Saturday, May 02, 2009

Can a 3 y/o still be li'l?

***Note to self: Post more! Right. Perhaps I should take more pics of the kids, which would facilitate more frequent posting. Hmmm...***

Okay...first things first: So, we took a trip to Ontario over Easter (free vacation time...one benefit (perhaps the only) of working at a Catholic Institution) so I could visit the University of Toronto (Robarts Library on the right and the Faculty of Information on the left):



and the University of Western Ontario (Faculty of Information and Media Studies, North Campus Building):

Biotron construction at Western



So yeah...after much deliberation...Western it is:



So we'll be moving to London, Ontario this summer and I'll be back in school this fall (Woohoo! Back to criticizing how people do things, as opposed to trying to do them myself).

Anyway, on to what you really want: pics of the kids. Unfortunately, we don't have many new ones. People have been sick around here (sick people aren't particularly photogenic, or aren't willing to be photographed). And when I say sick people, I mean Jill, Milo, and Esme. For the first time in pretty much forever, people around me are sick and I have remained healthy.

A couple of shots with Grandma (from Easter weekend):





And Milo eating trail mix (in anticipation of a walk) on the back patio:



I'll upload some more photos from Easter weekend as soon as I get them from Grandma. Adam even took some officialesque, family ones.

Happy B-Day, Milo! So, yeah...Milo turned three about a week ago. And to answer the question I posed above...lil' kim is much older than 3. So is lil' Wayne and lil' Romeo. Not the classiest crew...and they don't know how to spell li'l (shouldn't it really be li'l'?). Maybe they actually have some growing up still to do. Li'l Abner was 19 and stood 6'3''. That's a pretty big li'l. I guess a 3 y/o can still be called li'l, especially when that 3 y/o "doesn't want to be a grown-up." Anyway...

So, yeah...we had a party in his favorite park with cupcakes, fruit, veggies, and all of his friends:



Since I missed most of the party in the park (I was at work, though I did show up unannounced and stayed for about an hour), we celebrated that evening with pizza, cupcakes, and candles:









If Milo looks less than enthused, don't assume that it's simply because he only had a cupcake (multiple cupcakes, btw) for his b-day. He seemed to actually love the cupcakes (and he did choose them). He was sick. Fever, running nose, etc. Poor kid. Though, he did seem to have a good day (extra time playing Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii!)

Something Milo never did as a baby (still doesn't really do now, aside from at bedtime): fall asleep on his own. Something he most certainly never did/still hasn't done:



The sound of the camera woke Esme up, though:



Milo seems to be quite the compassionate kid. He tends to comfort any of his friends who is upset. He doesn't like "mean" kids. And whenever Esme's upset, Milo usually shows up with a toy or a funny face. I'm so happy to see how good he is with her and hope his sweetness:





...continues.

What else...well, we went to West Rock Ridge State Park today to hike and climb rocks (one of Milo's favorite things to do, along with picking up rocks, throwing rocks, looking for sticks, playing with leaves, and anything else that might stretch a 2 mile walk out all afternoon). A few pictures from the jaunt:











No comments:

Post a Comment