Recap

Well this blog is a bit of a recap over the past couple of weeks since I have not been very disciplined in blogging lately. Firstly... Rupert's room is finally coming together. We've got a rug in his room which really warms it up and allows us to spend some time in there when the boy needs a change of scenery. This is actually one of his favorite spots for tummy time and trying to crawl time. I think he really likes the feeling of his new rug, he will just lay there scratching it. Also included a photo of him standing up so you can see the true girth of his thighs!

He is also a huge fan of the tub. Whenever he is cranky we can just throw him in the tub and he is instantly in a better mood. We just bought him some Thomas the train bath toys and he loves them! He isn't so sure about them when we squirt water at him though... he'll figure out that's it's funny one day! He has also figured out splashing! He did it by accident once and kind of looked at us for affirmation of whether it was a good thing or not and we started laughing so he continued splashing! We love our little water baby.

Another exciting event was heading over to our friend Courtney's house. She has two kittens named Michael J Fox and Annabelle. Rupert was a huge fan! Courtney warned me that the kittens had not had their claws clipped in a while, but I assured her that her kittens were probably in just as much danger as Rupert was. He could not wait to get his hands on them! They were a little more hesitant about him, but were very tolerant of his abuse. We sat Rupert on the carpet and let the kittens wander around, he did not take his eyes off of them. They began to fight with each other and Rupert watched giggling with glee. It was too cute... so sad that daddy is allergic and mommy doesn't like cat fur everywhere... oh well at least he can always go to Courtney's for his animal fix.

And the excitement kept coming! We had a wonderful visit from Aunty Megan and Uncle Steve! We have missed them very much since we moved to the Island and it was very nice to have them over. And although we missed seeing Halle and Maya, Rupert was very excited to have his Aunty all to himself and went right to her for cuddles! We had a delicious lunch of quiche, biscuits and fruit with yummy yogurt... of course all Island Farms products! (found the recipes on the Mennonite Girls Can Cook blog... very yummy things to be found!) We are very much looking forward to Christmas when we are all re-united once again!

Next was a trip to Grandma's house for our yearly trip to Moonlight Magic. In Courtenay every year Moonlight Magic kicks off the Christmas season. Back in the day... (I think I'm old enough to use that phrase)... 5th street used to close down, there were carolers in the streets, elves giving out chocolate and all the stores stayed open until 11pm with huge deals to be had... and my favorite... hot apple cider given out at the kitchen store. Sadly, some ruin it for the rest... and because of crazies who use this opportunity to cause a ruckus the street is no longer closed off, we didn't see any carolers, there was no free chocolate, the stores closed at 9 and there was no hot apple cider!!!!!! There were however good deals to be had but there were not too many people out and about sadly... but I did run into some people from back in the day :D We also used this opportunity to do a mini photo shoot with Rupert... this first one is of him in my old wicker chair... my grandparents bought all us kids one for our 1st birthdays.

Next is a pic of Rupert in a high chair that my grandma bought for 50 cents... back in the day... and used for all three of her girls. Then we decided to put Rupert in a basket with a singing teddy bear... a little cheesey but he makes up for the cheese by being incredibly cute! And lastly... something that occupied much of his attention while we there... a massive snow globe that plays music and spins snow all around. He was in love with it! Oh I almost forgot the other pic included is of Rupert on all fours trying to crawl. Colin also used to crawl like that... too funny!

And last but certainly not least mom and I's traditional non fat, half sweet, extra hot, peppermint white mocha's from Starbucks... and Rupe gets his own cup too :D