Hauling Trees and Kicking Balls

Exciting day today as we went to Don & Sara's (our future home) to see a fallen tree be cut up and then we were off to a picnic in the park and Playball. Here are some photos, followed by some catch-up on the past two weeks.

- The twins enthralled with the tree-hauling process

- Jacob playing ball with Don

 - Zoë living large in her set of borrowed wheels

 - Zoë watching M&J's Playball class

- Maybe I can't walk yet, but I could dominate this class

- Molly working on her step-over move

- Jacob's first off the mark for water-break

In other news:
- Molly's feet continue to be great. We had her annual check-up at Sick Kids, with no problems. She'll continue to wear her boots and bar at night for another year or so just to be on the safe side.
- Kate is a triathlon superhero. She finished 2nd in her age group this weekend in Gravenhurst out of about 30 competitors. Imagine what she'd be like if she wasn't working all the time and raising three young children.
- No nibbles on our house yet.
- We had lots of fun at the Mariposa Folk Festival last weekend. Great weather, good times with friends in the beer tents, and some good music (although, man do we miss the comparative hipness of the Vancouver Folk Fest). Matt Andersen was our favourite new discovery.
- Great, short visit from Greg, Jo and Benjamin yesterday. We sheltered from the heat in the shady backyard, with the kids in the turtle pool.

- Two movie rental recommendations:

• Clive Owen in The Boys Are Back. Owen's performance is great as a neanderthal sports writer pushed into fatherhood when his wife dies.
• Green Zone with Matt Damon. We have a soft spot for Damon and the Bourne movies (this has the same director), but I thought this was much better than the mixed reviews.

- And three in-cinema recommendations (yes, we're taking advantage of our babysitters before they leave for Europe/university:

• Inception - just as gripping, interesting and complex as the reviews say. DiCaprio is completely annoying but that's another personal bias.
• Knight and Day - perfect summer fun. And Cruise is charming and funny even though you expect him to be cloying and over-the-top
• Karate Kid - Jackie Chan is great and it's a really interesting China travelogue too. And it may have fulfilled enough of the kitschy nostalgia quotient that I don't have to see the A-Team.