Saturday, October 31, 2009

This and That...

Our building management put in some new floor tiles and leveled off the playground recently. The kids actually enjoyed playing with these items before they were installed, but since then I really notice a difference... it's so nice to have this facility and even nicer now that the kids aren't tripping over the uneven tiles (she's still just tripping over her own feet... but it's only been a month of walking)!
Last weekend we celebrated Isabelle's 2nd birthday downstairs in the lobby... great idea Eugene and Jenny!!! Here are the dads enjoying a bit of face time with the kids while they were watching the balloon man do his thing...

Hunter got the dragonfly balloon... pretty cool, I must say...


Isabelle's birthday is only a few days before Halloween so they decided to have the party the week before and still let the kids dress up. Here's the birthday puppy...


and her little side-kick. My kids were dressed like monkeys... hard to tell the difference from their regular clothes, but there was a theme to it.

We've made a few trips to the doctor's office for frinkly things - Hunter's strange toenails, Helena's skin allergies, a persistent cough in Helena, blood tests for mama (not pregnancy kind - don't get excited... still working on that blood stuff)... anyway... Hunter always wants to take a mask but seldom actually wears the mask... this day Jing did well to get it to stay on him! Good times.

We finally got to meet Benny Lee... Andy & Celia's little guy! What an absolute doll!!! He is sooooooooooooo cute!!! I can't believe it's taken us almost 8 months to meet up, but we had a fun evening together with them and the little guy. And yes, Hunter is a nose picker... we're working on that.


Inspired by this advert in the window of the Nike shop at Neo 19, I signed up for the 10k run and started diligently training just after our lake swim. I was totally on track and was actually enjoying my training until I strained a tendon in my left calf/lower leg that threw me off my already tight training schedule and in the end I didn't even go to the race (though I did cheer for my friend Claire from afar who did her own PR on the event!!!)... a bit disappointing, but... I'll be back!!! There's another event in December that I'll start working toward - a bit slower this time.

1 comment:

Jewel said...

hi there Tony and Jen it lovly to see your children on your blog x
Aunti Jewel x x