Happy belated 4th of July!

We did something a little untraditional for America’s birthday this year… we went to Canada!  Oliver’s parents met and married in Montreal, and they have a home about 40 minutes north of there.  Oliver’s Uncle Jack and Aunt Merielle live there, too.  We left on July 2nd and returned on July 11th.  Mike, Katie, and Warner, Oliver, me and Lydia, and Omi and Opa.  We had a great time and made lots of good memories, despite the record-breaking high temperatures!  (And sadly, there is no AC in most homes up there, so we were BAKING and sweaty most of the time.)  Still, the scenery was lovely and I know Lydia had a good time.  I’ll let her tell you more about her trip.

Hello everybody!  I’m back!  Did you miss me?  I went to another country for the first time!  (They speak French there and everything!)  Let me tell you a little bit about the fun we had…

Here are 2 pictures of me and my cousin Warner on the first morning.  Aren’t we cute?

We went to this restaurant for lunch that Omi calls “the blue house.”  It has a real name, but I don’t know what it is.  They serve “steamies” and lots of french fries.  Yucky!  I don’t like hot dogs and french fries!  Mommy and Daddy think I might be the only kid in the world that doesn’t like that.

We went to church on Sunday.  I was such a good girl and almost quiet the whole time, except for a little humming and singing – I just couldn’t help it!  I love to sing!  I went forward for communion with Mommy and Daddy.  I didn’t have any wine or bread, but I did receive a blessing!

There were lots of pretty flowers outside of the church.  I LOVE flowers and I always have to stop and check them out when I see them!  I am very gentle when I touch flowers.

Me and Omi being silly before church.

There’s a cute little town nearby called St. Sauveur.  We walked around there a few times, ate dinner there, and even stopped for ice cream once!  Here is a picture of my Opa pushing me and Warner in the stroller. 

I love to be outside!  I love it, love it, love it!  So when I got a chance to frolic on a big grassy lawn in St. Sauveur, I had so much fun! 

I’m starting to really like my cousin Warner.  I like to touch him (I’m always very gentle) and sometimes I inspect him to see if we look alike.

My Uncle Mike is silly!

There is a lake in front of Omi and Opa’s house, so sometimes I got to go for walks outside!  Warner brought his double off-road stroller so that we could share.  Since he’s still little and I’m a big girl now, I go to ride in the front and Warner had to sit in the smaller seat in the back. 

Warner always falls asleep during our walks and misses all of the fun!

Warner and I made up a game where he tries to “get me.”  Although he can walk a little, he can’t run like I can!  I’m fast!  After a little while I decided to let him “get me”.  He would tickle me and I thought that was pretty funny. 

Mommy and I have played the “I’m gonna get you” game for a long time, and I really like it.  But unlike Warner, she’s fast and always gets me even when I’m running!

I got to go to a pet store.  Mommy and Daddy and Opa kept saying something about puppies and more fish and giant birds in the back of the store, but I couldn’t tear myself away from the big fish tank at the front of the store!  I LOVE fish!  There were guinea pigs at the front, too.  They were sort of interesting (but not nearly as fun as Grammy and Poppy’s cat).

Here’s a picture of Mommy and me at an Italian restaurant one night.  I was VERY squirmy that night!  I colored with my crayons, I read a couple of books and I watched some of my Little Einsteins DVD.  After awhile I was SO squirmy (and “super whiney” as my Mommy says) that Daddy took me outside for a walk.  After that we all walked down to an ice cream place.  Mommy and Daddy offered some to me because I’ve never had ice cream, but I didn’t want to try it.  Mommy and Daddy say I’m going through an extremely picky phase.  I only like about 5 things, and refuse everything else.

Uncle Jack has a tennis court in his backyard!  So Mommy and Daddy played tennis 3 times.  Uncle Jack and Opa played with them too.

One of the coolest things I did while I was in Canada was when Daddy took me swimming in lake!  Mommy kept saying how impressed she was that I was so brave in the dark water I had never seen before.  I wasn’t nervous at all!  I loved it!  Plus, my Daddy was there with me, so I felt safe.  At one point a Mother duck and her babies swam by us.  So neat!

 

Although Mommy brought swimming diapers with us to Canada, for whatever reason she didn’t bother with it for my quick dip in the lake.  See how big and bloated my diaper became??  I took half of the lake with me!  Mommy and Daddy laughed so hard about this.

This is Omi and Opa’s house where we stayed.  I slept in a room upstairs by Mommy and Daddy.

This is on our flight home.  I sat in my own seat in my car seat most of the time, but after awhile I needed a break.  We had to get up at 4:15 that morning to get ready to leave for the airport, so I was VERY tired.  I fell asleep around 8:00 AM, just before our flight took off, and slept for 30 minutes.  But that was all until we got home to our house at 1:00 pm.  I could barely keep my little eyes open.  I was so happy to see my house and all of my other toys!  I wasn’t sure if we were ever coming back!

There is probably so much more that I could tell you about our trip, but I want to go and play now.  Oh, did you know that I started going to speech therapy so I can learn to talk more?  I’ll tell you all about it in my next blog entry.  Or maybe I’ll let Mommy tell you about that.  I’m very busy with my toys.  Bye-bye for now!  Love, Lydia