Weekly News

Couple news tidbits for the week. First off, Lucas had his last ever day with his daycare provider on Friday. Daycare was supposed to last until the end of the school year, but Andrea, his daycare provider, was offered her dream job at the Ronald McDonald House at the local children's hospital, and the opportunity was too good to pass up. It doesn't really affect us since we can easily handle dropping him off and picking him up from the bus, but it's kind of sad since it feels like the end of an era. Heck, Lucas has been with her since he was 1 so she's almost like family. Speaking of Lucas, it doesn't phase him. He's actually looking forward to riding the bus that stops on our street since he has a lot of friends and classmates on it.

In other news, Lucas received his green belt at Little Dragons karate. Granted, it's based on attendance versus any sort of merit system (that comes at age 6), but it's still good to see him stick with it for so long and have a good time. Here's a picture of Master John, the owner, putting Lucas's new belt on him.

One last dip into 2012

March break is over, Lucas and Marilu are safely back in Ottawa after their trip to Labrador, and I managed to survive the week despite drinking what seemed like my body weight in beer during their absence. Since I didn't get any new photos this week, I wanted to take a look back at some photos I took last year.

This is a cute one from August. Marilu and Lucas really decided to get into their roles as they read a Where's Waldo book.

We jump ahead to October for the next set of photos. For a while, Lucas went through a phase where he really liked parfaits. Here he shows off that night's dessert.

Marilu and Lucas decorate the outside of our house for Halloween.

When Marilu braided Lucas's hair into the result below, that's the point where I realized he was in dire need of a haircut.

This is what it looked like without the girly braids.

Finally, Lucas delights in drinking out of one of the "adult" glasses.

Believe it or not, I think we are finally caught up with 2012! Unless I missed a folder, everything from here on out should be recent (if you count 2 months old recent, which relative to some of the stuff I've posted, is just about like yesterday!).

March Break

We're in Montreal tonight, and I'm typing this from my iPhone so don't expect anything long as my smartphone typing skills are laughable. We're here because Marilu and Lucas are flying out of the airport early tomorrow morning, heading up to Labrador City for the week. I'll then drive back to Montreal next Saturday to pick them up. Here's a pic of the two of them on the bed from a few minutes ago, Marilu on the phone and Lucas, as per usual, playing on the iPad.