The Old and the Restless

Joshua loves listening to stories. Mark and Margot read them so often that they have the books memorized. With an active little boy, a family photo is hard to get. You take it when you can. That's enough! April 29th: Ella is 1 month old. Before this picture, I think she gave me a smile.

These are what I want to play on. Will Grandma lift me up? Since I won't say "Up", Grandma won't lift me up on the playground toys.  Instead, I'll just play with my stroller. What can I do with this? Will this come off? This is how it works!

Ella Claire was born before her due date on Saturday March 29, 2008 while we were on a boat in Indonesia. At 7 pounds 2 ounces, she was much smaller than Joshua. Very noticeable are her long fingers. Joshua, 19 months and Ella, 11 days. Quite a handful! Ella seems content to be passed around. Such a tiny baby! Uncle Daryl,  Auntie Jane and Grandpa with Margot and the newest member of the family

Grandpa's glasses are interesting. Could I have them back? Waiting. A hug for Mommy. Here I go!

The fire began early Wednesday morning. People who had to leave their lodgings above the stores took shelter on the streetcars stopped by the fire. The clean-up had begun when we passed by two days later. We were returning from our trip to City Hall to get a 4-month street parking permit for our car. Duke's, a well-known bicycle shop which has been in business for over 90 years collapsed completely. A close-up of the ice clinging to the buildings. Someone's bed on the street. 

On February 1st and 2nd, 20 cm of snow fell on Toronto. Paul spent a couple of hours digging out a parking space for our car. Then, on February 5th, another 30 cm of snow fell turning Markham Street into a one lane "path".  The front of Megan and Michael's house covered in snow. After clearing the sidewalk, the car still had to be dug out. Note how the drifting snow backfilled right against the car. After finishing digging out the car. Paul became quite possessive about keeping " his" parking space (the product of investing an hour digging it out)! The final task was to dig out the path through the back yard to the Megan and Michael's " doll house" garage.   Total time digging out from the second snowfall was 3 hours.

On the way back from Florida, we stayed overnight with Maureen and Ramsay. Meanwhile Toronto was being hit with 20 cm of snow.