Maeve Gets Into the Swing of Things

Don't you wish everything in life could be this much fun.

A Day in the Life of the Queen

My days have been quite full of late. You see, I have sooo much to teach my newbie parents.


I start this particular day off with a gesticular demo of the probiscular communication system of elephants. I have it on good authorithy that they lift up their trunks like this and make a really loud raspberry sound.
Unfortunately, unlike elephants Mama and Baba always seem to forget, and ask me to repeat this demo for them each morning ...




I had to teach Baba that when you want Mama to come, you yell really loud like this... He later confessed that he finds my approach to getting Mama's attention "ingenious and invigorating".



Come along Baba. We have much shopping to do, and the royal naptime approacheth ...




The Queen gives her serf-cousin Mike a piece of professional advice: "You see this play? Just drop back to here and pick up the guy coming along the boards. You'll break his rhythm, mess up the other team's game."




"No, I'm not doing any interviews right now. Please speak to my under-secretary---that's her in back---and make an appointment."





"Darned papparazzi. Must I pose endlessly for the camera? Please go away ... I'm having a busy day circumnavigating this improbably large outdoor bathtub in my Auntie Col's backyard."

A Trip to the Local Park

Poor Baba and Mama, they seem a little pale. I think I'll take them out to the park for a little fresh air.


Hey Dad, let's take the shortcut over the grass.


Ok, you sit here and show me how these swing things work.

Got it. Now I'll try it on my own.

Hey, I like this souped up one. Check out the fancy fenders and extra posterior support.


The chains should be shinier though. A little more bling would make it more cool.

Oh well, I think I can still manage to have fun here.

I gotta show Mama all the stuff I've learned about swings. You're supposed to hold on to the chains like this Mama.

FOI Get together

Hmm, my first Canada Day! What shall I do to celebrate? I know. I'll take Mama and Baba to the FOI annual get together at Black Creek Pioneer Village. Hey look! Elizabeth and Katie are here with their parents too. Wow, Elizabeth is bigger than I am now! And she has way more teeth. I'd better start growing to catch up.




Hey this village is great! I can practise my walking by wandering into houses to check things out. See my walking shoes and fancy pants?




Whoa! Look at those big horses.




Here sheep. Here sheep. Would you come here already! These sheep aren't very well trained.



Afterwards, Princess Katie invited us back to her parent's palace for a royal meal. Here's Princess Katie with some of her royal friends from China. Thanks for the great party Uncle Rob and Auntie Aggie.



What an exhausting day. Being Canadian sure is tiring.

Cousin Robyn's 1st Birthday

Our Maeve put on her hippest party dress and headed out with Mama, Baba, Gunggung and Popo to Cousin Robyn's 1st Birthday. The car ride was a bit long. And although she can't actually say things like "Are we there yet?" and "Let's get this party started!", they were clearly written on Maevey's face.

At some point during the party the two cousins were trading plastic pet stories when Cousin Robyn decided that the penguin would make a tasty snack. Maeve was taken aback by this, but it was too late to save poor penguin from the drool bath that ensued. Oh well. Penguins like the water don't they?

Happy 1st Birthday Cousin Robyn! and Happy Father's Day Uncle Andrew.

Love,

Maeve

May Visitors From Even Farther!

Maeve high-fiving the Malaysians as they all visit Niagara-on-the-Lake ...

This blog-post still in prog ... More pics to come!

April Visitors from Afar

Maeveling's hair-raising awakening for a midnight feed ... Evidently we didn't wash all the shampoo out of the her hair during her pre-bed bath!



Robyn, Maeve's only cousin on the Fong side, and the cousin closet in age to her, arrives from New York ...

The two Fong grandchildren hanging out.






Maeve's not used to having a smaller baby round the house, stroking her hair ... But she'll let Robyn try it briefly.





A pic for the Ottawa gang:
Basil and Violet get some clambering time in on Pat, while Maeve wonders what on earth's going on!




As always, Queen Mabs relishes her visits to Grandma Forde's kitchen ...

Still unable to walk unassisted, Maeve takes cousin Kiera and Sarah's bear for a stroll upstairs.




Given two fingers of assistance against the force of gravity, a queen needs must power about her realm at a rapid pace!

Late in April, a visitor from Canada's eastern coast:
Pat's sister Carmel arrives from Halifax, and gets in some cuddle time.




Maeve's quite happy to hang out with Auntie Carm.




Getting some "Grand Old Duke of York" entertainment from two of her Forde-side aunts.





"Maaaw?" is a new word Maeve has been testing out on Auntie Col---a demand for more of that funky old Duke of York up-and-down stuff ...



Being fed by cousin Alex from Halifax---keep that spoon coming!


Maeve demos her magic ability for her new Haligonian serfs ... Can she make the items in her hands disappear?


Oh yes she can!
(Surely curled behind the hips is out of sight ... And out of sight is out of mind, in the royal Maeve-o-pinion).

Ah well, all Illusionists begin somewhere.