I'll start with Kim's bday..our angel turned 2 this month. every day, she is becoming more interesting, developing her unique self. tears are welling up in my eyes even as I write this..keith is making meatloaf, he just finished bread and butter pudding, kY is giving Kim a ride on his shoulders and yohann is exhausted from the weekend's activities, he is just lying around watching all the action.
On Friday eve. we went to Connie's mom's bday. We took a 'hummingbird cake'. We got back at 12:30 a.m. the next morning (Sat) was Yohann's closing ceremony for baseball. They had a game, followed by pizza and sundae's (the children got to help themselves to toppings). It was a semi-hot day, so i took off kim's boyfreind jeans and let her wade in the water, the shrieks of delight did not escape the other children and soon everyone was rolling up their pants and moving into the cool water. Then there was the highlight of the ceremony, the trophy, that each child collected and a very sturdy bag + a photograph of the team. In the evening we went to Ayesha's son;s second bday and we got back at 1 a.m. They had a chocolate tuxedo cake which was out-of-this world and fodder for my next cake.
Last week on Saturday and Sunday we went hiking and cycling to Wilket Creek Park. that is my favourite part of summer..walking in the woods, the silence and the smell of the woods just transport me away from our activity centred lives..i absolutely love it..even today, it is overcast and i cannot stop wanting to go for a long drive outside the city and and hitting the trails..
We couldn't let the weekend pass without indulging our most favourite activity so off we went to Edward Gardens for a picnic supper. There was a thunderstorm just before so it was overcast and overwhemingly beautiful..Anways, we packed our meatloaf s/wiches and bread pudding and went to enjoy the beautiful evening..The smell from the woods was haunting...beautiful woody musky smell..I went with the boys for a short walk and we discovered yet another amazing part that we hadn't been to before. It was so silent and quite and you could hear only the cricket sounds, Anyways, we were all alone and it was densely wooded. I said, "I hope there are no panthers or foxes around hoping to incite even more excitement in the boys. they turned and looked at me as though I was crazy. Kyren said 'mom, we are in the wooded areas of the park'..it is a park not really a forest. I replied 'still you never know'..yohann and ky looked at each other as though I was totally kookoo..they were like o.K whatever. Anyways when we were heading back to Keith, i tried again 'let's get out before it get's dark, if we are lost, we will need to spend the night here' hoping to at least to spook Yohann. but he said 'don't worry, I know the way back, follow me!!..they really have no sense of adventure. Maybe next year I will try with Kim.
So, to get back to Kim's bday. A few of our freinds and ever-growing family joined us. Wendy was the first to arrive at 2p.m followed by Reina. We took the kids to the wading pool. they had such a blast, refusing to come out even as the water was draining on them. after that, we went to the play area..the younger kids played on the slides, swings and other equipment. at around 5 pm, we headed home. Keith got lovely hot kebabs going and everyone ravenous from all the activity, enjoyed them. mum/dad/ connie's parents and giselle and family came in. June/ lancy came later. June/Lancy brought ribs and pasta bake for the kids. Connie's mom made meatloaf and tongue. mummy made chicken sukka and rice. keith made kebabs and bread pudding. I made jerk bbq chicken/ apple coleslaw and the cake. Vanilla cake with cream cheese frosting.
Ky's bday
The boys all turned up at around 2p.m (Zac/Jayden/Joshua/Jeremy/Adrien/Hayley/Nicole/Ben/Gracie.) Jayden had a new ipod..apparently the latest, so all the young fellas took turns in checking it out and playing. they also played some WII games. At 4p.m we headed to the pool. The boys as expected had a blast. they came back home at 5:15. had a quick bite of assorted pizza and salad.
We cut the cake. Chocolate cake with white chocolate/butter scotch chips frosting. The boys then headed out for a movie 'Captain America' which just opened on the D-DAY. they came back home at 9:30 and some of them stayed on till 12:00 am. (Zac and Jayden).
So that's all for now..I will updating with Yohann's bday details..later this week.
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