We just came back this past Saturday from having a wonderful week at the cottage. Our friends Kim, Christa and Griffin joined us for the first 4 days of our holiday and we had a lot of fun just hanging out and watching the kids play. Griffin, who is 2, was great with Sebastian and it was a lot of fun walking downstairs in the morning to hear Griffin exclaim "It's theBastian!". Some of our fun activities included going to Balm Beach, swimming in the lake, watching Griffin try fishing for the first time (the fun part was actually watching his mom's having to deal with the icky wiggly worms and having Christa retell how Griffin learned that worms wiggle when placed in his mouth!), hiking at Wye Marsh and spending time with our Aunt Lynda and Uncle Vince at the cottage and at Awenda Provincial Park, where Jamie was able to roast some marshmallows (I don't think I know anyone else who enjoys marshmallows as much as he does!).

Sebastian also had his 10 month birthday while we were away and it was fun to reflect on how much things change from month-to-month in the life of a baby. Last month he was scooting around the floor commando style, but now he's crawling (but still prefers to scoot) and pulling himself to stand on everything. With our assistance he's even taking a few steps and it's interesting to observe how he has begun to manipulate and play with his toys differently. For example, he has 8 stacking cups that he used to bang together. Now he has begun to place different objects into the cups to see what sounds they make when he shakes them. Sebastian is also much more vocal and loves to sing and dance. It's so cute to watch him wiggle is bum whenever a tune comes on.

Well, as always I am writing this during naptime and it is almost done. Today is Tuesday, which means it's Farmer's Market day so after Sebastian awakes from his nap we will be heading to the market to meet up with our friend Irene and her little girl Natalie (who's a few days younger than Sebastian) to have a picnic and to buy some fresh produce. It's overcast so hopefully we won't get rained on!

Cheers,
Kim