September, October, November...Where did it go??

Well, if anyone is still following along, here's a little update from the last 3 months. Not sure where the time goes - can't seem to get writing every month, but hopefully this will help get you caught up.

The end of summer was great. Maiya feasted on Poppa's corn fresh from the farm quite a few times, since we were able to meet him on his truck run to pick it up. She loved eating it right off the cob & the result was quite similar to how Poppa's face looks when he's eating

corn on the cob too!

Labour Day brought our annual trip to Great Grandma Myra's cottage near Kincardine, and our "drop-in" visit to the Mohr's cottage as well. Maiya loved playing on the beach and building sand castles, and even ventured into the water - it was a little cold but she had fun splashing around in it.

September came all too fast and I started my new teaching position back in the Waterloo Board, and Maiya started her new daycare at a brand-new YMCA just down the street from us. She has adjusted extremely well to the new setting and LOVES to go and play every day. She's had quite a few colds and a nasty fall that put her tooth through her top lip (followed by a 6 hour sit in the ER - where they finally told us at 11:15 p.m. that they wouldn't do anything to treat it!), so that's kept us busy. Having more family & friends closer to babysit in a pinch definitely helps!

We took advantage of the hot weather on Thanksgiving and did family pictures for my parents' 40th wedding anniversary that we celebrated in June. Getting all the kids to smile at once was a bit of a challenge, but the results were pretty good!

Halloween was fun as Maiya was starting to get the concept of trick-or-treating. We went to the Pumpkin Patch on a gorgeous fall day & picked out our pumpkins.

We saw a few strange people along the way!

Maiya had fun decorating her own little pumpkin with markers and helping Daddy dig out the seeds and slime in the big one.

Since Halloween landed on a Friday this year, we decided to make a couple of stops in town, then headed back to Brussels to surprise the grandparents. We recycled her butterfly costume from last year since it still fit, and she made for a pretty cute bug!

We just celebrated Maiya's 2nd birthday on November 28th. It's hard to believe that another year has gone by. I'll post some birthday pics in a separate blog once I get them downloaded from the camera!

Check back soon!