Summer 2011-Ky/Kim/Yo bday and everything in between

The Party month



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.

Yohann's 2nd recital/ Kyren at Cory's bday

Yohann has started T-Ball..we go to the park every Tuesday to join in the game. On thursday,s he goes to practice. Summer is so hectic, it is like one big party..by the end of summer, i am secretly glad it's over and we can rest a bit...He is also learing the piano...recently we went to his recital..He was the youngest player. Being the youngest, he was to go first, and that made him nervous but did not stop him from playing his absolute best. we were so proud of him. Kim kept hollering 'Yoyaaan yoyannn der', so i had to take her out. since it was held in a librabry (the coxwell library is so fabulous. that should be the standard for all libraries..i wish..sigh)..they had a space for under 5 years complete with cute color coded keyboard and computers and loads of space for them to run around. kim had blast banging her lil fingers on the key board!!. I was half expecting someone to come up and say 'shhhhhhhh' but no, all we go is "so cute"..phew!!




Things have been hectic at home...kim automatically says no for everything (before you can even ask)..she'll just look at my face and say 'no'..she knows where the boys hide their candy..she'll help herself to some (esp the sour candy) and enjoy them. If they catch her, she'll just yell 'noooooooo' so loudly, that Keith or myself will tell the boys to back off before they have had a chance to explain the situation..

I am reading the 'clan of the cave bear'..i just love that series...kyren is so into reading too..we went to the library on Saturday and he picked up a bunch of mystery novels...He had gone for his freinds pool party on Yohann's recital day...Later in the evening, after the recital, when we went to pick him up i wished i was ten again..the boys (and a girl) had a blast..they had water guns fights, swimming competitions..of course ky was still learning but he's not the one to back out of something because he hasn't yet mastered the skill..so like his mommy ..ready to take on challenges..if she is not tired that is.


I finished my cake decorating course at which I had a blast. I had so much fun being creative. I made a hot pink cake with roses..it didn't come out the way i expected..but still..still hot :-)..i am smitten by this cake decorating bug..i've fallen hook line and sinker..i love it..let;s see for how long though..knowing me, i will fall in love with something else next week..and cake deco might just be yawn yawn zzzzzzzzz.