Our first Halloween in England has come to a close and most of you haven't even started! Funny enough most of England doesn't celebrate Halloween although it is definitely catching on here. We had 109 kids tonight and had to make an extra run to the store! The kids enjoyed themselves and had to "dance off" their sugar high before crashing out before bed.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Happy Birthday Grandpa!
Grandpa Kotzer officially entered his 60th year of life as he turned 59 on the 29th. We celebrated with steak dinner and an AMAZING cake from one of the local bakeries. Throw in some balloons and mead and you have a party. Here's to you Grandpa!
Rainy Day
This past weekend was what some would call typical English weather. Driving rain and lots of wind. Mark and the kids braved it anyway and did some puddle jumping.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
(Long) Update From Cornwall
Well, it has been awhile since we threw something up here, so apologies if this is a bit longer than normal. First off, everthing is still good on the pregnancy front. Laura has been on rest now for a month, and still sane. We had an ultrasound last week, and everything was fine. The little critter (which after what I saw I seriously think is a boy :) ) is right on target for size, weight, etc. We also had a tour of the hospital today. It was a typical maternity ward, well equiped and with friendly staff. The hosipital has a world class neonatal unit, so we are glad to kwow it is there if the baby does come a bit too early. Mid-wives do all the deliveries, but we found out that a UK midwife is actually a nurse who then undergoes many years of specialist training. They seem to really know what they are doing, and we feel we are in good hands.
Lochlan is starting to get into Pre-school a bit more... I think he would go every day if he could. He won the prestegious "Star of the Week" for making friends, so there is a shot of him posing with his award in the photo slideshow. He had a great time today as Grandma and Grandpa took him to Flambard's, a kind of mini-disneyland that it litterally right across the street from here. It seems all you have to do is combine ice cream with rides, and you get a pretty happy kid.
Miah is becoming a strong woman. Or stronger if that is possible. She definitely knows what she wants, and she is not to subtle about telling you when you aren't giving it to her. Temper aside, her vocab is really picking up. She is in the parrot mode so you have to be careful what you say because she will likely say it right back.
Grandma and Grandpa have been on duty for a month now. Not easy work to say the least, as they are looking after the kids and keeping the house in order. We certainly appreciate all of the help. They do get away on the weekends... they have now seen more of Cornwall than we have!
For me, I have found my new job quite challanging. It is keeping my days full, as I try to understand how to grease the cogs of the combined navy/air force/industry machine. Learning lots though, and I should be able to bring a bunch of good lessons back to Canada when I return. I am dutifully checking the surf reports every day, and will go shopping for a wetsuit and board soon. Not that I will be surfing with the new baby coming, but at least the board would look cool in the living room. To be honest, a surfboard is a pretty cheap mid-life crisis toy.
Laura is trying to maintain her sanity whilst being a prisoner in our house. We try to go for drives now an then, but Laura trys to take it as easy as possible as we don't want the next one to be born for at leasta few more weeks.
Here are a few pics, but if you are waiting to see more English countryside I think you better check back next April, because I don't think we will be travelling too much right away.
Take care all. M
Lochlan is starting to get into Pre-school a bit more... I think he would go every day if he could. He won the prestegious "Star of the Week" for making friends, so there is a shot of him posing with his award in the photo slideshow. He had a great time today as Grandma and Grandpa took him to Flambard's, a kind of mini-disneyland that it litterally right across the street from here. It seems all you have to do is combine ice cream with rides, and you get a pretty happy kid.
Miah is becoming a strong woman. Or stronger if that is possible. She definitely knows what she wants, and she is not to subtle about telling you when you aren't giving it to her. Temper aside, her vocab is really picking up. She is in the parrot mode so you have to be careful what you say because she will likely say it right back.
Grandma and Grandpa have been on duty for a month now. Not easy work to say the least, as they are looking after the kids and keeping the house in order. We certainly appreciate all of the help. They do get away on the weekends... they have now seen more of Cornwall than we have!
For me, I have found my new job quite challanging. It is keeping my days full, as I try to understand how to grease the cogs of the combined navy/air force/industry machine. Learning lots though, and I should be able to bring a bunch of good lessons back to Canada when I return. I am dutifully checking the surf reports every day, and will go shopping for a wetsuit and board soon. Not that I will be surfing with the new baby coming, but at least the board would look cool in the living room. To be honest, a surfboard is a pretty cheap mid-life crisis toy.
Laura is trying to maintain her sanity whilst being a prisoner in our house. We try to go for drives now an then, but Laura trys to take it as easy as possible as we don't want the next one to be born for at leasta few more weeks.
Here are a few pics, but if you are waiting to see more English countryside I think you better check back next April, because I don't think we will be travelling too much right away.
Take care all. M
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