Victoria

Last weekend we took the Victoria Clipper up to Canada and spent the weekend with some friends touring around Victoria.


One of the highlights was a visit to The Bug Zoo. Who knows what got into us but we all touched and held the various spiders there - hairy tarantulas, slithering millipedes, cold scorpions, skinny stick bugs and more. You can't tell from the photos but they were all very much ALIVE!

We also took in our first Holiday parade of the season and visited the National Museum of History and Art. Overall, a great time in Canada.

Josie being oh, so Josie. You never have to wonder what she wants:

40th birthday

Well, as much as I didn't want to acknowledge or admit it, my 40th birthday has come and gone and it wasn't nearly as painful as I had thought it would be. The anticipation of it was much worse than the actual day. As a matter a fact, the actual day was very, very nice. Marty organized a party at one of our favorite bars/restaurants and we had a great night with friends.

Little Monkey

Josie has been really into climbing lately -thus the nickname "little monkey." She climbs on rocks, on stairs, on and almost out of her crib and up ladders and rock walls at the park. Here are a few videos of her having fun at the park. Notice she has graduated to the big kid swings!!

Mr. Potato Head

Last week we went to the Children's Museum with Josie's good friend, Bryn. They had fun making Mr. Potato Heads, sitting on Arthur's bed and just monkeying around together.

Here's a recent family picture. Marty and I were dressed up for an auction that he had to MC.

One of Josie's newest things is to lay down in the bathtub. It is kind of like floating with all of your toys swimming around your hea

Happy Halloween!

Josie had a great time trick or treating up at stores at the Admiral Junction.

She wasn't so sure at first about all the costumes, but slowly warmed up to the idea.

Her favorite:"Gucci" the devilish bulldog.

This is Josie on a post Halloween sugar high!

Halloween Prep

Josie spent a lot of the week getting ready for the big day. She had a dress up day at PEPS and all of her little friends dressed up too. She was very proud of herself for holding a real live baby. (Caroline - Boyan's baby sister)

Josie and one of her best friends, Bryn, both dressed up like kitty cats.

Later in the week we had our first attempt at carving pumpkins. At first Josie wasn't too sure about all the slimey, sticky stuff that we had to take out of the pumpkin. But she slowly warmed up to the idea.

And by the end she had a new "little friend."

A Weekend Away

Last weekend Josie went on a little vacation up north to visit Aunt Liz and Uncle Ed. They had all sorts of things planned for Josie.

She petted animals, jumped in big piles of leaves, went swimming in "the little swimming pool" (hot tub) and best of all a trip to the pumpkin patch.
As you can see, Josie thoroughly enjoyed herself.

As did we. We stayed the night at the Alexis Hotel downtown and had a great time. Thanks Liz and Ed!