Newfoundland Vacation Week 1

The first week of our vacation this year was probably the calmest one. We were lucky enough to have a lot of family around that week and so we spent most of our time close to home, enjoying the company of people we don't get to see as frequently as we'd like. There were some highlights of the week though:

Pretty much as soon as we got to Newfoundland, I got to meet my friend's baby. We spoke on the phone a lot anyway but from the last month or so of Daniel's pregnancy till the day I got to Newfoundland we spoke daily. I couldn't wait to get my hands on that baby and the day we got to Newfoundland, Candy came over to my parent's house to make the introductions. I was instantly smitten (I think he liked me too since I smelled like breastmilk). The following day I the honour and privilege of becoming his Godmother. He got to wear the dress his mother wore. He was such a good little fella through the whole ceremony. Here I am in church with the wee darling:

He's nine weeks younger than Daniel and that makes a HUGE difference. Daniel, who always seemed like my little baby, suddenly seemed like a giant:



We also got to celebrate Jillian's actual birthday while we were there. She was very aware that her party in Ontario was not on her birthday and that she was still two when she was eating her Mickey Mouse cake. On her birthday she got to go to the park and ride on the see saw with her sister. Parks are far less crowded there than here. It was nice:


Claire on the ride:


That evening we had a little party for her at my mother's house. Mom was nice enough to go out and get some decorations to make the event festive and we all had a nice time:

Blow, Jilla, blow! I still can't believe she's three.


Claire was fascinated by the party blowers. We got to eat Mary Browns fried chicken for dinner. Mmmm...they make it so much better in Newfoundland.

Even Daniel got into the spirit of things:


The girls spent some time learning to play hopscotch:



Jillian had a fancy style going on.

We celebrated Canada Day:

Well, we honestly did not do much but put on our Canada shirts and sing a few rounds of the national anthem. The organized events were packed with people and I thought it might not be very smart to take the kids into a huge crowd.

The weather was really great and so we also had some fun in the backyard:

The girls both got really good at blowing bubbles by themselves.

Daniel and I chose to stay in the shade:

Unfortunately, the horseflies were there too. I got chewed up by the little monsters.

That first week was really relaxing. It does not make for an exciting blog post but it was a week we all needed desperately.