The Week of Chris

If Seinfeld's Costanza had the Summer of George, then I'm having the Week of Chris. Babysitters for 2-3 hours on three separate days, so I got in 3 long runs, plenty of downtime and even fixed two kitchen appliances that have been broken for at least 6-12 months (oven door handle and dishwasher door spring mechanism). Won at poker on Tuesday night, helping to pay for said babysitters. We're having dinner at Scott and Julia's tonight. I'm going to London for a round of golf on Saturday. Returning home in time for first soccer game of the season on Sunday. I'm telling you, this stay-at-home dad thing is tough.

Here's Molly wearing her new-to-us jacket, commemorating the end of a sad season for the emotionally-fragile Habs.

And here's a video from Kate of the kids learning to wash their own hands at the sink.

Love Those Boots

Not sure if this counts as a six-word phrase, but when we said, "Come on guys, let's go get our shoes on", Molly replied "Maya shoes off, Maya BOOTS on". She would sleep in those boots if she had a choice in the matter.

Summer's Here...

...but that doesn't mean we've finished raking last autumn's leaves yet.

The kids watched half of the 1st period of the Habs loss with us last night. Then this morning, Jacob pointed at the black screen of the tv and said "where da hockey go?". I hope I'm not saying the same thing about Montreal's season next week.

We're also getting into the summer sports. So here's Jacob's 1st ever attempt at t-ball. My mother likes to say that it took me 50 swings to make contact when I played t-ball at age 6 (my memory is wildly divergent on this, as I recall making the all-star team, but whatever), so I think he's ahead of his genes.

And here's Molly. She may have a slight edge in the raw talent department.

Splashing and Easter Eggs

We haven't had a repeat potty performance yet, but toilet interest remains high. I went running to the bathroom this morning, beckoned by the sound of splashing. It was Jacob reaching into the toilet, up to his shoulder, then bringing his hand out, and rubbing it in Molly's hair. She didn't seem to mind.

Here are the kids decorating Easter eggs, along with the final products.

Tales From the Potty

I promise there will be no photos, gory descriptions, or unduly proud gushing, but...

Jacob peed in the potty for the first time yesterday evening.

No Swings and Slides Today

We spent the snowy afternoon playing indoors with Nicholas at Scott & Julia's place. The kids are getting closer in age all the time, so playing together gets more and more feasible. Molly did flatten Nicholas with one tackle, but I believe it was well-meaning.

SNOW!!

Did I really play tennis yesterday?
Today 15cm of snow has fallen, and it's still coming down!!!
Here's proof:


I forgot my favourite 3-word phrase in yesterday's post. At the end of our flight from Vancouver, as we're taxiing along the runway, Jacob kept repeating "all done plane, all done plane" while giving me a very serious look and nodding his head vigorously.