Mileage or Year?

The new car's kilometres as of today. 2012 it is!

New Car, Baking, Events

The last day with our little yellow Chevy Aveo *sniff sniff*

First attempt at baking bread and rolls; everything was delicious! 

Close up of what is left of Trinity's little birthmark on her forehead;
I'm going to miss it when it's gone for good.

The new car; Chevy Orlando (not sold in the USA)

The Wiggles Farewell Tour (October 16)

2012 pumpkins
Den's bat; Gil's witch; Kayla's grim reaper; Karythe's bat cavern;
and Justin's "Beware" that quickly became a squirrel snack! 

Everyone's doin' their own thing here! LOL

The view from here; Shadow and Smudge decided to sleep on my chest 

My attempt at a Halloween cake. It smells yummy! 

New Brunswick and back in Ottawa

Nolan enjoying cake!

Nolan and Trinity goofing around with the biggest goof of all! 

Nolan enjoys corn on the cob for the first time

Aunt Lora, Nolan, Uncle Bill

Aunt Lora, Trinity, Nolan, Uncle Bill

Trinity gets a hug goodbye

Koi at the pond at Gil's office

Tactical Armoured Vehicle onsite

The teenagers at Rocky Horror Picture Show (September 2012) 

Gil's first attempt at a doll cake and first fondant cake
for Trinity's 3rd birthday (September 2012) 

Newfoundland and New Brunswick

Playing Tea Party with Nana

Playing in the park where Mommy played as a girl 

Bubbles with Nana

Ride at the shopping centre

Abigail's last day at daycare

Poppy, Trinity and Nolan trying on shoes at Aunt Lora and Uncle Bill's house 

Den with Nolan

Nolan and Uncle Bill; trying Aunt Lora's blueberry muffins! 

Trinity's birthday; playing balloons with Nolan

A special treat on my 3rd birthday; an RCMP cruiser! 

Catching Up

There is no way to catch up, nor do I want to. I cannot gloss over the last few months of grief and pain I feel at the death of my cherished aunt.

So instead, I will do a series of posts of about 40 photos... and that will catch you up as much as you can be caught up.

I will endeavour to do better moving forward. But in the meantime...

I love you Aunt Bertie. You will always be with me and moreso, I know you will always be Trinity's guardian angel. Watch over her and keep her. Give my love to Nan and Fridy. Tell them they have a beautiful great-granddaughter and I wish they could have met her themselves. I miss them. I miss you.

I love you.

Feeding the ducks with Poppy (Quidi Vidi)

With Auntie Linda at Quidi Vidi

Tag with Poppy 

Nana has a treat for me!

Watering the plants at Nana and Poppy's

Flowers for Aunt Bertie

Driving to Cape Spear

At Cape Spear to scatter Aunt Bertie's ashes

Scattering Aunt Bertie's ashes in a place she loved dearly 

Nothing better than Newfoundland blueberries! 

Fussy! (181/365)

Tonight, for our movie and popcorn night, she was just fussy, and probably overtired. She spent much of the evening just rolling around on my bed.

Oh... and taking care of her baby. 

For Daddy (180/365)

She coloured this on the way to daycare this morning. She said, "I did it for Daddy. Give it to him." I made sure to send it to him as soon as I got to the office. 

The Musical Ride (179/365)

This is the police force I work for. And these are indeed Mounties. 

And yes, this is what people in foreign countries frequently think of when you say "Canada" to them. 

It was loads of fun for all! 

How do you REALLY feel? (178/365)

Caring for her Babies (177/365)

These days, she's very protective of her babies and spends a lot of time caring for them. Here, she is rocking them both to sleep. 

Such a good Mommy.

Infractions (176/365)

This is one of 23 photos of various violations and details that I took today. Usually our quiet, rural street is lovely. But for three months during the summer, we deal with people speeding, parking where they should not, narrowing our tiny street, being rude, leaving rubbish, and generally causing a disturbance in the area as they rush in to attend soccer games at the field at the end of our street. Not cool. At all. 

I was livid. 

A couple of times, I almost came to blows with one or two of these sh*t disturbers. They deserved it too. 

I ended up calling both Bylaw and Police Services to tend to the multitude of infractions on our street. Enough. 

Do NOT piss off the Newf. EVER. 

NOTE: I subsequently sent all 23 photos, along with a three-page letter to the police, bylaw services, parks and rec, various city officials, my councillor, other concerned neighbours and a local newspaper... just to ensure they follow up on this story, having interviewed some of us in the fall of last year. 

Like I said, do NOT piss off the Newf. EVER.

Fun with Friends (175/365)

Attending a birthday party at a friend's house. Loads of fun for everyone!

Bricks (174/365)

We finally decided. Let's hope it works out.

Relaxin' (173/365)

When we moved into this house, I put up a couple of shelves at strategic windows for the cats. They continue to love them. This is Smudge, enjoying the breeze and just relaxing in the fresh air.

More Blooming (172/365)

I love it when the flowers put on a show.