Justin chose to have his Birthday at “Reptillia” this year as he turned 5.  Mostly boys and a few girls to hang with Erika they all had a good time from Cake to Snakes!

First off check out Justin’s cool Birthday Card from gramma!

So now onto Turtles, Snakes and Crocodiles. Kevin our in-room helper was excellent with the kids and at teaching about each of the reptiles Justin and his friends got to touch. Even mommy had a breakthrough and barely touched a snake!

Here are some of the photos from the party and on the tour.

Here is some of the video we took at the party. Leave Justin a comment!!

With Thanksgiving Weekend still giving… on the Monday we headed out with cameras in hand and picked up a seasons pass for the Toronto Zoo. We visited a few animal areas with a goal to try out the new cameras and also to find a nice shooting area for the kids/family shot.

Animals Slideshow

After shooting some photos off with various animals we found a great spot to let the kids play in the leaves. Dad joined in and we got some beautiful photos here. Later on we used the self-timer and took a few of the whole family and then we found another spot for the kids to play and the parents to fire away the digital toys.

Family Slideshow

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Well we said we would get together this summer with our cousins from the south and… we did it. Check out some of the cool shots from the waterpark. Good times in the backyard, the basement and a barbeque of course. Thanks for coming Adams and most of all for packing the trunk full with things from our basement

This afternoon we headed over to Mario & Kathleen’s for the tail end of a serious “Sun Day” and some awesome steaks! Ok well they fed us more than that… it was all good. The kids had a blast bouncing various items off each other, drinking tons of juice, wagon rides and basketball ! Sure there were a few bruises and magic tricks too… it’s all part of the fun at Mario & Kat’s place. Thanks for the BIG Zucchinni …. and Dawn & John it was great seeing you and your beautiful kids again. Videos to follow.

With almost 3 weeks of downtime from daycare… what better place to recharge and give kids from the city some good old bush time. Everything you did, I did and we all wished we did as a child happened on Justin & Erika’s Summer Vacation. Spending time with Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and grandparents is unparalleled for childhood memories. Camping, bonfires, firworks, fishing, swimming, boating, tubing, 4-wheelers, new friends, late-nights and on and on… We are so lucky to have family and places like this visit and build foundations of creativity, laughter and magic for our children.

See for yourself… below in this slideshow or go here for the FULL Size Slideshow

What a great weekend for Justin and Erika. We went to see Papere and some of our cousins almost 5 hours from home. We had tons of fun with fireworks, bonfires, swimming and boatrides. Justin drove the boat and Erika caught some fish. We all had a big fish fry and enjoyed the trees and water….but those mosquito’s wouldn’t leave us alone! Oh ya and Papere took us for a ride on his 4 wheeler bike.

Here is a short Video Clip of Justin cruising in the boat with Papere

Erika and Justin were playing around in the back yard today on the swings and I was able to snap a photo of Erika having fun jumping off.

A great month for both Erika and Justin for activities. They had a small school recital and that is Erika sitting on the stage after the show in the center photo. The whole family laced up skates for the first time and had some fun at watching Justin try skating and Erika took off like a natural after conquering roller blading last summer. The Christmas snapshots are the kids at their mom’s yearly Christmas party for the kids. Then you have uncle Steph visiting and presenting Justin with an awesome Transformers Bike for next summer… and maybe the next 5 or 6 summers