As if I wasn't feeling guilty enough for being too busy to post in the last few months, several people in the last week have now not-so-subtly reminded me that I'm WAAAAYYYY behind.
So, here's a little something to tide you all over. Photos from June. Hopefully blog post with details of all these photos will come later this week.
Saturday June 2 was racing day for the Evans boys! Both Austin and Ryan were competing in their first triathlons.
First up was Austin in the 6-7 age category. He had to swim 25 metres (with a lifejacket), bike 1.5 kilometres and then run 500 metres. He completed it in 19 minutes and 10 seconds and we are both so proud of him!
It's been awhile since I'm simply written an update on what's going on, so I'll try to keep it short and sweet here.
Alexandra
Alex has now finished preschool. She loved the program and I'm sad to see it come to an end. But it's time to start thinking about Kindergarten!
She has also finished speech therapy and will be going for a re-assessment later this month. I think she's improved greatly from the few months of therapy (she couldn't even make a 'k' sound before and now, not only can she do it but she remembers to use it in every day speech) but we'll see what the therapist says. If they think she would benefit from another session of therapy, then we'll likely try to squeeze it in over the summer.
Alex is also playing soccer for the first time this summer. (Ok, she played tot soccer when she was 2 but that doesn't really count because she wasn't really into it.) It just started last week so expect pictures of our soccer star soon.
Austin
Well with the school year coming to an end, it means Austin is just about done Kindergarten and is getting ready to go to Grade 1 in the fall. Can you believe it?! He's doing very well in French Immersion and seems to be picking up the language well. He can even string together short sentences.
He to is playing soccer this summer. For Austin, it started a few weeks ago and he seems to be enjoying it very much. It helps that his best friend Evan is on his team. Expect pictures of this soccer star as well! Austin's skating lessons are also done for the season now, and he's asked to play hockey in the fall.
Everything else I can think of
Both kids will be going to camp for two weeks in July -- Alex for half day camp and Austin for full day camp. It's the same camps they went to last summer, so they're both really excited to be going back.
Let's see, what else? Gymnastics is almost done. They both seem to have enjoyed it very much, but are now tiring of it. They've been going every week since the first week of September so I guess it's time to do something new.
Austin, Ryan and me have all competed in races recently. First I ran a 10K on Mother's Day (finished in 1:09:47 -- just 8 seconds shy of my personal best) and then Austin and Ryan ran triathlons on June 2 (race report and photo slideshow to follow shortly).
We got a new kitten at the end of April. Her name is Moo and she's now a little over 3 months old. The kids absolutely love her (in fact, every night they ask for their doors to be left open so Moo can come into their rooms and sleep) and more importantly, Moo absolutely loves the kids. This is important because our other cat Chloe is terrified of the kids so it's nice for them to have a cat to play and cuddle with.
That's all I can think of for now...so I'll leave you with the last two slideshows:
Austin, Alex and mom had a lot of fun over March Break. Ryan had to work, so the three of us did the staycation thing here in Toronto.
On Monday, we met some friends from Austin's school at the Maple Syrup Festival at the Kortright Centre. Suprisingly, it wasn't that crowded (probably because the forecast was calling for rain -- and it did rain, just as we were leaving). We walked down the maple syrup trail, learned how to make maple syrup, went on a wagon ride and watched a magic show. The kids had a blast -- and of course it was more fun to be there with friends.
On March 2, Ryan and I headed to Montreal for a long weekend without the kids. We left on Friday afternoon and drove down the 401 to Brockville where the kids stayed with Auntie Krista. After about an hour, we were back on the road and by 8 p.m., we were checking into our hotel in Old Montreal.
To be honest, after a long drive, our Friday evening in Montreal consisted of finding somewhere for dinner and then crashing back at the hotel in front of the TV.
After a sleep that wasn't interupted by children ;-), we met my friend Laura and her husband Matt for brunch at a nearby place. Laura and I have been friends for 25 years, but with life as it is these days, we don't see much of each other anymore. So it was nice to spend a few hours with them.
I was so busy catching up in the last post that I forgot to include the big news: Austin and Alex have a new baby cousin! My sister, Alison, gave birth to a healthy baby boy on January 27. Julian Emmanuel Biggs weighed 7lbs, 3oz and now, almost three weeks later, is growing like a weed.
We've Skyped with them twice since he was born and mom, dad, big brother Theodore and Julian are all doing well.
Here he is, my baby nephew, at two weeks old!
Yet again, another month has gone by since the last time I wrote. I guess it's been busy around here. Let's see if I can recap what's been going on.
January started out slow -- with the first week of January being part of the school Christmas holidays. The kids and I made the most of our week together -- going to the zoo one day, hitting an indoor playground another day and meeting up with friends on another day. Then it was back to the real world.
Alexandra
Alex is once again in preschool four mornings a week. She's really enjoying it and has made several friends. Next week, I'll be registering her for JK. It's hard to believe she'll be starting Kindergarten this fall. And the school she'll be going to is switching to an all-day Kindergarten school, so unlike Austin who has been in half-day Kindergarten for the last two years, she'll be starting full-day school in September -- at the same time that Austin starts full-day school in Grade 1 (and yes, that means that mommy will suddenly have full days to herself).
It was a busy December for us this year -- although I guess it always is, isn't it?
On the first Saturday in December, we drove up to Orillia for a family Christmas dinner at Ryan's grandmother's house. We were 20 people for afternoon drinks and dinner and the evening was a lot of fun. And, if did bring about the best line from a five-year-old about a Christmas present. When opening his present from his great-nana, Austin looked at it, and declared 'Why would I want clothes!'.
It's been a little over two months since school started and Austin is doing really well in French Immersion. (He just got his first report card this week and it was all positive. And when we went for our parent-teacher interview, his teacher told us that he is basically an A-B student). Every day, he comes home from school and announces the new words he's learned in French -- some of which are new to daddy as well, who doesn't speak much French. He can already count to 30, knows all his colours, can ask simple requests (like 'can I go to the bathroom, please?) and understands simple instructions in French. We really are quite amazed at how quickly he's learning the language.
Alex is also taking gymnastics (at the same place, at the same time as Austin) and is having a lot of fun. And she was taking swimming lessons but we stopped going after the fifth week. Even though she did really well in summer lessons, and seemed to enjoy it, this time around she was not having fun. In fact, she was spending most of each lesson crying. So we've stopped going and will try again in a few months. Happy Halloween from Optimus Prime...
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