Fishing and Weekend with Ty

The annual Wells, Waynes, & Sons fishing trip was last weekend and a good time was had by all. The preparation that goes in to this trip is phenominal...for 3 1/2 days they eat like kings, tell fish stories, and play cards...and do some great trout fishing.

Tim, Kim, & Ty went out to the farm from Toronto and after Tim came back to Ottawa to pick up Colin, Wayne and Scott, I headed out to Munroe Mills to spend a couple of days with Kim, Gail, and Ty. The weather wasn't nice but we managed to plant some flowers Gail had bought and had so much fun with the baby. He is a big boy by any baby-measuring standard...certainly not overweight...just solid. He has learned how to make 'raspberries' with lots of noise and even more spit. Of course, the harder we laughed, the harder he worked at it until his bib was soaked and his face was red. Kim had told us how active he was in his jolly jumper but neither Gail nor I were prepared for fun he had and even more fun we had watching him. He just never stops! Kim said sometimes she has to take him out because he's almost out of breath. Sunday night he bounced, jumped, and twirled for nearly 2 hours and we nearly split ourselves laughing at him. Of course, that just gave him more encouragement and he enjoyed being the star of the show. He's such a good baby and although he can have him moments, he's very content.

Wayne and I were in Home Depot the other day and found an outdoor baby swing that looks like a little car. I let out a whoop and it was in the cart in a nano-second...I can just see him in the backyard, swinging on the tree branch and having his crazy Honey taking pictures non stop.

Preparations continue for the engagement party on 24 June. It has rained for a week and the temperature has dropped dramatically...I'll be fine until next weekend and if things don't start to improve a lot weatherwise, I'll start to panic. Plan B is that all 60 or more people move into the house...that will make for a very 'friendly' party. The rain today meant that I got the canopy and cushions for the trellis done. I'm surprised I didn't have any problem remembering how to use the sewing machine--it's been years--but all went well.