Archive for July, 2012

How I ride

Sunday, July 22nd, 2012

Page’s first day at Camp!

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

Tata went on a vacation back to Ukraine to see her family so we had to look for alternative care for Page. Since Page will be starting pre-school at Little Oak Pre-school at the end of August, we were happy to find out they also had summer camp available. Page is in the Goldfish Room. Here is she checking out all the kids that were coming down the hall…

The school is huge and has a wonderful playground for the kids to play. Page especially liked recess where she was able to play with her BFF Nicholas who was in another class. They also got to play in the jumpy castle!

This is her room – we weren’t sure how she would be after we left. We heard her whimper a bit but as we peaked in the window to see if she was ok, she quickly stopped. When Brendan picked her up the teacher said she wished Page were in her class everyday. And she was especially surprised that she can count to 10! 2 more days of camp and then Brendan and I have to switch off days caring for Page. Tata comes back in early August – we hope she is having fun back in her homeland! We miss you Tata!

This one’s for the girls

Monday, July 16th, 2012

Page is honoured to be Bobby and Meegan’s flower girl at their upcoming wedding.

She will be wearing a dress made from Meegan’s mothers own wedding dress.

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Relajado

Saturday, July 7th, 2012

Brendan bought me the best pressie ever. A hammock for us to relax and enjoy the peacefulness of the canyon. Its such a treat to steal a few moments away… The craziness of our lives has been taking up most of our time (when we aren’t enjoying all that is Page). We are shooting a short film as our PAIFF Festival Trailer – a few French artists are flying in to help us produce. Brendan has been hired on and I cannot wait to share the final product, the concept is brilliant. As PAIFF gets closer I wish for more hours in the day. But its the moments in the hammock with my sweet little monkey that make it all worth it!

4th of July

Saturday, July 7th, 2012

Happy Birthday America and Grandma Anne, too!!

I Like Boxes

Saturday, July 7th, 2012

Summertime fun!

Saturday, July 7th, 2012

Fun summertime fun w/ Dad at the park…

Mid West

Saturday, July 7th, 2012

We traveled over to the Mid West for an Ippolite family reunion over a long weekend.

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Page continued her love affair with German sports cars.

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If you think about Wisconsin, you think about cheese. And if you think about Wisconsin and cheese, you think about cheese curds. And the best cheese curds are at the Mars Cheese Castle! Squeak Squeak!

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The reunion itself was over two days at cousin Kim’s house in Winnetka on Chicago’s North Shore.

For our enjoyment they had basketball, hockey, baseball, and a Bocce court in the backyard. Alex, of course, is a future pro Bocce player, as once again she killed all-comers in a sport that she had never played before.

To give us the energy for all those sports, on Sunday we were all treated to hand-rolled Porchetta as well as tonnes of other yummies from the kitchen. All washed down with plenty of craft beer, wine and aperitifs.

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Kim’s house is not far from the beaches of Lake Michigan. At the beach, the California girl forgot her place, got naked and offended the sensibilities of Amerika’s moral heartland.

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