This week, Jasper turned 11 months old. He is definitely bigger than Fred now! He also spent his fist whole day with Grannie and Grandad in Milton this week.
St Patrick's Day at Gilley's
We went for a very early St. Patrick's day celebration at Gilley's on Thursday night. Jasper wore his green diapers all day to show his Irish heritage.
I've been trying out some new recipes lately, and I'm amazed how much spice Jasper will eat. The shepherd's pie wasn't spicy, but Jasper sure enjoyed it.
Jasper had a great time with Grannie and Grandad while I went to an underwater hockey tournament on Saturday. He played the piano, climbed the stairs, played with all the stray socks and ate lots and lots of chicken. Great Grandma and Grandpa Parr and Uncle Andrew and Aunt Katie came to visit too.
SOCKS!
I had a good day at the College Royal underwater hockey tournament. It was a long exhausting day, with 9 games played over the course of 8 hours. It was strange to be away from Jasper, but I'll have to get used to it, since I go back to work in just over 1 month.
Exploring Grannie and Grandad's house
Swinging with his ping pong ball
It's light later into the evening now, so we took Jasper over to the park at the baseball diamonds. He wasn't too sure about the swings, but he really liked the slide.
Friday night we had an impromptu Mexican food dinner party with the Aunt Heather, Uncle Matt and the Acharyas. Jasper had to go to bed right after dinner, but Shree had fun playing with his toys. Hopefully the boys will be able to play together soon.
The Acharya family over for dinner
On Saturday we went down to Toronto with Nathan. On the way down, Pat and Nathan stopped to play Laser Quest in Brampton, while Jasper and I hung out at a Portuguese bakery.
Come on guys, let's go!
We met Shelly and her friend Alanna for dinner before the Raptors game, then Jasper and I went back to the hotel for bed time. Nathan, Pat, Shelly and Alanna got to watch an exciting overtime Raptors win.
Reading with Uncle Nathan
The next morning, we went for a swim in the hotel pool and played in the hotel's kids area. It was March break, so you had to sign up to swim in the pool in 15 minute time slots.
Stop taking my picture!
The kids area was great for Jasper to explore. As usual, he enjoyed pulling all the books off the shelves.
Watching the St. Patrick's Day parade
After some free Pizza Pizza pizza slices, we caught the St. Patrick's Day parade and then went back to the ACC for the Toronto Rock Lacrosse game with our friend Dudar. It was a long tiring weekend, so it was nice to get home on Sunday night!
Last week was a pretty normal week. I keep forgetting to bring the camera with us when we're out to take pictures.
We had a big snowstorm on Wednesday, but no snow day for Pat. He got up early and shoveled the driveway for an hour so that Steve could get out. Our car was still very much snowed in, so I tried to dig it out while Jasper took his morning nap. I had the baby monitor in my pocket, and just as Jasper started to cry, the snowplow came around the corner and filled the end of the driveway back in. I gave up on driving to baby fit class, so we just walked. Luckily, the jogging stroller is great in the snow, but I still cursed every house that didn't clear their sidewalk all the way to the Davidson Centre.
My friend Laura from work came up on Thursday to go cross country skiing at MacGregor Point Provincial Park. We did the whole 5km loop, then met Pat at Saffron's in Port Elgin for dinner.
Jasper has his cold back. Pat stayed home on Friday because Jasper was up all night Thursday.
I had girls night with my TNDC friends on Saturday. We had sushi and wine and good conversation. It's hard to all get together (this night was planned in December), but it's great when it works out.
Last week, Steve cooked us some yummy Serbian "peasant food" for dinner, while Jasper practiced walking around the kitchen with a stool.
Helping Steve with dinner
Jasper really liked the food Steve made. He has been eating more and more lately, I think he must be going through a growth spurt. He also slept from 7pm to 6am one night and only woke up once the rest of the nights.
On Thursday, Jasper and I drove to Toronto to take Erynn out for lunch for her 30th birthday. I forgot to bring my camera so no pictures from that lunch. Erynn's off travelling in Hong Kong and the Philippines now.
Helping Great Grandma and Dorcas to bake cookies
We decided to stay in Toronto to go visit all the Grandparents on the weekend. We stayed in Milton with my parents and went to see Grandma Beaton and the Loves on Saturday.
Hanging out at Great Grandma's house
At Amica with Great Grandpa Love
I think Great Grandma told a joke
Saturday evening, we went to Barrie to visit with the Great Gran and Great Grandpa Parr who had just returned from India. We tried to stick to our sleep routine, and it seemed to work, even through Jasper was sleeping in different places. I really hope that the sleeping continues to go well.
