Toddler Mayhem

The night before Maria left us for home, my sister Naomi and her two sons Theo and Josiah also came out to visit us.  So for 2 days and 1 night, to say we had a house-full would have been a gross understatement!  Picture this, 4 adults, 2 children and not 1, not 2, but 3! toddlers :-)  All I can say is that there was never a dull moment. And I think the pictures speak for themselves as to how much chaos fun was had! We were completely outnumbered by little people :-D Seriously though, I really appreciated being able to see my sister and my nephews and to have all our children get to know each other anew. I still marvel that, between us, we have put 5 new people on this Earth.....

Aunty Nay, Theo and Jasmine

Carnage!

I have no idea why Sofia is screwing up her face like that..... :-)

Jasmine was like mummy number 3 and did a fantastic job of entertaining all the little ones - they adored her too

I think this was the funniest point of the visit for me.....Theo's nappy (not being a swim nappy) got totally waterlogged and was like a big ball on his back.  After putting up with it for longer than he could bear, he took it upon himself to run to the nearest bin, strip it off, reach up on tiptoes to put it in, stop for a quick wee on the boardwalk and then come running back to us!  I laughed so hard (though I don't think the passers-by knew quite what to make of it!) that I thought I'd cry lol!  This shot is the aftermath :-)

Bath time!

At the Mandarin with Great-Aunty Lou (the kids' great, great Aunt) Doesn't she look good!

Parting shot! 

Other highlights from Pippi's visit

Gah!  I am so behind with my blogging!  There are posts that I meant to do over the summer that I never got around to, and there are posts that I have plans to do but still aren't getting around to.....  So you'll have to excuse the somewhat chaotic timing of my posts these days.  Anyway, here are tonnes more a few pictures because I am rubbish at picking just a couple of the rest of Pippi's visit back in August



Trip to Centre Island:

Sofia with her (maternal) great-granddad, my cousin Caleb was visiting from South Carolina, so he and my grandparents came along so the kids could spend time together

Just in case you're lost ;-)

the kids improvised buckets by using the cups from our picnic

on the ferry back to Toronto

Schooner Boat trip on Lake Ontario:

'Cheeeese!'

oh wait!  Is that actually....ME?!  In a picture?!?!

Ben helps to raise the sails

Randoms:

High Park

Library

Kensington Market - a car garden!

Saying Goodbye :'-(

Toronto 2012 Island Girl Half Marathon - Race kit pick up

Look at this awesome goody bag!  I have coffee beans, body lotion, a t-shirt and a bag amongst other things :-)

Rock Point Provincial Park: part deux

Brace yourselves, this post is a biggy!  As promised, more photos from our camping trip.  Enjoy!

No more pictures PLEEEEASE!

our first ever camp fire meal

YUM!

roasting marshmellows

My life x

Sofia was pretty taken with this truck - it provided hours of amusement :-)

one of hundreds of thousands of coral fossils along the shore - this was a sponge coral

sandy picnic :-)

Ben wave-jumping

'nom nom'

'knock on the door, peep in...!'

mummy and Sofia's toes :-)