Lens Cap

Mommy, let me help you put the lens cap back on your camera.

Zooming Around

Climbing and Exploring

Some pictures of Cohen climbing, crawling, jumping and exploring in the giant indoor playground.

Bus Ride

There is a bus stop right in front of our house which, because we don't use public transit, is normally just an annoyance and inconvenience for Meghan and I - but not Cohen. Naturally Cohen loves watching all the buses (and cars) drive by on our busy street and the buses and people stopping in front of our house has been a constant fascination for him. To Cohen's surprise on Saturday morning, he didn't just get to watch the bus at the bus stop he got to get on it and go for a ride. I think he enjoyed it. Particularly, the busy bus station at the university where there must have been 20 buses coming and going for him to point at in excitement. Our destination was Guelph's popular Saturday morning market downtown. He was exhausted and falling asleep on the bus by the time we got home from our local food excursion.

Cohen has spent most of this winter indoors - or in a car en-route to another indoor activity. This bus trip was a nice bit of fresh air for him.

Family Day Fun

We had a great time on Family Day with our friend Julie from Austria and her kids Finn and Stella.  We spent the morning at an indoor play centre and then Julie and the kids came back to our house for lunch and some playtime in the afternoon.  It was great to catch up with Julie and see how her kids have grown (we hadn't seen them for a year and a half).  Cohen loved every minute of playing with the big kids.  Here are a few pics from the morning.


Playing skee-ball:

Julie showing the kids how it's done.

Cohen taking a turn (his ball only made it about half way up the ramp)

Stella checked all the games for coins and found 3 tokens!

Riding on the dinosaur:

Playing in the giant playground:

Climbing up very high!

Going down the big slide...he wasn't one bit scared and went down on his own!

Funny Face

Holding Hands

"Aidan, hold my hand!"

"Now hold the other hand too."

"That's right.....now, let's dance!"

Mommy & Daddy's Night Off!

Cohen had his first sleep over on Saturday night at Oma and Opa's house with Uncle Kyle and Wyatt too!  The best part was that Mommy and Daddy got a whole night to themselves!  Yay!  Cohen loved all the special treats from Oma and Opa and some one-on-one time with big cousin Wyatt.  In fact, he had so much fun that he didn't want to go to sleep....and stayed up until midnight.....and woke up again at 5 am!  

Thank you Oma, Opa and Uncle Kyle for taking such good care of Cohen and Molly!  We enjoyed our night in Niagara-on-the-Lake!

Here's a picture of Cohen napping with Uncle Kyle.

Visiting with Friends

Last weekend we had a nice visit with Giselle, Steve and Aidan.  Cohen loved discovering all of Aidan's toys.

Decorating Valentine's Day Cookies

Cohen and his cousins decorated heart shaped cookies for Valentine's Day....and then got to eat them!

Keeping a Toddler Occupied in the Hospital

I've just gotten around to taking these pictures off my phone from Cohen's first stay in the hospital in January.  It wasn't always easy to keep a one-year-old happy while confined in an 8'x5' space for a week and connected first to the oxygen and later to the IV.  We brought some of Cohen's toys from home, plus books and his colouring books and markers.  But, there was a lot of TV watching (thankfully they had a TV with the Treehouse channel) and playing games on the ipad (thank God for technology!).  These are activities that Cohen doesn't get to do much of at home, so he was happy to do them much of the time.

Here's our little trooper keeping occupied:

Watching TV up close

Watching TV from afar

Oh, here's a great way to keep busy for 15 minutes....go through Mommy's purse and empty all the contents, then go through the wallet and do the same!

Reading with Mommy

One of Cohen's favorite activities these days is reading books.  Daddy managed to capture a few pics of Mommy and Cohen reading the other day.

Quiet Time with Uncle Kyle

Some quiet time during a visit from Uncle Kyle while Cohen was still recovering from the pneumonia.