Chloe has been practicing for Halloween.
Arrrrrgooooosss
We headed down to the Rogers Centre to watch the Argos take on the Montreal Alouettes. The game was a McMaster Alumni event. We went down with our friends from university Stam and Brenda and their daughter Kira. We met them at Union Station.
Waiting…
Part of our ticket price included an on field “tour” before the game, a pizza slice/drink, and autograph session after the game. By tour they mean the depths of the Skydome, once on the field we were able to walk around the edge and then we entered our seats from the field. The autograph session after the game was open to everyone.
The girls got a cardboard football helmet.
We were at the Alouette end of the field.
Gillian at her first football game.
Claudia, Angela and Kira.
Big guys.
Stam and Kira.
The big Argo inflatable. See the mascot chatting up the cheerleaders.
The mascot “Jason”.
Some of the game action. It was close in the first half. But then the Alouettes pulled away in the second half to win 27-8.
The announced attendance was 26,828.
Pinball Clemons was behind the Peanut Free Suite.
Can you see the girls down on the field.
“C” for Claudia!
We had a good time at the game. It was good to hang out with Stam and Brenda, we haven’t seen them for awhile. The girls can now say they have been to a football game.
Chloe’s Invisible Shield
Chloe seems to think that her bed has an invisibility cloak around it. Whenever she grabs something that she shouldn’t have she runs to her bed. Here she is with one of Claudia’s stuffed animals.
Chloe’s Cousins
We headed out to Hamilton to Lori’s to introduce Chloe to Mickey and Nike.
Chloe getting the once over by Mickey and Nike.
Chloe ducking from a left hook.
Later on Barney showed up, he is Dale’s Moms dog. You can see Chloe hiding out under Angela’s legs.
Claudia with all four dogs.
Mickey.
Nike.
Outdoor Movie Night
What was planned for a few weeks ago as a back to school/end of summer event , finally came together. Our next door neighbour Lars and I wanted to put together a barbeque and movie night for the girls. We started with a barbeque in Lars and Julie’s backyard. That is Lily in the middle, looking for a handout.
Here are the girls with Mady and Sarah.
A little bit of excitment after Chloe fell through a hole in their deck. They have cutouts in the deck for a cedar tree and when she was playing with Bella she fell through and disappeared.
Once it got dark, we moved to the front and set-up the projector and screen that I had borrowed from one of the guys at work.
We watched “17 Again”. It turned out well, other than the odd plane going overhead. By the end of the movie, the temperature had dipped, it would have been a lot warmer back in August. The kids all had blankets. There were about 20 of us there for the movie. If we get an Indian Summer, we’ll try and do another one.
Cockapoo Humour
It’s been a busy week for the family, I just finished giving a 2 day workshop to six of our regional inspectors on our air and precipitation sampling program. It the third workshop I have put together this year for various sampling programs. The last time I gave this one was 3 years ago, so I was a little rusty, but it turned out well.
Susan had a night meeting yesterday and had to miss the first night of Chloe’s puppy lessons. The girls and I went and Chloe did well. When it came time for free play, they let the puppies off the leash and they can play with each other. The other six dogs were running around the room and ours sat by our feet.
Tonight was our first School Council meeting of the year and it looks like I’ll be Chair again this year. When I told them I would probably not be able to make the next meeting in October, the principal was more than willing to set the next meeting by my schedule. October will be a busy travel month for me, I have trips to Saratoga Springs, NY; Island Falls, SK; Chapais, QC; and Nashville,TN all in a span of about 6 weeks. Hope Chloe has some room in the dog house for me.
This little cartoon originally was sent to us in the mail by Aunt Gert, and a little digging on the Internet found the on-line version. The timing was perfect for us. Thanks! Aunt Gert.
Rick Mercer Report
I was able to get tickets for the Rick Mercer Report this year. Susan and I are going down for the taping in November, it will be for the show that will air on November 17th. Looking forward to the show.
Bath Day
Today was bath day for Chloe, I thought why not take her for a good run, get her tired out and then give her a bath. We headed over to the Meadowvale Conservation Area not far from the house. The girls found a sloth tree (a tree which allows them to hang like a sloth).
There was lots of open space for Chloe to run around. We stayed clear of the GINA picnic. GINA is short for “Greyhounds In Need of Adoption”. It is an organization that tries to find homes for retired racing Greyhounds.
We stayed clear of the Hogweed. It looks like giant Queen Annes Lace, the sap is bad news if it gets on human skin.
We remembered there “use to be” a bridge to cross over the river.
It wasn’t very nice down by the river, lots of broken glass and beer bottles.
We were teaching Chloe her name.
Some of the leaves are starting to change already.
We found another path to the river and when Claudia stepped towards it, the ground moved. It was a garter snake that freaked her out. Later I started stopping on the ground and he started to slither away.
Claudia poking around for more snakes.
Chloe was tired out after our walk, she decided she was going to lie down in the shade.
The girls with Chloe.
We headed back home and started to get her bath ready. It wasn’t her favourite thing, she looked like the drowned rat.
Here she is shaking away in the backyard. She looked pretty good afterwards.
Of course she was rolling around in the rocks and grass as soon as she got the chance.
A380
The world’s largest passenger jet flies over a few times a week. Since June of this year the Emirates Airline A380lands at Pearson on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, it passes over around 3:30 in the afternoon. We get alot of the larger planes making their approach because the north E-W runway is the longest at Pearson. Here is the A380 from our backyard.
I found these photos on the internet.
11th First Day of School
Today was Gillian’s eleventh First Day of School. Everyone got off to school on time, Gillian got a ride with Sarah and Angela and Claudia walked with Madyson. I met the girls at school, just to see that they found their teachers and check the school council mailbox. Here are the girls out in front of the house. (Grades 9, 4, 6)
Here is the girls first day of school from 2004. It was the first time all three were in school, Gillian was in Grade 4, Angela was in Grade 1 and Claudia started JK.
And a Chloe picture from the first day of school.
