeks with a kid eating it!
We unfortunately have a new critter giving us a hard time in the house….a lobster!
Saturday afternoon was a beautiful day to start mulching up some leaves on the lawn. Before that we needed to hit up the pumpkin patch!
Sierra having more fun playing with Maman than actually picking out a pumpkin!
This was the moment immediately after Sierra tried to pick up the pumpkin by it’s top and the top fell off in her hands!
With a little wash this will be the perfect pumpkin.
Saturday night brought me to Mike and Melissa’s place for Mike’s birthday party. I really love this picture as it looks like I’m the head of a group of evil masterminds!
My team at work are dressing as clowns so I this was my attempt at a minimalist clown costume. I feel I need to find a coloured vest to make the outfit work. Also, wearing lipstick for the first time was weird. My lips were always super dry!
Nanny Ruth and Beth came for a visit on a rainy Sunday. We had some soup for lunch and then we carved a small pumpkin with Sierra. She was very excited to see a pumpkin come to life. We still have two more to carve out in the next few days.
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sierra!
