the view from here: 2009

We had a very entertaining play date with Brody last weekend. Maeve loved it and Brody is a patient kid. She basically wandered around after him trying to get him to play what she wanted to play "Brody, sit...Brody read books...Brody hat on...Brody come..." He's already proving to know how to handle pushy women...ignore them.

A little fun in the leaves.

Poor Brody, this hat was way too small for him but it was the only one I had that wasn't pink and I didn't realize Brad had packed him one. Needless to say it didn't stay on his head too long.

A friendly gesture.

Not the best angle but this is them kissing.

A little post-kiss grin.

Had Brody been over a little longer we would have swapped their outfits just to get Brad going...next time

One of the few 'girly' activities we coerced Brody into doing.

It was a great morning. Looking forward to doing it again.

Well I guess I'm averaging about 3 months a post. Not exactly 'blogging' but not too bad. I decided to post these shots from most recent to the ones taken at the beginning of the summer. I'm not sure why. Made sense to me.

You know it's officially 'fall' in our house when Maeve dons her new Vikings gear. These ensembles come courtesy of Auntie Katie and Gotcha.

(I'd like to think this next group of photographs don't look any thing like me because they are so terrible but Maeve's expressions are fantastic and really capture her hilarious personality these days so I've decided to put aside my vanity and post them anyways.)

(by far the best photo of me.....)

("ok that's it show's over...")

Maeve is really into hiding these days. I know this is probably a natural stage for toddlers but she is an 'extreme' hider. Either she hides in a very obvious place and yells "Maeve...hiding...closet come find me" or she hides for a long period of time in a sneaky spot and can hear you looking for her but won't say a word.

It's cute while sort of giving you a small heart attack at the same time...

(one of her more obvious hiding spots)

(never one to miss a phone call...)

Mom and dad came over on Saturday to help finish the last of the gardening. Maeve was especially helpful...

hiding again

see what I mean...she's good and patient too...

Thanks goodness for fall and all of those darn cute beanie hats (thanks to Trish for this one). It's not really even that cold here yet but I couldn't resist dressing her up in her '18 month' clothes.

Maeve's new party trick. She actually says "pickin' my nose" (in a really nasally voice) while she's doing it. We made the mistake of laughing when she does it because it's hard not to but this lovely gesture is not quite as funny when she does it to perfect strangers in the grocery store when we're not looking...

Labour Day weekend in Ignace with "Unca Mawk"

(i love it when nana watches me because she always loses track of her wine...)

Trout Lake

a little naked swimming at the Madge's pool

We have an annual date in Ignace with Carter (and now Olivia!). It involves a little story swaping, some toy "sharing" and of course a photo shoot. I wonder if the photo shoot will ever get easier?...

( I have no idea why this is underlined but I can't seem to fix it)

A cute unexpected visitor with a sweet ride show up at our house...

Although losing Papa made this summer a sad one we had so many great times with him over the past few months. What an amazing man that we were lucky to know and love.