Day 1 of Grade 1 for Mateo

The before and after pictures say it all ...


08:00 am

3:30 pm

Madman Mikah

I couldn't stand it any longer. Mateo was racing around on his 2 wheeler and Momma threw out my quad shoes because they had holes in the toes, so I couldn't ride it anymore. Tricycles are for little guys. The only thing left was to get up on the other 2 wheeler. Yesterday evening I asked Poppa to put the training wheels on the red bike and he did.

Ten minutes later I was racing down the driveway with the wind in my hair! Yeeeeehaaaa! I did it! I can ride a big bike. We peddled around for about an hour with Poppa running beside me to make sure I could stop. It was fun! Now we're going to fix it up for me so it looks nice .

"Get your motor runnin'. Head out on the highway. Lookin' for adventure..."

Born to be wild

I finally did it! I grabbed my bike, jumped up on the seat, and rode off into the sunset. Well, around the backyard really. All without any help or suggestion from Momma or Poppa. I guess it did help that my friend Justyn was here. I couldn't let him see that I hadn't yet ridden my cool bike.

Poppa was right. I did know how to do it. I just had to actually go and DO IT! What a great feeling. I love it!

(and he hasn't stopped yet either!)

The zoo in the woods

Wow! We just came back from seeing some wild animals in a big park where they can walk around free with no cages. Just the wolves and bears were behind some fences but all the others like the deer and buffalo came right up and stuck their heads in our truck! Well, not the buffalo. They just looked at us and walked by real slow like some tough guys. But the deer came right up and we could give them carrots right in their mouthes. Way cool!

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1 year since 1st posting

Wow, a whole year has gone by already since we started this blog! Did we post everything? No, many more things happened to us in addition to what is written here. Poppa tried his best to get it all in but sometimes there just wasn't enough time. What's nice is we can always add things here in retrospect.

Soon Mateo will be able to fully read & write and hopefully he will start contributing himself here too.

As for today, we are at Dominic's house to play. Gee, we haven't seen him and Charlotte since this past weekend!

Road trip - The ocean again!

We just came back last night from a couple of days camping at the ocean in Maine. It was HOT! Our friends were there with us and we camped and played together. More later ...

Oh no! Now me too.

Now I got them. Chicken spots. Not as many as Mateo had. Momma and Poppa say I'm lucky and it was a good thing I got the vaccine. So far they aren't picking me but I think they are giving me tummy bobos. Or was it all that candy?

The Pox - Days 5 & 6

They're going away, they're going away! Yay! The spots are getting smaller and no new ones have come out. I'm still tired and even napped a bit; yup I haven't done that in a while. Soon I'll be able to play with my friends again.

I hope it's going to be a great summer!

CP - Day 4

Well, Mateo has been rather lucky with The Pox. Although he has a huge amount of spots, the itching has been next to non-existant; phew! Today he is staying here with Momma and I am going to the cottage with Poppa.

To get there we took a quick drive and then had to walk through the woods for a few minutes. When we got there Calvin, Auntie Sue & Uncle Bert were there already. It was a great day. The lake was doing sparkly things and after lunch we went for a canoe ride and swimming; I jumped off the dock as soon as I had my life jacket on!

Then we had to go back home so we could see the fireworks show near our house.

CP - Day 3

Just us guys went out for a quick supper last night and poor Mateo put on a longsleeve shirt and long pants because he didn't want people to see his spots. When we came back he had a good soak in a baking soda bath and then I painted him pink with Calamine Lotion. Poor guy thought it would be buffed off right after, so then out came the long PJs.

Big fever struck again during the night and he needed a good back scratching so he came to our bed. This morning he realised that he didn't itch so much when he was asleep so he has been lazing on the couch all morning and finally fell asleep a half an hour ago.

Picture taking is out of the question. He doesn't want to hear of it.

CP - Day 2

So far so good. The itching hasn't started but the spots are multiplying like crazy. We took Mikah to get a CP vaccination which should apparently still be effective if given within 5 days of exposure. We wanted to play Connect-the-dots on Mateo but he wasn't amused.

Chicken Pox - Day 1

It finally happened. One of the boys caught the Chicken Pox. Lucky Mateo, he gets 3 extra days of summer vacation. The fever came last night and the spots started popping up this morning but weren't defined enough for us to be sure. I took him to school but asked his teacher's opinion since she had far more experience in spotting this. He pulled up his shirt and the immediate reaction was "Yup, that's it. Bye Bye!" His back was covered in little red pimples that weren't there 20 minutes before! So back home we went. Now to find things to do to keep him occupied and away from other kids, including Mikah.

Mateo self portrait

Happy Anniversary Momma & Poppa!

We don't quite know what an anniversary is but it's something to do with getting married ... oooooh! And our Momma & Poppa did today - before we were born.

Happy Anniversary Momma & Poppa!

"I'm a big kid now"!

No more diapers for me! I got boxers now like Mateo. Mine are Spider-Man.

Time really is money

This morning Mikah and I walked Mateo to school and then came back to go to daycare. On the way to school we stopped by the dock at the lake, tossed in a few rocks, and saw some ducks.

While heading back home Mikah asked if we could go by the lake again. I said I wasn't sure if we had enough time. He looked at his Shrek digital watch and said: "Oh no, Poppa, it is only seven dollars."

Well, if that's it, then we have enough time to go by the lake again!

Road trip! Oh no.

Are we there yet?
- Guys, we haven't even left yet!
We know that. We're just practicing. How much is 8 hours Poppa?
- Longer than you think.

But I don't want a big apple ...

No, no guys! We are going to New York city. People also call it the "Big Apple". Why? Hmmm, maybe we'll find out when we get there. We're leaving Thursday after school.

Whose on vacation here?

We are home just with Poppa all this week and Momma went to a place called California. That's not in Canada. She had to go with an airplane. We are having a great time here but we miss her. She's coming home in 3 more dodos. We love you, Momma!

But I'm not sick Poppa

Today was a sick day for me but I wasn't sick. Nathalie, my daycare provider was. So I got to stay home with Poppa. It was still a work day for him but he played with me too, and I got to see people he was talking to in places far far away with Poppa's cool computer thing.

I like to play by myself also, and since Mateo wasn't home I could do that, and I played in his room too. I made a bit of a mess but Poppa helped me clean it up. And I didn't take a nap! Oh Poppa put me in bed and even read me story but then I quietly snuck out and played with my toys. Now I'm watching a movie; The Incredibles, I love when Frozone says: "Honey, where is my super suit?" and at the end when the little boy on his tricycle says: "That was totally wicked!" Ha! I'm kind of tired though. I wonder whhh.... zzzzz