As it's been more than a month since my last update, I'll try to remember what we've been up to.
One of the most exciting things we did since my last post was to celebrate Canada Day with Alex. We stayed in Cambridge and took Alex out to Riverside Park to check out the midway and other things. Alex got a couple of maple leaf tattoos, and he went on his first 'ride' by himself - and he loved it. Alex also got to try cotton candy and a snow cone for the first time ever, and he liked both although he was more keen on the snow cone.
After that, we had a great dinner at home and then set off some fireworks in our backyard in honour of Alex's first Canada Day as a Canadian citizen.
We also hosted a BBQ for Chris' family, with his sister and her family coming in from London, and Chris' cousin and family coming from Oakville, as well as another of Chris' cousins who were visiting from England. We had a wonderful and relaxing afternoon and it was great to meet some more of Chris' side of the family.
Another big event in July was a huge picnic/BBQ we attended near Stratford. A family we know who also adopted a baby from Korea has an annual picnic at their home, and this was our second year attending it. They had over 120 people there, with tons of kids and babies from Korea, as well as a few families-in-waiting and some people from the Korean community who told the kids stories, did face painting and also gave a quick demo on how to make kimchee.
I've also been taking Alex to African Lion Safari lately - mostly for the waterpark as it's a pretty good one. We have season's passes, so it's an easy thing to do to go there for an hour or two and take Alex for a boat or train ride or play in the water.
We also took Alex to a "Day Out with Thomas" (as in Thomas the Tank Engine). The day was fun, but it was sooooooooo hot and Alex was a bit fussy because he was hungry, but overall he had a great time. We picked up a few mementos for Alex at the Thomas store and then made our way home with Alex falling asleep about 3 minutes after we put him into the car.
I've been busy with a bit of work and doing some scrapbooking stuff, and Chris continues to be busy with his job.
I hope you like the pics in the new folder.
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