Life's a Beach!

Yesterday, we headed up to Joanne and Sara's cottage and hit the beach up there on the North Shore. The weather was perfect and the beach was spectacular! Maeve couldn't get enough of the beach life! She could have stayed there all day.

What a joy it was to see Sara! She is a beautiful young lady and has adjusted amazingly quickly to life in Canada. M & K fell in love with her right away. Especially when she took them over to the toy chest at the restaurant where we had lunch and found them each little cameras!

M & K were then able to turn the tables on us and become the paparazzi!

After a day at the beach we had a lonnnnngggg nap and headed over to Shasha's for a wonderful dinner and a nice visit. Maeve would have stayed and played there all night if we'd let her. Shasha has some excellent toys and Kevin and Catherine are great hosts. Thanks for a wonderful evening.

Beach babes at play
Look! I'm standing in the ocean!
Do you think I could surf in these waves Baba?
Ahhh, that's refreshing!
Marvin and Sara's construction project.
Three beautiful ladies from China.
Gan Bei! (Cheers)
I was going for this ball and bat, but that camera looks WAAAYYY better
Hugs for Sara
All smiles!
Sara poses for our budding young photogs
Princess Shasha and Queen Mabs start an all girls band
Shasha demonstrates her drumming technique
Let's build a giant tower!
Gotta have our soos for checking out the toys at Aunty Catherine's Daycare.

Getting some photography lessons from Sara JieJie.

More Island Hospitality

We had another great day of visiting. Today we met up with Catherine, Kevin, Roshandra and her big brother Luca. Here are a few quick shots and some video clips.

Mini Moguls: We've got people to call and business to attend to!
Miss K starts a fashion trend. Big K is a slave to fashion.
Check out my neon blue bandaid!
The sisters that clean together stay together.
The three amigos under glass. (I wish the glare hadn't been in this one.)
Excuse me miss. Do you have a license to drive this thing?
Life is good when you are swinging with some buds.
Let's see those big brown eyes Shasha!
R & M & K: apparently M is in a hurry.
Maeve, is the crazy guy your dad?
M shows us her island jig.
Sharing flowers
Sharing kisses. Hey lady, no photos please!
A kiss for Pat
Let's all tickle Luca
Breaking bread together
Shasha teaches Maeve how to eat a lolly pop
Hey, I like this gal!

The girls warm up their vocal chords.

Hey, I know you!

We made it to PEI!

We're kinda tired and have a slow internet connection, so I'm just going to post a few shots.

Kennedy and Maeve, although a little shy at first are getting along famously! Kennedy has been great about sharing all of her toys with her 2 days older, but 2 inches shorter foster sister Maeve. Do they remember each other somewhere in the furthest reaches of their minds? It sure seems to us that they do.

Tomorrow, Bryn will be added to the giggle-fest! And later in the week Roshandra and Sara. You can bet there will be lots of photos and videos coming soon. :-)

Cooking up some soup together
Hanging out
M watches K's gymnastics routine
Kisses for sis's
Feeding the babies
Whew, we need a juice break
I'll trace your hand then you trace mine
Peek-a-boo
You crack me up girlfriend!

Thanks for a great day!

A Little Perspective

We often talk about how blessed we are;
- we have a wonderful life with our beautiful daughter
- we have loving families and extended families
- our friends could not be truer
- we live in a beautiful home, in a great neighbourhood, in a booming region, in a wonderful country
- we have fulfilling jobs and work with excellent people
- we have an abundance in our lives that cannot be measured

I came across this website today that really puts some of that into perspective...
http://www.globalrichlist.com/

Where would you sit on a list of the world's richest people?

Very Belated Happy Father's Day

Where does the week go? I've been a bit delinquent about posting. Happy Father's Day to all you dads and grandpas out there!.

We spent a nice Father's Day visiting with Maeve's 'Pa' and 'Ma'. There were Aunts and Uncle and cousins there too so Maeve had a hoot. She's decided that showing off her belly when wearing a dress is hilarious.

Here are some photos of her antics and a little video of her flashing tendencies. Sorry it is a little dark.

What a crazy kid!




She also started saying some of the Mandarin phrases that she knows. Here's a little video of her telling Pa and Ma that she loves them.

Heat Wave

Summer has come with a vengance. We're going through a heat wave! It has been over 30 degrees C for the past 3 days: even more with the humidex. We don't have air conditioning in the house so poor Maeve has a constant dewy glow and sticky wet hair day and night. I think there is some relief coming soon, but it promises to be a hot summer. Maybe it is time to invest in AC.

Here's our darling girl in her summer outfit from our friends E&P. Not sure what was with the gorilla pose at the end there. The heat must have gotten to her.

Just Me and My Shadow

Since the weather got better (finally!!!) we've been able to get Maeve out on her trike. Her legs are still a little too short to reach the pedals properly so it is still propelled by us, but she is getting the hang of steering pretty well... that is when she isn't distracted by things like her shadow.



Luckily she likes to wear her helmet and knows she can't go out on her trike without it! I had to get one meant for a 5 year old to fit her. Must be all those brains in there.