Thanksgiving 2010: Bowmanville Zoo, Take 2 (Pt. 3)

Thanksgiving 2010: Bowmanville Zoo, Take 2 (Pt. 2)

Fun In The Sun

The boys amusing themselves--and Karen--in the afternoon light...

Strawberry Social

Song Time With Karen

Carter's Bad Day

It started off like most other mornings--Lidia's off to work, I'm alone with the boys until Karen arrives, and hilarity ensues. Well, that, and usually a bit of crying here and there--usually just jealous-rivalry-stuff. But when Carter started shrieking during Nathaniel's bottle time, it was clearly not the standard scenario. Carter cried at escalating levels for 45 minutes straight until Karen arrived, and then for a half hour with her after that.

I had yet another "mandatory meeting" at my workplace (which turned out to be attended by half of those invited, and started late) so it was up to Lidia to arrange an emergency appointment with the ever-reliable Dr. P. It wasn't until Carter's shoes were removed that it was revealed that his left foot--or rather, one of his left toes--was the source of his grief. He'd developed an infection around a toenail that when squeezed into his shoe, was agonizing for a person of any age and size.


Soon, he was back home and back to his silly self. Nathaniel napped out at his usual time, but the newly-recharged Carter held on a bit longer, playing with Dad's robot from "Day The Earth Stood Still" ("light"!) and exploring the living room.



By evening, order was restored--as much order as life with twin near-two-year-olds can afford, that is. Carter will have to deal with a week's worth of awful antibiotic--which he isn't taking to terribly well--but his running and jumping haven't been affected, or infected, in the least...

Happy 22 Months, Boyos!!!

Pyjamarama

As the old adage goes: "clothes make the man". Well, check out the evening attire on the dynamic duo...

A Place For Our Stuff

The late, great George Carlin once said that the meaning of life is to find "a place for our stuff". Everyone knows that IKEA stands for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd--right?--but for us, it also means organization--CHEAP! With Carter and Nathaniel having accumulated so many toys and books (no fault of their own) it was time to concoct some sort of plan to shoehorn their loot into some sort of makeshift order. So we braved the rain to make a quicky detour to the nearby blue hub for some bins and a few cool items we'll unleash later.





Back home, the boys didn't quite embrace the items as we'd envisioned, but by bed time, the kitchen play area was a bit more presentable. Of course, by morning, it'll be back to it's usual chaos...

Attack Of The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle's incredibly popular children's book "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is one of the boys' favorites--they read it daily at home and it's a staple of Shelly's drop-in as well. While at Mastermind Toys today picking up a few other items (which you'll all read about shortly) we noticed a bin of puppets modeled on Carle's distinctive collage illustrations, and couldn't resist. Tonight, during storytime before bed, the boys seemed to enjoy the presence of their favorite wriggly friend...