On 10 July we received this email and photos from Luisa:
Hello all! Our dear little boy is sleeping right now, so I thought I would download some pictures to share. It has been a busy summer with lots of fun adventures. Jonathan is a big fan of the hot weather--must be his African blood...
Jonty LOVES the water--regardless of the temperature, he is happiest when splashing and swimming. It is so wonderful to see. We've been to the beach, some pool parties, and have used our own blow up pool in our backyard too. We've also been camping with the McCann's, to the Zoo with our buddies, to the park, canoeing, and tomorrow we are planning on going strawberry picking. I am loving being at home with him this year and we love that Daddy works from home, so he can pop out and see us during the day.
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| What a mess - much like Aunty Miriam was |
The three of us are planning a trip out west to the Rocky Mountains at the end of the month. We are flying to Winnipeg and then heading to my sister's farm in Saskatchewan (4 hours away) for the weekend. Jonty and his cousin Adriana will be baptized there together. Ingrid and Terry will be there for the event as well--Jonty is a lucky boy. Then our little trio will keep driving west, camping along the way, to the Rocky Mountains. After a week, we will be joined by my sister Guida and her family and the 7 of us will camp and travel together for 10 days. Its going to be quite the adventure! We are really looking forward to it.
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| Nice and clean - with my hair combed |
We hope this email finds you well!
Hugs from Peterborough
Luisa, Mark and Jonty
Babysitting Assignment
Yesterday (Saturday) Mark and Luisa attended a wedding with Jonathan. Ingrid and I were tasked with babysitting Jonty while mom and dad enjoyed themselves at the reception. He was a delight to babysit, especially when we gave him his solids, chuckling with delight over every spoonful. He also generated dozens of Oohs and Aahs from whichever ladies he favoured with his smile when we took him for a walk around the St James area looking for some take-out for ourselves. All went well until about 12:20 AM when he woke up and decided he was not going to be conned into being satisfied by anything else when what he really wanted was the real McCoy Milk from the real McCoy Milk Source. So, off I went to fetch Mama and Dad a few minutes away by car. By the time we got back Ingrid had done a good job of convincing him that he would soon have his every need satisfied.
